Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-01
LEGISLATURE.
MANY IMPORTANT BILLS AFFECTING
STATES INTEREST CONsIDERgD.
Among Them Granting Further Time to
sheriffs to settle-PenItentiary-Assign
ments-Foundsred- &c.
rspeciaI telsgram 10 the Dlspatch.

| Whole on the bill to amend the public
school law. The bill was considered by see
I lions and occupied The entire session.
! The session Of the House was prolonged,
/ though OF no special interest. The princi.
| pal bills introduced were the following:
! To abolish All State normal schools and apply
/ the sums appropriated to them tO cou "
, teachers institutes; to increase the efficiency
/ OF the state Guard by making M annual an-
/ preparation TO thirty companies instead OF
twenty-five, and to appropriate $1,000 an
/ nuaily for IN euclmpmeut: 10 establish an
| agricultural and mechanical college for the
/ c0l0red race; 10 secure to creditors 4 Just
| division Oi the estates OF debtors who con-
/ yey 10 lssgnees for the benefit OF creditors;
10 amcnd the charter OF the Western North
Carolina railroad; to establish true me-
| rldian in all the counties OF the state.
The House took up the Jones county con-
| tcsled-election case.
Two reports we're made by the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. The committee
is composed OF seven Democrats and four
/ Republicans.
4 majority report by four Republicans
and two Democrats was in favor ~ +. f..
/ Green (Republiclu), who was the contestant.
| A minority report signed by live Democrats
was in favor OF T.. VI. FoscCe, the sitting
/ member.
TIE House BY a vote OF - TO 50 adopted
/ the majority report, and Green cot the seat.
The following bills passed q final reading :
/ To renew the powers Of the Lynchburg and
| Durham Railway Company: 10 exclude
| from the schools of the Croatan Indians IA
| Robson county all persons OF negro blood /;
| % relieve the Governor from the duty of
/ acting ~ chairman Of the state Board Of
| Agriculture; 10 incorporate the Ocean.
| View Railway Company in New Hanover
| county. \ bill 10 incorporate the Aberdeen
/ and Wcst End railway in Moore county
/ passed H. second reading.
The Committee sn Penal Institutions in
/ trodured bin which II has prepared 10 en-
| able the penitent1ry to become self-suslaiu-
| ing The bll Is n great importance. u ap-
/ Dropriatcs $4,000 annually from the rrea-
/ sury Tor The next two years for the main,e-
nance of the penltentiary. The gross earn
/ ings % the pententiary from an cOnVicis
winch have been or may he hereafter sem
/ ttnced thereto shall be covered into The state
/ Treasury and constitute part oi the gene
/ raj fund thereof. II also provides that m
/ addition to the $4,000 appr0prated under
/ This act toe directors u the pcnitcn-
| tiary are authorized 10 draw from the
/ funds IN the State Treasury arising from
] SUI - iafl NliA- huA Nfb 'hh'i I'f An AliV'hN
sufficient 10 pay the actual operating eX-
/ pcnse- of the pcnilentiary aud Of the con-
yicts under their care. sud keeping 20 an
/ amount not exceeding s9200OO per lnnum,
including $1,000 appropriated directly, snd
until the gross earnings -ud cash realized
/ thertirOm so covered into The Treasury shall
/ equal the amount drawn from the Treasury,
I including the $4,000
II ,, msdc unlawful 10 furnish any
1 cOnYicts free OF expense save the cost OF
guartcrlng and trans portliiOn. and the au-
I th0rlfes shall not be required 70 furnish
| c0nYicts under any statutes assigning con-
| NiciS which fix the maximum or other rate Of
1 compensation, except where the contracts
! have already been executed under such
statutes, and all cOnyicts arc 90 be with
drawn from such occupation. This does
not apply 10 the Murphy branch Of the
Western North Carolina railway, where con.
/ vlcts -h,l be allowed to complete It from
Rcd-Marhle Gap to Murphy. or 10 Roanoke
/ and the Southern railway. The convict, are
! always 10 be under the care and keeping "
! lho peniieniisry authorities. In making con-
tracts for the employment Of conyicts prefer
ence is 10 De given 10 contracts Tor larger
bodies. When the self sustaining basis is
reached conylct- may be furnished for
working the pubic roads.
rne superintendent. ~ the various insane
asylums IN the state met here to-day for con-
sutation.
The rice-mils burned at Newberne last
week will be rebuilt.
W. y. Ray. general merchant OF Wake
county, assigned yesterday.
smith & BOwden, dealers in dry goods AZ
War.aw. have assigned, Asset, and llabill'
tie, are not stated.
The schooner Lena, laden with corn, foun-
dered sunday nlght forty miles below the
mouth Of tue Ncu.c river. Captain Murphy
and the crew were rescued by the revenue
cutter stevens and taken 10 Newbcrne.
The contract for tbe wsler-wOrEs a. Colds
boro' was awarded yesterday. TIE work
begins at once
strong movement is in progress to secure
the creation Of a new county ont Of parts Of
Richmond and Robeson, with Laurenburg
- the cOuuty-seat.
Yesterday rs the little daughter oi Win
ship Goodwin, OF Chatham county. was In
the woods where her brothers were cutting
trees a tree fell upon her and crushed her 10
death.
The Legislature will be asked TO pass =
bin TO prohibit the sale Of liquor IL Durham
county.
The remarkable mildness Of the present
will never bee FORGOTTEN. Strawberries were
picked last week in Moore county, fully ripe,
and in the open air.
Henderson Dean has been rcGrrested on
the charge Of numbering Daniel &. Cameron
IN Moore county. The evidence against him.
though strong. is wholly circum.tinual. He
is in jail and in April Will be tried for his
life.
Mr.. James 4. Robinson has withdrawn
from the position Of associate editor Of the
Durham Recorder and the Southern Tobac-
cOnist.
The great love which Is so freely gwen
senator Vance in North CafOinl finds
beautiful expression since the loss OF his
eye. Press and people alike express regard
aud sympathy for nm IN hls affection.
II is intended to have q celebration at
Guilford Courthouse battle-ground, near
Greensboro, this year in the early spring,
and senator Vance has promised 70 deliver
the address.
The farmers report that they are hard At
work making an early start for the coming
seasons crops. Tney are evidently more
hopeful than they were last year at this time.
The crops of small gram, particularly
wheat and oats, look well, and the stand Is
as 4 rule good.
The unusually large number OF wrecks on
the coast OF this state the past months brings
out very clearly the need for more light
houses. More l.ie-,aying stations are Also
needed.
The winter exposition at Newberne, which
begins on the 18th Of February, will be the
event Of the month. II is probable that the
Legislature will visit It in body in spe-
cial tram, leaving here on the 18th. Ar
rangements TO ttat end are now being made,
and II is stated that nearly all the members
have consented 10 make the trip.
" hat Is known a. the Ducktown branch
of the Western North Carolina railroad has
ut last been opened 10 Red Marble Gap, and
by the end Of February trains viii be run
ming to NallsytOwu, in Cherokee county.
Not great deal more work will then re-
main 10 be built. The delay for two years
past has been mainly due 10 a change OF
hne at and near Red Marble Gap.
At Durham what is known as the "PrObi.
bition Vigilance Committee " has been or
gsnized. II has fifty members, and proposes
10 repress any attempt to yitiate the locil-
option laws. good deal OF feeling exists
there between the hquormen and their
friends and tue Probibitonists.