Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-28
OLD NORTH STATE.
TIE WEEKLY BULLETIN or THE
STATE WEATHER SERVICE.
Excessive Rain-The Eject Upon the
Crops-Drowned-A Budget OF
News Notes.
Especial telegram tn tho Dispa,aAl


Especial telegram IN the Dispatah-l
RuyroH. n. c.. July 27.-The Commits
sioner Of Agriculture leaves for Atlanta
MONDAY 10 attend the meeting Of the Com
missiouers of the southern states. Inc
epecjG purpose Of the meeting IS 90 con-
slder the ute combine, and they propose
TO fuht il TO the bitter end Another mat
ter which will be considered Is the rcgula-
ton OF tare on cotton not covered WITH
iute baggiug. This matteris not vet settled
bv the Liverpool and New York Cotton
Exchanges
Governor Fowle returned here this after
noon from Ashevillc quite unexpectedly.
The weekly bulletin of the state weather
service issued tonight says I'm the east
ern district there was an excess of ram
average temperature and about the ave
rare amount Of sunshine. The enect on
the general crop appears % nave be"h IA
vorahle. Cotton is reported as improving
and blooming nicely. In the central us
frict the rainfall was above the average
temperature about normal, and the sun
shine eighty below the average. tiity
lror cent. Of the correspondents IL TINS us
frlct report the effect upon the crops rs
uufavoralle. In the western district the
rainfall was above the average, ana lhe
torupcraturc and sunshine about normal
Ninety per cent. Of the correspondence re-
port the effect upon the crops as favorable.
Cotton generally is reported as improving
DROWNED.
Yesterday evening M Wilmington an I'M
known white man fell into the Cape rear
river from the wharf and was drowned.
lie made no effort 10 save himself but SAM
like stone.
4 hotel 10 accommodate q thousand per-
IL, lrf.l ar n -
near Wilmington, and work on 1t Will De-
gin October lst.
Hog cholera ie reported 10 be raging IN
sections of the State east OF here.
The right of way for "a street railway az
Winston has been granted, and q contract
has been made for the electric lighting OF
Salem. &C,
leCc. is here on a visit. II" ~ very lIolll-
ncntlv spoken of i'm connection with the
PRESIDENCY of the College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
I'm Wavne county while John Lee was
driving along public road be Wa hTcd at
three times and his side and leg were DAILY
torn 10y shot His companion cscap'9
without wound. The man who attempted
to assassiuate Lee j. known, 10 IS SAID, and
his arrest is expected.
Much interest is shown IN tho meeting oi
the North Carolina Farmers Alliance at
Fayetteville on the 18th of next month.
Some ipportant questions viii come be-
fore II. The matter Of a railway commls-
sion viii he talked Of no doubt. Last year
the alliance made some suggestions as 10
this matter. Next time it will make some
demands.
THE EXODUS.
Some negroes who profess to be well in
formed say that the backbone of the exc
dus has been broken, Others say the
movement viii be resumed with renewed
strength i'm the early autumn. No one can
vet say which side Is 10 be believed. Some
ncr,roos who left here last March and April
have returned. They say that they re-
cciycd wages Of only $40 month where
they were promised twice "A much. and mat
their treatment was horrible. The labor
agents have great Influence and may make
converts IS readily in the autumn as they
did in the -prius despite these ara" backs.
Lexington viii have q new bank about
the middle Of September
General -. II. Hll is at Charlotte. HIS
health is prccariou~ and a rest 10y the sea-
side did not improve 1t.
II is learned that liberal endowment
fund has been promised Rutherford COZ,
lo9c bow prominent North Carolnan and
that the institution viii be named IN ms
honor. There are already preparations for
a reunion Of the alumni Of this college next
May. II is propOscdtO make tins an elaoo-
rate affair.
TYPHoID-TFyER.
II now appears that what has come 10 be
REGARDED as an epidemic Of typhOld-tcver
in this CITY is due 10 drinking water from
a particular well at point on Ncuse river,
six miles distant Two pic-nICs We're given
there mt night in June, and of forty per-
sons who drank the water 1t ls sand that
twentv-three have had or now have ty-
phold-fcvcr. In nearly every case 10 d
yirulcut and three deaths have resulted.
Among those dangerously III IS son Of
State Treasurer BAN. The executive clerk
of Governor FoWle is also supposed 10
have the fever. The water from the well
is now being analyzed il has been as
serted that dead animals were found ID the
well, but this Is now denied.
The people Of Fayetteville viii cndeavor
10 secure the attendance of the entire
State Guard i'm November az the cOnstltu-
tional centennial. If the Lee monument
is 10 be unveiled that month 10 doubt
majority of the State Guard would prefer
10 attend that grand ceremony. 90,
The Commissioner OF Agriculture VIII
attend next week convention at Atlanta
which Will consider matters Of moment TO
southern farmers.
Bishop Wilson will tomorrow preside at
a session Of the Raleigh District Con-
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. which conyenes At oxford.
Fort CasWell. near Wilmington. Us 10 be
enclosed and cared for. The people of
WILMINGTON have eudcaYorcd to secure the
regarrisoning Of this fort which has for
vears been under charge of an ordnance
sergeant.
Ihe Government built battery of two
ten-inch Bodman guns and four siege
mortars at the permanent c4mp-grounds 40
WrghtsWlle, but neglected 10 use proper
dispatch IN providing implements. 6c., SO
thai the guns could not Toe used during
the recent eucaupmeut. Only q part on
the implements have as yet been received
bv the Ouartermaster-Gener The sup
plies must Doe running very low or there i3
bad management somewhere. II all goes
10 show how slowly any attempt at coast
defence can be carried out.
FLOWER AND FRUIT FAIR.
Next Thursday the flower and fruit fair
will be held at Marion, and II promises 20
bc the best vet held. IL ought 10 surpass
all. for such year for fruit was never be
fore known.
some GOOD detective work is needed at
Wilmington, where not a night passes
without the commission of burelares.
These must be the work of an organized
band of professionals. some of them ne
croes. The daring nature OF the crimes IS
a special feature.
A SENSATION.
There is q sensation in Randolph county.
4 woman Of bad character Martha York,
is charged with SO cruelty beating her
grandson. Aston York, eleven years old. as
10 cause his death. While dellnous the
child repeatedly said some one had beaten
him 10 death. His mother Emeline York,
said that the boys grandmother was his
murderer. There had been quarrel at the
house Of the York woman, and very soon
afterwards the boy became violently Ill.
Marks of violence were plain.
Five or six years ago the State undertook
to build road through n great swamp IN
OnslOw county. It's known as the Quaker
Bridge road. 1t is alleged that the work,
which was done by convict labor, Is so poor
that i'll wet weather parts Of the road be-
come impossible. A call is made for
private subscriptions for the purpose OF
doing the work properly.