Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-19
OLD NORTH STATE.
wogK OF THE TWO HOUSES OF The
LEGIsLATURE.
Important Matters Disposed 0f-Killed By
Falling Trse-Cass OF
Suicide
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RALEIGH, y. G., January l3.-ln The senate
to-day the stock.ldw question came uD ana
WAS debated al great length, ana bill was
passed making the fees for impOunding stock
the sane as they were Tour years ego. The
most important hiil which has come up at the
present session was discussed. II PROVIDED
for working the public roads by taxation.
Il was evident that the opposition to It wa'
strong, though T. had some earnest cham
plous. II came up with an uniaTorable re-
port from the committee. II failed 10 pass,
receiving only twelve votes, while thirty'twO
were cast against Il.
An interesting bill, rather novel In IFS
character bat very sensible ia plan, came ~
and was discussed quite at length. IL aus
tbOrlzes the Commissioner o. Agriculture 10
Offer premiums ranging from 500 TO $500
for the best yields per acre Of corn. wheat,
oats. cotton, aud Irish potatoes. % many
amendments were offered that tbe bin had TO
20 back 70 the Committee on Agriculture.
II VIII doubtless pass.
Tue bin preventing frauds in the sales OF
land and persona property by requiring no.
tees 10 be publicly posted twenty days be-
fore such sales passed rs final reading.
Billie we're introduced IN the House n
change the location OF the state Normal
School n Newton 10 MorgaOtOn 20 amend
the charter Of the Durham, Blue Wing and
Clarksylle railway, and 70 extend the iuris-
dlc'ion Of magistrates very considerably In
criminal ca.es.
the cOuntg.gOyernmeut question Wss sct-
tied. Republican introduced bit pro-
yiding that the people should elect county
commissioners and al other officers.
The House tabled 10 by an overwhelming
vote. IL is not 10 sll probable that the
fx-e ~ V.flI ha ffUENTnI
with any more this session, az the Repubii-
cans see they can make no canit1l out Of II.
TIE time for the exchange Of bonds IN the
settlement u the state dcJt was extended 10
July 1, 1889
FARMERS ALLIANCES.
There ere to-day 1.5OO farmers alliances
orpanized IN the STATE. Not one ms dis
banded and the most are steadily gaining IN
membership
Three psrdous were to-day ISSUED from
the executive Office. They were granted b7
Governor scsles yesterday morning as bis
last Official act They are TO Robert Long,
OF stokes county, who wvs sentenced Tor
larceny 10 twenty year, imprisonment and
has served eight years; John Hodges, cd
Beaufort county. who was scnie3ccd ior
thirty years for burglary, WAC has served
twenty wears and was one Of the FIRST prison
ers ever in the penilcutiary, and Ransom
JONES, o. Davidson. sentenced 10 eighteen
years for trson, aud who has served eleven
years.
4 party 81 $50 negro emigran's left Dur
ham tbis afternoon for IeKsS.
lola Hacks, negro woman who was on
trial ln this city for the murder OF a white
man named Stricken, was last evening found
guilty OF msnsaughtcT.
A negro man named Cotton was put on
trlal tbs afternoon for the murder q bis In
FAINT chi q.
Governor Towle bad many callers at The
executive Office to-day.
:. -. Wsllacc cashier oi TIE Bank OF New
Hanover. died suddenly no Wilmington TINS
morning.
The BAH ~ honor % Governor Fowle did
not end until after , o'clock TINS morning.
/ A. manys s 1900 persons attended IL, ana e
was unque.tiooahy The largest ball ever
given in Norln Carolina.
An illicit Cistillery was captured Tuesday
| by deputy collectors in Chatham county.
Colonel Junius I. Allen. Of Durham couu-
/ ty, who was stricken with paralysis some
/ DAYS aGO, died lat night
lieury johnson ~aa instantly killed in
| IredcH county boy falling tree. lie was a
! cripple and could not ret ont OF the way,
| but stood siill while The trce fell unou him.
The Durham people last night organized a
hN-auQ-ordcr association g. stop tine uuiaw-
/ ful sale OF liquor, m that town In violation
OF The localOption act.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Monroe Parker, aged thirty-siX years,
committed suicide by hanging hmsef with
% plow-lnc at hls home iu Orange county on
"wednesday. HIS wlfe thought he had gone
10 a barn-raieing in the noighhoth,od, 90
which ne bad been i1viicd thai Cyenlut.
She missed the barn key, ana %, Parker Gld
not return shc went TO the barn and saw The
door was not locked. she WA afraid Iolook
in, rs she knew be had tricdto hang himself
/ before. Next morning sre sent her son %
| the barn 10 see II be could tpd bis father.
E THE boy found him hanging wiki biz feet
/ touching the ground.
wednesday evening ". II. Chase, post
master at Ernui. Craven county, and Tom
| Peterson. a negro. were hunting Wild tur.
/ keys AZ they we're crossing a swamp on
/ foot long log turned, throwing both of.
/ The shotgun in the hands a Peterson was