Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-09
TWENTY WOUNDED.
EFFECT OF THE PHENOMENAL wEA-
TIER IN THE NORTH STATE.
A Home for tndieent Children In Run
combe County--Richmond's Trade
Over the yadktn-vailey Road.
lspec4al telegram to the Dtspa,cn.l

RArrrou, y. c., January S.-Thc cold
wave signals this season do not amount 10
much rs far "a this locality Ia concerned;
A temperature Of 80 degrees was promised
by Yesterdays signals. but instead the temp.
pera,ure was 65 degrees and Ire went on
on spring haSls.
Ki,,rell Is a noted resort for northern peo-
pie. particularly Boston people. IL now
has remarkably few visitors. Inc New
Englanders have nj home all the warm
weather they want.
There are grave fears for fruit Of oil
kinds. II is said that tnc trees are oeing
20 forced by the phenomenal weather tbat
ssharp cold SNIP would do thsm lff 6, .Sc
hle injury Many kinds Of trees IN the
woods are budding. Tps particularly ap-
plies 10 naples, which now present the ap-
pcarance usual late IN March.
Tho PHYSICIANS do not regard the weather
As unhealthlul. Not much pneumonia IS
reported. and Ia grippe cannot make much
Roadway against the generous sunshine
and soft All.
Colonel Polk. president Of the National
Fsrfaers' and fM0orcrs' Union. has been
tck since last Saturday. lie Is out OF bed
but - quite feeble.
CIT 10 Prices.
A terrible accident las occurred ut Eik
Park. Maiauca county. 4 white man work
ing al saw-miil fell npon the SOW. lie
wa literally cut IN slices No one was
near him. and when discovered nc present
spectacle horrible beyond description.
Rev Reuben Farthing. for forty years a
Methodist preacher. d'ed few DAYS since
at his home ~ NataUga county. lie was
native Of Wake county.
Itisn0y said TINT In the riot and shoot
ing ~ Bic Rock Greek, mitchell county:
twenty men we're wounded instead OF
twelve. rs hai been stated.
The now ial a. Boone Is put % rather
odd use. II is used by revenue officials as
g place Of ssfc-keePing for whisEcy.
GOOD KxAsu1R
The county % Runcombe makes new
departure IN establishing n home Tor lnm-
gent children. A committee Of public
spirited citizens viii ect with the county
commissioners in managing the institution:
IL would be decidedly advantageous If all
the counties had such Institutions.
Congressman II. G.. Ewart has recovered
from the severe attack 1i In grippe which
has kept him 20 bis home az HendersonYiiie
and hn- let for Washington.
The people Of Johnston county VIII pc
tiiion the Govcrnmert 90 make Neuse rivcr
nayigahle 10 tho town of Smlthhcld.
Tho Businessmen Of Wilmington have
ALREADY begun active work 10 secure busl-
moss on the line If the Cape Fear and lad-
kin.Valloy railroad. Richmond now han
dies most of the trade from the western
DIV sion Of this important line.
Most of the streams are lower than III
many years AZ TINS season. There have
been no ovcrhows since midsummer.
ANOTHER VERSION.
Theresa different version Of the Nc
Dower county sbooisg affair which was
alluded 90 in Sunday DiYpct. II Is sald
that one Dixon and Alexander West. white
men. were lighting; that Mrs. west en-
deavorei 70 separate them, and that Dixon
called TO his young son 10 shoot west.
The boy did so. firing a load Of squirrel
shot into VESTS abdomen. Dixon then
seized an axe and broke Nrs. Vests arm
and thigh and beat her head very badly.
Her condition is critical IN the extreme.
Tire Dixons, father and con, are IN JAW at
Marion.
Tho committee having in charge tho
location Of the Baptist state Female Col
lege vii visit Durham Tomorrow.
After "a long contest T. n. Kirkland he's
secured the pOstmast'rshlp a! Chapel flli
aud takes charge next saturday.
4 special term Of the superior Court was
TODAY ordered 90 be- hold for Orange coun-
" hv Judge Armhold, beginning March
the 10Th.
John Robinson. Commissioner Of Agri-
culture. assisted hy Protessrs Massey and
Chamberlain, viii hold farmers insti-
'ute for Wayne county. at GoidsbOro,
beginning the 3Oth slant.
Sheriff Rogers. of Granville county, to-
day made full tax settlement with the
State Ireasurcr
KALI THr NrGRoES GOSy.
II is learned from J. ". NCwhern. men,
bor Of the Executive Committee of the
State Farmers Alliance, that half the
negroes have left Lenoir county and that
10y March FRO ably three quarters will
have gone. Some Ia &C. farmers oppose TINS
movement. but WHITE Ia )ornS men desire
the cxodus 20 continue and that all the
NEGROES shall leave. They say 10 u sure
wa o. prevent race tIOubi,s.
Cladrourne 81 Co., whose saw and
planine-mills at Wilmington wcro burned
YESTERDAY, will rchu N "a, once. Jhcir loss
los Is as stated. $4,000, tut the insurance
H. only : 300.
The Federal Court. which has been in
essioD here two days adjourned to-day
uutl February 4'h. whom the case of The
Stale against The Pullman Car Com
pany vii lie heard. Ihiscase involves the
State right o. tax Pullman cars. II the
cas- Is not ready for hearing at that date It
Will be set for March.
10 u0Hr rHE CUrrrr TRUST.
The meaiiug Of tobacco farmers 90 fight
the cutter trust. which is 10 De held at Ok
ford tomorrow. VIII not only hecOmposcd
of delegates irom North Carolina hut from
all those counties IA Virginia winch grow
bright cutters. Adv'ces received at tire
Farmers Alliance headquarters here state
that the meeting VIII be very large one.
A remarkable accident happened near
Wilmins tCnycsttrlay on the ste1m-dredge.
Two of the men ut work on the drcdge
were making some repairs on the immense
iron dredce when the latter suddenly
opened It's Jaws aud the two men fell in
nde. The jaws closed a. suddenly rs they
had opened, and the mon were almost
crushed TO death before they could be
aided. The injuries of both are serious.
oIlTR MOTIFS.
The temperature az Wilmington Vester-
day and to-day was as high a. 80 degrees.
Green pcas are ripe az Newbcrne. Tonight
the weather Is somewhat cooler.
A son Of sylvester Pate, at Goldsboro',
died Yesterday IN great agony lie acct
dentaliy swallowed marble and was
choked 20 death.
The fxecut We Committee of the State
Farmers Alliance devoted to-day to tho
exclamation Of the paper and accounts OF
Colonel Polk. the retiring secretary.