The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-02
'nl I r Heel. CAPITAL
Tue Railroad Commission Has Many In
poflant Matters on Hand.
kIOREs SHIIRDLING BY PUBLIC PRINTERS
aud Trenanrcr Complain
81 About Being Cranpcd state Ex.
~ periment Farms MT Southern pincs
sssa The Cattle Quarantine Limo /,
s s.s source OF Dfssntisraction.

se as sfa1e1Eh, N. C., July 1.-(SpeciaD
sadlWay Commission orders a new pas
sNsEenger depot at Lumberton.' It to-day
issss TOOK UP the. question of providing more
tions for the negroes in the
S ssjtJniots passenger station here. The ne
SaEToes have made n great many COM
plaints>5 j. G. MacRae appeared for the
sssSeaboard Air Line and +. II. Busbee
ssEsTor the Southern. The matter was sat-
sskstsfactorlly settled.
SssssS There were. eleven deaths in this city
dnringg June. The hot weather is now
ssyeTy trying. Yesterday the tempera-
:slstl1res ranged from IS to 100.
ssSSs One Of the questions being asked here
sbys politicians Is what sort Of an office
satTtll $ex-Dnited States Marshal Joshua
aSsaf33.5SIiill get.
; sysS s. Otto Wilson to-day received news
s#Ihat his 1nother-in-l law. Mrs. Mary a.
sSaRobbins, Of Fayetteville, was dying.
ss5E MIL. AZ AIembcrne, Commissioner Of
Il fHaA grlculture, and J. c. L. Harris, attor-
kssiey3 of the Board OF Agriculture, will
u 30 TO Washington in q day or two to
S2HEeeH the Secretary OF Agriculture In re-
y lEard TO the settlement CT the cattle
line-tha at Is the line Of quar-
ssantine against splenetic fever
Ma council Of State is now the public
NJ fEIinter. So said the Secretary of State
II ao-day- he added that orders would be
ISSUED to-day that the various depart
& Ipents would send the Jobs OF printing
u tpSBarnes Bros, and the latter will re-
fSport then to the Secretary OF State,
who Will Issue the order for the work,
lsQr4 rather approve the reGuisiticn. He
ss;5Hgil y be aided by the Auditor in this
sglsS The State Auditor says the late Legis-
Il 5ature imposed what lie terms a. stupen-
81 dous am cunt of work on his office, and
IAYet allows him no extra help. Besides
4 thls an ANNUAL appropriation of $500,
ssNVhtch had heretofore been made for
in the office Of the State
SSIteasurer, was stricken out, and he
lg11,aIit employ any extra help The re-
I seit OF the matter as far as the Auditor
SIS concerned is that he will have to work
d himself.
s sSSN Ben. r. Smith. OF Reidsville. is COM
$ ynissioned adjutant or the Second Batal-
s;iNqn Of the Third Regiment
sSSSS 'Iheb horticultural experiment grounds
4 81 pear Southern Pines are under the con-
stroll OF the State experiment farm .and
mol or the Agricultural Department.
S,There are eighty acres, Of which sixty
1snreS leased from 3. Won Ferfr at 81 q
year, and twenty from J. Van Lindley.
I; Cor the same amount, these rents being
snoHlinal. On the twenty acre tract a IL
s5the cottages and other buildings.
other Judgment against the defunct
&TTibune has been obtained. Not an
1iother copper can be squeezed out Of
& That corporation. It was rumored that
che plant had been resold but this is
%aenied, Els
SsSsy THE late public printers, Stewart Bros,
aye deep in trouble again, and an at
8Eempted overcharge is again the cause.
Rivers. one of the examiners OF pub
sSltnb printing, gives me the details. He
y Says; They put In @ bill for about
ssls Doc. 600 fertilizer tax tags. which are IN
shlookS OF eighth and SO printed, and they
Scounted each tax Sing'ly as an impress
sion, This increased prices sometimes,
q praltfng the total $4,000. while the proper
bill was S225. allowed the bill on their
Statement that they could furnish these
i hogs slnglyE II they were so disposed.
Add not know the law required each
|; dnapresston to be OF a block OF eight
aa1cketa Ex-Secretary Brewer explain
aasd the matter to me as 10 this ana 7
as1aYe now made a. statement that only
SE22S should be paid" The further the
Snnatter Of Stewart Bros. overchargeS is
NfQoked into the worse it gets.
Ss One OF the largest excursions which
II bars. went to Charlotte to-day. 1t was
s5ed( Baptist church.
Ss5 resi- dent Alderman, Of the University
has gone to Columbia to deliver the
II annGal address before the University Of
South Carolina,
The peach crop Is found to be quite a
Y sslna one SO far as late varieties are con-
1; Gsrned,
The machinery in the white institution
I here Is removed to the colored instltu-
{ htttn Tor deaf mu tes.
ELIZA BETH CITY.