Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-29
A FEW PINE-TAGS.
THE DEEDS OF TWO NOTED DsspERA
DOES RECALLED.
Searching for Waterway - Personal
Notes.-The Penitsntiary shoe-Fsctory- e.
Governor Povls's Views.
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RALEIGH. \. G., March 28.-Five years
ago one OF The worst murders on record WAS
committed by Ed. Ray and W. A. Anderson
in Mitchell county. Both murderers es-
caped. For years ed. Rays whereabouts
have been a mystery. II IL now stated that
Ray got into a shooting affair with some cow
boys IN New Mexico and was Killed. HIS
wife, an excellent aud faithful woman, has
returned to her old home st Bakersvile. No
news OF Anderson has been received since
he and Ray made their daring escape from
Asheville Jail.
Perhaps the most exciting fox'hunls OF the
season are now in progress near GOldsboro'.
A splendid pack Of sixty hounds is doing
excellent work. IL IA said that one fox was
captured day before yesterday which has
had record for speed and cunning for fully
ten years.
The largest cotion-mlll in the state Is 10 be
built at Fayetteville. The promoters OF the
plan are now North, win specifications,
completing The amount OF stock required.
Fayetteville is rapidly regGning it, old'iime
rate as a milling centre.
Rev. George W. sanderlin, State Auditor,
has accepted an invitation 10 deliver the an-
nual address At the commencement OF ChOwan
Female Institute, al Murireesboro'.
News received here as to the condition Of
Rev. Or. W. II. Rabbit, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, south, presiding elder OF
the Fayetteville district, Is that be hss SO Tar
recovered from MS recent attack OF paralysis
that he will be able TO attend The Quarterly
Conference at Fayetteville early next month.
SEARCHING FOR AWATER-wAY.
The trip OF the party Of Wilmington gen.
temen through the lower sounds Of this
State IN search Of proper waterway Tor
inland navigation = Of marked Importance
II Is in contemplation TO cut canal from
New river 10 SwansborO', which Will open
continuous waterway from Wrightsyllle
TO Beaufort. From the latter place there IS
excellent inland communication with Nor
folE. Many OF the terrOrs OF liatteras Will
be removed by the use Of the inland course.
The people OF Durham have become con-
slderably stirred up by the presentation by
the Grand Jury now in session OF large
number OF persons 81 yi0latOrs Of the local
option law. THIS law Is more carefully
looked after I'm Durham than al any other
place IN the State.
some Of the farmers are quite democrat
wed by the negro exodus, 1t appears. Inc
businessmen say that II unsettles trade.
Arrangements have been made, n . meet
ing at Winston. TO push the extension OF the
Roanoke and Southern railroad from Wal
nut Cove, stokes county, 10 Martnsyllle, We.
Work Is to begin at once and to proceed
without delay.
It's ssid that there Is temporary suspen-
sion OF work on the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern railroad, some forty miles oil which
have already been completed.
I'd gar Brown, negro who assaulted a
white woman in Greene county, Tenn. has
4 eh4vtlIp nv nriNgtg
parties. who are holding him for a reward.
An attempt IS being made TO have a local
option election al Ashcyille in June. II ap-
pears that the people are TO be again stirred
up on the Temperance question.
A GRAND CELEBRATION.
The grand celebration at Ayoca begins
April ODD and ends on the 2Glh. The edito-
torial banquet will be given on the 23d. II
will be really 1 private affair and given by
DR.. w. Il. Capchart, the wealthy and public
spirited owner OF the place. Many Virgil
mans will be present at the celebration.
PENIrENTARY WORK.
The knights Of Labor here. as well as
many workingmen not in that order, are
raising a great row over The establishment OF
shoe.fsctory at the peniientiary 10y firm
which now has its factory in this city.
Governor = ONlt WIS lUlfl NlFNfu AO-Nhf
on the subject and said ne deprecated any
competition between convict and free labor.
His position has always been that conyicts
should be chiefly employed on farms. The
state owns a large farm in Craven county,
which, with proper drainage, would produce
corn add rice and cotton, and the Governor
urged the Penilentary Board 10 place the
convicts on the place, give II drainage, and
cultivate IT, They thought IT could not be
done at this time. and thought the contract
with the Shoe and Leather Company the best
thing that could be done for the state. The
Governor says that he thinks it matter for
regret that any action should ho taken that
is obi ected to by mechanics. lie preferred
that the c0nvicts should be kept on the rail-
roads ana at farming, but that rather than
allow them 10 be idle he would prefer their
employment in the way contracted for by The
board.
A railway from RingwOod 10 Enfield IL to
be built by the company, which expects TO
begin work in sixty DAYS.
The municipal election at Wilmin gton to-
dnv resulted. as usual, in the election OF q
majority Of Democrats in the Board OF Al
dermcn to serve for two years.
80 CHANGE.
Telegrams received here to-day state that
no change will he made in the Raleigh post
office until next December.
The Sea- View railway at Wrlghtsville Will
he completed DAY after tomorrow.
Notice was given Governor Fowle to-day
that an officer Of the niled States Ordnance
Department would soon 60 TO Wrightsville
to erect batteries Of ien.ioch guns and NOR.
tars there at the site OF the permanent en-
campment OF the State Guard. The batteries
will be in place 10y July 1st.
Rev. G. \. G. Thomas, who was long the
pastor OF the Third Baptist church here, was
married at Leaksyille last evening TO Miss
Raglmd.