Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-12
DECIDED SENSATION.
rwO CLERKS or NORTH CAROLINA
LEGIsLATynE PRESENTED.
rhc Trouble Grows Out Of the As
alignment Preference Act-hatiwny
Extcu.ton OF the ycar-The state
Observation-Disclosures Case.

RALEIGH. n. c., July n.-(special)-
A genuine sensation was sprung here TINS
evening. when the grand jury presented
8. +. satterneld. principal Clerk OF the
House. and J. L. Brown. Enrolling Clerk
Of the last Legislature. for failure to 10
their duty as officers Of the Legislature
In permitting an act 10 be enrolled which
never passed either house. The act IN
question II the much-ialked-of one 10
prevent preferences In assignments. The
presentment will be docketed and remain
until the next term Of the court, wnen
Solicitor Pou will make an examination
and decide whether or not 10 send In a
bill.
RAILWAY EXTENSION.
The Railway Commission to-day sum-
married the figures showing railway ex-
tension In North Carolina during the
twelve months ending June 30th. Inc IN
crease is AZ 1-2 miles. as follows: winston
hallway, 10 miles; Moore County railway
u miles; williamson and Powelisvllie'
II miles; Aberdeen and West End. miles;
Aberdeen and Rockfish, l-2 miles. The
total mileage is now S,CjS IL.
STATE RECORDS.
of North Carolina, edited by Judge Walter
Clark. were received to-day. There Will
be four volumes. and all will he In print
by next May. These follow the we'll
known Colonial records. and complete the
records 10 January !, 1890.
The State Board of Education to-day
distributed the Peabody fund among the
colored normal schools, sending $500 10
The one at Elizabeth City, and 800 to each
of the others.
The Department of Agriculture finds
that 40 1-2 per cent, OF all the commercial
fertilizers sold in this State are made
within its borders. 1t also finds that p
per cent. of the fertilizers used In North
Carolina are made I'm Virginia and South
Carolina. This Is very interesting in:or-
nation.
A WATER FIGHT.
The big legal fight in the Superior Court
here In regard 10 the removal of the dam
Of the water-works pond and It's drainage
araws many people to the courtroom
There are fifty witnesses, ten physicians
as experts and eight attorneys as counsel
Tine State seeks 10 show that the pond Ia
"A breeding place of malaria the de-
fence claims that the malaria is from
marshes and water holes. irrespective OF
The pond.
ARRANGEMENTS are completed for the
building OF q cotton-nill at Hillsboro'. 1t
will stand near the railway station.
10000 cotton-mill Is also TO be built at
Mayo's Falls. in Madison county.
RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
Governor Carr appoints as directors Of
the North Carolina railway, on the part
,f the State. Lee $. Overman, 5. b.
Alexander. William &. Maxwell, John +.
Allison Charles ". Johnson. V. Il. Tur-
ncr. S h. Spruill. and J. J. Young. All
Of these are old directors, save Alexander.
Charles ID. McIver is State proxy. This
Is q new appointment.
A deputy reyenue-collector named
Davis, was set upon at night by three
men who had a grudge against him. lie
shot one after he had been Knocked
from his horse, and the others fled. lie
was about to again shoot the wounded
man when the latter begged for mercy.
The Parmlee- Eccleston Lumber Com
pany, OF Onslow county. is now hling
large orders for England.
Mr.. n. ID. Stokes, OF Richmond, gives
II, $50 TO the building fund for the alumni
building at the State University, making
The total subscription $4,000. AS much
more Is needed.
THE ARLINGTON CASE.
The grand jury in the Superior Court
here presents Mrs. Pattie ID. q. Arlington
Tor writing in her paper, the CRIMINAL
Docket. libels upon Spier Whitaker. and
the late ChiefJustice w. y. Ii. Smith;
also her son. Bryan Arlington, for cir
,ulating that paper. and the three Barnes
brothers. OF this city, for publishing
The paper.
Mrs. Arlington gave her personal bond
Tor 500, and she said she would be in
he courtroom daily. She declared that
The wished the case heard at once, and
The solicitor said this should be done.
Each Of the three brothers QBarnes) gave
bond in 500. the surety being their
iather. W. S Barnes. secretary and trea-
iurer of the State Farmers Alliance.