Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-31
rur R1cHMoND D1spATcH-sATURDAY. AUGUST 81. 1895.

able fertilizer Is also found. great
deal OF crushed conglomerate IL being
rh,pUod 70 Virginia. Shell-rock IN 70
be furnished for use on Ralegh's streets
II IS used on those OF GOldsboro'.
Some OF the advocates Of Democratic
State silver convention are quite worried
because the Democratic conference here
yest,r day id not endorse II. T.. c. smith
the prime mover. says the convention Will
be held.
Secretary Nichols. OF the State Fair.
says he has never seen the outlook for a
fair so favorable as at present. or In
terest greater thus far I'm advance.
Major John G. W'n1er, formerly vice
president of the SesboGrd Airline. ~
at Jackson Springs Last SUNNI r while
on his farm. near here. he was prCstrdted
by heat, and two weeks ago the intense
heat again affected him.
Governor Carr ard the other state offi-
crs are greatly Impressed by their visit
to the State farms on the Roanoke river.
Treasurer Worth. populIsi. fayors the
purchase or the Caledonia farm II Is
on this that there are seven miles Of
corn 1t is now leased at per cent. iii-
teros..
THE ARLINGTON COMMITTEE
The Arlington Committee" are yet here,
and will he for ten days they say 'she
Attorney-Genera has been sent for to
decide whether they can be paid. The
State Treasurer positively declines 20
honor any warrants until the courts force
him 10 DO 20. There never was such a
committee on this earth. Many people
think 1t all a joke. G. c. Cockrell. ex-
Sheriff OF Nash who was examined
yesterday, swore that he did serve
papers in the divorce suit on W. II. Ar
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denied that they had been served. II
is claimed that Bryan. who was elected
4 member Of the Penltentiary Board OF
Directors. is not legally a member OF
this committee. The Auditor so decided.
That question Is now up aSain. Bryan
IS here. and Committeeman Phillips, who
went after him, told him he was mem
Der until the courts decided otherwise.
Much work IS being done on the tor
pedo casemate at Fort Caswell. az the
mouth OF the Cape Fear river. The ma
sonry work IS complete. It Is all secret.
No photographs are permitted 10 b.
taken.
The Popullsts are putting all the speak
ers possible in the field.
The knitting-mill at Newton IS being
fitted up IN this several Nadenses from
Burke county will be employed. The
machinery - bhi+r 4tihFfi ii'hi ef'tN-Ns
a MYSTERIOUS CASE.
The authorities IN Catawba county are
looking for the missing second husband
OF a woman, whose first husband disap-
peared mysteriously n dozen years ago
Husband No | shot his wife and tried
TO Kill himself. and sw0re he would. have
his child He took the latter and disap-
reared. Now 1t Is alleged he was killed
| and hurled. and that his wife and hus
band No. know all about H. A grave
In which IT said h. was buried was
searched and found empty.
II is said by the state Geologist. Profes-
sor Holmes, that four special eXami
nations are now In progress. these beina
OF the water-powers and tho coruniuu
deposits west Of the Blue Ridge gold IN
the Piedmont counties. and the forests
In the middle and Piedmont counties
The Agricultural Department says th'
September crop report win show = fall
| ing off Of the cotton crop. as compare
with the August percentage. which wa:
| only II.