The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-20
BERRY COOK ON TRIAL
spI. Battle VII! Establish a Phosphate Fac
tory at Wlnston.Sal
GOVERNORS GUARD GONE 70 NASHVILLE
Southern Pines People Having rrou.
SisS4 bio With sa Their Cattle Found
3ss5S DHnstR neutrality-suspicious. for re.
$50 publican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
iisS stntistics Needs Enlishtcnment.


I. IS: Raleigh N. c.. July 1e.-(speclal)-
y The local event here to-day was the
g trial in the Superior Court of Berry
& Cook. colored, for strangling to death
i his mistress. It was a horrible crime.
{ and though the evidence is clrcumstan.
q tial.# It is powerful.
sl3 Two Week ago,a negro ex-convict
& q named AXE Jones, resisted a deputy
n sheriff here and was shot by the latter.
whose name is Cakes Jones struck
& Cakes and disabled him Oakcs called
Il On 5bystanders for help. but none lent &
II hand, save William Dunstan, s. young
q negro pa rber. AS the latter advanced
s on Jones he was struck with a piece Of
4 sscantling. Yesterday he was paralyzed.
& and his condition IL serioue The negro
* uNesperado who was shot is nearly we'll
tHS5 No papers raising the bid for the
y Castle Eayne phosphate mines have as
N yet. been filed with the clerk of Wake
V superior Court. Such filling IS nccessa-
IS I5,I and owing to Its absence there is
doubt Of the news that a Raleigh syndi-
cate has overbid the State penItentiary
q for, the property.
Ut Is stated tina DIR. Herbert Battle
II ex-director Of the State experiment. sta
n ton. is to establish a phosphate manu-
\ factory at Winston Salem, and that en-
Il Professor I"by, of the Agricultural and
4 echanical College, is to be connected
with the enterprise. One OF the best
/: be at Selma, at the junction Of the
Southern and Atlantic Coast Line rail-
4 ways. ass .5 As
Some Of the Republicans are in a
H." state OF mind by reason OF the fact
n that q Democrat from Goldsboro is 10
\ be the clerk to the Board OF Directors,
Of the penitentiary.
A 4 I,1 -
criminal insane In the insane asylum
here would be sent to the penitentiary
last week, none have vet been trans
q ferred, and 1t is said not all are to be
sent. %&
The Governors Guard OF this city lcrt
yesterday afternoon for the Tennessee
e Exposition over the Scabolrd Air Line.
55a.3 Supplies were to-day sant the Will
mington Light Infantry for targe. prac-
ftice at the long ranges, 600 to 1000
yards. The firing range is said 10 be on
3 the beach.
~ Five statements or all the State, Ma
!, ttonal, private and savings banks are
made yearly by the State treasurer. but
Just now there is much delay, owing 10
the ia lure to get returns or the Nation
4 al banks from Comptroller Echos.
The coal dealers We're advised yestcr-
Il dfy of sharp reduction Of freights to
Il 90 into effect this week.
ass The people of the town Of Southern
Tines are having a lively time fighting
4 cattle, hogs, and country people. The
town has q new ordinance forhiidng
the running t large OF cattle and hogs
ut also has pound. Some cattle and
hogs were impoundcd, and the country
!. people went in and tore down the pound
at night, firing pistols and guae. The
pound was rebuilt and a Waterman rut
4 on duty. Again the place was raised
I Now the guards are armed. Southern
Pines wants 20 effect improvements,
among others to put in a S25 900 water
n supply and sewerage system, but fist
Its people want to be rid OF the razor
/. back hog and the piney-wools steer
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Il
sending out bla nkstto the various fish
& cries, with a view to securing more
complete statistics than ever before. The
government reports say 1,5Q0,0C0 pounds
s OF squeteague are annually caugh; i'll
North Carolina waters. The labor COM
missioner wants to know What manner
4 Of fish this Is.
The rolling exposition, which the last
Leglsla ture sanctioned. but to which it
made no appropriation, is 10 make a
+ tour Of not less than twenty-five States
\ 1t will fill q very handsome car, which
y will cost $4,000 and which the jackson
I e Sharp company, lis building Al VIII
s ming ton, Del. T.. x. Brunei, CN-Sccrc-
fary OF the Board OF Agriculture, IS max
Ing the collection OF exhibits for the
&car. October LIST the tour begins. There
will be nominal charge for viewing the
exhibit, and the managers who are
z Charlotte men, expect 10 make 9 good
thing of it, and 1t the same time adj
;yertise the State well.
The Kinston Lumber Company, has
been, q the instance Of the Emerson
Company, OF Baltimore, and other cred
1tors, put in receivers hands. Debts.
3 $4,000; assets, $4,000.
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