Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-14
RALElGH,S REGISTER.
a Collection o: ::sms from the North State
Capital.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch,

Especial telegram 70 the Dispatchl
RALrIGH. n c., March l3.--It is found
mon careful examination that the pea
crop is entirely ruined The frost has kill
ed all the stalks. and they VIII have 10 be
ploughed up. The planting OF another
crop has begun; Cabbases are ehe1G,AG,d IN
their growth. Int are not so badly hurt
otherwise. Irish potatoes are killed
wherever they are above ground.
At Halifax Superior Court an interesting
case is now beng tried. II IS that of Grant
re. the Raleigh and CASTOR railway for
$4,000 for injuries sustained III an accl-
dent at Raleigh i'll March, 1889. Grant was
at that time pOstal-route agent. Ihe de-
fence by the railway company Will be
strong.
WAYNE county has during the present
season caught forty nine raccoons, one
hundred opossums. and forty foxes.
The Rambler. the largest naptha-bu
inc Yacht ever built. is now at Wilmington
on her way from New York TO Jacksonville.
She rounded the dreaded FryinG-Pan
shoals in safety.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The State convention OF the Young
Mems Christian Association met to-day at
Goldsboro' in the Messenger Opera House.
The attendance is the largest or record.
Professor J. Y. JOyuer delivered an adj
dress of welcome, to which Professor W.
A. Blair, of Winston responded, ms
evening Rev. Peyton II. HOge, OF Whining
ton. delivered an address on The Dung
Manhood of Jesus" The reports show
that the association has gail ed large
" in membership during the past year,
and that il has established branches at
many new points. l.. 4. Coulter, OF Char
lotte. il the State secretary. The conven-
ton will be in session until next Monday.
4 petition has been sent TO Colonel J.. l..
Polk, president of the board of trustees OF
the Baptist State Female College, asking
him to call another meeting Of that board
at Wake Forest on the 18th instant TO re-
omen the question of the location of tho
college. Enough trustees have signed the
petitlon TO make il valid. Colonel Polk Is
at Washington, d. c., and will probably be
heard from tomorrow IN regard to tho
matter.
Blackwell Park, a mile west Of Durham,
is the beautiful site which the MethOdlsts
there have offered for Trinity College. 1t
is given 10y Julian 5. Carr, and cost him
$50 600.
Rev. DR.. W. A. Wood, of Statesville, has
accepted a call to he pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at Graham.
Winston will celebrate the Fourth of July
this year in patriotic and handsome STYLE.
Wheat which had jointed was cut down
bv the late cold snaps in all parts of the
Piedmont county, it now appears. The
damage cannot be estimated.
NOOEsHINERs.
The arrest of Moon5hiner William Lynch
in this county has revealed to the revenue
officers the existence of large and we'll
organized band of moonshiners and sellers
of Illicit spirits, and number of other
arrests will probably result.
Grand-Sire Underwood, head of tho or
der of Odd-Fellows, who was TO have ar
rived here to-day IS detained at Greens;
boro, having missed connection. and will
arrive tomorrow afternoon. Four hun
dred Odd-Fellows will meet him.
The wheat and oat crops ore failure IN
part of Orange county. Formers are plough
ing up their crops and are sowing spring
oats