The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-18
RALEIGH NOTES.
\ Heavy SNOW In Mitchell County-A
SwIudlcr Captured.

Raleigh, n. c., June l7.--(SpeciaD--
Snow fell In Mitchell county last Sun
day and the mountains were white with
II. Mai. James w. Wilson. chairman Of
the Railway Commission. gives this
news and says he has several times be-
fore seen snow on the mountains there
In June.
The Burke county Democrats adopsed
the unit rule regarding silver
Gov. Carr is advised Of the fact that
John Il. Hicks, the druggist. who has
swndled 80 many persons in this State
Virginia and the Western STATES, has
been taken back to Ashcville and placed
in jail. One of his victims was the ma
iron of the orphans home at Asheville.
a cyclone near MnXton a few days ago
though quite local In character. was
severe and wrecked several houses.
In private car this morning Gov
Carr. Acknowledgement Cameron, Coils
James II. Holt. n. +. Alsteon. Il. G. Har-
rell. a. l.. Smith. Majors S. T. Tilfair
Leo ID. Heartt and Alfred Lieuttmants
Massey. jordan and Bates left for Nor
folk. Many other officers joined them
on the route.
The selection of the Academy of Music
as the meeting place of the Democratic
an excellent one. The windows win be
removed and many electric fans put in
There are seats for l,250 persons. and
room on thu stage and otherwise for l5O
more.
Col. John ID. Cameron. so well-known
as writer, has been very sick at Ashe-
vile. but is now convalesclng
Senator Butler was asked what he
knew OF the rumor of ID. L. Russell COM
ing down from the ticket. II" replies as
follows: II have had no conference with
judge Russell and am not advised as to
his plans. etc" The Senator Is now at
Elliott. in Sampson couney. His paper
the CausaSlon, says to-day: I'VE stated
last week that We believed the Demo-
cratic party. as an organized force. was
party with which the Populists would
never cooperate on any terms. and that
before its members would consent to
such Il course they would go into the
Republican party. WI, have received
letters OF approval and concentration
OF "his utterance from all sections OF the
state ana we can now say that we
KNOW such cooperation is an impossi-
oiity. The statement seemed to DIS
gruntle and disturb SONY Democrats.
who for somel utterly inexplicnble rea-
son ITO Disappeared to have concluded
that they had coralled the Peoples
party and that the only thing left for
Them to do was ITO brand it, Unless
trSy had grown to believe the false
reports of their own papers we can't
conceive how 'tney ever arrived at such
iLcLculously absurd conclusions. Demo-
Gratis sometimes indulge in such slush as
tne Populists ara coming back to us or
The Populists are coming back home -
Gov. Carr commutts the sentence of
one of the two negro men who were TO
have been hanged at Lumberton day
after tomorrow.
The buildings for the great shops of
the Southern railway at Salisbury are
nearly all under roof
The tweT:y-four;h annual session of
the Nolth Carolina Dental Society be-
gan at Morehead City to-day. DR. r.
II. Jones. of Winston. is president: DR.
j. Carr. of Darham. ice-p!esident; DR.
j. Il. Wyche. of oxford. secretary. Fiji
Hsen applicants for license We're before
the Board of Examiners Yesterday.