Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-15
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Especial Telegram To Tho Dispatch.l

Especial Telegram To tho Dispatch.
RNr1GU. n. c., March n.-ColOncl L. i.
Polk. president Of the National Farmers
and IaboYcrs Union, arrived hcTetO-day on
lis way % Atlanta on business connected
with tie rrcnt order Of which be IL the
head. lie will remain here until next Mon
day. He is also president Of the Board OF
Trustees Of the liaptist Female state I'M
verslty. and his business here ~ mainly III
connection herewith. lou have already
boon advised 0f the fact That several of the
members of that board have requested
Colonel Polk TO call another meeting TO
settle finally the matter of the location If
the University. The board met some two
weeks ago and located the institution a.
Raleigh Durham and Henderson disputed
the Justice Of tins selection, ana out oil ms
has grown quarrel which threatens the
very existence of the University. Colonel
Polk says he viii call the meeting Of the
trustees "a desired at Wake-FOrcst College
ON the 20th instant. Interesting proceed
iups NAV then be expected Some very
harsh and unjust things have been SAID re-
rardlng the trustees, who are among the
best men in the State.
The Raleigh and CASTOR railway came
out the winner III the suit AGAINST II 10y >.
s. Grant. cx-rOute agent. for SlO,OJO
damages for alleged injuries. Mr.. Grant
ABIG NUGGET.
The LARGEST nugget Of gold taken from n
mine i'm this State IN some time was taken
last Friday from the Stanley-lrechold
mine and weighed little over three
pounds The largest nugget ever found III
North Carolina was taken from the bed OF
n little stream in Cabarrus county, ana
weighed twcuty-eight pounds.
The grand Jury of Davidson county has
found "a true bin against Alfred Grubb Tor
conspiracy IN the murder of Mrs. Herbert
Wal4cr. for which terrible CRIME Robert
Reruer WAS lvnched last autumn. Grphb
has been required 10 give 81 600 bail for
bis appcarAnce. II Will be remembered
that he was with Berrlcr and was outside
tho house when the murder was COM
mitted
OyER 4 HUNDRED,
Blancv Bakers death in Pitt county Mt
the ace If one hundred and eight has been
referred e.. 10 is now learned that IN 1884,
being then I'm his one hundred and third
wear. he walked from his home to Green
Vile. distance of five miles, 10 vote Tor
Cleveland for President. o.,
in Randolph are to be still further enlarged,
and many improvements VIII be made.
The mills of the Kandleman Manufacturing
COMPANY will also be doubled III capacity
tins year. and VIII bo made twice their
present size.
DR.. W. p. Ivoy has been reelected assist
ant physician Of the Western Insane Asy-
lum ut Morgantown. VII.
The survey for the French Broad-Nallcy
railroad il now in progress between Hen
dcrsonvllle and Reedy-Patch Gap, III the
j r Fortress. who has been in jail,
CHARGED with the murder Of a man named
Braptlcv IN Northampton county, has upon
bo,.0S c6ru1is proceedings been admitted 10
hoil i'm the sum Of $500. The trial comes
of At Jackson on the 8lst instant:
4 contract for the building on ionlah
Catholic church at Winston was made yes
Dr. ]. NJ. Bell, of Murphy, Cherokee
comfy. died few days ago of on overdose
Of arsenic. taken to relieve neuralgia.
Efforts were made to save his life, hut too
There is now a bucket-factory IN opera
ton mt Fayetteville and ITS success Is so
marked that another Is 70 be established
Raleigh capitalists yesterday invested
SOS OOO Unreal estate in Greensboro. 1hcy
have formed a syndIcate:
on the Winston and Wilkesboro' railway
Tuesday the side of hill gave way anu
covered deep cutting. II VIII require
two months extra work 10 remove ihe
vast mass of earth.
Dr. Tvro York. Of Wilkes county, who
has been critically i'll, is recovering.
The Asheville Ci'ize7l has been purchased
bv Mr.. Fuller, New England gentleman.
Colonel John ID. Cameron VIII rethn the
editorial management -.
The prisoners IN Jail here made despe-
rate attempt 10 escape last hlshS Ivy
emf a hole nearly through the wall before
they we're detected.
Rev G. q. Foreman, one of the most
prominent residents of Stanley county,
died Yesterday of grippe
The chinch-bug. so greatly dreaded by
farmers has made its appearance.
II is said that nearly all the Democratic
have been indicted in the Federal Court
for neglect Of duty.