The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-23
FELL in SHEETS
spAs Up The State Fair When a Large
Crowd Was Expected.
Vanderbilt TOOK SEVENTY PRIZES
IInsa Dccome Bold
SS kanRer's views About tho Butler
sopngsts- Circus Wagon stuck i'm
the Mud-Kusrelrs Peculiar Views
Sas m Regard 10 Railroad Passes.

Raleigh, n. c., Oct. 22.-(Spccial)-
GsSasprgp Vanderbilt took seventy prizes
afS$he State Fair, besides the S1GO Spe-
Il SFaa For the best agricultural display.
HE Rein fell in sheets to-day. and lite
Y Esatlysbroke up the fair. Nothing could
zoe done. 1t was the last day, and the
attendance would have been very large
The general comment on the fair Is
sSSHhat On the point of exhibits II is one
8 St the best ever held in the State
8ssFs Ihe selection of Colonel John S. Cum
S#Atngham, OF Person county rs presi-
aSieht, Is AN admirable one.
The chief Of the fire department says
Fl gpnat hut for the rain "Wednesday night
II Eh1ss city would almost certainly have
sselad4One CT the worst fires 1t has ever
Known.
S Raleigh township has ordered 500 car
sSsaQpads of granite from Greystone quar-
tETtes, near Henderson for use on roads.
s1llls city has placed orders from granite
8 TOT curbing sidewalks with ouarries In
Il ssittoNan. Much will be prepared here 1t
::sIhe QUARRY. Property owners will be
y made to pave q great many miles of
Sseldewalls.
RS Moonshiners are exceptionally hume
ssRTous and bold. 1t is said 1t is because
i !Srney Think the new administration will
4 potSmoleSt them. They are giving the
Il people of Wake Forest College mucl,
b trouble. as stills are being operated near
g ahere. Homemade copper stills ARE
V NOW quite common. a still was can
SSeured to-day eight miles from here.
ssSam Smith n son of the slperlnt nn
dent of the penitentiary, has been dron-
II PED from the pay roll. All families of
q penitentiary officials are Ordered to be
X removed this month from the build
1 ;enE.
lSi; Congressman Harry Skinner. who
was the presiding genius ut the CON
L ference OF minority Populists, which
4 was held here last night, was specially
e sniterviewed this evening. He said:
1--WE talked over matters Informally.
B There were twenty-thrcc present,
II qlyer17thing Is running In n way which
y sultS me well. 1 have nothing ito SAY
II s1ont the conference of Butler and his
& friends, which was held here might be-
4 uore last, except to state ,tnat w. T..
" t'ountain, as chairman, Wtote Ito Popu-
n alsts faal over. the State asking them 10
sE;be present, yet only "a corporal's guard
! Came. Our Shoulders are broad enough
u ITO stand any thing these people can say.
Y lfNTu islon 10 problematical. The policy of
L ontTacism OF us by Butler will fail If he
n and mis- followers start to freeze us
l3out the Democrats will freeze out the
entire outfit Butler is losing strength
8 ueiily. Ihe great majority Of the Popu-
il aiSt State Committee Is against him 7
4 do not know what Otho Wilson will do
( or what revelations he wil make. He
\ IS no friend OF mine and know none
4 OF his secrets. He has been literally
4 Buffers slave"
Otho Wilson says that Butler could
s not get even all OF the little coterie
I which met with him Wednesday night
to endorse his course
i&' The Board of Railway Commissioners
4 met to-day. and had a conference with
IL governor Russells attorneys in the
4 matter Of the application of the West
S ern Union Telegraph company for the
demanding of its case from the Federal
II Court back TO the commission This Is
Z hhe case tnvolving the rate on messages,
: On which Injunction proceedings are
Z pending. Attorneys Douglas and Cool;
q tor Governor Russell were present. His
relations toward the commission are
} quite singular.
iE Superintendent T.. Mex. Goodwin. of
& the deaf mute school at Morganton. IS
here and says there are now $50 pupils,
Il with IA more to come.
s Wallace's circus had q queer eSper-
a fence at Morganton Tuesday. It's
:. wagon stuck in the mud and II lost mn
entire day, not appearing at Hickory.
where $500 people had gathered 10 sec
at.