



<l from office, both being charged with 



'ill plro- 



__... f~ 



> wurth 1. 



k 







Uml that 







:..- com m i*sioii 



I in i-nrt 



i Legblaturr. i 

 v AS granted to the private stock 



! 



tod 



acU 



QofttMf from 

 proir an.l 



Mil thr N 



- courts, 



I '-graph*. The assessment of telegraph ; 

 erty for taxation was raised thb year. Th. 



ase was on the Western l'ni..n. which 

 was fixed at lit $380,000, 



In July th.< K;tiir.-u.i < mmiasion issued an order 



CUttil 



the Western ( from 85 < 



cents, when sent from one point in the Stale t. 

 other. The toll on other lines was made SO cent*. 



r-1. r tti,. Westeni < 



pealel to thr Federal court*, ami latrr 

 Joined in the appeal. Thb case was in the courts 

 at the do-- ar. 



State Monument*, Two statues wen 



>ne was the bronte stat lliam 



Independ- 



noa, unveiled on (iuilfoni Iwtth* cnxuul ; the other 

 mm wh wrrv NUI>^ r.^1 fol- 

 Ituthfrfonl. in 



! n>t rii".. are about 300 factories in 



i knitting ami wool* 

 Htly small: two thir 



them hare fewer 'than 10.000 spindles, fewer than 

 half a dozen operate more than 85.000. and the 

 largest ha* fr,-r than Hum w :-.. ,, the last cen- 

 sus of mill njxTutivrs waa taken ll 



milk of the Mate 8Mt? 



women, ami chiMrvn. <>f these there wart 



10.567 women who are over eighteen Tears of age. 



liffhest mte of wages paid to skilled men it 



8 a day. The average for the State at large b: 



1 men, $1 a i -nts: 



1 women. 66 cents a day: un-killitl women. 



average of wages for children b 31 



ring the year ending Nor. 30 North Carolina 



Ttoo 



olpoailion car ha> l-n. ( 



4Mttcigar*,anVlMl, 

 value of the fold product waa repottad at 

 crop. a* raporud in April, was 424,090 



snow the 



- 

 - 



. 



ii 4har n- 

 ttnte. The 

 OMtadnh 



U.a nagro, 



. ' 



uraJ 



grain*. lOt 



- sbo 



, , .. 



tltap at,- 1 | 



\ .!.., , : ' ' ' 



aroumi hi a burned to 



Lrghlathe SraaUn. The O 



mat Jan. 6. and aijourtirl Mn 

 wan prtii- ; 



a <|iirtii.i. when t 



..:--: . . !i., : '!.. ( :-/. 



(Ui UNTT on thia i . ; . 

 term begin Jam i. hi - . > 



aupiraUon take plm-e aft-r theelec 

 have bern '>e Lfginl 



i a* 



tradiction arose from the chang 



HM ' ttn i.- >-. 

 uary. The new officers were instal 



In i-.hti.- thr LagiaUtan stood 

 66: I 45. 



:,anl wa.aU.n- 



was elected hi 18B5 m a free^tlrrr 

 ive changed hb fiews 



presidential canraw. ami to harr adrocal. 

 tional bimetaJlbm and not th. 

 ^oonjatrjakHM. 



lUme. On 



, .- ., : ' ' ' . ' ' ' . 



Ibta; but after hb nomination by the Krpobucans 



faror bolUd tl- 



out of their part 

 Thompson. The < 



ird wan ch 

 Thompson, and 38 for Dongnton. 



nominee was l y ru 



ne election. Jan. 20. 

 rearing 88 mtaa u 



' : 



Swinsoo: enrolling clerk of t 

 Howe had paami a resolution to dismiss him on 

 ii reraion of the affair wms that he 

 .o the list two negro clerk* at $5 

 each a dar. at the request of some 

 berauwtnere wna nothing for them t. .! !! ... 

 it h.,1 air- 

 worth of copying, estimated at the usual charge per 



I.ater. in March, the Lieutenant Governor and 

 the Speaker were arrested on a warrant sworn out 

 : -. MM -.. srttlMj f' r:. '. v -..- 



enrolling 



rate drawer of 8 winaon, all of which broking and 

 entries were against the will of Swinson. who waa 



