Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-23
ACROSS THE BORDER.
PREPARING FOR THE ECLIPSE OF
TIE sun IN 1900.
The Late Frccze--Ficid ana Shore
Association Chartcrcd-lts Object
tics-Thc April Crop Bulletin.

RALEIGH. y. c.. April 22.-(Special)-
The Board of Directors Of the Southern
Christian Publishing House met here to-
day. The publishing house will probably
be located IN this city.
The Weather Bureau has already be-
gun its preparations for the observation
OF the total eclipse OF the sun May %.
1900. The line Of totally Will extend
from New orleans TO Norfolk passing
through Wadosboro' and Raleigh. and
the Duration Of totallty will be a minute
and a half. The government will ascer-
tain the best points for observation, and
at these places will establish temporary
observatorios.
The weather to-day was quite warm.
The weather observer here says there
Will now be quite warm wave.
That yesterdays frost and freeze have
done great damage all admit. week will
be required 10 determine its extent. Cot
ton was killed in some sections.
The Field and Shore Association was
granted a charter by the state to-day.
The association is composed Of i. s.
Giles. James Hamilton, and Charles *.
Giles. This association desires TO lease
or purchase over 10000 acres of land
and water in the eastern part of the
State. for sporting purposes.
A charter was also granted the WIson
Educational Association. composed o. +.
A. Woodard and others.
The Illicit whskey-dealers are now
shipping whiskey in boxes. marked
"meat." Revenue officers have captured
some.
The Southern railway has decided TO
make Salisbury one Of it's terminal points
THE MINORITY POPULIsTS.
The minority Populsts seem to be very
uncertain just where they stand. Scna-
tor McCaskey is one of the lucky ones.
He left to-day for one Of the State
farms. of which he is elected Assistant
Supervisor with the understanding that
after September 1st he will be IN entire
charge of II.
Thomas Russell. a brother of the Gov
ernor. is the new Warden Of the peni-
Tertiary. and W. H. Moore is Deputy
Warden. II IS significant that they
were not elected by the board, but were
appointed by Superintendent Smith, and
confirmed by The board.
Secretary-of-State Thompson is elected
superintendent Of the Sunday school Of
Central Methodist Episcopal church here.
An act Of the late legislature gave the
Marion and Asheville turnpike the use Of
fifty convicts. but the penitentiary autho-
rites are trying 10 avoid furnishing them.
BRIEFS.
Goldsboro' subscribes $4,000 10 seclre
the extension of the railway from Snow
Hill TO that point
John =. Kenney is appointed a .delega;c
to the Southern Insurance Convention at
Southern Pines. Some of the Baltimore
papers are scoring this convention, say
ing it IS sectional. and that two kinds Of
letters are written by those who are pro-
noting IT.
Ex-Populist State-Chairman Aver re-
marked to-day that just now there was
no politics IN North Carolina.
The April bulletin of the Agricultural
Department will be out in a day or two.
II contains an interesting synopsis Of
the work Of the department during the
twenty years OS77-90 Il was in Demo-
cratic hands. Among its special lines
of effort were the fish hatcheries 0he
good effects OF which are yet felt. sur
veys of deposits of pyrites for making
sulphuric acid; exploration OF the phos-
phate beds; the promotion of searches
for coal: expositions at Vienna. Atlanta.
Boston. New Orleans, and Chicago; sur
vevs of the oyster-beds: aid in the de-
velopment Of the sand-bill region; the
creation Of the finest State Museum in
the country: the issue of valuable hand
books: Improvement of soils; better crop
methods, &c. 1t is fine record