Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-14
TWO FIRES.
RxsrpYRcx AND A HorTL BURNED IN
NORTH cAESLIsA.
The Concord rsir--sait for Wages aud
psmsgss-Ths Game sssson-rhs
spsoiai-Tnx- Boad Case.
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Prom the same cause . hotel owned by
J.B. Bundv, at Iaurenburg, aud occupied
by Mira L. +. Cook, wAs burned yester-
day. The loss is some 5000, with
81, 800 insurance. Part OF tho furniture
was savej.
The Concord Fair was a success, the
attendance having been large and ex-
hibits excellent There were zoo vete-
rams present st tho eT-Confederate re-
union. The fair closed to-day. II was
Che first held there and will be made per
manent
n. n. u. Robinson, who bad been in
charge of the Western Union Telegraph
Office here some twenty months, aud
who was displaced some days ago. has
instituted suit in the Wake superior
Court for sum aggfegatlng So,VJO LOT
services and damages The case VIII
como up at tho next term OF the Wake
Superior Court.
The shooting season in this State be-
gins Monday. partridges are reported
10 be more abundant than IN many
wears. The law protecting them from
April lsi Ia October 18th has been better
observed than ever before.
The Bureau Of sb0r Statistics has it's
report for this year IN preparation, and
Commissioner ". y. Jones said to-day
that 1t would be much more complete
than the first report winch was
issuod last year, eud information II
much moro easily secured ana e1ten1s
into new fields.
II il understood that the special-tex
bond case will not be argued IN the
United States Supreme Court until next
Noudav. One of the counsel believes
Efforts will be made " continue the case
until the next term OF the court.
At tho reunion Of the Sixth North
Carolina infantry 81 Durham the fsg
which was borno by tho regiment WAS
displayed, torn by bullets. 1t IS sad
that It il the only tlng ever planted
within tho cemetery at Gettysburg. II
,.ss specially carried IN the stormlng OF
The rIdgo there, and was planted among
The PED raj batteries IN the cemetery.
The commander Of the regiment on that
day gns Colonel Snmuei Mcdowell Tate,
who Wis present at tho reunion. The
repiment has formed survivors ascot
sti3u, with Colonel i. +. Webb as
president
Oysicrpacking is becoming n very
considerable industry at Newberne. 1he
business will be larger this season than
over, and special preparations are ID pro-
gress.
Tho county commissioners Of Edge
connie have received the new JAIL which
well-dcsirucl ouc with steel cells
10 show how the iarmer5 are fighting
tine hsggiug trust IT may be stated that at
Weldon, usually large market for bag
ping only two yards OF Iulc baRRlng
lave been sold tins season, and that two
for some other purpose than as cover
ing for cotton.
There are quite different reports az to
crops. Ia the tdgec0mhe section they
ere poor and few farmers have anything
approaching a good crop. while III the
,llmtngtou section they have improved
and the regorts are much more encour-
nrnc. lutthenycragc ln the State lower
tnon 10 some years.
The Republicans nj headquarters here
pru Ltsrely Goodug the state with
documents by mail express, and freight.
Thor supply scrms lueXhaustlblo, and
fresh material comes IA ~ ry day.
ho Monroe ight Infantry, Company
j., Fourth regiment, Viii probably bee
oishaudcd for failure To comply with tho
law requiring ~ icnst thirty -MO men to
Do procout at inspection.
n Us and that tho creator part OF the
al nil
from Nash and Franklin counties. New
tobacco 10 coming IN quite freely. but
tle Cmdcs as q rule. are low.
Tao Republicans nrc matiuctho charge
tbnt tho Democrats VIII food tho state
with counterfeit tickets just before tho
election
- now appears that several pine-straw-
fibre faciores viii be- established lu the
lt4te. Pine straw IS very abundant and
can bc put to a variety OF uses. Very
cood rapor WIS made from 1t near
Fayetteville during the war
The cotiOu-setd OIL mills bullt at 1nr-
Loro' by the farmers IL now ready for
business. Ihoro are several of these CO.
ope7atiye oll-mills in that section OF the
Ntaic.
iood reports are coming in with re-
card 20 the sorghum crop. which Is
larger than any year since the war; The
frost hurt thus crop IN only lew eX-
trcme western counties
IL may DO said that every prominent
Democrat IL now engaged in the canvass,
with the exception of those sick or inca
paoitated. IL IS certainly an earnest
campaign.
noIis are being made to secure tho
building ot a railway from Henderson to
Reldsville. Tho Henderson people arc
asked 70 subscribe $40, coo TO this road
the Atlantic and Western.
Stephen Davis, a white man, who was
drinking, was run over by n train at
0olAsboro' night before last and instant
Jy billed.
There is trouble among the colOred
Beptists at Concord. Some of the con-
gregR.ion declared that the preacher
should not ent n the church to preach.
They stood at the door with clubs and
threatened TO kill tho pastor II he at
tempted TO enter. Tie retired.
The prospects are that the state Fair
next week Will be one Of the most attrac-
tive in msuy years, and that the attend
ancc viii be tho largest ON record. The
rate Of fare from any part OF the State IS
only cent mile.
Work ON the Winston and Wilkesboro'
railroad Is nov progressing at the rate OF
three quarters Of mile per day.
Much tobacco WAS 20 greatly injured
by tho frostS in Person county that 1t has
not been cat at All.
Governor Scales. who is now at Greens
boro, will return here Monday ana en-
Tuesday viii formally open the state
air.
Dockery is sick and was not able to
sposk at Asheyille yesterday. Kitchen
IA still after Dockcry and shows him no
mepcy.
T. T. Devercux, the Radical candidate
for Attorney General, is now bitter IN
his attacks upon Judge fowle, but yes
terday letter from bin was read, dated
IN lSSo, defending Judge FoSle from
the very charges now made
soushera Platds.
Especial telegram % tho Dspatchl