Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-16
MANY PINE CONES.
COLLECTED FROM ACROSS THE LINE
BY WIRE AND MAIL.
RaIcigh's RcEistcr-The kirkpatrick hat
ter-.Thc Question OF Fer
tiIizers, &c.
,c,,r.,nona,mco Of tho Richmond Disps,ch.I

p,,r1aa. n. c., March l5.--Tho sharp
changes in the weather this month have
i,aan more rom arkable than any during the
Inter Yesterday the temperature was
,'narlv IN degrees. This morning there was
a fai} Of hail. followed by snow, and the
femperature was very little above the
freezing point. ,.. ,,.oi, e A.,
Hamilton railway has been suspended. 4
nrominent railway official saId to-day that
4 will he found when 1880 ends that more
miles OF railway have been built than ever
before in year. Even the great record OF
1889 will be beaten.
The Greater mum per OF the letters re-
cejved from negroes who have gone TO the
far South ere satisfactory 20 the negroes
hero who are 80 eagerly watching for news
81 tbe success of the cmicrants in their
new homes, and this fact gives an added
assurance that the movement next autumn
and winter will be a great one.
THE KIRKPATRICK MArTtR
The Kirkpatrick matter in tho hdbe1s-
cor3,fs proceedings is 10 come up before
Judoe Dick intbe Federal Courtat Greene
boro' next Friday. The public feeling IN
Orange county is clearly against Kirk
patrick and his posse. and tho behet there
IS that fitzpatrick first shot ana wounded
the negro McMannen.
Colonel l.. b. Polk, after leaving Atlanta,
where he goes next Monday on important
business connected with the National
Farmers ana IaDorers' Union, will 60 10
Little Rock. Ark. to attend to matters of
the same character. He Will not be able to
be nj Wake Forest on the Goth instant. 10
preside ut the meeting Of the trustees or
tho Baptist Female College
MORTGAGES.
ReDorts from some thirty counties in this
section of the State and east of here state
that there IS notable falling OFF IN the
number of mortgages registered so lar thiS
year.
Mr. Prank Porter and another gentleman
were standing on tlat-boat loaded with
brick. in Pantego river, Beaufort county,
when suddenly the fiat sank. Porter was
drowned, but the Other man escaped;
Tobacco plants were IN remarkably
forward state when the late c0id snap
came Ond were very badly DAMAGED, ou1
there will be an abundant supply, never
theless. as farmers are giving special caro-
TO their plant-beds and Will force the
Tbc authorities Of The Wilmington and
Weldon railway lave agreed TO build
railway from Wash ingtOn 10 some point on
Their Scotland-Necli branch, provided the
people of Washington Will give them the
RIGHT of way and terminal facilities. II 10
now said that these will be granted.
Congressman Bum writes that he -
quite sure that Durham Will secure pub
lie building.
4 sad death ia reported in, AlamanCce
county. David MONTGOMERY while on tho
way from Graham 10 his home fell IN the
road and was found dead next morning,
having been frozen by the bitter cold OF
the night.
FFRTIIIZl ms.
The farmers of Edgecombe county have
this season purchased inst one fourth the
quantity Of commerce al fertilizers which
tbev bought last season. Homemade ma
nures have taken the place of the CONNER
cial articles. while the use Of cotton-seed
and native phosphates has enormously IN
creased.
In order to secure the charter of the Dan
Vile. Mebane. iittsboro' and Southern
railway ground hes been broken on the
line of that road in Caswcll county.
oDD-FELLO,gs.
General Underwood. the head Of the
Order Of Odd-Fellows, left to-day, for Al
lanta. where he will spend SUNDAY, aud
will thence go to Pensacola. Fla. Ills re-
ception last night was handsome affair.
He was assisted in receiving by Governor
Fowlc, MISS Fowle, and MISS Maggie Bus
bee.