Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-31
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A SUBSTITUTE FOR JUTE.
The first bale Of cotton ever covered
with bagging made of pine-straw was
turned out yesterday at MchImmon s
gin. in Richmond county. tbs claimed
that revolution in bagging will be Ell
fected by the use Of this new material,
the manufacture Of which has now ac-
ti,ely begun.
To-day a party Of Farmers Alliance
men drove through this city. One OF
them bore a flag made of lute cotton
baggng ("trust" bagging) on a pole.
and it was draped with Grape. There
was much laughter at the sight.
POOR CROPS.
Tho Commissioner of Agriculture has
returned from MoreheAd City, where he
attended the meeting Of the State To-
bacco Association. He rays the crops
east OF Goldsboro are the poorest he has
ever seen, and that they are not half rs
good as last season. The corn crop ID
simply miserable as general thing.
Tobacco in Guilford. Alamance, Chat
ham, and Randolph counties If also re-
ported as injured by recent high winds.
Reports to the Agricultural Department
state that there is much rust in cotton in
Robson county and that section due to
the cool weather.
Gaunt Il Thrums saw-mill, in Catawba
county, has been burned. The loss Is
81, 200.
Floral College, in Robson county.
which has been closed for year, will be
reopened next month.
AMAN WITH FIFTEEN WIVES.
r. d. Johnson has been convicted OF
bigamy in Robson county and sentenced
70 five years in the penitentiary. He
confessed in open court that he had fif-
teen wives and said further that he al
ways found it cheaper to marry than to
move a family.
DEATH or PROMINENT CITIZEN.
Colonel 4. NJ. Fsison, prominent
resident Of Duplln county, is dead. His
death occurred at Morganton, where he
had gone for health. His death WAS pri-
marty due TO injuries received IN run
away accident.
L. O. Skinner, the Democratic. and
EA. White, the Republican candidate for
Congress. have arranged for o joint can
yass in the First district.
The Burnside Veterans, who were
participants in the capture of Roanoke
Island, have made full arrangements to
revisit the scene OF the battle and all
that section October Sth. They wilt
come UiQ Norfolk. The ex-Confederates
and people generally are preparing to
give them hearty reception.
RUMoRED WITHDRAWAL.
II is said that the name of J. T.
Nichols. Democratic nominee for the
House from Durham county, will be
taken down, aud that another nOmina-
ton will be made.
Evangelist K. q. Pearson will begin
his meeting at Winston September 18th.
The Raleigh graded schools will open
September 18th. There are two white
and three colored schools, which last
year had over $500 pupils in attendance,
and will next term have many more.
CAPTURED IN VIRGINIA.
John Gibbs. who escaped from Eliza
beth City jail last week, has been recap
tured ia Virginia, and IS back IN his old
quarters.
The new Second Presbyterian church
at Wilmington is to cost ST., 300.
Work on Durham's new courthouse is
progressing quite rapidly.
he attendance ut the reunion of tho
Sixth North Carolina infantry, which is
to be held at Durham October 18th, the
second day OF the Tobacco Exposition,
will be very largely attended, as the re-
sponses from the veterans show.
At Durham yesterday Rev. Thomas j.
Homer, of Henderson, and Mrs. Sarah
A. Lyon, of Durham, were married.
There is more warmth in the political
world, and there are signs that the cam
paign will soon be hot
The railway from Scotland Neck to
Bethel, Pitt county, will be completed
in thirty days, and trains will be running
regularly by October 18th.
The Atlantic Coast Line has decided
to build railway from WILLIAMSON 10
Plymouth Uia GAINESVILLE, work to begin
early in the spring.
John Moore (colored) is in jail at
Washington on charges OF assaulting
Nancy Green.
In the First district George II. Brown,
Jr, IL the Democratic, George A. Spar
row the Republican, and G. ID. Langs-
ton the Third Party nominee for elector.
All have arranged matters for joint can
vAss, to begin next week.