Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23
A TEST CASE.
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE RICHMOND
AND DAEvILLE ROAD.
Tho State will Sue In the state Courts
Minister Jarvis-GsFeral
News Notes
lsne.Inl lolerram % lhe pIapa.ch.l

morning before Judge Seymour, OF tue
/ United states Circuit Court. IN this cry, tue
/ Injunction case brought by the Richmono
and Danvile railroad against The siSte Auhl-
/ tor aud Treasurer 10 restrain the cohectloh
/ OF certain taxes came up. Tnis injunction
was applied for under The provisions OF tne
! lnterstate-comm, rec lAw. the railway claim
/ Ing that Moth Carolina could not collect
| taxes from 10 because is ronng.stock was
used in interstate traffic and that taxes upon
| 10 were paid In virginia. II was cxpecteu
/ that there would be argument, and coinsel
Tor both parties were present But there
] w.g no argument counsel fling an agreement
/ tina, the matter should 20 into The state
courts aud that suit should he brought
| tborttn by the safe 70 recover these taxes
/ thus virtually making test case. Upoa ths
Judge Seymour entered a consent decree o's'.
missing the bili % thc cost OF the railway.
! The matter now goes into the State courts
and the suit will be brought m the wake
COUNTY Superior Court by tue state against
/ the railway.
MINISTER J,HvIs's ARRIVAL.
Minister jarvis arrived here very uneN-
rectcdly early this morning and spent tue
/ day IN shaking hands with friends. lie Is
rather thinner than when last mere, but mas
/ improved In health suce h, return from
1
| BOO would moi rslurn, as the Brazilian ctimte
does not agree wish bim. he expresses
/ earnest delight so b.iug back in North Caro-
l lnl. 10 Is evident frOn clsutl REMARKS toai
/ le r. candidate ior the scnatorsbiD %, Kan
SONS successor. He leaves Iorday Tor his
/ nome 20 Green lille, aud w'il returu about the
nue oi the assembling Of the legislature.
/ His wife l. NOW az G'eenyille ana IS m poor
/ lrolth 'horFh 80 's improving also since
( lcrrelurn from Brazil.
WILL VISIT HARRISON.
A large DELEGATION OF the most influential
/ Yeoubrcans 10 this safe Nili visit President
| rleet Umrison 90 Indianapolis in few days
md VIII press aim 20 appoint Richmond
/ Pearson, Of Ashtvilc, 70 ne Postmaster
/ Genera. lie viii he asked to do this AZ
/ .2.ciil recognition OF the better element OF
.nc Rcpu5l.clo plriy IN the south. Pearson
d, % hrotler.in.iaw NJ Governor elect FOWle
.nl of Dir. Curry, e--Mnister 10 spain.
Goyefnor-clect Fowlc to-day accepted m
'nyl'afi0n toattond tbe Fish. OYSTER, and
! Game T. FIR at Ncwhcrne February 1871.
Prpsidrnt-clcct llarrl-on will ne urged 10
/ oppoini Samuel J.. Phillips Sohcltor-Generai
of the Treasury.
fhe Conf derlle soldiers who nre pension
ers met to-day no the coIgt-hOuSes IN each
[ represent them 20 the state convection OF
pcnsioucr, which IS to be held al Raleigh
J9nuary I'D.
ESCAPED C0NyIcTs,
Three white cenricis made their escape
from the camp in Martin county ana have
mt been re.ap,nred. They went TO TIE
mouse o. "a white man. forced him 70 cook
food nr fhcm. and thea dressed themselves
iu hi. clothing, leaving their convict clothes
behind them.
Yesterday Julius A. GRAY. president, and
T. W. Frc. sup riutendent Of lhe Cape Tear
and laGh.n-N alley iaiwaU purchased TER
| min1l site al Whining on. they bought
.uirtv acres at Point Peter ana secured au
| .rfiou mon 1870 bundled acres adjoining.
s cpter.lr0rt of 2.3a0 -. i- acquired Ihi,
,UI poo used ior tine iieightsbeds. tracks,
and Nhlryes. size Tor thc 0tic.s and tue
passenger depot was secured 30 the Will
mna'on eifc of Nic river. Arrangement,
Ha,c Been made by which Tins railway VIII
have as one of ifs special connections A New
York steamship line.
rhe route Di railway INTO wilmington VII
a. once Boz SURVEYED. and then tlaerectlon oi
the huidinr4 viii togi1.
Tire civ w.u ISSUE % Che road $4,000 10
boud, Rapid work is being d0re on tbe
.,itu-ion Of ihis rOau. fJ'fr.iw0 ont of ITS
seventy miles b.tNpcn lafrlcWilr md WI
,utr-f0u icing already graded. All VIII hc
co,nuefcd and 90 operation, President Cray
silfc.. by the end OF next year.
Oh seis OF the United states engineer
rorp. are on the Roanoke river making pre-
gq.ltions for opening 10 and clearing away
/ Distractions from weldon towards the
sound. they have vessels and machinery
-esdg. After removing tue rats they VIII
attack the sau1-Oars.
The coayict force has Already begun work
on ihc railway grading from WILKINSON TO
/ Plymouth.
+. is said tbpt ihe Atsutic Coast Line will
d,a great amount OF railway work during
/ Dec coming yc,r. aod That the number OF
/ niles which wil 1c put iu operation VIII be
/ four time, as great as ll}e -cen completed
'r aDg one ycir
70 /, climod tha. the proposed airline
.,,torsi0u ol lhe Atlantic and North Carolina
/ railroad from Go'l8b0r0' westward or south.
ward should pass through Fayetteville, ON
Tine GROUND fhal :hcre Will le less grading
/ and fever bridges.
The Philharmonic Society Of Chr'ottc
has been duly organized, aud proposes 20 do
Il good wOIk there.
The shaft Of the c0almne in Chatham
county. at Egypt. A. being rcrlmherod, and
m iIIIT fNNi a. huAN iIitl 10 I''Aiii IAi N'
Nstr- out of the shalt Will BEGIN. n Will
! require 30 least three months to- do This, as
rh saalt is 40 let 10 depth and tlere are
some acres oil tunnels. By me end OF the
next summer The mining viii begin. The
coat is htumiuous. 10 was used in The eu-
zines OF the state Exposition IN 1SSl. The
deep ,haf. has Lot been w0rsed for great
m8uv years.
Cat,ou seed I'm quantities develop great
deal 90 hcat. and 10 has ueen discovered that
llut cotton racrej when damp develops heat
in some way. AZ the town OF Washington
s1me days ago some cotton tlus packed WAS
! opeutd aud was found io De- almost at the
uoinf OF combustion. 20 !. ALLEGED that mys-
fclrou, hrcs al sea may have thus originated.
The trans are crowded with college youths
and mlidens on their way home. None OF
tne colleges or schools reopen until January
ID.
STIR.
There Is some TAX and stir among mem
/ hcr, oi the Farmers Alliance al the an.
nou1ccwcnt that negro alilnccs are being