Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-16
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
YnE pgocEEpfyas IN THE LEGfsLA-
TuRE YESTERDAY.
Railway-commissiop Bill-1u Strength
A Hote-Boos steps sallst-Work
OF the risues. &c.
rsnncial ielorram o ihs pI.paleh.l


tlan Of JOIN G. scarborough to oe Commas
sloner of Labor.
The session Of the House was interesting.
Three REPORTS 81 committees, al favorable.
were made-~one on the hhl providing ioT
the alternative method OF working TOE puo-
lie roads Of ne slate. one on the bili TO pre-
vent trusts ana combinations. and one on the
hin 10 yalldsie land era8tsn Has wood, Jack.
sop. AID Sven c0nuiej which were insue
m 1921. hut which were declsred Invalid bs
tine supfcae Court ri rs last Term. ms
involves $1,000 serfs OF land. Inc msuer
,shas been discussed Tor weeks IN very hNey
The r,ilsray commission bin was taken M
ss The special order. The report Of the ma
ioriiy covered iae M0, ~nico has been sums
,par,zed ia ine DispaieS, and which provides
for a commission win tult power. Inc
minority Ytfort favored a cOfnwlitee with
,dyisory 70 yfr. Ire minority report was
los, and the, ~ the m3jcriy adopted. The
vote on The adoption 81 the maioll'y report
was fffy-six TO iwcnty.six. The OIL ps-sen
fts second fe1di0g api comes up to-fhoifow
on n. tbiro ..sdiog - the SPECIAL order. IL
ss .sid to.d.v ~ w..l.;niormed gentlemen
tha, the vote 90 he on IN The House to-day
Yepresenla tha strength Of the bili and thst
IN tbe scna.e {: viii ret thifty out OF the NIFTY
votes.
STATE fiy.
An effort viii be lpa}e 10 put the state tax
NJ a figure r0s oYer - cent?. IL is c0uo,ini,
however. u 90 can bee put at less than - or %
ccnis. 10 i, calculated that S2j,VOO VIII De
saved on toe psni.cntaiy.
STOPPED BULLET.
George Parrot a8d II. A. Barron. OF
Kinsion. qnlrreiica M Barfon's shan. Par.
ro,t,s nofa. hook sionpcd a bullet aud saved
PaTfott's lite.
twe.yesr.old child o. Mrs. Henderson,
nj PIVier, in Ircdcll county, 0aS burned 10
death aay Before Yesterday. Mrs. HEADER
son wss usdly burned in an attempt TO save
the child.
Ebert simmons. Of Cleveland county, has
I'm thirty DAYS lost MS wife and seven chl'
dren by measle> and typhoid-iever. SIM
mons and bis only sOu are both critically III.
The residence Of ID. +. Kinney, 10 For
,ythe county. was burned Tuesday.
Toe fvc-year.0Id grandson OF u. +. Mid
eette, OF Pomlieo. set fire to the Istier's barn
sud stables toy an accident and burned them
with the horses and all the contents.
In a few davs II is expected that the state
Will arm company az Concord which dates
back % Revolutionary days, when II was the
"Cabarru> Black BOYS so known because
Of Il black uniform then worn. The COM
psuv will be G, Fourth regiment, and has -
men.
The Farmers Alliance, II Is stated, desires
the abolition Of The homestead. or certainty
modification Of the iaw, but the Legislature
has not 80 far shown much IDercyto bills IN
that direction. One Is now IN the hands OF
committee.
Some very exaggerated reports appear TO
have heon circulated about the state OF af.
fairs at Goidsboro'. the narrow escape oil
labor agents from death, &c. Gentlemen
from Watre county say these statements are
untrue. The agent. left. but they were not
threatened with personal violence. lues-
day o telegTam was sent Ov Mayor Peterson,
Of GoldsboF0', 10 a man in Arkansas, who,
Il was said. bad employed persons in Wayne
10 get names Of negro laborers, stating that
negroes IA large numbers were there and in-
quiring u the Arkansas man intended re-
moTinl them. The latter at once answered
that be had not authorized any one To collect
these negroes at G0ldsbore'.
An oldnocrO man named Nathan Iuggins
fell IN The Ore ia LeooiT county Yesterday
aud was burned 10 death. lie was subject
TO epilepsy.
HGHwAYNEN.
Thr,e daring negro hichwsymeu set upon
William Mave.s. q white farmer. in Moore
county, a iow DAYS past. aud while one held
bus horse ihe others riiled his wagon and his
poc6ef-hcos.
Thee fcaly seems now TO be TO doubt
that an almost direct line OF railway IL TO be
oon.lrociri from wilmington Uid Orslow
county and kinston to GreeDylle. There II
will c0uncCi wlt1 the road TO scotland Neck,
thence 90 a liiaX. IL will run, in greater
part, thraugh 2 new and very productive
country, ana viii give Richmond, and also
NoIf0.k. another connection.
The Piedmont Reduction Company, OF
ThOmasville, T. IN the hands OF q receiver.
Ii l. said iha. it went into bis hands IN order
that some Objectionable stockholders might
be clmiumrd.
The Farmers Cooperative School Com
psny o! Moth Carolina which the Legisa.
ture has cssTtcred, proposes 70 have its school
at More BEAD lily. aod is plan is quite am'
biiiou.. 10 will haNe capital OF $4,000 IN
$40 shares.
Twenty .odl miles OF the railway from
Shelby TO MorganiOu are graded. 1t is pretty
nearly m air.line.
There IA . truly remarkable negro at Wei
don. lie IS q telegraph messenger, and cat
neither getd nor write. His rare power cOu-
sisis IN hi. ability. mysterious and wonderful
70 take message e. The train. watch the pas
sengcrs As they aligbt or remain inside, a0C
Invariably give the kilograms TO the proper
persons WITHOUT aShluG any plcHulluAil
questions. The lad. whose name IS ChriSio
phar Johnson, cannot explain this singular
Gin, but does il by intuition, II must be.
An important bill has been introduced ~
the Legislature 10 give the entire state the
benefits Of what Is known rs the "alternativt
road law IL will allow 70 the boards Of
magistrates and county commissioners th'
power 10 levy an assessment or ad yaloreu
tax OF 10 cents on the 500 property yalu
alton and poll.ax Of 10 cents, this e
constitute the county-rOad fund. IL also
provides that all able bodied persons can bt
called on for four days road work each year
with penalty for neglect OF ibis duty. Al
prisoners in jail, etc.. and conVicts for ies'
time than i've year, are 10 be available iol
sroad work, and convicts from the peniten
tiary may also be employed.
THE NEGEo QUESTION
There IL q great deal OF talk about th'
negro question in North Carolina. There
ATE several points involved Many person.
desire that the negroes shall be givea every
opp0rluntiy 10 leave the state. There il
a a..vfsf ffr.r