The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-20
iii ] d, AK ON LIQUORS
llstlIsassGln Amount 'I OF Brandy Made, Lit.
lie Falling OF in Tax Receipts.
9.Klll GROUP THE NAVAL RESERVE.

Es A New IS IS q csuintiou Requiring Those
sassSS from Ynrannx contiguous states
sp serve i'aseti,er-Fru&, nj Hih%c.
49, y q : vers,or Rnsseii Invited 10
sssSs! spetkNat rincy woous.
S -, Raleigh 81 c. pril la.-(spcciaD--
ssi this revenue district In 1899 the col
Ssissefsons from spirits. both whskey and
ssh rgttit brandy, were Si0i.72G. That was
80 20 sSprandS year; that is there was a
Sssl1 aHy fruit crop. Last year the coliec-
ssIioEs S2Wefe5 SliS.S33, ard almos, entirely
s;SSss1 rom sWhiskeY, as there WAS little brandy
sssIn While last month there were III
fsrreegistered distil; cries there were l26 In
ssslna De- that the Wilson German BIZ
sss s egula TED the Increased capacity Of dis
lsst tlleTies. The fact Is the bill was pre-
81 pared BY the Republican administration,
sj. s1l III went into etfec. Just after the
ss.sYIllsonz = orman bill. At first this bill.
gg4ssyEeq uiTtng an increase in the amount of
be made from each bushe. Of
sssacqTns " as regarded as a hardship. but
5SSsSlne last report for assessments for fall
~ ;5lEres TO make the new capacity showed
ssonly55s4 out of 12G dist!leries which CALLED
SSsS 70 come up to the requirements.
~ Ssfs TIL e NAVAL MILITIA.
3sis the plan this summer to have
SSSs 51he$tnayal militia OF the various States
Y grouped, for instance North Carolina.
yss nuths Carolina ard Georgia serving to-
IaSstEe tner.Hlt has been the comment In
81 some quarters that the officers Of the
~ men Of -war hurried through with the
ssssi1niliS 81 showing the latter but scint
III eoureesy and atten ton. and the reports
fsS4of5 officers IN the North Carolina nava!
iit!a, rs shown in tie last report CT
;s 3ssfttlhlee z4 djutant general, are certainly
8Speinted on this question. The reserves
ss5 Oh this State certainly ought to have
q sssSSl thlee use Of the steam yacht LILY, at
rs 81 zen times during the year when it IS
lssl1o Eon pa troll duty under the orders Of
$gsthe Shell Fish Commission
is said that 900 Waldenses are TO
81 arrive In East Tennessee in May, to be
coloEized. The first colony settled in
esssts lrke county ~ G.. in 1883. II Is said
ssSl ne latter have secured 10000 acres In
lch the new Corners viii
ssocclpy. and that options on other ada
sssicent5 lands are secured.
51sSpVernor Russell to-day pardOned Jas.
SS:ssst 3rooks s. of Pitt county convicted OF
81 $t aba ndoning his Wife. The pardon was
by the Judge, the Solicit
SsiSSt and the prosccutrix und Brooke has
Ina lie provision satisfactory TO the wife
81 nd paid all costs.
At the Church Of the Good Shepherd
tcshere& yesterday $4,000 was raised toward
-yyGAASBSu eli building Juno.
D BADLY APPENDICITIS.
sSSS MT Marshall BARBER. a well-knowu
asfsyoungG business man here, died yester-
80 ay afternoon Saturday an operation
sYIsforS appendicitis was performed on him,
rs buiAt0o late.
s sab5sa here was no frost here Yesterday
s$sInnrn Ing. but there was considerable at
HgeWay It cannot yet be said that
t}ssS$ has injured the berry crop there.
sS S. hichEls avery large one
sessgss$ nstEe$ supreme Court to-day the en-
ss satlI session was devoted to the hearing
I'll ofs argument in the three Insane asylum
ssgcases. ss This court will tomorrow begin
aS MI q e hearing of arguments in appeals
+. S;at rom the Twelfth District. The docket
Ss 4 ~ sS2nat heavy In about three weeks
SsS 3 5ne court VIII adjourn for the term.
{{33sS! mere %has for ten years been a steady
ss ssd ecrease in business In all the courts
~ lneng to-day's arrivals here are II.
SIS iis.ACannor. of Wilson: ". c. Monroe and
Va II Scock. of Godsboro.
q e street cars here resumed service
Saga!i.nt!.l Only those cars are IN use which
Ss1'ot having vet arrived.
sSS9Ss :sst0sene q benson, son Of Capt Claude
IA benson, Of this city, is appointed
Sfa sss;istant6cl lnca! physician at the hospi-
SS ia i9of the University of Maryland
90. s 9 Inc .,i convicts IN the pen!tentiary
sss2sEWa TX were given an hours outing IN
Il Sig the stockaae yesterday afternoon.
iSssf8siS RAILWAY FOR GREENvILI.E
= ia the opinion that 'Greenyiile will,
sget he proposed railway from Snow
Ss 2iiiEtItill. s$E The Greenville people. have a
NJ ma s 8 meeting tomorrow TO subscribe
~ $4,000 to#the road, and il they do this
sss5iifSWsll go $totheir town
ne, Governor is invited ia he nres-
Pines April I2s. on industrial questions
s. l l7 e decltnes,fas he had already arranged
40 give q reception on the evening Of the
sSs sthS at the Executive Mansion to the
ssca pirol Club.
55s@S ,f,ree ennvicts from Wavne county
81 q rived al the pen!tentIary to-day.
Ss3s he Russell Gold Mining company has
81 nee 2Fincnrrorated under the laws of
20 rl2nna 10 operate the Russell mine a t
81 5'eti Brook, Montgomery county and
81 q 2 =. put In a fine plant.