Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-08
NORTH CAROLINA.
AVERY INTERESTING BATCH or NEWS
ITEMS.
New RssIroa to he Buiit-Romanttc Mar
riage Nea VI Ciinten-Truckerss and
Berr~ ~Growers Gloomy.
sn.c,~, ,s,s gram to tho pspsscnI

p,,v,au N q March IA report on
,ha western Insa. ie Asylum at Morganton
ss made TO-DAY. I hero are asa patients In
fhe institution. 7, iese are supported NJ
"a, csnita axnense 4 Sls7.5 per year. I'M
nrovements are bein g made and all neces-
fary repairs are kept up without eAceeo'ng
the annual a,Opropris. non; ..o.oh 90
The washoLts CD IN MURPHY olnnJn "
the Western North Ca rolina railway nave
been renaired and Il avel has been re-
sumed. f.o,o parho,o, N
Newberne was struck 10y storm below
Sewberne yester day AMI capslzed. mo
steamer Faglet W ent TO ne rescue vi .ne
crew and has take, the ia' se, ~ nyb;h
t;an so,Ss partics got into a desperate
Sobt ,s;,b rsrolve ~ and knives. While
tSa ofEceys were trying 10 arrest them.
John Brooks, n tea cher. was sbot IN lns
shoulder. and J. X. Idwaros was shO' anu
disabled in both hsn Is.
nal Revenue. is here He is makinga tour
of inspection Of vari Gus revenne-coliec.'
tors offices. He spent, considerable timeat
the public buildings 70 day, ana pal1 ms
respects to the Governo. ana otner state
officers. ..o,
The Baptist Female Ui,iversity's estao'
iishment NAV be said TO be indefinitely post
noned or al Ali events. is delayed for
Pas =, iaost Tho cause this is tho di-
s;s,on and strife engendere 4. One Of the.
Trustees has written Rev. 81. IL. "hite; VI
Durham, who is also truS ee' pun ie.,
ter. saying that the latters ~ non III .esnlu
to the establishment of the ! niveIISny nns
given the matter n sld-baclS and would
make the University, az ahau's now slahu'
a local school This is very unfortunate.
The people of Morehead City are partlcu;;
larry gratified at the fact 'na' MILL
plant 70 cost 100000 VIII lie put th1re.
Enough timber to last tNeioY NSa il,,, n'a,
been bought. The saw-mlI IsVeloIpnel.C
In this State is wonderful. More money
will be placed In the business thlsyear imam
ever before in one year. .s.
There was hard freeze last ught ana tho
Temperature this morning was ~ uegle9s.
This Is as low as II has been Uurlhg the
winter ANY fruit and yegeta hes wnlch
escaped last Monday freeze weI ialo 10"
TODAY. uoo
There is vet another transfer of me case
of the revenue officers who shot an kiieu
McMannen in Orange county. II n, 'Wgoes
before Judge Armfeld at chamb ers at
Hillsboro' next Tuesday. A.
To show how the floods last year on' 'Hc
Roanoke utterly ruined the crops. 1t may
be stated that an area which in ordn vary
wears would have yielded 2 600 bales OF tVt-
ton only l43 bales were raised.
There is no scarcity Of labor In AZ
county in the State, though such nuinoeT ',
OF negroes have emigrated. There could
be no clearer proof Of the fact that there
was. and vet is. n surplus OF negro labor.
No labor agents are now III the state. but
some planters are, and the latter carried
five carloads of negroes through mere iasl
night on the way to LOUISIANA some
more laborers for the turpentine forests OF
Georgia are also being taken. In all some
5000 Of this particular class of laborers
have gone.
Active work has begun on the canal for
water-power at Weldon. and large force
Of laborers will be kept on 1t until II is
completed.
not rebuild their extensive carriage ana
buggy mandatory at Rocky Mount which
was recently DESTROYED 10y incendiarles
There are now 23l patients in the colored
insane asylum at Goldsboro': There are
many apple atoms for admission, but the
asylum is full. Insanity Is steadily on the
increase among the negroes, whereas ihlr-
Nv years ago cases of il were rare. There
are many colored insane now III the poor
houses and jails. There are also great
numbers of white insane thus cared Tor be-
cause there are no Accommodations LOT
them III the asylum here.
RAILROAD.
II is now certain that railway will be
built from Washington to connect with the
Coast Line. The latter will do the work
and will begin it this month.
Mrs Ann Maget, of northampton county,
like many other old ladies, has favorlte
chair and sits usually by particular WIN
dow. A day or so ago she left her accusc.
toned seat, and a little later bolt of
lightning shattered the window into trag-
r,ents, covering her chair with broken
eSss: ..,o.. ~, norrr c-ovor. o,o !,
very low spirits. They lose everything In
not few cases. Peas a foot high have
been cut down. and lie upon the ground as
black IA are sweet-pOtatO vines alter atrost.
Whortleberries, an important crop IN seve-
raj counties, particularly Sampson, are
much damaged. AZ soon as the weather
moderates many truckers will try TO re-
plant. Some will let everything 90.
At Clinton to-day there was "A special
communication of the Grand Lodge OF Ma
sons for the purpose of laying the corner
stone of the Methodist Episcopal church.
j. NJ. Marshburn presided.
Some weeks ago Duncan McAntry, a man
of unsound mind, left his home in Samp-
son county. He was found yesterday. lie
had wandered to Marion, 5. {.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
There was a romantic marriage near Gin
ton yesterday. the contracting parties be,
ing ID. A. Blzzell, of Johnston county, and
Miss Belle Mathis. When children they
were in love, and later were engaged. But
the engagement was broken by the miscar-
rage of an important letter, which is now
supposed TO have been destroyed in the
Clinton post office when it VS. burned ten
wears ago Each thought the other untrue
and Bizzell married. An accident cleared
away the mystery and the marriage ycster-
day resulted.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.