Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
MAKES A BID.
PRINCE EDWARD AND HER BRIGHT
TOBACCO LANDS.
An ApsrcachIng sfarriage--The Probable
Fatal Results ola stab
hing Array.
.,orr,.oo.asuco Of the Richmond Dispatch.I
r.nuvu,rr. Va, February ~, 1890.

r.nuyuLy, VA, February IL, 1890.
Macklenburg county has recently been
invaded bv n largo number OF iand-buyers
frn,, North Carolina in search of bright
tnbacco land. Prince Edward can furnish
in greet abundance Just such land, and
the prospectors eye should be turned this
way. IL, .adros, .ho
farmers of Prince Edward next Monday
(court-day). Tho object OF the ADDRESS
will be to explain the aim OF the FARMERS
Alliance and to arouse an interest In the
order i'm the country. This sime the pubic
are invited 10 be present. ...r
At a meeting held last night OF the Town
Counoil. MAYOR Thackston presiding. the
hill recently passed by the Legislature pro-
yiding for q new charter tor the Town was
read. and there being some oo)ectlons 70 GER
tam provisions contained therein the mayor
was, upon motion, instructed 20 iorthwlih
request Governor Mckinney TO withhold
his signature from the bill until the sub
;ect could be reconsidered and tho desired
changes effected. The chief objection TO
the bill was advanced by Captain X. NJ.
Burton. of the Council and II IS that he
does not think the Council should have
placed upon themselves the responsibility
OF choosing the subordinate ofiicials OF the
town-viz.: Sergeant. clerk, assessor, urea
surer. and street commissioner Out that
those should be elected by the people as
provided for in the present charter.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE.
Miss s. Jean CaIruthers, young lady
well known i'll the social circles OF Farm
vile. will be married on tomorrow IN the
Second Presbyterian church at Lynchburg
10 Mr.. Albert s. Boatwright, former resi-
dent of this town. A number of the friends
of the contracting parties from Farmvilie
will attend upon the occasion: Among
them may be mentioned Mr.. and Mrs. W,
j. Gillian. Mrs. William Morris, Jr., and
Mrs. George Cox.
Mrs. Kone. wife of Rev. w. f. Kone, who
has been seriously i'll, is improving.
Mrs. William T. Rice, whose illness was
reported in this correspondence several
davs ago, is still in q precarious condition
and but little hope is entertained for her
recovery. Her sons, Messrs. w. ID. Rice,
of Richmond; Charles w. Rice, of New
ton. n. c., and Alfred Rice, of Portsmouth,
Va. have been summoned to her bedside.
INA CRITICAL CONDITION.
The report has reached here that the
young white man, John Coin. who was
stabbed in the side by Angela 1raylor ID
general row upon our Main street on the
night of the LIST instant, and whose home
is some five five miles from this place. IS IN
n dangerous condition. Inc wound H.
fiicted has proved to be of much more
serious nature than was at first thought by
the surgeon, and it now appears that the
intestines of the man are punctured or cut
as evidenced. Traylor's examination blythe
Justice will doubtless be again deferred.
TOBACCO.
Tobacco is selling remarkably high in
this market. and yet there are no large
breaks. An inspector of the weed at one
of our warehouses gloomily remarked to
me recently that but little over hall, the
usual quantity would be marketed here
this yeer. Such a prediction in a town
without even an organization of men
for the improvement of idle lands sur
rounding It, and adjoining a county
CAmelia} from which comes the intellicc
gence of actual suffering for want Of
bread, is enough to dispirit the most
courageous. ZODAA'