Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-29
OLD NORTH STATE.
THE COMING sHERIFrs' INSTITUTE
At MOREHEAD CITY.
New Hotel to he BuiIt-tscwnrd of
Four Hundred Dollars for MUIR
derer-Thc Oxford Orphnnage-Per-
sOnnl Notes.
sonnI Notes.

RALEIGH. n. c., June 2s.-(Spccial)-
p he state Treasurer has assigned to q
number of Shcrifrs special subjects for
discussion at the Sheriffs' Institute at
Morehead City. He says all respond
that they will speak. They viii lead the
discussion.
1t is rumored that n Missouri man has
perfected plans to build a handsome hotel
at Carthage.
The Governor offers a reward Of 500
for the apprehension and delivery Of an
unknown person or persons who. on the
23d instant murdered Mrs. 4. \. Springs,
in bed at Lexington, the reward to be
paid upon conviction. This amount of
800 IS the limit of State reward. and
in very few cases is it ever offered, 81
being the usual figure.
The Governor appoints to represent this
State at the National Conference of Charl-
ties and Corrections at ST. Paul, MIMI,
Charles Duffy. r. b. Drave. W. +. Beas-
ley, ID. W. c. BenbOw, Benjamin i. Grigs-
bee. Thomas ". Patton, Virgil $ Lusk.
a. b. Noble, a. McAulay, and <. b. Dem
son.
There are now four brick cottages for
boys at the oxford orphan Asylum, and
members Of the Executive Committee say
there Is much need of the same number
for girls.
\ FRIENDLY SUIT.
The directors of the School for Deaf
Mutes, at Morganton, have adopted q
resolution TO have friendly suit TO de-
eide whether certain of the Old direc-
tors who claim a right to seats have that
right. The question is naturally an in
teresting one.
The grape growers say the crop Is, on
the whole, considerably larger than they
though a month ago il would be. The
weather has been unusually trying on 1t.
The appointment of Julius y. Fortune
rs Clerk of the United States District
Court here is in his hands. He viii
give bond tomorrow for 5000. He has
not as yet the appointment as Clerk of
the Circuit Court, but will. I'm all proba
bility, get it. Senator Pritchard is
urging Judge Simonton to give him this
clorkship. and If he does not act prompt
ly Judge Gom viii be asked to act
Judge Purnell appoints all the United
States commissioners, and they will. Of
course, send all their business to For
tune as Clerk
EFFORT TO GET TANES.
The greatest effort being made is now
in progress to get all the taxes posi-
Bile. particularly on personal property
4 wcll-known businessman and eX-
chairman Of the commissioners OF this
county. assures me that at least one
third the property IN this county IS
not taxed: this being mainly personal
property and solvent credits. People are,
I'm "a great many eases, extremely loath
TO give in their personal property.
Fine rains have fallen yesterday and
to-day. with marked benefit TO crops.
one of the bank reports which came
to the State Treasurer to-day stated
that there was only one share. This is
all owned by one man. 1t is a State
bank, and is the only one owned by
one man.
The shipments Of cultivated blackber-
ries have about ended It was not
very large crop, but prices were well
sustained. ranging from 10 TO Il cents
per quart.
The Governor Is sending 10 the various
States the laws Of 1897.
The collection Of funds for the State
monument to Senator Vance appears TO
be at a standstill
The Attorney General decides that
under sections 50 and 50 of the new reve-
nue. act. persons may be imprisoned for
failure to pay taxes, ana that this pro-
vision Is not unconstitutional
The State Treasurer brings two suits
against Stewart Brothers. state Print
ers. for oyercharging the state. one suit
being for 5000 the amount OF their bond,
and the other for moneys paid them TO
which. it is alleged. they were not en-
titled. but for which their bond Is not
liable. Their trial comes off in July.