Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-08

this works no harm, as there is fund oil
nearly 500, 900 IN the Treasury to meet
this falling of so there will be no EN-
barrassment or trouble whatever.
PARDoNED.
Governor Scales to-day pardoned
Simon Davenport (colored), Of Wash
ington county, who eight years ago was
sentenced to imprisonment in the peni-
Tertiary for ten years for larceny OF a
barrel Of pork. lie is pardoned on &C
count of his remarkably good conduct in
the penitentiary.
Sheriff johnson, of Fender, to-day
settled State taxes with Treasurer Balm,
paying in $500.
Governor Scales to-day received petit
ton from the Crayen-county commits
sioners for the communication Of the death
sentence of Charles +. Jones, the wife
murderer, 10 imprisonment forlife The
statement of the physicians who have ex-
amined Jones is that, while he is legally
responsible for the crime, his mental
condition is OF q very low class The
question Of Communication, under all cir
cumstances, is o very knotty one, and
the Governor has called in the counsel OF
the State to aid in considering it.
DEATH WARRANTS.
The Governor issued death warrants
to-day for Lucian Rowe (colored), OF
Durham county, convicted Of burglary
and James Thomas (white). of Hender-
sou county, convicted OF murder. Both
cases came to the Governor from the Su-
preme Court. he has ordered the exc
cution Of both men on Tuesday, March
9th, the attorneys of each having sigRi-
fed their purpose to apply for commu-
tstion, and asking that the date OF exc
cution be deferred as long as possible.
The MethOdiSt AduRnce newspaper,
published at Goldsboro', was purchased
yesterday by L. A. Potter, of Beauford,
from Rev. Drs Robey and Bobbitt.
Patrick Emery, who was stabbed in
New Light township, Wake county,
during the holidays by J. w. Mangum,
died yesterday. The murderer has es-
capped.
Hon. John S. Werner, who married II
North Carolina lady, daughter OF Rev.
DIR. Charles Phillips, so long professor
of mathematics at the University, and at
one time at Davidson College, has been
elected Comptroller-Genera of South
Carolina, and is lawyer of constantly
growing reputation.
The State Assembly Of the Knights of
Labor meets at Greensboro on the l4th
instant. The State master workman
will preside.
In Iredell county q few days since
| some unknown persons attempted 10
! force an entrance into the dwelling of
Mr.. James Barker. They partially broke
| the doorfasteninCs Mr. Barker, who
was inside, eDdesyored to hold the door.
He was finally shot in the abdomen by
one of the bold assailants and his injury
is fatal.
A QUAIL-EATER.
Newberne manifests much local in
terest in a quail-eater, to-day on his
twenty-sxth bird, who has started out to
accomplish the feat of eating thirty birds
in as many days. There are many thOa-
sand North Carolinians who can accom-
plish it if the birds are provided.
In Chatham county recently Captain
Thomas Brady died. His sisters, who
for over thirty years had not seen him,
were notified Of bis death. They reach
ed the place too late-he was already
buried. So eager were they to see him
that they had the body disinterred in the
presence of large number Of people.
LAWYERS FIGHT.
G. P. Locly, Republican lawyer and
State senator from New Hanover coun-
ty, day before yesterday made what is
said 70 have been an unprovoked attack
upon Colonel b. r. Moore, solicitor OF
the Criminal Court ut Wilmington
Some negro gamblers were tried during
the day. Locky termed some of the
States evidence manufactured. Colonel
Moore denied this, whereupon Locky re-
peated his offensive charge. Moore
called him liar. After court had adj
journed Locky, without any warning,
seized paper eight and struck Colonel
Moore in the face. then rushed out Of
the room as the Colonel seized Ratchet
The last Legislature had to consider
FIVE projects for the formation of new
counties. Ii rejected all OF them. One
was for a county ont of parts of Han
nett, Johnston, Sampson, Cumberland,
and Wake, with Dunn Us the county
seat. That project is now revived. Public
sentiment is not favorable to new coun-
ties. 1t has been eight years or more
since any were created. Vance and
Durham were the last
RAILROADS.
The work progresses Of grading the
Southern and Western Airline railroad,
which will extend from Shelby to the
rich Cranberry iron-mines and thence 90
on to the Virginia line. Colonel S. McD.
Tate, well known as bank-examiner and
q very earnest worker, Is president of the
company, and says be will guarantee
quick and sure work. Arrangements
have, it is said, been perfected for the
extension of the Three C's railway from
Rutheriordton to Marion and SO on to
the Cranberry mines and beyond. Nc
Dowell county has voted so, 900 TO this
road, which is to pass Though its county
seat, Marion. II is evident that Gran
berry is the objective point not only of
these two roads, but Of others as well.
1IOu OA1 lnC AdDu 4COl anu Iuuklu
Valley railroad is now laid some four
miles beyond Pilot Mountain station and |
about three miles of road-bed are ready |
for it. Only two or three miles of the |
grading to Mount Airy are now I'M
finished. A large force OF cOnyicts are
ut work there.
BIG sAw-NIILL.
At Glen Alpine, Burke county, an
English company is putting up one OF !
the largest saw-mills in the State, with q
capacity for 10000 feet daily. 1t en-
pioys several hundred men and seventy |
five teams Poplar. walnut, hemlock, and
other valuable timbers are finding ready
purchasers at good prices.
From the best information obtainable
in advance it appears that the negro vote
in the coming election will be solidly
and INCREASINGLY Republican as hereto
fore. There have been limitations that
it might be divided, but there is no
ground for such belief.
The Agricultural Department, very
closely pressed for funds OF late, had a
wind-fall yesterday in the shape of
check for S733, signed by Hon. George
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