Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-29
PINE-TAGS.
OLD NORTH STATE AND wAsHrYGros,s
INAUGURATION.
Governor fowls's Appsintmsnts-A psc.pi-
~taiion-rhs wsrk Of the Legis.
lature-Gsntr.i Notes.
SD lsleersm 70 the pl.palch.l

NEIN"h~f wv 80 ~ ~ HtrUfNIE.l
R,LrfGH, y. q, January 2s. Governor
Towle to-day appointed the follow ing gentle-
men 10 represent North Carolina as commits
eloners Al The centennial anniversary ~ the
Inauguration OF George Washington as Prcsi-
dent. to be held II New York April the Both 4:
W. I. DoTtch. ~ Wayne; Frank Coke. Of
Runoomhc; =. Il stamps, OF wake; james
Edwin Moore, of Martin; }. a. Forney. d;
rutherford; x. .. Gregory, Of Granville;
Charles {. Clark. OF CTayCn; Joseph 4.
CsicwclL 81 lredell.
! j H.. stamps, 81 Raleigh. rendered r~eslrna.
V0n ne president OF The Board 81 Directors OF
The peniieniisry 20 Governor FOwle. It was
accepted. Captain stamps has served mauy
years with much ABILITY.
ngcAPiriTED.
~ kinston Saturday a negro brakeman
VS. Standing on the roof Of q freight car.
~ thc caf passed undera warehouse he was
ttruch and Knocked of. lie fell between
zoe cars aud TIE wheels completely severed
BIZ head from hi. body.
Tlc Senate to-day passed on tie final read
i0g bile 10 extend the time for the COM
mcucrmcut OF work on toe Fast Carolina
railroad, and extending unui july, 1899. the
time Tor committing and .ettlng the state
dcHt. 4 resolution was adopted asking Com
grc's 30 make an Appropriation for COM
plotting the improvement on The Neuse river
90 smlhheld. Johnston county.
zoe Goyernor to-day authorized The ex-
chnngc Of the spring terms Of courts between
Jrl.c. rhlip'snd Brown 20 hat the former
will hold the Davidson Court and The latter
wiu bold thc stokes Cont.
a remarkable accident occurred Saturday
iu Auson county. ~ a white man named
y. ". smith was bsuiiug 4 load 81 seed cot
tlu, winch was Ia a frame msds Of hagging.
tIc cotton caught IRE. -Four Of smiths
children were seated on the cotton, aud 1t
required desperate Efforts % save their lives.
40 rapidly did tbc cs'ton burn. Smith saved
them lll. but both - BIS hsnds were 40 tad
ly hurscd as 10 neceSsliaie smputatiOu.
Thr body n Jamts Crawietd, 4 prominent
MAJ u Macon county, wasiound in bis fish.
pond. II ~ believed ihst he hNd an attack
~ h,ari.dlscsse, Ten into the water, and was
drowned.
Two vcTv important bills were introduced
IN the House. one Of these IL 10 make tho
~ amp-isnds subject 10 entry. The Oiheris
ly Representative %BeldnRfeld, Of Wake,
and proposes 10 50 amend the Constitution
~ % make the payment Of \ pOil.tsX a nece--
fary qualification Tor electors, with an TX
Ccpiiou IN favor OF persons who are certified
Nv The county commissioned 10 be paupers.
ms OH q certain 10 cause not OcDSte Nuch
n ono before thc Hou'c. - II T. believed
the committee Will report It isyorlhly. The
pressure for such a measure - uuquesii0n-
Ably very powerful. The Republican. will ~
course antakOniZr H.. The House uuanl.
mel,ly adopted a res0lutisn endorsing Com
missioner oil liam grafton PstUck's action
Do ~Oing North In Inc interest OF q permE-
ucnf soutbern expedition. and also expressed
i- desire n secure tho immigration TO this
State 81 Well.hehAyed and industrious per-
s0ns-the class which the Immigration
Bureau seeks 10 sttract here. The House
t9u'cd tie bll ~ submit 10 = vote Of the pcc-
yc the question Of the abolition Of tho
HOMESTEAD.
A bin passed prohibiting taxing Of oysters
from Roanoke and PamlIco sounds out q
STATE.
Judge David Schcncf will tomorrow
deliver an address before the Legislature and
the public on the battle Of Guiliord Court
house.
T.. T.. Ward hos been sentenced 70 death
at Jackson, Northampton county, Tor bur
glary ~ The house oi John Farmer. The
dale Of the execution ia March Sih.