Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
NORTH CAROLINA.
MORTAL woUNDNs OF A coLoREo
GIRL.
Destructive Elects Of the frost-Fail'
ure at Eewbsrpe-A
Snowfall.
,snoclal ,.lerram o the pi.pa.ch.l

RALEIGH, n. c., October 3.-Missoun
Bowden, colored girl aged twenty, was
shot in the breast yesterday and NOR
tally wounded of Wilmington by Charies
Bryant, her lover.
AZ Wytheville. Va, this evening, in
St. Johns Episcopal church, Edmund
". Robinson, formerly assistant hsh
commissioner Of North Carolina. and
now on the United States Fish Commits
mission. was married to Miss Mildred
l.. Pendleton.
The liabilities Of a. NJ. Baker, dry
goods dealer. whose failure at Newberne
yesterday was reported, aggregated 3d.
OU0.
Notice is given that trains will post
lively begin running regularly next
Monday between Durham ana CiarAs-
vile.
Some snow fell at Charlotte yester-
day. =. q,
Dr. A. A. Hill, Of Lexington. died
suddenly yesterday Of heart-disease. G.
The Sheriff Of Yadkin arrived here to-
dav with two conyicts. lie reports that
in his county and IN thatpart OF Forsyth
which i nearest it entire fields OF tobac-
co, in which not a stalk has been cut are
rained 10y irosts. He says that hall OF
the fadkin tobacco crop Is lost.
The Agricultural Department to-day
received very un.avorable adyices as to
the damage by frost in the Statesyil.e
section. Reports show that the cotton
a. far east as Baden was injured by 1t.
The state inspection Of fertilizers Will
begin tomorrow.
THE FAIRS Is NORTH CAROLINA.
The following is a complete isl Of the
agricultural and mechanical as ociatiOus
ID the State, all save two of which will
hold or have held fairs this year: Ala
nance Fair Association, Eur ington !;
Cabarrus County Farmers and Mechanics
Association, Concord Carieret County
Agricultural Association, Beau' ut Ca
tawba Industrial Association, hickory ;
Catawba Agricultural and Industrial As
ISOLATION, Newton SiIer City air Asso-
citation, Sier City, Chatham county F.;
Last Carolina Fish, Oyster, end indla-
irisl Association, Ncwberue Cumoec-
louj County Agricultural Society VT.
Holly Fair: New Garden Agricultural
Society Roanoke and Tar-River Indus
trial Association, Weldon Haywood
County Farmers ASSOCIATION, Waynes-
vile; Roanoke and Aibemar.e AFricultu-
rll Association. Murlrecsboio' lredeil
County Agricultural Society. Sta'csyilo 4;
Nacon Cougy Agricultural Society,
Franklin Eocty Mount Agricultural
Association, Rocky Mount Woodland
Agricultural Society, Seaboard EliH-
beth City Far Association; Warren
County Agricultural Association. War
rcuton North Carolina state Agucuitu-
raj Society. Raleigh; North Carolina
industrial Association, EaieIgh, Wake
County Cattle Club, Raleigh north
Carolina Horticultural Association
Raleigh Eastern Carolina Fair and
stock Affociaiion, Gold boro' Durha
Tobacco Exposition, Durham Eastc
North Carolina Agricultural ana Me.
chanical Association, Nashville.
NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL NTEWRHE7,
The Department OF Agriculture ia col
loctng with special care all sorts Of IN
formation relative TO the state and to it,
agricultural andindustrlal progress. Par
dcu.ar attention is nOw bong
given TO the obtaining Of exact facts
relative TO the industries now in
operation. Thanks to the kindness OF
Commissioner John Robinson We are
able TO make pubic, for the first tlme,
some news as % the result oil the reports
on this interesting question.
There are in Alamauce county fifteen
cotton factories IN Arson, one silk
factory at WadeaJQIo III Ashe. two
woollen-mills ia Beaufort, four cotton
soed-oil-mill8; in BERTHE, one spoke and
hub-faetory in Brunswick, the Nayassa
GuanO Company IL BuncOmbe. one
each Of cotton, wool, and furniture N
Burke, one cotton-factory IN Cabarrus
county, two cottOn-inctOrlcs ; ia Gallo
well, one cotton-iactOry IN Cartcrct
county, three menhadon apd two pOr-
poise in Caswell, SIX tobacco and two Of
blows III Catawba, four Of cotton ; IN
Chatham, two Of cotton, one OF shuttle
blocks IN Cleveland, six OF cotton ; IN
Columbus, Acme Company, making car
pets from pine straw III Craven, of wood,
pulp. and plate, guaDO ; in Cumberland,
seven of cotton IN Dare, two hsh-on
and guano in Davidson, one of cotton
in Davie, six OF tobacco in Durham,
seven of tobacco and one of snuff, two
Of cotton IN Edgccombe, one cotton
seed oil, one bone guauo IN Frank
lin county, two 81 tobacco, one
OF cotton in Castor, eight Of cot
ton in GuilfOrd, two Of cotton, six OF
tobacco in Haywood county, one OF
wool IN Henderson, one fruit-cannery
IN lredcll. four Of cotton, five OF tObac-
co IN Johnston county, one OF cotton (;
I'm Lincoln, two Of cotton in Mcdowell,
three Of tobacco in Macon, one woollen-
mill in Mecklenburg, six Of cotton; in
Montgomery, two of cotton IN Nash,
one of cotton IN Orange county, one
oi cotton in Randolph, thirteen OF cot
ton in Richmond. seven Of cotton, one
of wool IN Rockingham, one OF cotton
and twenty Of tobacco IN Rowan, one
of cotton, three of tobacco in Ruther-
ford. one of cotton in Stokes, twelve
OF tobacco in Surry, three of cotton,
two Of wool IN Pennsylvania, two of
wool; in Vance, five OF tobacco in
Wake. one Of paper, one of cotton-seed
oil, one Of phosphate. two Of tobacco,
one Of shoes, two OF candy; in Wilson,
one OF cotton IN ladkin, seven of to-
bacco.
Tins list does not include scores Of
factories, which turn out leather pro
ducts. wheels, iron.work, &c. also,
foundries, mills, sc. 1t only covers
leading industries with large products
employing many persons, as reported to
the department. No doubt there are
omissions even yet But it gives an
idea of what this State is doing in an IN
dustrial way which Will surprise many
persons.
NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
Great interest is felt in the Virginia
Exposition and there are many hearty
wishes for its success II it is as success
full rs the North Carolina State kxposi-
ton OF October, 1884, It viii 60 upon
record.
Mention was made few days since OF
a remarkable accident to Colonel John
n. Whitford near Newberne. He was in
a buggy ana was leading horse by