The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-01
LEGAL TEST COLLAPSED.


RALEIGH, \. c.. Feb. o. Special. f.
The movement Of fertilizer companies to
form pool for the purpose OF testing the
constituiionality OF the State t.. Of 5000.
seems to have collapsed. The companies
are now making their appy ,tlons for
license every day iu the usuV manner and
no payments under protest az heard of.
Application was made ID the Insane
Asylum here yesterday for the admission of
Egoeit 'olci, who is oneOf lho most nromi-
nent Farmers aud tobacco raisers 0l Gran
vilie county. insanity seized him "A short
while ago in most sudden and violent
manner, and his friends DO NOT know how 10
account for il.
IL IS understood that the Daily Evening
Can. now published I'm this city. win be-
merged into tho Daily Chronicle which viii
make IT. appearance as "a morning paper
next Thursday. The now weekly paper 10
Dee published here by Hon. 4. n. Jornigan.
ex-Minister to Japan. viii make it, appear
ance shortly, and ON Tuesday morning next
the Daily News and oh~orNtrw will appear in
a new dress. From these facts IL would
seem that there is something OF a Journal
istic boom.
Negro oyster "shuckers" are said 10 be-
pouring into Elizabeth city boy hundreds.
where they now get an the work they can
do. The best shuckers can turn out twelve
gallons OF oysters "a day, for which they are
paid twenty cents per gallon. II requires
an expert 10 shuck the oysters without par-
i0ratlng or disnguring them.
News Is received thai In Beaufort county.
icM nights ago, negro named George
lrpp, who was fireman for the Roanoke
Hallway and Lumber Company. fen into "A
cistern. which was used as "a receptacle for
the waste water from the boilers. The
water was several feet deep, ami was boil
ing not, and the negro who was helpless Ia
get out, suffered the most horrible torture
before be was rescued. and died ON the fol-
lowing morning from the effects of his burns.
There IS much talk OF the reported offer
said 10 have been made hy the people Of
Durham TO give 10 Trinity College $4,000.
provided the college We're removed ID Dur
nam. II is now stated that the Duke BROTH
er~. who were reported 10 have offered 500
900 OF this amount deny having made any
direct proposition in the matter siAoc the
Methodist congerence decided tO move the
college 10 Raleigh. President Cr0woll Of
trinity College, also says that "a bargain
Is a bargain and that final decision
having been made 10 move the college Ia
Raleigh no raise of bids VIII effect any
thing.
10 is learned that Hon. George 4. spar
row, Of Washington. a prominent LAWYER
and Republican Of that section. and recent
ly candidate for solicitor of the district.
has been ordained o. the ministry 0f tho
Presblierinn church and turned bis feet
from the crooked path of politics.
In an interview with officials 0f the Raj
eigh ana Gasi0n railroad today. it was
learned that their railroad shops, which are
located IN this city, employ over two hun.
dred skilled w0rkmcn n building engines,
slecpers- passenger and freight cars. The
monthly payroll is $1,000, or about ,l2j.OOO
"A year.
colonel W. II. \. Burgwyn, Of Henderson,
has just completed a mammoth new fobac,
co factory at that place, which bee will forms
ally open on March 10Th with addresses and
grand banquet.