Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-28
.THEOLDNORTH STATE
A COMPLIMENT TO COSsuL-GENE-
RAJ THOMAS n. JERNIGAN.
The Southern Railway and the
Salisbury shops-Treasurer Worth
Had the stock--The Odd-Fellow1
Orphanage-Genera Notes.

RALEIGH, N. c., February T.-tSpe-
ciaL) -Your correspondent is pleased 10
learn from a letter just received from
Mr.. Thomas r. Jernigan. Consul-Generai
at Shanghai, China, that he has been
elected one OF the three judges OF the
Consular Court there. The number OF
Consul-Generals at Shanghai Is nineteen.
Mr.. Jernigan Is one Of the youngest OF
these. only having served eighteen
months. so the compliment to him Is quite
a marked one. Mr.. Jernigan warmly
favors the construction Of the Nicaragua
canal and the enforcement Of the Monroe
doctrine. His letter was dated January
2ith, and says there Is no news In CHINA;
that everything is quiet.
Governor Carr returned this morning
from Washington. ID. C.
vice-President Baldwin. Of the Southern
railway, says no definite conclusion is as
yet reached as to building shops at Sails
bury, but that he believes the shops VIII
be located there II the land can be Sc
cured on satisfactory terms. This being
the status OF affairs 1t may as
well be said that Salisbury Will
have the shops. They will be
entirely separate and distinct from
the Southerns shops at Manchester, Bur
lington, and Columbia, and 1t Is said they
will be very large.
HE HAD THE STOCK.
Mention Il made of the fact that State
Treasurer Worth, q devoted Farmers Al
lance man, is a stakeholder in the North
NhrAA ms
ago John Graham, an Alliance official, put
In almost three weeks time trying to
find some holder of stock who would let
his name be used In bringing suit 20 test
the legality OF the lease to the Southern
railway. 1t was said he failed to find one,
But he knew all the while Treasurer
Worth mad the stock. Mr.. Worth said to-
day: Il never had any intention Of bring
ing suit. No threat has been made by
my bondsmen that II took such a step
they would come OF my bond. 1 do not
think they will use my stock In bringing a
suit regarding the lease. The Alliance has
never wanted to have the charter Of the
North Carolina road forfeited. I cannot
say whether the whole matter OF suit Is
ended. John Graham knew all the whiie
I had the stock
BRIEFS.
Six convicts from CASTOR and one from
Harnett are the latest arrivals at the pen
itentary.
The cornerstone of the main building at
the Odd-Fellows' Orphanage, at Golsboro'
will be laid in May.
1t is rumored that the railway bridge
on the Western North Carolina railway,
over the Catawba river, was burned yes
terday
a bronze tablet, with a suitable inscrip-
ton. has been placed on the old monu-
ment over the grave Of General Jethro
Summer. at the battle-ground Of Guilford
Courthouse.
The remarkable fact Is generally noted
in the State that as yet no robins have
made their appearance. Birds OF many
species are unusually scarce.
Mr.. Weldon Huske's residence at Fay
etteville. was burned yesterday.
Thieves here last night raided the liquor
saloon Of Moses Woodward and made a
haul Of liquors and money.
The body Of an unknown 25-year-old
white man was found In Meckenburg
county yesterday. He had been drinking
and had died from freezing.