Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-13
Eaicigh's Register.
Correspondence OF tho Richmond Dispatch.


RALu1oR, n. c., April T.. 1890.
Two moro negroes, William klllibrew
and Martha Woodward, are on trial at Dur
ham for the murder OF Henry Aston. Min
tus Chandler Is in jail for the same crime.
The expected frost made itself felt this
morning. In this particular section It has
done some damage to grapes. 1t VIII DO
day or two before reports come IN. The
truck appears 10 be particularly sensitive
to cold this season.
Farmers from the Chatham section re-
port that the whea, and oats are improving
greatly. At one time both were III doubt
full condition. owing TO the cold weather.
The immigration movement IS taking q
considerable hold upon the state, ana
during the present year there Will be re
Moved and far more general efforts To Sc
cure a desirable class Of settlers from the
northern States.
jesse Brown, the negro who was 10 have
been HANGED al Newbcrne to-day, but who
escaped the gallowa. has been placed in the
psnitentiary. When he was told OF the
Communication of his sentence he was JOy-
full THANK God. " said he, ANYTHING :
better than having tins taken oil" (polnt-
ing 10 his head.
John II. Inman and party Of capitalists
VIII build a S250,0t0 hotel NJ ASheylIie. -,
Some negroes axe leaving the Plymouth
section, and claim that the cause of their
departure is the fixing Of monthly wages
for farm iabOrcr5 az $50.
L. w. Barness CottOn-gin and saw-mill
/ in Wilson unity, were burned this week,
/ together with some lumber and several
! thousand bushels of cottoa-seod.
| The grading of the railway from Green
/ vile to Kinston is very nearly finished.
| The Coast Line is building tins road which
/ * an extension o. the Scotland Neck and
Greenyille branch.
In Chowan county q few days since sam
uel SmithWick, aged seventeen, and Miss
Williams. aged sixteen, oioped. Dunng
their flight in buggy they met an uncle OF
| the groom, o magistrate. who then ana
| there, on the public highway, tied the knot,
| the CONTRACTING parties sitting IN the buggy.
Ii was at first feared that the whortelber-
ries, an important crop IN Sampson and
some other counties. were killed by the
frost. Ii is now learned that they were not
| injured and are IN full bloom.
Two desperate negro thieves. Moses Bon
nCr aud Henry J0yDer, nave been lodged
/ in jail at Nashville after a bot pursuit aud
| hard fight. Both men resisted almost 10
4 the death.
| In Rockingham county Yesterday des-
! perate young white man, Anthony Morgan.
was arrested on the serious charge OF having
/ beaten woman almost 70 death Recently
( he shot at q deputy sheriff.
| The Reidsville Driving Club has secured
! o good site for "a racc-course and VIII soon
/ have ono Of the best tracks in the state.
A little son Of Ralph Holbrook was
| burned 10 death in his fathers house IN
! Wilkes county Wednesday. ais clothing
! having caught fire.
| The Farm rs Alliance has adopteea reso-
/ luton denouncing IN severe terms an edi-
torial in the New York stsl wnich spoke Of
the farmers az "Havseed Socialists.
Yesterday IN Stokes county man named
Tandy Harris WIS tie victim OF a runa-
way accident His team Of horses ran,
| threw him IRON the wagon, and ne soon
died Of the injuries Of the head received.
| The county alliances are expressing their
satisfaction at the proposed State gather
ing Of Farmers Alliance members at
! Greensboro about May 18th. and are
heartily endorsing IL.
Al koxboro', Person county, Rev. Taylor
! Stanfieli while looking after some repairs
OF the eolorcd Baptist church discovered
two cans Of powder, with matches 50
arranged that by stepping on loose
1 beard the matches would be ignited and
the powder exploded. There was enough
| powder TO e0a1petely wroes, tine church,
and the person who arranged the powder
and matches had done the deyihsh work
with great care.