Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-22
NORTH STATE FAIR.
ME OUTLOOK rs FOR \ VERY FINE
EXHIBIT.
RI. Alliance and ITS Proposed Fac
tory-RaiIrond Notes.-The R"ini"'''
Tn. r.ru.r. md Cottoa-Gencrn1
and Personal.


oialn-The weather is perfect for the
state Fair. which begins tomorrow
To-day was a busy one at the GROUNDS
rwortv carloads OF cattle arrived
emo,g other exhibits. Yesterday nine
teen carloads of exhibits for the Mid
way" arrived. The number of "fakirs
,s the greatest ever seen here. Most OF
them stop on the way the way to the AT
tanta Exposition.
The News and Observer will put lis
typesetting machines at work about jan
uary LIST.
The Alliance Executive Committee,
which meets here Wednesday TO ar
range for the location Of Its factory
has twenty-five offers from various places
In the State in regard to the free GIT
OF land. Secretary Barnes says the IAN
ure 10 get the desired site at Cary proves
TO be a good thing. A.
There is a positive denial that 'ns
Southern railway has an intention Oh
purchasing the cape rear anu
Valley railway. T..
The weather continues so dry thSt II
Is difficult TO market leaf-tobacco'
Miss Ida Carr. daughter OF Colonei
Julian 8. Carr. of Durham. ~ soon 10 pe
married to Mr.. III. G. Flower. OF hahsas
City. ,,.
United States Marshal Carroll LETT To-
day for Elizabeth City TO be present ~
the term OF Federal Court.
Tomorrow the Supreme court taxes up
appeais from the Fourth Distrlc'.
rhe meeting of the stockholders OF
the Seaboard and Roanoke railway does
NOT take place until November Ijth.
THESE stockholders own majority OF
Ne stock OF the Raleigh ana castor
railway. and these two roads together
own everything else in the SeaDoard sys-
TEN. A., c,o,.
Agricultural and Mechanical College Is
TO deliver the address at the Edeh'oh
fair day after tomorrow.
THE RAINFALL.
Only half an inch Of rain has fallen
in the greater part or the State since
August nth. CO..
Superintendent Leazar. of the STATE
Penitentiary. a close observer says 'iie
oerfect weather and the perfect cohdl-
lion OF the cotton picked mean cieat
gain OF at least half q cent a pound on
he crop Not a particle OF stained COZ
ton has been seen this season.
and Neck. who gave your correspondent
The strange bit OF news about the Hall
fax county meeting in 1860. and The resi-
IStions asking Louis Napoleon 10 take
North Carolina under the wing Oh
France. ,.., :,
lro-,ay the State Treasurer issued 10
Simon Borg * Co, of New YORK Ei.VV'
I'm North Carolina per cent. bonds Inc
firm had refused heretofore 10 take theni,
being angry because the treasurer "ouii
not accede 10 its demand regarding 'he
q per cent North Carolina railroad con-
struction bonds.
The assistant engineer or the Hehrlettd
Cotton-M Mills. in Cleveland county. Is here.
He saws good progress is being made OH
mill No. 2, which Will cost sJV0OO), VIII
have $500 spindles and 200 looms. the
company is building 10 tenement-houses
for its operators. The water-power Is
furnished at the mill by the French Broau
river. but a gJ0-horse- power steam engine
Is being put In as an auxiliary.
THE SLUMP IN COTTON.
The slump in cotton is causing quite a
sensation samong the farmers. Some
of them say that the belief as 10 supply
and demand regulating prices IL shown
to have no foundation; that the specula-
tors work the whole business. III Is Salu
by some farmers that the dealers Ike 10
see the prices go down. The dealers
declare that this Is not true. There is
a great amount OF speculation IN cotton
this season. In the long run the crop
will regulate the prices.
Commercial travellers say there Is less
and less talk in this State about silver.
cartridges are unusually abundant, pu'
are small. The game laws are being
pretty well observed this season.
II is said that the Ammonia Chemical
Company has bought 1900 acres or lano
In Moore county. and VIII put up
laboratory there. and also establish ne"
industry.
There are now 42D students at the Girls
Normal and Industrial School at Greens
boro'.
A number of witnesses In the case o
the Woodies, who murdered the Nlreinan
Slaughter, in Allegheny county. are re
qured to give bail for their appearance
at Winston in December, when the ira
comes of
United States Marshal Carroll says NJ
believes the flibustering steamer Comma
dore will be released.
The murderer of William MusgraVe,
negro barber at Charlotte. has been cap
tured at Spartanbure.
Governor Carr Is Informed that uh
known persons mdlclously puiHeu ti
barns OF Captain Stewart, in Davie coun
", causing the death Of nine horses ah'
twenty COWS.
Governor Carr appoints the foiowln:
delegates from North Carolina 10 TN
commercial travellers convention, at Al
lanta. November 13,h: Wilson q. Lamp
Of WILLIAMSON; G.. +. Crabtree. of Colds
boro': James \. Higgs. and Brown Re
gram. OF Raleigh Jack l.. Prior OF Fay
etteville; Jack Burnett Of Wilmington
n. r. Aston. OF Narrenton: Peter /
Yates, of Greensboro; William {. Lind
say and Peter f. Beard, OF Salisbury; W
II. Meares, of lnwoci. Il. r. Rogers
of Concord: r. t. Abbea. of Winston
w. W. Watt. of Charlotte; W. II. VII
llams. OF Newton. and Van h. Moore. y
Asheville
The cadets Of the State Agriculture
and Mechanical College. seventy-iiv
strong, leave here for Atlanta tomorrow
accompanied by President Holiday an
several OF the faculty. Fifty teachers an
pupils from the public schools here LET
to-day for Atlanta, and fifty more go Il
morrow.
NAIIAnIE HORSE KILLED