Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-05
MORRELL ACT FUND,
AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM 1T u,
NORTH CAROLINA TREASURER.
Nc Farmers Institutes This Year,
A whisky Fire and Robbcry--l
Trio of Leading Popuiists n
spcnIs-Gencrai News Notes.

RALEIGH. y. c.. July i-lspecial)-
The state Treasurer has received iron
the government from the fund under th
Morrill, act. 81. 900 Tor The two agriculture
and mechanical colleges. OF this 81 %
cent. goes 10 the one for whites, az ths
city. and IS per cent. to the one 10
negroes. AZ Greensboro.
1t is not now believed that the Com
missioner Of Agriculture VIII BE- abb
to hold any farmers Institutes this yeas
as II is thought the money II was hopes
would be available cannot be used.
The Railway Commission increases tn
assessment of two or three OF the ran
ways. The general increase viii not
however, be large.
None Of the building and loan assoc'r
tIons from other States are now lending
money on property in this state. TIT
shut down is complete. Some OF the ioea
| associations are making loans.
| The registered wh.skey dlstiilery OF 4
| C. Saunders at Moratock. Montgomery
suffers the loss OF It's warehouse ane
| forty barrels of whlskey. Revenue ON
/ GERS have just returned from an investi
/ cation of the fire. IL Is found mat th'
warehouse was robbed ana then SET OF
| dre Most of the whiskey was stolen
| Several barrels were found buried In
| field. and six barrels were hidden on AZ
/ island I'm the Pee Dee river. There 4
| some evidence "a to the men who dic
this work, and arrests will probably iol
| low.
4 PoPUIIST TRIO.
! on the eth of August Marion Butler
! Harry skinner. and william \. Guthrie
who are the three chief Populists now
/ are TO make speeches at a great satnen
| ing Of their party in Sampson county
! Senator Butler Is doing lot OF big talk
/ ing about the independence Of the Popw
/ list party. \ promlr,n Democrat satG
! to-day in the course OF an interview
THE Populsts are bound TO fuse II
they run a straight ticket and the Demo
I Gratis run one the Republicans VIII
surely win IL the Popusts fuse with
the Democrats. they Will win. | know
my ideas are not in line with those Of
most Democrats We ought to fuse en0
checkmate the Republicans. To do this
there ought 10 be a regular alliance be-
| tween us. IL Is natural one. We think
| alike on free silver. The Republicans
are for gold. They may pretend TO b
I otherwise, but they are not. Cooperation
| OF Democrats and POpulists next ycat
would result in real fusion. The Popu'
! lists would not consent 10 be last, neither
/ would the Democrats. There IL natural
! affinity between PopD lists and Democrats
/ Most OF the PCuuists came from ua
| Democratic par Y. fusion viii sWeeB
| the state IN 1896. Marion Butler really
fav0rs Democratic doctrines He has
lost a good deal Of influence with Re-
/ publicans. but he Is yet the boss the
! dictntor. Of the Populists. and can make
! or unmake a man inside that party
| lines. Ewart. Hatton. Settle, Boyd. ana
other Republicans hate the PopUlists iat
more than they DO the Democrats. IL the
| Democrats make a proposition tof co.
operation on equal footing the Popuhat5
viii Jump az n. | am for such oo-opera.
ton by ali means. The Democrats VIII
| have 10 make the overtures.
GENERAL NOTES.
The weather report for June shows 9
mean temperature OF n degrees, or !
degree above the average. The rainfall
was 80 inches. the average for tho
month belng 4.6i.
The cotton-mlls are declaring me divi-
dends this year. as a rule
Hardy Loftin's gin ana forty bales OF
cotton, I'm Leuoir county, 'gere fired by
lightning and destroyed.
II is pretty certain that fair VIII
be held at Charlotte next autumn. Tho
+ Committee on the HufcnaSf VI bt"Hutss
IL actively az work.
The leather-beltlng Mill and sash-cori
factory at Charlotte begin work THIS
week
IL win be thirty days before the special
agent. who is securing information re-
garding cotton-mlls for the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics. completes that work.
He will visit every cotton and woollen-
mill. Of which there are about lJ. as
least.
The city of Charlotte IL complaining
about tho muddy water furnished by the
water-works. and also OF the lack or
pressure.
j. n. Holland. the ex-bank cashier and
defaulter has an easy piece OF work IN
the Albany 9ententiary. He IL In the
satisfactory. and puts paper In shirts 10
keep them in shape.
CharlOtte's Penny Post, an evening,
paper. is to be continued. 1t was an
nounced yesterday that 1t would be sus-
pended
4 Gatlng-gun battery or rather Sec
ton. Is TO be formed at Charlotte. and
Will have the Calling used by the re-
cently-dlsbanded division OF naval re-
serves there.
NOT BORN TO BE KILLED.