Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27
TO VISIT MEXICO.
Judes Walter Clark, Of Norm
Carolina.
WILL HAVE A CLEAN FAIR
putler md Mott-waixc Forest ana
Foot -BalI-racuIty We. students-A
Wafer Famine Threatcned-Per-
scnai and General Notes.

the month of January, III Ms~'S''
will write for a. leading magazine a se'es
of articles on the historical ana soe'a'
life of Mexico, and also on the. s"'.'
question. fl which he Is deeply interes'e''
He SAYS he goes BY the advice Oh
musician. his health being impaired o'
his incesSant labors.
Colonel Bennehan Cameron inc ne"
president Of the State Agricultural GU
ciety. tells me his plan IS 10 issue 'ne
premi,lm list In January; 10 oner S','''
In premiums, payable in cash the last Jay
q, the fair. ana TO offer 5000 in purses
for the races. He also promises that the
fair shall be a "ciean one" with none OF
the vile shows which has given the one
lust ended an unsavory reputation.
Senator Butler Is slow to tell now ne
stands on the fusion question. put mere
Is n mighty strong hint that ne opposes
Il so far as the electoral ticket Is con
cerned. Your correspondent saiu W nm,
"What do you favor. You dld not say
specifically In your interview Of Thurs
day?"
He repled: II favor cooperation which
does not sacrifice any principle-that Is.
7 am in favor Of cooperation against
gold-bugs and not with gold-bugs."
This is all that he would say.
MOTT AND BUTLER.
DR.. ]. J. Mott appears, like w. a.
Guthrie. TO have Joined the Populists. lie
speaks Of himself as a Republican, put IL
IL noticeable that ALL or nearly all MS
association is with PoIulists. TO senator
Butler he Is absolutely devoted ara MS
deep regard appears TO be- fully recipro-
Gated.
Major John c. Windsors Improvement
in health is said. by members OK MS
family. to continue.
The shutdown Of the faculty Oh Nahe
Forest College on the playing OF TOOL
ball by the college team oulside Vi tne
place has raised a breeze among some
nnrulv students. 1t seems. the latter
having said that IL they could not play
they would not enter the gymnasium
The faculty have the nerve to meet such
AN issue promptly, no doubt.
Tho renorts received at the Agricultural
Denarfment are TO the effect that the
turnip crop is, in great part, iahuie
The drought has ruined 1t.
TVvo convicts were brought> from Glen
land county to-day; one TO serve hve
years for assaulting woman win d
knife. There was strong evidence III
his favor and strong evidence against
him. But for the former he would nave
been given twenty years, or else pcen
lynched. the Sheriff says.
4 WATER FAMINE IMMINENT.
water famine Is imminent in some
sections Of the State. newspaper gives
as a reason for the strange rise, In
spite of the drought, OF water III certain
streams. ponds, and marshes. that IL Is
due 10 the sap, which has descended from
| the trees.
businessman was asked what per-
| centace. Of the farmers he thought were
| now In debt in this section. lie saio
| about one third; that they were paying
| off their debts quite rapidly, ana nave
made few new mortgages or otner opi'
! cations. He says no western cora Is
! being sold this year, but that this monti
! considerable western meat has Deen sou
| because some OF the farmers either att
| their meat-supply or else sold too mucf
| Of Il earlier in the year. vi course
! there are some farmers who do not rais'
a. supply of meat. Happily. these dimin
| ish in number yearly. Tire sorghum croI
| is a fine one. and Is turning out well.
moonshiner was arrested in cum
bsrland county for stealing his own re
gistered dstillery, taking II INTO I'M
! woods. and operating IL as an Illicit one
! He and his family made n great outcrl
at the alleged theft Of the outfit by un
| known persons.
RAILROAD NOTES.
The prospect for the building OF tn
| Southport and Western railway IS de
clared TO be excellent. Many capitalist
in Chicago are now interested. South
port people hope the Baltimore and Ohi'
| railway will secure the Cape Fear an
|
former believes in Southport as harbo
and terminal point.
The North Carolina Swine-Breeders
Association has been organized, with c
s. Watson, of Baltimore, PRESIDENT d
f. Haleward, of Burlington, secretary
and +. T.. Enemy. of Raleigh. treasurer
There is general interest In improve
hogs.
The issues In the fight Of the Fusionist
| for positions as additional directors Q
the penitentiary are as follows: Wer
| they legally elected by the legislature
Are they eligible? Have they duly quail
fed by taking the oath? Do the do
PENDANTS unlawfully hold office as a
rectors?
The fact Is that the nine Fusionist
were elected directors before the aC
which created the additional offices wa
ratified. This fact their lawyers do nc
wish to be brought out. Hence the
objections to testimony are incessan
The Democratic directors have not
particle OF fear that the court will, undo
these circumstances, decide in favor
the Fusionlsts. The court in one cas-
held that such an election was not lega
and the Fusionists were knocked out.
THE TORPEDO STATION.
Good progress Is being made In ii
, work OF building the torpedo station {
Fort Caswell, at the mouth OF the Car
Fear river It is built in one OF II
five angles Of the fort, part of ii nearl
touching the officers quarters. which
January, 1866, were burned. The who
place looked, until the new work bega
as IL times hand had stopped in lS5
The ruins are extremely interesting. on
OF the magazines only was then destroye
| There IS no attempt at restoration.
any part OF the costly fort. The torped
case mate is simply built amid the ruin
The hunting of opossums has been sto
ped by the farmers in parts OF the stat
owing to their great fear OF fires fro
torches the hunters carry. Some farme
| watch the woods all night TO warn hui
tiers of.
Raleigh will send large delegation
the pacing-races at Reidsviiie next wee
In the thermal belt" the line Of I
frost, at many points along the Nor
Carolina mountains the trees and Il
vegetables are as green as in early sur
mer. Up at Chimney Rock. In the BIZ
= | Ridge. the most delicate leaves OF plan
,, are untouched by frost, and figs a
, ripening.
|, GENERAL NOTES.
: The Gibbs brothers trlplets), aged
a have gone from their home in WIKI
county 10 Atlanta.
Q An li-ycar-old girl has been broug
' by her father TO the Blind Institute
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