Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-24
OLD NORTH STATE.
A HxALrFY oPRsyT TO TEE NEGRO
EXODUS.
white Men Want Employment 40 Farm
Hands-p.tsrninsd Incendiartss--
General Notes
Especial sslesram to .he pi,paieh.l

RALEIGH, n. c., March 23.-Letters hsve
been received here from Illinois making IN
aniries rs 10 the opportunities OF farm white
hands getting employment In North Caro-
lina. II Is stated that thirty thousand iarm'
hands in that State are ANXIOUS 10 come 10
this state to work on farms, provided they
can secure permanent employment.
The Injunction recently obtained by Leroy
Myers & Co. against w. III. Styron, assignee,
was Yesterday dissolved by Judge Shipp ct
Carteret Superior Court, and the assignee has
resumed possession OF the goods.
Governor Fowle to-day appointed Charles
s. BRYAN, OF Newberne, paymaster-general
OF the State Guard, TO succeed the late Eugene
Morehead.
The following additional commissioners
have been appointed b represent North
Carolina at the Inauguration Centennial at
New York: a. Il. Andrews, x. B. Creary,
and W. q. Lamb.
On the night OF the 7th instant inceudiaries
fred the residence OF Colonel W. Y. Cana
day, at Wilmington, and II was greatly
damaged. The house is Que Of the finest IN
the city, and force OF wOrSmen haze been
engaged repairing the damages. The fire was
started in the basement and q valuable library
was ruined. Another attempt by an inccndis-
~ to DESTROY the building was made last night
lust before midnight. An alarm was turned
IN promptly aud no great damage was done.
This last IRE, like the dr-t one, WAS clearly
Of incendisry origin. aud started IN the
basement. Mrs. Canaday is AZ Washington,
where her husband il very sick, and the
only occupant Of the house Is a Waterman.
The authorities will mako careful nve'ti-
cation. There rs some clue 10 the guilty
party.
southern Fines, which Is becoming quite
well known as 4 health resort, is crowded
with northern people. sad many have been
turned away. The place IS in Moore cOun.
~. and II Is said that the high ridge covered
with long-leat pines on which It stands -
the hcsthiest place IN the world. This
ridge il thirty miles long, snd on It case OK
lung,trouble was never known TO originate
The track Of the Lynchburg aud Durham
railway is graded, snd track-layinc is TO be.
GIN nj the Durham end in sixty days.
The forger Hart, who WAS arrested IN
Florida recently and who passed - Herald
correspondent. appears 10 rave sWlndled =
good many persons ia TINS state.
The Durham street-rallway system is 10 be
considerably extended.
Henry Jet (coored), OF this city. is one
hundred aud five years old. certainly pos
siby more. lie was over forty years 81 age
when IN 1s25 he drove Lalayette's carriage
upon the occasion OF the latter's visit 10
Raleigh.
Orin Woodward (colored) made his escape
from Durham jail night before last by cut
ting his way through a brick wall.
Leo G. Morris has been arrested at Oxford
for stealing GitY ten.cent stamps from the
post-Otbcc there.
The examination OF the company officers
Of the state Guard IA 20 their fitness for
their positions begins next week.
This week 100 persons have LETT Mitchell
county for Utah, al having embraced the
Mormon faith. The Mormon missionaries
continue their work in Mitchell and Yancey
counties.
In Catawba county a iOurteen-ycar.0ld
negro boy named John Gibbs set fire 70 and
burned the barns OF j.. :. BrIdger'. lie has
confessed the crime.
Peach trees are m bloom, and there is OF
course great damage 10 the crop ot fruit by
frost
The people OF Newton vote on the tBt
I Monday in May on the question OF issuing
bonds for Improvements. II Is gratifying To
note the steady growth and Improvement OF
the majority OF the towns in the state.
Or. Seawel, OF Moore county, who has
been in Virginia four months ORGANIZING
farmers alliances, reports that that power
ful order is making great gains in member
shin I'm that state. Or. Seawell Is now here,
but will return to Virginia in few days
and resume his work.