Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-27
WILL HE ACCEPT?
PROPOSITION FOR NORTH CAROLINA
JOINT CANVASS.
-. coiorsd State rsir-rhe Manufacturing
Interests cotton Receipts Curious
and Painful Accident.
l.re.Lnl telerram % lhe pIspntoh.l

Ramon. September 26.-Mr Dockerv
al ne here tomorrow An invitation
.-.r j., extended him 20 divide time with
r'o Alfred NJ. Waddell. Democratic
..oai8ale Tor eleetor at large. During
~. remamder OF the canvass, IL he
.-.rs 90 this Colonel Waddell will 60
,.b him over the entire west. Waddell
,-.s here today. lie saws the western
..s.. of the State is all right snd that
..,-r is great enthusiasm there.
Governor Scales Was escorted 10 the
e., -,d State Fair to-day at noon and
,...e speech. He was followed by
T. a Robinson. Commissioner OF Aeri-
,.rr,e. The attendance at the fair was
rl.L
..c Commissioner Of Agriculture is
...arns an accurate list of all the manu-
t,tor.,s IN the state. he has 10 tins
ft been notified Of 3I2, of which sixty
.-. ai tobacco and most Of the rest Of
v..ta and cotton. Ia Ashe county
re there are five Northumberland
..m.ucc has fifteen cotton-mills and
anoni connty eight.
rs, Governors Guard OF this city ex-
,..t io go TO Richmond October 23d.
There are at this date $50 inmates in
clio insane ASYLUM here. Ii is full and
fs.n ere several patients at home
I'll treatment
IIe Commissioner Of Agriculture to-
DIV appointed fourteen delegates To re
-rs.ut North Carolina at the Farmers
congress at Topeka. Kan, November
rea
Cotton receipts to-day were pretty
m here. II is learned that some
e.,l rraacs Of clean cotton are coming
f.. aul much less storm cotton. The
,rcss begins work tomorrow. Q
Tle directors Of the Raleigh aud Gas
,. railway met here to-day and declared
III usual scmi-annual dividend Of , per
cent
The directors Of the Raleigh and Au-
r.,s AIRLINE met, but took no action.
fha directors of the Durham and
Northern railway also met here and
e. ..ci John NJ. Sherwood treasurer
n. ~ Nass. resigned. All the old
officers were re. elected.
yesterday near Newberne as Colonel
john y. Nhitford, Republican nominee
f- senator from the Ninth district, Was
riding ia a buggy and leading horse by
small lie the horse pulled back and
te line. winch was wrapped around
colonel Whitford's hand. was buried in
90 lesh. When Whitiord, nearly crazed
SCI th pain. unwrappei the line one finger
obi up.l01. having been entirely severed.
at weather has cleared and is per
f.c. There was frost at many points
ts morning. The temperature rose
considerably during the day.
t tie HendersOnville ycllow-fever
r.-u's arc reported ms well. They
lave scattered il all directions.
There was a singular accident near
~ mngton yesterday. An express
messenger named Patrick was caught by
81. mail-crane and thrown from the car
r'a great violence. lie was badly
'rlis,i.
Jhe Young mems Democratic clubs
~ ,ery active. They have donea great
Dcl Of good and have increased in num-
lrs rapidly.
8 great tent, holding several thousand
people. is 10 be used at GOldsboro' for
t.. revival meetings to be held by the
I,y. il. q. Pearson, the evangelist.
ID was believed by many persons in
t.. beginning OF tho campaign that tho
Third party would poll 10000 votes IN
tte Stat. The best informed DO not
u.w pat it nj over 5000. The Methodist
lrAlence was at one time strongly
counted on. but the action of hev. Or.
obey and other prominent church
members mas changed the drift OF affairs.
Work las begun on Greensboro's
handsome new national bank.
The reports Of the tobacco crop are
vtrv discouraging, as brought in 10y per
SONS who travel through the country.
The same news comes from Durham and
Orange county.
Trains from Oxford to Durham are
row running regularly aud the road IS IN
shape.
Tho new heating apparatus at the Capt.
a. has been carefully tested. and Is
ni 20 meet all the requirements. Ar
I'D, eemcnts VIII probably be made to
rht the legislative halls 10y electricity.
tits calculated that a week 5 sunshine
Viii develop half the cotton-boils that
cen omen. Some of those nearest the
1ouud have partially opened and then
d.. avod. or else dried up and are worth
l..s But many of the bolls are on the
can't Of bursting, and only need the
Sunshine. A crop which will be p per
cent. less than that expected September
Us. .s % certainty Ia some sections the
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