Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-12
WILL TAKE CHARGE.
ARxcErvSR APPOINTED FOR RALEIeK's
SMASHED BANK
The Money Taken on the Persons OF Gross
and whits-fhe Supreme
Court
rsnociAl telegram to tho pIspatch.l


R.rxrcH. n. G., April ll.--United
States District Attorney Fab. II. Busbee,
who has been at Toronto. Canada, after
White and Cross, the bank boodlers, re-
Turned this afternoon. He stopped at
New York and placed in the Park Bank
the S25. 600 found on the persons OF the
prisoners He stopped, also. at Washing
TON and made report TO the Comp
troller of the Treasury MIR. Busbee
states that yesterday the Comptroller APP
pointed Hon. Clement Dowd, formerly
Of Charlotte, now Of Washington, ID. c..
receiver of the State National Bank. BE
will take charge at once. Mr.. Dowd
has experience in bank affairs. having
for some wears been president of the
Commercial National Bank of Charlotte.
He also served two terms as congressman
from the Sixth district.
The Supreme Court is devoting much
time to hearing arguments in the cases OF
Wilson against Pearson and Walton
against Pearson. both from Burke COM
~. Next Monday appeals from the
Twelfth district will be called and on the
following Monday those from the Elev-
enth.
A negro woman known as Granny Rose
died Yesterday at Davidson College aged
one hundred and thirty-one years.
+. II. FentresS, once a well-known
businessman of this city, was stricken
with paralysis yesterday.
Mecklenberg Presbytery convenes to-
dav at SuCar-Creek church, Mecklen-
berg county. Rev. j. l.. Mclean
preached the opening sermon.
Iron for the track of the Wilkesboro'
branch Of the Richmond and Danyille
railway is arriving at Winston.
Az Charlotte work is IN progress now
on three cotton-factories and at Fayette-
VILE on two. In all it is learned there
are now over fifteen factories in course OF
construction.
James Stowe (coloredD is under sen
tence Of death for arson and the date OF
his execution is May 18th. He burned
store owned by man named Carroll last
November.
The new Fair Association at Newberne
has been organized. 1t will have tine
field of operations. Nine counties are
thus far cooperating, and annual fairs
are assured. 1t is intended that these
fairs shall he important factors IN the
DEVELOPMENT of North Carolina.
Some very pleasant things are said OF
Governor Scales, whose Administration
so RAPIDLY nears its close, and all are
richly deserved. The Governor Is a man
singnlarlv earnest and true and he has
steadily shown this.
The residence of Edward Marlboro. at
Osgood. Chatham county, was burned
Yesterday. The loss is about 81, 800,
Memorial.day, May 10th, will be OBJ
served this year in better style than
usual. At Wilmington the Davis cadet
battalion. 200 strong, Will participate IN
the exercises.
Delegates are rapidly being appointed
10 the Episcopal Convention OF the Do
cese of North Carolina, which meets at
Salisbury May 23d.
In letter to the Department Of Agrl-
culture from prominent Virginia farmer
and stock-raiser the latter says that
North Carolina is very far ahead of the
Old Dominion in the matter of advance
ment OF the agricultural interests. He
desires 10 be fully informed as to the
methods used in squirting the farmers Oh
and in promoting their interests.
A statement by the Superintendent OF
Public Instruction shows that one third
of all the money raised by taxation in
this State for all purposes goes to the
public schools. The per capita ex-
pense last year was 81 Is, and 1868, OBJ
was expended. In 1860 the per capita
expense was S1.25 and S27S, 900 was ex
pended. Then there were 22l, 450 chill
dren Of school age; now there are
SD, $40. The length of terms is less
than in 1860, but the pay OF teachers is
better Now there are two races to be
instructed. Their separation is a neces-
sity. but il costs more to educate them
thus separately than it would to educate
one race having the same number Of
children. The boards of education, a
valuable feature of the system, cost only
about / per cent. of the funds. The
system is less costly than that which OBJ
tanned before the war.
Mr.. Peter NJ. Wilson has been elected
secretary of the Executive Committee of
the State Agricultural Society. He was
for years secretary of the State Board Of
Agriculture.
A good force of laborors is grading at
the Durham end of the Durham and
Oxford railway.
1t is now claimed that the damage to
the peach crop is not nearly so great as
was at first reported.
The four regiments of the State Guard
L.. . IL oil /.
lied in the number OF companies. There
ere now thirty companies OF infantry
and one troop Of cavalry in the State.