Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-28

A STUDENT HURT NY. A STREET
CAR.
The Weather Clerk on In His Pre-
dictions = Cotton Shipments - Free
Passes ON Raiiroads-New Demo-
cratic Pnper-PersonaI Notes.

RALElGH, N. C., October N.--tSpe-
ciaI.) Governor Russell commissions
Judge Robinson 10 hold special civil
term Of Dublin Court
Not so many calls for State convicts
by counties to do work on public roads
have been made as were expected.
This morning Samuel Wait, student
at the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege. was injured here while attempt
vacation he was conductor on the car
line. This morning he attempted to get
on the front platform Of car, which
was quite near the Capitol Square, but
caught 1t with only one hand. His feet
were thrown under the car. and he was
dragged IS feet. The car did not run
over his body. His head was slightly
cut, his hip injured, and one foot crushed
so that part of 1t may have TO be am
putated. The accident was entirely his
own fault.
Mr. Norton. an architect of Durham.
who was SO seriously hurt by a railway
train there last year. sues the Southern
railway for 10000 damages. The case
comes up here.
The news that the new lightship of
Cane Hatteras held her own during the
late great storm is very gratifying. Seas
break there in 30 feet OF water.
The Weather Bureau has lately been
away off the mark in some OF Its pre-
dictions.. To-day fair weather was pre-
dicted, but instead there were the lower
ing clouds which have marked the past
eight DAYS. There has been no sunshine
since last Thursday afternoon. The
streets are as muddy now as they usual
ly are in winter.
There were large sales of lands here
yesterday, and the prices obtained were
about two-thirds those paid ten years
ago.
Judge Ewart, in a charge TO granu
Jury, says purely complimentary lree
passes are not prohibited by law. Peo-
pie can't understand why Governor Rus
sell should have written the so-caIled
interview with himself about free passes
He was not called on to make state
ment He is laughed at by people in all
parties There is nothing but apsurdlty
in the matter. people say.
The attitude of one of the Supreme
Court Judges in regard to the Ohio VIII
son Railway Commission case Is guessed
AT as unfavorable TO Wilson. 1t Is SAID
that the Governor thinks two judges are
favorable to his views in the matter.
A Surry county man was divorced At
O A. M. one day last week, walked twelve
miles to his home and got his best
clothes. walked ten miles to the court
house, and got marriage license then
walked ten miles to the home of widow,
whom he married at 8 p. M.
The State Superintendent Of Public In
struction, in an address issued today TO
county supervisors, says no person save
those with certificates from SUPERVISORS
should be permitted to teach as assistants
i'm the public schools. He finds instances
in which principals are paid $~ 10 80
a month out of the public funds, with the
understanding that the principal teachers
were TO furnish their own assistants. the
latter being pupils taken from the school
and not qualified for the work. The
Superintendent says: Away with the idea
that any one can teach the primary
grades. This is most difficult work. and
II Is a gross injustice to allow the children
to be imposed on by being placed In the
care of the person who can be secured by
the principal for the least money. In one
case principal drew S26 a month for an
assistant, wnom ne PAID only $40. In
some OF our counties teachers certifi-
cate does not mean much, but be sure the
children get the benefit of what it does
mean The committee should make a
contract with an assistant just as with
a principal"
The new Democratic morning daily is
to appear here about November 18th. 1t
will be Straight Democratic" in politics,
and some OF the most influential Demo
cratic businessmen in the State are
among its stockholders. The capital is
$4,000, of which one fourth is taken in
Raleigh