Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-21
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCB-rHURsDAY. SEPTEMBER 81. 1892
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
THE NUMBER OF VOLUMES ~ THE
STATE LIBRARY.
TO DRILL The CADET BATTALION.
The Recent Storm Public Calnm-
ity-MoonshininG Reported In
PIne-PoliticaI aud General Notes.

RALEIGH. n. c.. September 2O.-(Spe-
cial)-The number of volumes in the
State Library is found to be only 22.G25. 1t
had been reported to be twice as great,
but that was mere guess-work. There
are $3.50 pamphlets
Lieutenant Stewart, of Maryland.
writes that he will be here tomorrow
to assume command of the cadet batta-
lion at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College. The strength of the battalion is
2S2. Up TO this time there have been most
| absurd excuses from drill. All this is
now ended. No students under IS years
of age can now be received, and any ap-
| plicants over IS must come well prepared,
or else they cannot enter
Ex-Railway-Com Abbott was
here to-day, on his way to the mountains.
He says the storm in Eastern North Car
DINA was nothing short of q public ca
amity. and that nothing else expresses
IT,.
| Mr.. ]. J. Daniel OF Weldon. was here
( to-day, and says that town Will have
| fair October 3lst TO November 81, for the
/ first time IN several years. He says 1t Is
to be a good one.
United States Marshal Henry c. Dock
| cry says tilhA iuuuuHllAlub ~ lu'ifoo-
! ing in parts Of this district. He declares
that it is impossible to break 1t up.
! General Robert T. Hoke is here and
says there is no truth in the newspaper
story that he and his syndicate have
bought what used TO be known rs the
Chester and Lenoir narrow-gauge rail-
way. Speaking Of the railway to be built
from Bakersville TO Pineoa, ne says the
lumber company which will build IL has
bought 100000 feet OF white pine tim
Der in the forests along its line. This it
viii cut and ship out via Bakersvile and
thence via johnson City, Tenn.
The Republicans who are fighting the
amendment TO disfranchise the negroes
confess that what they term the defec-
ton OF ex-Congressman Thomas Settle
IN favor Of the amendment has ratified
them.
Senator Butler IS expected to arrive
here tomorrow. He has completed the
law course at the University Of North
Carolina, and will go before the Supreme
Court next Monday for examination for
license.
II was hoped that during the summer
and autumn the new hospital at the Sol
diers' Home would be- built and more dor
mitores provided but so far no building
has been done.
Governor Russell, who leaves next
Tuesday for New York, will, IL Is sad,
be absent a week. Mrs. Russell will ac-
company him. 1t is said that during his
absence j. G. l.. Harris. his aide. will
look after official business, and that Lieu
tensnt-Governor Reynolds viii not be
here.
The CORPORATION Commission certihes
to Auditor Ayres the following taxes on
property not listed for taxation for the
years l&l-'G. both inclusive: Seaboard
and Roanoke railway, $1,000 Raleigh
land Castor, $275 1856: Raleigh and Augusta.
S2gG.12L Also David Styron, steamboat
$Ge.
Mr.. Patterson, Commissioner Of Agri-
culture. to-day invited the truckers Of the
State TO meet here in convention during
the State Fair. at : =. NJ. Wednes
day. October 18th. He expects a good at
tendance and says much interest is felt
II is desired that the truckers shall act
together. provide better means of ship
ment. have uniform packages and pro-
perly grade their contents and secure
uniform rates.
The penitenuary closes the purchase OF
the Caledonia farms, on the Roanoke
embracing 1900 acres. A contract is also
made with a New York firm to furnish il
sixty conyicts and the shirt-making
plant. the pay for shirts 10 be 80 cents q
| dozen.