The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-18
NORTH STATE NUGGETS
Wilmington Adopts Extraordinary PreCau-
lions 10 Guard Against fellow Fever.
YOUNG LADY PHARMACIST LICENSED
Concord Telephone Company Charter.
ed -ConsumptivG Convict PardOn-
cG = Insurance company Organ
izrd-t'omplnint Against Stewart
Brothers. Gold in Circulation.

Raleigh. N. c.. September 17.-(Spe-
cial.)-One year ago to-day the whole
city was In u stir anticipating the COM
ing of the Hon. w. J. bryan, who spoke
here.
The increase In the number OF cases
OF yellow fever down in Mississippi is
becoming alarming. The precautions OF
the Wilmington Board OF Health in put
ting health officers at Hamlet, Green's
boro. and Fayetteville, so as to guard
the Inland entrances 40 line city, was q
wise STEP The government quarantine
tation at the mouth of the Cape Fear
looks TO danger in that direction.
Out OF the twenty applicants before
the board OF pharmacy 10 become licens-
ed druggists, seventeen were successful!
The young lady who applied, Miss Sarah
johnson, OF Southern Pines, passed and
will take place In her brothers drug
store at Southern Pines.
In the office of the Secretary of State
yesterday letters of Incorporation were
granted to the Concord Telephone Com
pany, with capital -tock Of $1,000.
~ pardon was issued last week from
the Governors Office to Sherman Gricr,
OF Wilkes county. He was sentenced to
ten yours Imprisonment for man
slaughter He has served six years, and
is pardoned because he Is dying with
consumption This pardon was not
given out at the time and was only
noted yesterday
The cadets of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college have perfected their
military organlza ton and formed three
companies with n. II. Stansel as major
of the battalion
call was made for quite Il number of
RaleGh's prominent business men to
meet last night I'm the parlors of the
lark Hotel, to perfect the organlzat ion
or home insurance company "The
South Atlantic Life and Endowment
insurance Company" was launched. The
capital stock Is to be one hundred thou
sand dollars, and much of this Is al
ready subscribed
The break In the drought has not come
yet. 1t has lasted twenty-one DAYS.
type thermometer was SO this morning ut
The freshmen Will be treated TO a re-
cception at the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college tonight. This ia done to
take the place OF hnz11g. but II will be
perfectly natural for some Jokes to he
played on the new boys by the nd
vanced classes.
III Tie opening OF the Deaf Dumb and
biind institutions here there were many
more pupils than heretofore, There
were 1l2 pupils at the white institution,
and 1T at the colorcd
Inc pension examiners met yesterday
In Auditor Ayers Office according to the
state law. and examined the appicat lions
Tor pensions There are 1000 new appli.
cants from Confederate veterans or thei,
widows
The Senhoard railroad In paying off
their employees used great deal Of golf
here. therefore, on yesterday the amour,
OF gold in circulation was very notice.
able.
The complaint OF the State Treasure,
against Stewart I3ros., the ex-Stat,
printers Will he filed In the nest few
days The complaint charged at first
that fully $500 had been paid Stewart
Bros. over. and above the amount OF
work dcrie. In addition 10 this it Is said
that double and even triple payments
were made for different lots OF work, and
cites the State Auditors report as one
or these cases. 1t seems hard to &c,
the Stewart Bros. off the States hands,
Miss Ethel Fray will teach music here
she is the only daughter of the late
Captain ]. J. Fray. who once lived here
MT. w. w. Ashe meets the Forestry
Associa ton at Biltmore to-day ana ..oss
with them to Nashville. He carries
specimens OF North Cardinals woods,
etc.