Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-17
THE OLD NORTH.
The STATE SOUTH or US AND IT'S
GOOD PEOPLE
Drawn vsry Closely 20 Virginia By War
Memoriss-Itsms Gathered nom
curritock 70 Cherokee.


lCesrcspcndence Of tho Richmond Dispescn-i
RArxeH, N. O.. April 1s, 1880. !.
The water-works system at uoldsporo
uilj he tested tomorrow. The stand-pipe
Is 40 feet high. The water Is taken from
Eeuse river, about mile nom the town.
Colonel J. T. Anthony, OF the r9uitn
regiment North Caroline state GUARD, IN
forms me that he will take hye co .hp an,s
OF his command TO Richmond on the zstn
Of Nav. IL nov appears quite probable
that twenty companies win go from North
North Carolina is drawn very closely to
Virginia by war memories. ana owing 70
the grand part the troops from rhis ntate
took in the campaigns IN the Vio DominIoh
Il IL felt by the people that .ne ga Nonsn
State must take deep interest and promi-
nent mart Ia the great celebration OF the
9ofb al Nav, Special appeals are made to
the State Guard as well as TO the veterans
superstitious negroes who live in guar.
te: OF Durham known as "Snaky Hollow
are leaving IL. A recent murder and asand-
basging there have been the CHIEF causes
Of their fear.
BIDS by contractors for the construction
OF the buildings for Trinity College at Dur
BAN have been invited. There WIZ DO
three buildings aud il il estimated that
their cost, ready for occupancy WIN 10
$4,000.
IL is very probable that the Democratic
and Republican conventions Will THIS year
be held about month later tnan usua'.
This will be in accordance with the "isno'
of the farmers.
The contract for the construction OF the
Farmers Alliance warehouse at OXFORD was
awarded Yesterday and the big building
is to be finished September 18th.
The farmers are busy planting COTTON ana
corn. From the best estimates to be had
there will be an increase of 10 per cent. IN
the acreage OF corn planted and decrease
Of 10 per cent. as to the cotton acreage.
HEAVY STORMS IN THE SOUNDS.
There have been very severe storms IN
Ocracoke and Pamlico sounds. The bark
Vision. of Philadelphia, is bali sunk and
deserted in Ocracoke, and the schooner
Damascus. of Georgetown. Is ON the shoals.
Thomas Coakley. superintendent OF the
oyster cannery at Portsmouth. and Archie
Mason were in q small boat three miles
from shore. The gale upset the boat.
They chung to the bottom and were again
and again pulled under the water, put
they held on several hours, Coakley,
powerful man, constantly aiding Mason;
FINALLY thew were blown on the shoals an1
then got ashore. Coakley then aided Ma
son in walking three miles 10 portsmouth.
IL is said that much damage has been done
70 small craft in the sounds, but no loss OF
life is reported save that OF Captain D. W.
Hill, of the schooner Cora, which was re-
ported Yesterday.
For some DAYS the mysterious rappines
NJ the house Of MIR. Shaw. at Iarboro',
ceased, but they have begun again. MISS
Shaw is the only person with whom the
"spirits" communicate.
Owing TO the pressure of public business
Governor Fowle was unable to attend the
great railway celebration at wilmington
to-day.
II was proposed that in July there should
he a great gathering of the Farmers Al
lance members at Greensboro, but 1T Is
now intended that it shall be at Mt. Holly,
CASTOR county, at the. time OF the state
frut-fair which was referred TO yesterday.
MOUNTAINS OF MARBLE.
In few DAYS large shipments of marble
from Murphy, Cherokee county, will begin.
The colors and texture of this marble are
exquisite, There are mountains OF marble.
In one place the railway passes through
mass of flesh-colored and chocolate-coiored.
In few years the Cherokee marble Will be
known over the entire country. =.
Iron has been secured for the completion
of the Western North Carolina railway to
Murphy. Track-laying begins May LIST.
The track is laid to a point five miles from
the town.
The Methodists in the Holston Confer
ence are strongly in favor, II is SAID. OF the
counties west of the Blue Ridge IN this
State being formed into the Western North
Carolina Conference.
Colonel w. III. s. Burgwyn, OF Hender-
con. will at the University commencement
IN June deliver the address before the
alumni. A branch association OF the Uni
yersity Alumni has been formed at VIII
mipeton, with fifty members.