The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-20
and medium TYPES. Prices are yors firm
and.highcr in thc face Of reduced offerings.
WEBB a KRAMER.
GREENSBORO.
Destruction by Forest Fires-Minor Hap
pcnings.

GREENSBORO. y. c.. April 9.-.>pe-
cial The citizcns Of Winston have held "a
ma-s-meeting and appointed a committee
10 canvass the town. soliciting suhscf'p-
fions from business men and others. which
may De- offered a- o furd for the location ol
the Davis Cadet School 90 Chat place.
Lieutcnnnt-GONemOr Thomas NJ Holt i-
making preparations to build a new dam
across Ilaw river. and will also build "a new
mill no the place this summer. This plant
stands near the North carolina Railroad.
and Is probably the he-i-kn0Wn and one of
the most important industrial institutions
I'M tine STATE.
The oxford people are making an effort io
gct "a branch road from the Norfolk and
Durham Railroad to that town. distance
Of only four miles.
There are now two hundred inmates I'm
the Raleigh asylum Tor deaf. dumb and
blind.
Vance county reports an inexhoust.hle
-OapStOuc quarry.
A new ,teamcris hoin. made no Whining
ton. Delaware. that i- to Dee riH This uu-
mor between New B0mr ani Elizabeth CITY.
She i- t0 ho 2lO feet n length. and t0 make
speed OF twelve miles an hour with
freight capacity of 5000 barrels. and upper
deck state-rooms for passenger accommo-
dati0n.
The Episcopal congregation Of liicory.
has raised a fund of S2.ontoWari the huiii-
ing of a new church. FOB be erected on tIo
site of the old one. The new building VIII
-O up this summer.
\ raging forest tire in Cumberland c0un-
o. dostnypd two hundred cords of wood for
Mr.. VI. McD. Williams. at >pmut spring.
last SUNDAY. besides doing great deal Nl
other damage. Also 4. b. Newton, SAVE
mill. in the same county. was burned On
Beaver creek. 0n the same day. The l0
was about $1,000 and there was n0 in-ur-
ance.
A University Alumni Association viii lr
organized in the Chamber of commerce
rooms. in Winston. 0n ihc 20th of May.
The executive committee of thn State ln-
same Asylum is I'm session. have decided
90 put in two elevators in the buildings and
electric alarm bells I'M connection with tho
fire apparatus.
A remnant Of an old .unson vessel. part
of ihe Confederate navy. ilc, ouf about 1850
hundred yards from shore at Ocean Beach
near Wilmington. 10 i- the General Bgau-
regard. and WAS fired into and sunk hl in0
Yankee ulnhuIt- near fhn close of thn wan.
Dr. ". ID. Murphy. of samson county. was
signal operator on thn General ieIuuenr
at the time She was sunk. lle escaped wish
the crow tO land. and had mot seen ihe odd
vessel since until 70 few day, ago. Whom D..
went down to Wilmington On ihe mee
chants excursion.
Judge Dick rendered h'. decision to-day
in the case Of the United -i1fe- AGAINST
kirkpatrick a. Patterson. inr fhe killing uI
NcNannen. The accused were discharged
on the ground. that thcl were in tuD line O.
official duty. and in self-dei.nre tho ati 1876.
iu7tifablo in the eyes OF the law.
The indications of thrift along iho NuIph,
division. of fie Western North Carolina Rail-
road show ns vigorous as in anY part Of th0
State. The -iX -tHfi0a- along the road gil
evidence of the fact, that capital i- rapidly
seeking investment in that "lHnd ihe sky.
THE new station "AndreW-.' named in
honor of lhe superintendent, ai the foot OBJ
ALLEY River Mountain i- one of tho .fund-
r.t and enirancingly beautiful spot, in the
state.
party from D.llsyille. Franklin county
h1- shipped two sections 0i poplar l0-.
twelve feet long, 90 scotland. The twr
pieces win cut 5000 feet 0i lumber.
The lnier-t toIleg.lln orforicM A7.0cia-
ii0n has elected b. d. Clark. OF Davidson
college. president; A. =. White. Oi Trinity;
president: ". \. Gillian. 0f Davidson.
secretary and treasurer. -. a. Blackburn.
Of Davidson. and IL. J.. Durham. of Trinity.
executive committee. The contest f1r ihe
gold medal will take place in Charlotte on
MAY gth.
vs.. .. Riddick. of Gato-,iilo. has been ap-
pointed 10 "a cadeishipat West Point.