Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-18

south. an institution on slasge scale and
With q large endowment -,
Hon. Harris Taylor, now Of Mobile, Ala,
Int formerly Of North Carolina anG .
rraduate Of the State University, has re-
ceiyed the degree Of IL. ID. from tho Uni.
versity OF Alabama. He II the author OF
the book on the Origin and Growth OF
The people of Rocky Mount on Friday
cscorted a labor agent named Check to the
depot and forced him 10 take train for
the South despite his vigorous protests.
Chcsk is native OF warrenton. N. Q.
The Sheriff of Wake county to-day re-
ceiycJ A warrant for the arrest OF X. A:
Williams. labor agent. He IL charged
with abducting two children under FOUR
teen. A.
eastern counties are shown, as spring APP
proaches. TO be very greatly exaggerated.
Il was said that in Edgecombe. county
there would be trouble. Yet the cash
trade Is about as good as II was last year.
The farmers were Mt one time-two months
ago---greatly depressed. but they are now
The people OF Oxford are subscribing to
the capital stock of the Oxford Female
College. II is 10 be non-sectarian.
The development OF the. iron-mines IN
Wstauga county, on Big Ridge. three ihiies
from the Tennessee line. shows that the
ore is abundant aud of very high quality.
Immense quantities of trees, mainly pop
lar. are being cut along the borders OF Ashe
and Watauga counties and will be rated
down the Watauga river into tennessee.
The poplar timber there IA tho largest IN
this country. it is said, yet the owners get
very poor prices Tor II. .
The trial Of A. T.. Posey. the lawyer OF
W l.. I..,s nm
place). for the murder of Furrnan Forest,
has resulted IN q verdict OF not guilty.
Tho execution Of Manly Pankey (colored(
nj Troy. like that Of John Wilson (white)
at Burnsvillc, was public. Both mon COLI
fcssed their crime and said their execution
was deserved. Both announced that they
were fully prepared for death.
IL is the oat louise and not the Hessian lily
which is doing such great damage TO the
small grain in several counties west OF
here aud in q number of counties along
fine aouthern border of the State. The
weather has been too dry for wheat and
oats. and il il now the belief that the crop
of neither will be AS large - was expected.
The dedication of st. Mary's Roman
Catholic church at Goldsboro' draw many
Catholics there. Bishop Leo Had con-
Quoted the ceremonies. The choir was
well selected one mainly from wilmington
and Ncwberne. fatner ITlce Is eHc PiioS'
in charge of st. Mary's.
John T.. Raw, for years a teacher IN the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the
Blind hero, has been elected superIntend.
ent Of the Colorado State institution OF
the same kind, iu which institution ne had
been teacher some time. 49,
Two moonshiners named John Mcleod
and Ernest Mcleod were captured in
Harnett county Saturday night and we're
brought here to-day. Their stills had been
raided, and they were in hiding III the
woods when captured.
John Medlin, aged lO1 years, died at the
poor-house of this county.
Mrs. +. c. Breton. dealer in millinery and
fancy goods at Kinston, has assigned. The
liabilities and assets are not stated.
1t is learned to-day that nearly all the
sheriffs have made settlements of taxes
due the State. This does not include the
sherilfs of ten tobacco counties, who are
not required to settle until May LIST.