Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-28
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
rRE SCHEDULE FOR THEM IN NORTH
CAROLINA
BODY Recovered-A Lively Fight over 9
Lecal-option Election
The Frost.


Special telegram to ,he DIspaschl
g.Ly1oH. n. c.. April 27.-The State
SUPERINTENDENT OF Public Instruction
TODAY furnished your correspondent
with the following schedule under which
the State normal schools will be con-
ducled this summer: The school at
Sparta begins June 30th and continues
four weeks at Asheville begins July Sd
and ends July Doth at Winston begins
,Iuly 10Th and ends July 9th at Wash
incton begins July 18th and continues
four weeks at Franklin begins July
10th and continues four weeks at
Newton begins July 9Th and ends
July 9th; at Wilson begins July I'd and
continues four weeks at Elizabeth
City begins July 9Th and ends July 9th.
These are all white schools There are
five colored State normal schools, one
at Fayetteville. which is kept open ten
months in the year. The other four
ore at Salisbury. Franklinton, Plymouth,
and Goldsboro', and are kept open about
seven months in the year.
Some days ago James Green fell in the
Neuse river near Newberne. Search was
made for his body, but was unavailing
until last night.
Jacob Loeb. the French Vicc-Consul
at Wilmington. died last evening very
suddenly aged sixty-eight.
The school commissioner has ordered
the Raleigh graded schools to be closed
May 25th.
There is quite a warm dispute and
possibly extensive legal complications
about the matter of the local-Option
election at Charlotte. The election was
ordered 10 he held June 4th on that
question. The opponents of the cleo
ton say that the petition OF voters upon
which the election WAS ordered was fraud
uent and that the names OF the voters
were signed twice. The Prohibitionists
say there are sufficient signatures to
make the action of the commissioners IN
ordainiug the election proper.
In this city tonight the Prohibition
lists had mass-meeting. 1t is the first
active work done in what may after all
be n warm campaign.
4 telegram from RidCeway this eve
ming ssys it is not believed there that
the frost has seriously damaged the
grape crop 1t is reported here that the
young vines in that section have suffered
greatly, just as they have done here and
everywhere west of here.
The truckers in the Wilmington section
report the damage as very great. Most
of the tender vegetables will have to be
replanied.
Costly machinery is rapidly arriving
at Wadesboro' for the satisfactory, and
the latter Is now All actually.
Rev. J. &. McMullin will next Sunday
be installed as pastor of the Presbyte-
nan church at Goldsboro', Rev. Mr. b.
+. Marabe. Of Mt Olive, and Rev. Peter
Mcintyre, OF Faison's, officiating
The Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
ton is preparing tie plans for the State
normal schools, of which twelve will be
held during the summer.
Plymouth jail, which was recently
burned. will be rebuilt; this time Of
brick, with steel cells.
A. l.. Pearce. the clerk of the Supe.
rior Court of Franklin county, against
whom there were four charges Of en-
bezzlement. has resigned, and the case
has been dropped. The amounts en-
bezzled were small, it Is learned. He
submitted as to the charge of misde-
meanor in Office.
Little Julia Mcclure, Of Ashe county. |
this week drove her fathers team of !
horses all the way to Statesyille, dis |
lance OF seventy-fve miles She was
alone, and after disposing of the produce
bought goods and has started on her long
and lonely journey home.
L. =.
beans-near Goldsboro are seriously
damaged by the frosts.
Mrs. Fraley Goodwin, Of Iredell coun-
ty, is fatally sick, her illness being caused |
by drinking tea in which spider had |
been boiled. 1t is a very remarkable |
case.
Day before yesterday, at Webster,
Judge McRae heard and decided the APP !
plication for mandsmUs requiring the |
commissioners of BuncOmbe county 10 |
order an election at Asheville on prohi- |
bition, in response to a petition of one !
fourth the qualified voters. An appeal !
was prayed. but whether it will be prose
cuted or not is not definitely known, as
the commissioners must take action in /
the matter.
The residence of Anderson Bradley, |
in Harnett county. was struck by light |
ming Wednesday night, the chimney de-
molished. and thirteen persons who
were in the house knocked down. None |
were killed. One OF them was a preach
er, Rev. A. n. Campbell When ne re-
covered consciousness he found that
dog, killed by the stroke, was lying
across his body.
Tuesday night the handsome residence
of w. A. Dunn, at Scotland Neck, was
burned. The loss was $1,000, with
81, 200 insurance.
There is boiling well near La Grange,
Lenoir county, and for two weeks the
movement of the water has been inces-
SAINT. The noise can be heard some dis
lance.
In Martin county day before yesterday
Jones Taylor accidentally shot and killed
Samuel Chance lcolored). Taylor was
discharged.
A canning factory has been incorpo-
rated at Tarboro'. with SIS, 600 capital.