Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-20
OLD NORTH STATE.
yas supprS DEATH OF AN OLD NAVAL
OFFICER.
Railroad Mattsrs-Nsws Notes Gathered
from Various Points at Raleigh
Personal

Rnr,cn. n. G., March ls.--News was re,
ceiyed here TO-DAY OF the sudden desen, AZ
his home near Pittsboro', oil William y.
Pouainet, whose name 10 familiar one 70
tho old officers OF the navy, IN wnich no
eeryed tweuiy-thtce yesrs. He was sgtauu'
ale Of the Naval Academy, having ocen
appointed there by Thomas VI. benton.
He was at the bombsrdment OF vera
Cruz and WAS an officer ~ toe navy
on board the Ohio in Commodore ferrys
expedition to Japan. just beiore .ne
civil war he became large rice.pAnter near
wilmington, n. &. lie was 10 the Conied-
sra,e nsyv for few months. He had lived
a retired life near Piiisboro' for MANY years.
HIS are wss seventy-fye and his death, when
was very sudden, was due 70 heart'dlseese.
He was very accomplished man, aud " IS a
ms,ter Of record that he was the orst person
10 suggeSf the signal Service. HIS services
I'm This regard were acknowledge Dy tue
New York CITY Board OF Trade.
Governor Fowle to-day pardoned John
t;lennon. Young white lad. who was SEN
fenced 20 the workhouse for two years Tor
robberIes committed in Raleigh and VINO
had served one year.
DILL. Manncy, a welLknown physician
OF Beaufort, died yesterday; aged sixty
one years.
stste.Fngineer w. G. Lewis is making nm
examination Of the state lands on Core
creek. Cartarct county, with view 10 Tue
establishment OF a convict farm there. NO
efforts will be spared 10 make the penlten'
tiary sslf.sustaining. A plan Tor making
shoes AZ the penitentiary on the contract sys-
tenn Is under consideration. ,
IL is now positively stated that tho VIII
mingion, OnslOw and East Carolina rairoad
will be IN operation from Wilmington 10
jacksonville, the coUnty.scat OF Onsiow, by
the end OF the present year.
CAUSING uNEAsINEss.
Some bands OF young men sre causing
much unessiness among the people IN the
western part Of this county by their strange
sc.s They apply at farm.houses fora nIsht
lodging, and when this Is granted take adj
vantage OF the hospitality by decamping
during the night with all the articles ofvalue
thew can carry away.
Delegates from all the farmers alliances
in This county will NEE. here tomorrow to
make arrangements for the establishment OF
a Ieaf-toD9cco warehouse.
The new Board OF Directors OF the Peni.
Tertiary will hold their first meeting to-mor.
row aud will elect officers. w. J. Hicks will
be reelected architect and warden.
Father Boyle, OF the Roman Catholic
Church. has begun the delivery OF very
Interesting course Of lectures in this city.
POLITICAL.
The Republicans get bungrier for office as
the DAYS 20 by. Those who expect large
posltiOns have made promises TO tue smaller
iry and let Il be understood that the new
Administrators axe would swing very early
in March, Malone, failing 10 secure the
consolidated endorsement 1.-THE Legislature,
gOi all the Individual endorsements possible,
and some OF the people who thus aided him,
and whom be promised to aid. feel quite
shaky. There ia sharp antagonism among
the factions OF Republicans. It Is current
rumor that the white and colored Republic
cans are pulling apart.
While the disposition OF the negroes TO
leave the State is so general, it is an Obsery-
able fact that there is no movement from
what il known as the black district The
negroes IN Edgecomb county, who are in an
immense majority, refuse TO go. Gentlemen
from Wilmington, where the negroes also
greatly exceed the whites in NUMBERS. say
they do not think the exodus will prove
much there.
As showing the development OF industrial
enterprises 10 this State II IS interesting to
note the fact that thirteen cotton-iactories
are now in course Of construction. The
Piedmont section Of course leads, though all
sections are coming 10 tue lIOuJ III tuC way
OF such Improvements.
PUBLIC PRINTER.
The Republicans here have been greatly
concerned about the appointment Of ex-
Congressman John Nichols rs Public
Printer. They said that II he got in they
would be able 10 distribute 30 much patron
age as to reward their people and do much
towards making North Carolina and NIr-
giula Republican. Ii is curious 20 note that
the Republicans here continually speak OF
Virginia and North Carolina as "debatable
ground"
NOTES.
II Is claimed that OF the 100000 farmers
who voted the Democratic ticket at the late
election bali were members OF the Farmers
Alliance.
The alliance il taking hold OF the tobacco
business, and the announcement Is made thst
the farmers propose to manage their tobacco
crops from the plant-beds TO the pipes and
mouths Of consumers. The alliance ware
house in oxford is decided success and the
alliance smoking and plug-fsctories there
are almost ready TO begin work.
The experiment with grasses at the state
experiment farm are very interesting. The
growth is as vigorous as ia Nav. Great care
has been taken IN these experiments.
The botanical work OF the experiment
station Is progressing very Satisfactorily.
The seed tests are being continued, and are
relied upon by The farmers.
Seven prisoners, one white man, made
their escape yesterday from Durham county
workheuse by cutting through the floor.
The Durham authorities are making things
very lively for the violatOrs Of the local.
option law. Several were arrested yesterday
and two have fed.