The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-30
NORTH STATE NOTES
Governor Russell Will Visit Points In the
Vicinity Of Norfolk.
REVENUE OFFICERS MAKE A GOOD HAUL.
Bnrcfootcd Compile Married I'm n
Rond-ProGrcss on the Durham
ana Charlotte MISUNDERSTANDING
Statement by tho state TrensurcE-
pcnItcntinry Finances.

Raleigh, ~. c., July 29.-(Speclal.)-
Governor Russcll's visit to Old Point on
August 18th will continue several days.
He will go to Virginia Beach, Ocean
View and the Capcs. His party will be
quite a large one.
Peaches and grapes arc being ship.
ped from Southern Pines in great guam
allies. There Is Il great crop OF Niagaras
and nelawarcs there.
Last night Revenue Deputy Wiley
Jones and Il posse made a raid in Gran
vile county. not far from Youngsvillc,
and captured an !lliclt still of so gal
IONS. No arrests were made. 1t was
IN the Hunts old feid" ncighborhood,
where more still lave been captured
ina ut II other pincc In this dis
trict. or perhaps In all North Carolina.
Yesterday The session of the ummer
school at h Colored Agricultural and
Mechanical College began.
The line of the Durham and Char
iotte railway Is graded to Johnson city,
SIX miles the other side of Deep river.
1t goes thence TO Charlotte, so miles, via
Troy and AlbemarIe.
The revenue collections in the Western
revenue district for the fiscal year ag-
grcgate slGS, 592.
There was Il novel marriage in John
ston county n day or two ago. II oc-
CURED in the public road. The groom
wore only Il shirt, trousers and hat ana
wa barcfooted. The bride, also bare
footed, wore only q calico dress and 4
poke bonnie
The partial eclipse this morning at
tractcd much attention. The sky was
entirely clear. AT $3.50 the temperature
was II degrees, and AT 10 O'Clock was
only one degree higher. There was o
pleasant coolness and shadows were
rather ind!stinct.
State Treasurer Worth makes the
surprising statement that only three
fourths Of the property In the State Is
taxed. The question Is how he knows
this. The fact is the Trcasurer's whole
Idea is TO play the part of the grasp
anE creditor, make corporations pay
taxes on their property ut full cash
value. while lands do not pay taxes on
over one-th!rd ot the actual value. The
treasurer also tries to evadc every
responsibility of She state, in the mat
ter or paying appropriations.
l.. II. Lyhrook, aide to Governor Rus
sell, Is marshall of the North Carolina
state fair, Colonel Holt having declined
the appointment.
twenty convicts were sent to Car
thaEe to-day to dig gravel, coo car loads
Tor the Air Line railway from
pits near Carthage.
The ~penitentiary superintendent says
IT he can only get enough for labor Of
convicts during August to pay for find
ing and guarding them ne will come out
oil right. That n expenses per month
are Sll .GOO, and that he wants 10 nut
at work every able bodied convict now
on the farms until September lst.
Mr.. Harden, OF AlanEance, IS TO be the
clerk to the penitentiary board.
The Goldsboro Rifles go Into canp nj
Norehead City August Sth for ten da
Governor Russell Offers to-day $500 re-
ward for Doctor Davis. alias Daniel
Webb. n negro over fifty years Of age,
who July l2ih. outraged an eighteen
year-old' Girl In Ch0wan county. She
has died OF her injuries.