Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-02
OLD NORTH STATE,
A VERY ACTIVE DAY IN TEE LEors.
LArURE.
Centsstsd Hleetions-Burued to Death
Their Treasurer flsd-Arrtsted Tor
Heinous Crime.
especial telegram to the Disp.,cS.l

tEBtNaA
RALEIGH, n. c., February I.-The follow
ing bills passed taelr tnaI reading 70 inc sem
Ate TODAY: TO authorize the Lynehbufg
ana Durham Railway Comp.ny 10 consoli-
date with. lease 70, or merge INTO other COM
NAMES nov Incorporated Ia this state; 10
extend the time for collection OF taxes aod
the settlement OF tax collectors. The Senate
IN Commitfce of The Whole completed ihc
consideration Of the bill amending the pub
lic. school laws. aud upon rising made a
favorable report upon tie bsN.
In the House macy bills were introduced.
> The following bills passed their bnsl read
} ing To require tao registration OF aeneses
in each county OF the State within six
months: 10 expedite criminal trials upon
their merits by allowing the correction OF
slight variations or omissions In evidence.
The House concurred In the sens,e aDepds
ment 10 The bill extending TO July, 1890,
the lint for the settlement OF the stale deOt.
Two election contests were disposed OF
TO-DAY. The first. from Wake county,
wherein J.. NJ. Green, Republican. contested
The seat Of t.. -. Bincom, The sitting men,
Der. The m~aiority report OF Tue
on Privileges and Elections favored Ban
com. while a minority report favored Green.
BY a vote OF 26 TO 80 the minority report was
rejected. and Bancom retains ht seat. The
miner tlNF WIS ilVil Af1Nf' fF'NfFf
this sinus Roulhsc, Republican, Contested
the sea, held by T.. Il. Outlaw, Democrat.
The committee report wss unanimously IN
favor Of OUTLAW, sad he was given me scat
by an almost unanimous vote OF The House.
A Young son Of !. X. TAYLOR was burned
IN de,tb In a Geld while his father was set
ting tire 10 hto0m-sedge.
n Is reported mat the negroes at winston
held a meeting 10 raise FUNDS to defend the
men who are charged With the preparation
~, pross ontragcs. Their money wss turned
over 10 a treasurer, who has fed with H.
A nero named Mlnter has been jailed ut
Carthage Tor attempted assault on a white
woman aged fifty years. The man Is a
desperate fellow. who not long ago broke
jail In Chatham county.
Rev. Dr. MsLguin. oftbc University, who
was stricken with paralysis, Is rapidly im'
proving in health.
william b. Grimes, Of Raleigh. was to-day
Amounted assistant quartcrmaster OF the
State.
The Supreme Court met %to-dny-all five
Justices on the bench.
The name OF the proposed railway from
Goldsboro' TO Charlotte. a charter for
which Is to be applied FOR in about a fO't-
night, is the GOidsb0TO' and Charlotte Air
Line.
Quantities OF steel rail are arriving at Fay
e%ttevillC, 10 be taken 20 Greensboro for use
on the Roanoke and Southern railroad.
Next Monday, at RutheTfOrdron. there
will be an important meeting in the interest
Of The extension OF the Carolina Central
railway from hist point through Hickory
Nut Cap 10 Asheyille. The SeabOard syS-
TEN, to Which The Carolina Central road be-
longs. IL greatly DESTROYS to secure The early
completion OF this link.
IVo.E On Tho Dcoau IteW railway near
Wrighisville has progressed so rapidly that
by March 18th It will be completed.
There are now over 600 labOrers engaged
on the High Point. RandiemaD, ASHORE
and Southern rallrOad.
There are desperate efforts in certain
quarters TO arouse antagonism to the pro-
posed railway commission. This attack as
umes various shapes. The committee has
prepared q bill creating the commission. IL
~ in type, but il only for the private use OF
the members Of the committee, and they de-
cline to make its contents public. II Is UNI
derstood, however, TO be a strong bill,
carefully drawn and giving the commission
ample overs.
The hill requiring payment OF poll tax as
apecesssry requirement for electors Is caus.
ing q great deal Of talk. nearly all favorable.
The measure - clearly q popular one. IL II
lett, in fact, TO be a necc sSitv. some papers
have In some WAY got An idea that this bill
Is passed, while Others state that II was
tabled. The fact Is It Is yet In the hands OF
the judiciary Committee.
A good deal 81 %irterest Is shown In a
further geological survey OF the Piedmont
section. The people oi Stokes, SurIy, and
Rockingham counties are now msking pre-
paratiOns for q survey Of their valuable min-
cral deposits.
The people OF Winston, alarmed and ans
moved at the recent frequency OF terrible
crimes In their immediate section, are con-
sidering the question Of employing able de-
tcctives 10 ferret out the daring and despe-
rate men who have perpetrated these out
RACES.
Track.layiDg on be extension Of the Halt
fax and Scotland Neck railway Is completed
TO a point three miles from Bethel, in Pitt
county. There tue TOsd formS q junction
with the Williamson and Tsrborc' railway.
Trains from Bethel are now running TO Hall
fax. BY the lSt OF june trains will run
from Greenville 10 Halifax, as grading on
the fourteen miles between Greenyille and
Bethel Is actively in progress.