Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03
NORTH STATE GOLD.
,rtiys Work in Progress al All the
Mines.
,ur u,rTIsr FEMALE UNIVERSITY
,,hcrnI nonation-Governor Cnrr's
,o..-Tbr Cranberry Iron-fiisfory
Of the Development OF the Deposit
go ~ the Revolution 10 Meet.


rNr1GH. y. c.. November 2.-(Spe-
... The heating apparatus Of the Aeri-
...-,r and Mechanical College il now
....rst in. Battalion drills have COM
...I There are three companies Of
...+. The captain Of Company c broke
..,n while playing football.
aring escape was made yesterday
,-.rn the Warrenton jail A negro pris-
...- threatened the little daughter Of the
...~ and made her stand aside while
,. maic his way out. The TALLER had
.o ,hc building a few minrtes.
Active work rs now in progress AT most
.t Che cold-mincs In the State. From
amino in Lincoln county some good mug
,.s are being taken. The Mann-Ar-
--iaa miuc in Nash county is being
soaked FUN time. and its twenty stamps
81, .I ia operation.
very heavy rain fen last night. and
. accompanied by a high wind. The
...l.in the past seventy-two hours Is
u-,e inches. Streams are filing ra-
.i ~ the State Fair from Raleigh.
... authorities Of the fair are greatly
.r.9.li by the failure Of some OF the
Raleigh subscribers TO pay up their sub
s.rf 0ls.
...y cartridges were shot yesterday.
r. ..,liuc day Of the season. Sports
.lnd birds plentiful
r.at and oats. hut little sown thus
.r $50 Doe rapidly seeded now. Up to
o.. 18th Of November will be time enough
r- good farmers say.
.r D.. s.. COyineton. Of Wadesboro'.
I.- $500 20 the Baptist Female Uni
...-ty here. Some Of the trustees of
nr university think that perhaps not
f.l more work on the big building will
i.re his year, or perhaps during the
cHus winter
THE GOVERNORS LOSS
Governor Cars loss by the burning Of
.e cotton under the shed at his farm
about $3.50 Seventy-one bales were
burned The Governor had not made
slles. hut was holding his crop.
fX-Statc-C hartman Eayes. who last
..ar so Vehemently antagonized fusion
NJ Popuists and Republicans. still holds
i.tt view He says that IL will never do
90 have fusion on the electoral ticket
colonel a. B Andrews Of the Southern
railway. Is looking into the matter of
b.Uling a railway into Allegheny county.
g. Stone mountain.
CRANBERRY IRON MINES.
great deal Of work continues to be
dome at the Cranberry iron-mines. in
Mtchell county. This mine was entered
as mining land I'm 1871. and was first
worked in 1871 The iron is remarkable
f1i IS density and great tensil. strength.
and the tests by the United States army
and navy show that IL is unsurpassed for
cannon and armor-plorcing shells and
amor. when trouble with chile was
imminent. the government ordered Loo
tons OF this iron. for the purpose Of
making armor-piercing shells. When the
iron was first made at this mine II was
worked into bars. and the ony way Of
getting these 20 market was by bending
them ike the letter L. and placing them
across the backs Of OK n. The mountain
fna IS were then mere trails. During the
var the ore was made into iron by
catalan forges. and the bars, made
81 are were taken 10 a gun factory at
A...ylic, bored. and turned round. In
t.. way rifs-harrels were made. there
bong My one handling between the
.- ari the soldier 1t is the hope
t.- some day the government will es-
o.. "a great plant al this mine which
IS . the heart Of the mountains and
u.--s Do defence against foreign foe.
T-. company owns good railway. which
climbs up i6o feet 10 the mine, from
Johnston city. Tenn. TWO years ago
u..h at the mine stopped. vast eX-
pause z what IS really a mountain Of
JAN 0re las been scalped. The govern
n..t has had some tub for heavy guns
rlI. of this iron and found them ad- .
u.rttls.
It. reports from the various cotton /
rE.-- loo the state are 10 the effect |
t.st receipts during the past three days /
a-. mua more liberal than in a couple /
o., W..ks past
Wake Forest College now has 90 stu |
dents .a ts ron.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.
rt- state Association Of Sons OF the /
Be- .fon Is called TO meet here NoVem- /
o,r tl. 10 has now thirty members.
Iher, are now twenty North Caro- l
rs holding scholarships in the Pea /
Normal College. at Nashville These /
scholarships are worth $50 year. for I
ESQ years
DR. = j. NJ Curry will this year allow
O.. Girls Normal and Industrial School.
q. Greensboro $500. or 500 more than
..et Germ There are six state normal
s for negroes. and among these at
lease 81 rp. ard perhaps more OF the Pea
r flnI viii be divided. The Slater
Normal school for negroes. at Winston,
gs 1885, because the new law requires
O.. STATE 20 gives 1t d sum equal to that
fn t} the people up 10 $1,000 Of the
i... fund. Dr. Curry will probably al
.N $50 besides the sum to the school
a. Dr. rsboro'. The graded schools at
'tt.l and Durham will probably get
sl .rm his fund
3. .sh,r Walser is here and favors fu-
e. 10 ou the electoral ticket In this State,
b.. "rl AS In all other respects.
N4sh county negro is In the penl-
..''r y flr the eighth time, for stealing
trls and pigs.
ilAst magistrate who had case
astt.t another Populist tried it himself
a. ttto Judgment against the defendant
~ iae amount and costs.