Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-21
ADIAMOND WEDDING.
MAR. JOHN {. BOYD WILL SOON cELE-
BRATE THE UNUSUAL EVENT.
Mecklcnburg Farmers Well Advanced IN
Their Crops-snits Against . Railroad
for Killing Stock.

CHASE CITY. VA. March ~.-tSpcciaL)
Mr.. John T.. Boyd, one OF the pioneers
in projecting and laying out this town
twenty years ago. Is now So years old.
and will soon celebrate by a family re-
union the sixtleth anniversary OF his mar
rage. A diamond wedding is an unusual
event.
Monday was the regular County Court
day for Mecklenburg. There was large
gathering OF farmers, who reported that
the recent good weather has enabled them
to be wen advanced In crop preparations.
Wheat is looking splendIdy. Corn Is
abundant in the county, and selling FOR
forty cents per bushel. AS consequence
farm animals are In an unusually good
condition.
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Hon. w. A. Fentress, of Portsmouth
attorney for the Atlantic and DanViiie
railroad, was present, attending to numer-
Gus cases against his company FOR kiiiihs
stock along its lire The court was en-
gagged nearly all day In regard 10 theih.
The principal question was whether inc
company was liable for damage 10 STOCK
occurring on the road where ran
through enclosed fields or pastures In a
no-fence law district. Also, IL III as
tricts with no enclosures wnether Tue
boundary line OF the right or way Oh
the railroad was not In the view OF tnr
law sufficient to prevent trespass OF cattis
running at large and protect the ROAD
from liability The Court heard testi-
mony and argument and reserved decis-
ion. but the cases will be appealed 10
the Circuit Court, 1t matters not now
decided.
CASH NOT SCARCE.
The principal attraction OF the day was
drove OF horses, In good conditioh,
brought by rail from the West ana SOLO
at public auction for cash. Inc prices
ranged from $50 to sl2S. The bidding was
spirited, and revealed the fact tnat there
are plenty OF people in the county WITT
money when they expect bargains at a
cash sale.
[ was informed by the County Superin-
tendent of Public Schools that nearly all
the schools had closed for the term. Inc
average attendance OF the colored eX-
ceeded the whites. This is to be regretted
The whites should remember that educa,
ton is permanent and elevating, ana
more valuable than the uncertain accu-
mutation OF wealth and degrading igno-
rance. The negro thinks only OF to-day
the future can take care or itseH' his
only aspirations are a log cabin. some
meat and corn-meal and u two-wheeled
cart with steer between the shatts.
GooDE AGAINST EPEs.
Colonel j. Thomas Goode was present
at court. He says he has associated lioh
John T. Harris with r. II. Thorp, ESQ.,
his head counsel In his contested-eiectioh
case OF Goode against Epes. He seems
confident Of a favorable result In Con-
eress before the Committee on Elections,
The printed deposltlons in the case make
large book.
I have been informed that the large
storehouse and contents at White House
near Buffalo Lithia Springs, have been
destroyed by fire. Origin unknown. store
occupied by o. T'illotson: stock estimated
at 1000: insurance in Virginia Fire ano
Marine. 81 800 This store was built aDou'
seventy years ago, and the late foper
G. OVERLY, Of this county, well-knoWh III
YOUR city in ante-belum days. merchan'
dised there for half u century.
FIRST WHITE MAN.
The name IillOtsOn rccdhS W ny
that Colonel Byrd says In his history
of the Virginia and North Carolina oil
viding-line, when he explored this coun'
try for eight or ten miles in l,2S on botr
sides Of the line. that the first whi.,
man he saw in this section was living "
a small house on the top of nigh MI
overlooking the Dan river. near th'
present site OF the town OF ClarksViiie'
and his name was Tillotson. lie was
typical backwoodsman. and mad the iohs'
est gun he had ever before seen.
Mr. Charles II. Oehern' proi,'n i,..n
,nercbant, Of baltimore has been spending
some time here at the Mineral Hotel FOL
health and recuperation.
The weather continues delightful. Peacf
and other fruit-trees are in fun bloom
and the grass Is luxuriant.