Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-23
NORTH STATE NEWS.
AN INTERESTING BUDGET GATH
Erred AT THE CAPITAL.
The Fair md It's PPOspects-The
MOrmOns and Their COmplaint-A
Railway Commission.

| his assistants: Governor Carr, and Presi-
dent Julian S. Carr. Music is furnished
by the Morganton Band, of eighteen
pieces. The entries at the fair run up into
the thousands. The display Of stock is
certainly fine.
The Executive Committee of the peni-
Tertiary met here to-day, and received
reports. October LIST there were l.2l2 con-
victs, of which thirty were at the Roa-
noke Rapids, 173 In the penitentiary. and
the others on the farms leased by the
State. Most of those at work at Roanoke
Rapids will soon be sent to the farms. No
convicts have been sent from the peni-
Tertiary in some weeks, owing to an out
! break of measles. The number Of cases
! Is not over a dozen, IT Is said.
The chairman OF the State Board OF
| Agriculture is here looking over vouchers.
! He says: 1.-THE cotton crop in the State
is one-thrd short. 1t is picked cleaner
| than was ever known before at this sea-
/ son. When the receipts begin to fall of
! they Will do so amazingly, to people VINO
do not know the condition of the fields.
A great crop Of corn is being rapidly
/ gathered and put in the cribs. 1t is very
! dry. and is harvested earlier than ever be-
/
is being stripped, ready 10 go to the
warehouses. II is bringing high prices.
/ Cotton is bound to react"
DR.. j. J. Mott. the well-known Republi-
| can politician. is here. He says he is not
/ on any political mission, but is on hand
only to see the fair.
Governor Carr is about to accept two
! new infantry cOmpanies-one at Plymouth
/ and ole at Salisbury.
/ The Southern railway this afternoon
/ took about half the battalion of cadets
/ OF the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
| lege to Atlanta. having made round
trip rate of s. each The cadets return
next Sunday.
During the fair there Will be quite
| number of social events, the chief being
four balls. The Carolina Cottillon Club
has united itself with the Capital Club,
| dropping its name. and makes the latter
/ club very strong. Work on the new club
/ house is soon TO begin.
The football team OF the Agricultural
and Mechanical College. while on its
southern tour. will play the teams OF the
South Carolina and Georgia Agricultural
and Mechanical colleges.
THE MORMONS.
Considerable interest was expressed here
last evening as to what Judge Gable. OF
do with The matter OF the notice by citi-
Zens of New Hill, this county, TO four
Mormon elders to leave at once. Governor
/ Carr sent the letter directly to the Judge,
as soon as the elders placed II in his pos
! session The feeling against Mormons In
the rural districts is strong. IL Is alleged
that they have induced NUMBER OF
young girls from the country To go 10
/ Utah. People in this State do not believe
] mil 10
out in Utah
Farmers who came in to-day returned
home with the cotton they had brought.
Some of them last Saturday refused 81
cents for cotton. They say they are able
to hold IL. and will do so.
visit TO the State Fair shows how
great has been the improvement in stock
in this State in the past few years. Some
admirable herds Of cattle have been de-
yeloped, and these are broadening.
At the State experimentation particu-
lar attention is now being given the ami
nal industry The special work at pres
ent is the crossing of the best breeds OF
imported sheep on native stock. Expert
ments just completed on the effect OF
cottonseed-meal on horses show 1t to be
highly nutrtive. when fed. mixed win
other food, at the rate OF two 10 three
pounds daily. The farm adJoins the state
and within the same enclosure.
The Presbyterian Synod of North caro-
lima met at Fayetteville this evening,
with 800 clerical and lay delegates pres
emit
The cases OF the Fuslonists who are
trying 10 wrest the control OF the peniten-
tiary from the Democrats Will be tried
in the Superior Court here next Friday.
Neuse river, near here, is lower than
in ten years past.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
AT New London, Stanly county. yes
terday, John Parker and Henry Hudson,
both colored men, employed In the gold
mines. were in a powder-magazine, when
one Of them snuffed a candle with dyna-
mite-cap. They were loading dynamite
cartridges, and the result was a terrific
explosion The magazine was torn 10
pieces, and both men fatally hurt.
NELL Gluyas, a white boy, aged IL, died
in Mecklenburg county yesterday. after
some days of torture. A splinter entered
his foot three weeks ago. During his at
tack of lockjaw his temperature was
105.
Brigadier- General Harris and stan, or
the Connecticut National Guard, last sun
day. while in Charlotte. paid their re-
spects TO Mrs. "Stonewall' Jackson,
the gentlemen going to her house for
that purpose.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
The First Brigade of the North Caro-
lima Confederate Veterans has been form
ed. and is ordered by Major-General Will
liam L. DeRosset to elect a brigadier-
general
Major Jack Hayes. United States army.
on detail at military headquarters here,
will in few days pay visit to General
Fitz. Lee, his old army comrade and
dear friend Major Hayes is extremely
popular here, and has wide acquaint-
ance in the army.
The largest steam saw-mill In the State
is now being put up at BLACK mountain,
Buncombe county.
A company with $4,000 capital will own
and operate a cigar-factory here Ii is
IN he a stock affair. under the auspices
of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.
The Improvement in the condition OF
Major John c. winder continues. His ex-
IRENE illness at his home here was re-
ported last week.
To-day fifteen bills against various per-
sons. charging forgery. false pretence,
and conspiracy. were sent by the Solici-
tor TO the grand jury OF Carteret county.
at Beaufort. These are in the notorious
graveyard insurance" cases. The State
and. the insurance companies are trying
to remove the cases TO another county.
The defendants are trying TO prevent
such removal
To-day sl26 for the Vance monument
fund was received from Fayetteville.
The Railway Commission issued an
order to-day that on ard after November
18th next all railways doing business In
North Carolina shall. in addition to the
regular bell-cord. have an additional
alarm-cord running entirely through all
trains. Another order was issued changing
the freight classifications so that cab
bages, Irish potatoes, and sweet-potatoes