Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-04
A GOOD CROP YEAR.
FARMING IMPROVED OWING ToDIvER.
slFlcATloN OF CROPS.
Testimony Overwhelmingly Against '"e
Young ParrIcide--oyster Pa'ro"
To he Investigated.
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Rurran. n. c., May s.--,Ihere is q gen.
eral belief that this VIII be good oIop
war The Commissioner OF ARIlOuitulo'
Tho nresdepta Of the agricultural societies.
and the lecturers Of the Warmers hl'ia is
MI say the farmers have never "olAo, .
harder, and that more white people nao az
wOrk More attertion Is paid TO the prepa-
ration If tho land. Owing TO tho dlversi1
fcation OF crops the farmers can stahu pau
seasons better than they could an pIt,IJ3uIe
wears. The planting Of cotton ~ p'uce'Da'ay
ended, and 80 ~ the planting 81 cttN' m.
in the extreme western conb1ios. -
sales Of farm machinery ana hhpeo'LIa a
Agricultural implements VIII inns 9S'l ii,
larger than ever before. lniS II i"'b"'
due to the Farrners' Alliance.
Returns of the crops for April mace ~
ono thousand correspondents 81 saIniiia-
rized nv the Department OF AgrcuuuTe IIls
evening show the following percentages
OF conditions: Wheat, $40 oais, ol2t I So
sGi< thin: corn, 90 cotton, %, sorghuih' ~
clover, IS; meadows, 80 Urei'a il ~ ~
| Tho letter statement shows tho wOrK oI
Tho frosf in March and April. queries
we're rnade Ms 10 the condition OF stoc"
and percentages are reported as IoIlo~so'
Horses. %; castle, %; sheep. 81 hogs ".
Next week new agricultural weekly
Will appear here. IL Is the southern orHiT
and win be published by a comFany'
nDG0fD
which has long been issued rs monthly"
TIE BoY-MuRDEnER's TRIAL.
Tho testimony IN the trial of tho boy
Avery Butler for the murder Of his father,
Edward N. Butler, at Clinton, was over
wbelminclv against tho lad, who IS q little
oynr fAeep wears old. A young man
named Underwood testified thar al noon OF
the day on which Butler was as-9ssinated
he saw the boy at the place WheTe INC
shooting was done ana that no hau ~ rs
hands a double Darrclled gun. A black-
sn,tL named Wilson swOre that the boy
emf of y slug Of steel from rod IN ms
smithv and asked how much powder would
ho reru;re1 TO kill "A man forty feet away.
II will be remembered that the boy was
ONLY forty-fye feet away when ne shot ms
father with the slug. a man named Doyhih
heard Butler cry ut'and call Tor help, hh1
then ran accompanied by But er's wife and
carried the diving man into his house Inc
murderer is n miserable specimen OF bu-
mon1tv dwarfed IN body and mind. sailow-
faced and thin. The trial has attracted
croat crowds. -
The alleged irregularities Of tho oyster
,otYols in the eastern sounds ere 30 be ON
Toll investigated. Steps VIII be taken 10
secure reliable policing OIL the waters
there. ,., - n,,rl,o,,
this week were owned by A. +. Lucas. OF
Wilmington, who had $500 insurance
upon them. a .to pI,o
Wing mines, in Granville county are no"
in operation day and night: me cohcehs
trates turned out average 40 per cent. OF
nure metal. A shaft has been sunk TO q
depth Of 800 feet.
PERHAPS FATALLY Ill
Rev Dr.A. W. Mangum, Of the State Uni
orifioollv C.ck tlerb. luerc is
little hope of his recovery.
The current report that meningitis was
prevalent and in fatal way IN DAVE
county is officially denied by the physl-
clans. 81,
Rev. J. c. Clapp has resigned the pas
torate Of the Lutheran church at Ne"toncc
Kentucky men propose to PM III hhIt
the capital necessary for the establishment
of a bank at Marion.
The 10th Of NAV "a "MemOrial-day III
this State. In some towns tho o0serYaInce inc.
will be on the 18th by reason of the TACT
that the 10th falls on SATURDAY..
CLEVELAND SENSATION.
J. y. Gafney a prominent citizen OF
Cleveland. has been arrested for leading
an immoral life with Miss Arrie Harnrck,
who Is member OF one OF the best
families IN Rutherford county. IheyQung
woman was also arrested and both nave
given bail. Gafney If married man.
The capital stock of the Reidsyllle cot
ton-mills has been increased to SlJOOOO.
Congressman Reyburn. Of Pennsylyanla'
will purchase Bald Head or Smiths Island,
| AT the mouth of the Cape Fear river. The
| island contains 5000 acres. and has thlr-
| teen miles OF superb sea beach: y thlr-
| teen-mile boulevard VIII be laid ont en-
circiing the island. while broad avenues
| will traverse Il. ..,,.
| Mrs. Graham, relict of Governor William
| A. Graham. is critically sick here at
home of lIer son-in-law. Associate-justlce
| Walter Clark.
| TIE DURHAM RAILROAD CASTS.
Judge Womack, after hearing the argu--
! ment at oxford in the injunction cases OF
| the town of Durham against the OXFORD
| and Clarksville railway and the durham
| and Northern railway to-day, continued
| the Injunction against the lat ter road; ne
| judge did not pass upon the conflicting
| claims of the parties to these actions, PIT
lets them go to the jury. lie orders that
until such issues shall have been. passed
upon both railways shall serve the pubic
rs heretofore. The cases Will now GO 10 the
Supreme Court. $1,000,
| Captain Kirk, who recently bought a gold
mine in Montgomery county, has Just sofa
| a half interest for $4,000. An extensive
plant Will beput up.