Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-12
SWAMPED.
THE RAIN INTFRrxSEs SERIOUSLY
WITH THE DURHAM EXPOSITION.
Reunion Of sx- contsderatss-A Supposed In
osndiary Fire-Found Dead
In the Woods.
,sn.clnl tnlnrram . tho nIapatch.l

the weather permits the fun programme
for both to-day and tomorrow viii
be carried out Senator Vance and
Others will speak. There are forty one
exhibits in the Exposition Hall
all on liberal scale. There are one
hundred displays OF leaf tobacco IN
I,ockhart's warehouse, which is devoted
20 this portion Of the Exposition. While
this exhibit is fire. IL is composed en-
tirely Of new tobacco, and shows that
the statements as TO the shOrtness OF the
bright crops are well founded. There
ere fewer high-class cures than ever be-
fore.
The parade of ex-Confederatc vete-
rams viii be held tomorrow. There was
ono incident to-day. Many veterans
were present One of them, Henry
Petty. walked mp to Captain John r.
Freciand, and. holding in his hand fifty
dollars in Confederate bills, SAID cap
tain. tbat rs the last money you pad me
rs q soldier in your company.
This afternoon dcspitc tho horrible
weather there vas a Prize drill by the
military companies, in which the Reds
Vile Rifles. Reidsvillo Light Infantry.
Vance Guards Of Henderson, Forsyth
Rinemen Of Winston. and the Governors
Guard Of Raleigh competed. Tho lat
tcr won the first prize, the Reidsgille
Light Infantry taking the second prize.
HEAVY GALR.
There was a heavy gale Of wind here
to-day. ~ wa almost q storm, and strip
pcd the leaves from the trees. Some
trees and telephone poles were blown
down.
Yesterday the body OF Jacob Etha-
ndre (coorcd) was found IN the woods
I'm So. Matthews township, TINS county.
lt1s impossible 10 tell whether he was
e,ot OF committed suicide. Inc wounds
ere ia ius head.
Ho.eton Conference Of tho Methodist
Fpi.copal Church, South, which has
been iu session at Ashcyille, has adjourn
al to meet next year at MorrstoWn,
Tenn.
Tho store and stock Of general mer-
chandIsc Of John Poindextcr ut Stokes
burg were destroyed 10y a supposed III
ceuiiary fire Sunday night.
Acknowledgement Davidson with
Thomas KuGin, John ". Graham, and
Richard Battle are in Washington to
represent the State IN the speclal-taX
bond case Of Temple against the State Of
North Carolina before tho Supreme
Court. It's learned tonight tlRt the
case will hardly bo reached before
Saturday.
inspectors General Cameron has almost
completed tho inspection OF the entire
state Guard for thc current year. The
average percentage Of strength present
at inspection 80 fnr is 80, which 10
the best record yet made.
HE5rrTED.
Governor ScI,les has resplted until
NuvmnboT tho eth Mollie Patoat, the
ncpro woman who was to hayo been
hanged at ianceyullc tomorrow. She
has sent the Governor an application for
communication Of sentence to life lm-
prisOnmont.
T.. Il. Stamps, against whom Cross
las sworn out a warrant rs now IN New
York. having gone there from Rich
nond. He will probably be bnck Satur-
day. ~ iBtnid that the attempted prose
c,aion is purely malicious, and that
Cuss's former counsel informed hun
that it WAS bad step and refused to
have anything to do with II. EX-Cashlcr
White Is yet in Jail. He has made up all
his hail, It appears, but five hundred
dclhus.
William Wellington, Samuel Reid,
and John Weddington (all ncgrOcs) are
10 be triod at Charlotte tomorrow for
the murder If Policeman Price at Mon
roo. a special venire Of one hundred
men has been ordered
Durharu's enterprise is to be again
illustrated. Messrs. w. Duke & Sons will
put up "a cotton-factory 1G01H feet aud
four stories in height IL will DO one OF
the largest, if not the largest, III the
STATE. and will stand near their cigarette
factory.
Track laying has begun on tho Dur
ham end Of the Durham Henderson
railw tlyo Durham and Northern, as
il Is called. Some twenty miles OF the
Henderson end have been laid.
The contractors on the Durham sec
ton OF tho Lynchburg ana Durham
railway arc now as IL point about IA mile
from Durham. The track will enter the
town at point near the eastern limits.
The Sixth North Carolina infantry,
Confederate States army. which had
made arrangements for ITS reunion at
Durham to-day, was famous regiment
When !! went INTO service its com mandor
was the gallant Colonel Charles L..
Fisher, then president of the North
Carolina railroad. The regiment was
assemble cd and drilled at what is now
Burlinc ton, but was then Company e
Shows Tho veterans, some two hun
dred in number, were commanded to-day
Ivy Colonel h. 4. Webb, of Durham.
Some negroes have been observed
wearing Cleveland badges 1t Is said
that along the line of the Western North
Carolina road quite number OF negroes
will vo,e the Democratic ticket, but 1t Is
really difficult 20 believe the statement
The shipments of cotton over the Cape
Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad are very
heavy now. being. in fact, far in excess OF
any previous business
The colorod people are making great
prepar alton for their fair at Goldsboro'
There is very little attention paid to
the in dependents 10y the Republicans IN
this campaign. There are few Of them.
Pears. n, of Ashoyille, was one, hut he
is now a full-aedged Republican, as is
Linvey, Of Taylorsyille Speaker Web
slor. a Rockingham, and nearly all Of
the others have returned to the Demo
cratic party. There are some very sharp
contr sts between this campaign and
that C3 1856.
Twenty-Five prominent men were
asked their opinion MS 70 the Demo
cratic majority in the State this year
Most 4 them said 1900.
This campaign IL notable for the hearth
ness and number of its rallies and
demon STATIONS all over the State. To-
morrow evening there will be one ut VII
mingt'n on an extensive style.
Ii i, ascertained that the game laws
have bssn better observed this year than
ever before. AS result there are more
partridges than ever before. No shoot
ing viii be done until tho 18th instant
Ducks are also reported as remarkably
abundant in the sounds and other east
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