Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-13
TAX VALUATION.
rHI YIELD or THE RAILROADS or
NORTH CAROLINA.
TIE Oyster rntsrsst--A Fatal Dive-InA
tsrssfing Dscision--Two to
Hang To-Day.
especial .olesram 20 the pispa,ch.l


Especial telegram 20 the pispatchl
Rarvrau, N. c., July l2.-Returns OF the
tax valuation OF the railroad property are
being received stthc State Auditors Office,
showing q general increase ~ assessed
valuation. A notable case is that OF the
western North Carolios railroad, which was
assessed this year at $1,000 per mile. The
company. however, demurs TO this return,
stating II n too hign, and II Is iptimated that
the company will resist the payment oftaxcs
on the assessment made. Another increase,
hut In different way, is shown In the re-
turn of the Cape Fear and Yadkin.Vallev.
received to-day. Last year the road was 1855
miles lopg, with a tax value Of $Gl3,S20. and
this wear $50 miles long. with n tax yalua-
ton OF s73s, 80. The tax value OF rolling
stock is increased from Ssf,S50 to sss,s9O. j.
The Agricultural Department received adj
vices from Washington to-day stating that
through the instrumcniality oil senator vance
the United States steamer Scoresby bad been
assigned 10 the work OF cooperation with the
STATE authorities In exploring and develop
ing the oyster-waters and beds for six months
longer from July LIST.
sfate. immigration. Agent J. 7. Patrick
had relapse OF sickness, and Is very III at
Wadesboro'.
State. Treasurer Balm went 10 Selma to-day
IN attend the session OF tie Raleigh Methodist
Episcopal District Conference, ct which
Bishop w. w. Duncan, native OF Virginia.
Ia presiding.
The eastern people continue TO agiia'e
the degradation OF North Carolina oys-
ter.beds by nOp-residents and are outspoken
in favor OF adopting the suggestion OF Gov
erpor Lee--yiz. To station an armed cruiser
about the oyster rocks near Hatteras to pro-
tect the beds from the depredatiops OF nom
residents.
A new clam.bed OF great extent has been
discovered of the banks OF kinnakeet
sound. They are said to be OF that fine va
riety known rs ." Little Necks."
The foundations OF a new browrstone
Raptist church at Wadesboro' were laid yes
terdsy, and the contract for building new
Baptist church at Elizabeth City was gwen
out
The Durbsm Tobacco Exposition Com
mittee AZ a meeting last night determined 10
invite Hon. Allen G. Thurman 10 visit The
Exposition next october. 1he EXPOSITION
fund Is growing rapidly.
In the case of Mcdowell against the Ru.
therford Railway Construction Company,
waich involved the validity Of the transfer
by popular vote OF $4,000 in bonds from
The ~partanburg Railroad Company TO the
Rutherford Railway Construction Company,
the referees. MeSsrs. Frank j. Osborne. Il.
u. baltimore, and X. w. Logan, to whom
the matter wss referred, filed report they
were at work sixteen days, and examined
nearly 100 witnesses. The questions submit
ted 10 the referees were: WAS The election
by which the subscription OF $50, 900 voted TO
the Rutherford and SpartanbcTg Railroad
Company was transferred TO the Rutherford
Railway Construction Company cIrried by o
majority OF the qualified voters OF Ruther-
ford couptyf" aud "Was the additional sub
seription OF $500 20 the Rutherford Rail-
way Construction Company ratified by ma
iorjtv OF the qualified vOterss" As to the
first question the referees find that there
were at the time aces voters in Rutherford
county and that L493 voted FOR the transfer.
On the second question they find the number
of votes for the subscription was ,225, thus
deciding the ease in favor OF the plaintiff
The bonds arc now In the hands OF innocent
third parties, aud as a judgment has been
rendered on the coupons OF the bonds the
courts will hold that the bonds are valid.
The raiIroad.ieyer has attacked people OF
Stanley county, through which there Is no
road at present, and they report Themselves
ready to subscribe Sl25G0O TO the Great
Western Ar Line from Weldon TO Charlotte
The Congressional Convention OF the Filth
district after being in session at Greensboro
for two days to-day nominated Colonel J. T..
Morohead. OF Leqllsyille, on the one-hun.
dred. and-siXty.secOu ballot.
In Fayetteville yesterday David Watkins
shot and seriously wounded a muattO wo-
man named Minnie Wade, who had insulted
ms wife.
A number Of prisoners succeeded in
breaking from Cliuton Jail day before yester-
day. one got from his cell and freed tae
Others. They darkened the windows with
blankets and kindled q fire with which they
burned the hinges OIL the outer doors. After
the escape Two prisoners, charged with bur
glary, returned aud begged TO be put back
In her cells. They we've accommodated.
Mr. b. G. Borden, Of sampson county,
while bathing I'm Black river struck his head
on rock when diving and died two hours
afterwards.
President Cleveland has written letter to
Mayor Fowler, Of Wilmington, saying that
official duty will prevent his attending the
military encampment at Wrightsville.
White Owen Mclean (cOOred), OF MaXton,
was operating a lath-Saw a splinter struck
him in the eye. penetrating the brain, and
killed him instantly.
Tomorrow W. 4. Potts, Jr.. win be hang
ed az Washington for the murder OF Paul
Iincke, and James Byers will be hanged at
WilkesbOro' for the crime OF murder.