The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-21
SENT FROM RALEIGH
Inc Latest Events In The Old North State
Presented In Paragraphs.
GOVERNOR WILL ANNOUNCE DIRECTORS
II Is Snfd TINT lie viii Maize public
Next WreK tho MINES or the S.,y
directors or tho North CnroIinn
halfway = Quarterly lsnnIk state.
'nc"t- Captured In II 4 runk.

,p, 80 y, 'F'ii' ~ u, Mafcn 20.-(S pcciaD--
Ihc Superintendent OF Public Inslr,lc
tioh IS sending out the new public school
law. which Is certainly 4 great Improve
iheipt on The very defective one or 1895.
MISC Edna Robertson, the executive
Sierk' VIII roiire from that place April
seems mat her appointment was
only temperary-during The Legislative
session. $500
WILL ANNOUNCE DIRECTORY.
BY the middle OF next week the Gov
ernor VIII, 1t Is now intlmated. make
pnbllc the names of the new directors
"i INC North Carolina railway. The
slhi fnent y made that the Governor has
Iitn 70 make changes III these as some
owned 10 stock in The road and as IA dI
rector is required to own ot lcnst nwc
Shares. The statement also Is that the
Governor has been cndeavoring to ruy
some stock for hte new men and possi-
bl% has secured some.
WORK on Inc ACore County and West
ern railway has begun at the Concord
enh. l'he out ,ools for railway construc-
non III The S'tate Is more promising than
in seven or eight years.
me total amount Of the direct lind
lnN which was unclaimed was s62 900. or
exhibit at tac Worlds Fair and the re-
maindcr was covered into the Treasury.
Thomas Rurch, tho negro burglar who
was SHOT was on trial yesterday after
noon and was duly committed to Jail.
me citS VIII receive In handsome
style the edNors from the New Eng
land and Middle Stntes who are to ar
rive on !iaC2iul excursion over the
Scaboa.ra Air Line April 3.
FERTILIZER SALES.
The sa!e3 CT commercial! fertilizers this
season. are expected TO equal or nearly
equal these last scGson, which broke the
record. The ouiluuk"i Is ta1at, dlspite all
eiiotts 70 secure, q reduction Of the
acreage. a very large COTTON crop viii
DE planted. No less than LOO, 600 tax
tags, Ghch for q 200 pound sack, were
sold In 1896.
Inquiry was made as to why Scna tor
i"d. Clark, Of the new penltentlnry
pohrd. was so extremely anxious to take
charge OF al the offices al once, and II
is learned that It Is because he desires
TO have the control Of the Halifax con-
v!ct farm
The funeral OF William G. Burkhcad,
ESQ. was held here to-day. from Ed
cnton Street Nj L. church. Of which his
father was formerly pastor.
BANK STATEMENT.
The quarterly statement Of the ninety
one banks In this State shows S539G, ,Sl3
capital, S1.14l,722 surplus, s7l5,429 undI-
vided profits, $9.70l.303 individual de-
pests Sibjcct to check. 5000 of bank
notes current. 5000, 900 in gold and $3ia, 900
In silver on hand.
The revenue officers at Carthage day
before yesterday found ~ notorious
mconShiner sccretcd in q trunk In his
house. He is now In Jail
One OF the several acts regarding the
Atlantic ana North Carolina railway.
which was ratified at the late legislative
Session, is TO give power 10 the Cow
ernor to throw the road into re-
coivcr's HANDS. in case there Is any at
tengpt TO balk his purpose. The re-
ceivership can continue as long as de-
sired.