The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-11
GAMBLERS AT NEW BERNIE.
Authorities Determined to Punish Them
Against Western Meat.


RALEIGH. y. c.. Mar. TO- Special. The
New Beme authorities are determined 10
prosecute the gamblers who infested that
place during the fair week before last. all of
whom were captured, and have since been
held i'm custody. The gang numbered about
twenty, AN OF whom were arrested. They
are a set of regular professionals. and carry
around with them such schemes as the
"thimble rig trick. wheel Of fortune. &C.,
with which 90 take In the unWary. The
same crowd did a thriving business picking
pockets 40 Fayetteville. at the centennial.
The Mayor OF New Berne has bound the
whole gang over 20 court i'm the sum of 5000
each. one or two have given bail and
skipped.
nj is reported that in one section Of Nash
county the farmers have banded themSel-
YES together 10 make their own meat, and
have adopted an irOn-clad regulation. They
have agreed that after January Isl 1892. any
farmer caught buying western meat shall
be carrailc1iin the swamp and allowed
nothing 90 eat for thirty days. They are
thus given two full years for pork raising,
aud it is provided th q If cholera shall de-
str0y any mans crop of meat, his neiehb0rs
shall supply him.
At Graham Court, next week, there are
tO DEE two murder trials. one of them j, "a
very important casc-thc trial of John Rip
pey. who has been sentenced once 10 hang
for the murder Of his father, but who was
granted new trial by the supreme Court.
News reached here yesterday of the death
of Captain L. Il. Page, OF Trenton. lie was
one OF the most prominent Republicans in
the eastern part OF the state. During Gar
fields administration be was deputy in
torndl revenue collector, and in l9si he rep
resented Jones county in the Legislature.
Startling figures are reported from Hall
fax county regarding the disastrous short
age of this years crop in that section. 10
has been driiH .nit a~cllilined that that fine
stretch 0f cotton land near PALMYRA, con-
.isiing of 1000 acres. which mas alWaf
produced 1000 bales of cotton or more. pro-
ducpd this year by actual count only li3
bales This is only "a fair sample Of the ca-
lamitOus crop shortage which has befallcn
the Roanoke section.
The oyster shucking industry is greatly
on the increase at Elizabeth City, New
Berne and other points along the eastern
waters. Large numbers OF negro oyster
-shuckers" are constantly arriving at these
n0ifts. These "shucker-' are experts.
They make good wages. receiving tWeni,
five cents per gallon for an the oysters they
get out. with the privilege Of eating an they
want. I'm this way they get their board
without expense and without interruption
% the day 4, work.
At Hickory TWO important damage suits
have been brought against tho Richmond
and Danyile Railroad.
Mrs. Harriet l.. Sheriff. has instituted
suit for $4,000 for the killing Of her hus-
band ten days ago, and Mrs. Sarah \.
Moose is also suing for $4,000 for the klll-
in. Of her husband, j. u. Moose, in October
last.
The northern extension of the Cape Fear
and ladkin VALLEY Railroad is being pushed
RAPIDLY forward with q large force Of con-
victs. It will connect with the Norfolk and
Western extension 40 point eight miles
north Of Mount Airy. % which place
trans are now running The connection
will De- completed by september ~ The
point where the two roads are to connect.
The Cape Fear and ladkin Valley has pur.
chased a large tract Of land and laid II of
for a town.
The prospectus OF the North Carolina Iron
and steel Company j. now in the hands OF
printers at Greensboro, and VIII be issued
in a few days.