Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-08
ACROSS THE BORDER.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF A CONVICT
TO EXPLODE A BOILER.
An Abundance of Rain-Cotton In
Late-said to Have the Inside on
the Marshalship-PersOn ana
General.

RALEIGH. ~ c.. June 7.-tSpeciai)-
Judge Purnen will go to Asheville June
18th to hold term of the United States
Circuit Court for Judge Simonton. and
try civil cases, as the latter judge re-
quests.
The penitenuary authorities say they
are In great need OF funds; that the
boilers are worn out and must be re-
placed; also, that the horses at the FARMS
or some of them. are nearly dead.
and others must be bought The State
Treasurer says there is no act giving
the penitentiary $1,000 contingent fund
The Superintendent says such bill pass
ed. and J. O. l.. Harris, attorney for
the Pententlary Board, MAKES the same
positive declaration.
1t is said that a convict engineer at
tempted to blow up the BOXERS at the
penitentiary. in order to kill an official,
but that another convict saw the weighted
safety-yalve. took off the weights, and
prevented destruction and death. just in
time.
There is now an abundance Of rain for
a week or ten days. East Of here rains
have been heavy during the past few
days. Crops. as a rule. are very clean
and growing well. Cotton is unquestion-
ably late.
At the PRESBYTERIAN church here yes
terday Rev DR.. Peyton Hoge, OF Will
mington. preached, and last evening, in
the chapel of the Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI College, he preached the sermon
before the graduating class. The latter
has eighteen members.
Irnited-States- Marshal Carroll is at
Washington. Some of his deputies nave
made charges against him. II is said. MT.
Easily Smith, of the Department OF Jus
tice, some months ago made fuh IN
vestigation of affairs in the district, and
visited many Of the twenty deputy mar
shals.
SAID TO HAVE THE INSIDE.
IT is rumored that Henry C. Dockery
Is on the inside in the race for the United
States marshalship of this district.
commandments at Davidson and Trim
ity colleges. St. Mary's School, here ana
the Agricultural and Mechanical College,
here. are ali in progress this week.
Bailey. of North Carolina, a devoted
friend of Senator Prtchard thinks he
has the drop on the Raleigh post-office.
No person not Pritchard's friend can get
II. So much seems very certain.
Peaches are being shipped from the
great Van Lindley orchard of $1,000 trees
near Southern Pines. There is about one
fifth of n crop. The first were shipped
June LIST. Prices are high. The Elberta
is again found to be the best peach.
WANTS TO GO TO GREECE.
AdIutant-General A. ID. Cowles mas
again gone TO Washington to look after
the place of Minister TO Greece, for which
he has such a desire.
President Hancock, OF the Atlantic ana
North Carolina railway, left here this
afternoon for Asheville, where, on We'd
nesday. the injunction case brought by
w. II. Tucker against him comes up
before Judge simonton.
The State Medical Association and the
State Press Association meet at More
head City tomorrow.
The Secretary of State in response to
q request for a ruling. decides that spe-
cial agents of insurance companies must
nav the same license tax as regular
agents.
The plant of the Tribune here will be
sold next Monday. raleigh men will buy
II. unless it is sold for more than us
value.