Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-17
THE BROKEN BANK.
THE RECEIVER OF TIE STATE NATIoNAL
AT RALEIGH.
Making Up the Party for ox'crd-suprcme
Court Matters Personal and Gen.
eral Notes.
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R,LRIaH, y. C., April l6.-Hon. =.
Dowd. receiver OF the State National
Bank. arrived here this afternoon and at
once assumed his duties.
The Supreme Court to-day took up
appeals from the Twelfth district The
docket is light
State. Treasurer n. W. Balm State
Snner;ntendent-of Public. instruction :.
NJ. Finger and Attorncy-0eneral I. +.
Davidson will go TO Oxford with Cover
nor Scales tomorrow evening, as Will
also Colonel Thomas 5. kenan, clerk OF
the Supreme Court
The residence of ". T. Connally. in
Caswell county, was burned Saturday 10y
sparks from chimney. Much OF the
furniture was saved.
fSids for furnishing Raleigh with n
system OF sewerage were opened to-day.
The contract has not yet been awarded.
Grand. Master-of- Masons Charles II.
Robinson has called special communi-
cation OF the Grand Lodge to lay the
cornerstone OF the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly building at More
head City May lst.
Father Burns continues his efforts to
save Stephen Freeman (colored) from
the eallows. Freeman Is under death
sentence for an outrageous assault. Nine
of the jury have signed an appeal to
Governor Scales for a communication OF
sentence.
Rev. J. S. Dill will preach the sermon
at the commencement of Murireesboro
Female College.
The Artesian we'll at Wilmington,
which is 10 furnish that city with ITS sup
ply Of drinking water, has reached
depth Of 800 feet
The State Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association will be held
st Charlotte this week. The programme
is carefully prepared. The attendance
will be large. The association has grown
wonderfully in the past year.
James Byers (wnite) Is under sentence
of death at Wilkesboro, and Will swing
tomorrow unless executive clemency IS
extended. His crime was the murder OF
Henry Edwards.
There will be quite large attendance
of business-m Of this city at Oxford
at the celebration on Wednesday,
special train will run that day.
William +. McCiinn, the young white
man who has been on trial Tor the muir
der of Leroy Elliott. IS acquitted. 1t
was shown that the killing WAS done IN
self-defence and under strong proyoca-
ton.
Daniel Biggs. the negro who is to be
hanged May Sth at Wilmington, has
made full confession of his crime. At
the trial he gave testimony In his own
behalf and swOre that he did not commit
the burglary with which he WAS charged
and OF which he was convicted. He IS
indifferent to his impending fate. He Is
a native of Wake county and has CON-
mitted many crimes, some Of the worst
character,
The death of Mr.. J. NJ. Grier. editor
Of the Matthews NeWS. Is announced.
His age was thirty and his death was due
10 consumption.
New IRON bridges are TO be built over
the Cape Fear river at NavasSa and the
Northeast river at Hilton.
A new stockade has been built for the
safe-keeping of Mecklenburg countys
convicts TO supply the place Of the one
recently burned.
Saturday. in Mecklenburg county.
benjamin Nicholson (colOred) accident
allv shot and instantly killed himself
while standing in the doorway Of house
loading his gun. The hammer of the
gun struck the Intel and a heavy load Of
shot tore its way through the neck,
causing Nicholson to fail dead.
There are to be very extensive i'm
provements in the interior of the Capt.
tol. 1t has been over twenty years since
much of the building has been painted.
Bv the time the Legislature assemblies
the improvements Will all be made.
They are greatly needed, both for the APP
pearance and for the preservation OF the
building.
The following State funds were in the
Numbered State National Bank OF this
CITY Appropriation for deaf and dumb
and blind institutions, Si,06S of gene
raj fund, Sl4,l27. There was also IS, 800
of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege fund large proportion of which
had recently been received from the
Hatch fund.
The meeting of Mecklenburg Presby-
terry was an important one. Rev. c. W.
Robinson is to be installed pastor of the
church at Monroe, and Rev. ". b. Ar
rovood pastor Of Philadelphia and Mat
thews churches. There are ffty-four
churches in this presbytery. The next
meeting will be held August 18th at Lit
tie Britain church. IN Rutherford county
DIR. s. W. Montrose, who has been a
prominent member of the Salvation
Army at Charlotte, has resigned and
Joined the Methodist Church.
The proof is now pretty positive that
the damage to fruit Is not a quarter as
great as was stated. The crop Will pro-
baby be satisfactory. The canneries will
this year work up great deal of fruit.
nhera will be nxer fifty In OnnratlOn.