The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-05-01
Offer FOR THE 4. & N, c,
/ II is Said Thai Governor Russell Has Re-
c3iy91 PROPOSAL from Buyers.
no EXTRA LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Gov. NuSscii Says the Likelihood OF
Iais Cuilin% one IL Very Remote
PcnitcnfinrS statistics - Oscar
SpccrSnid TO BE Slated for United
stntcs District Attorneyship.

Ralelgh, y. e., April 30.--(Special)---
It Is said to-day that quite recently
purchase the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railway. Beyond this mere fact no
information can be obtained
1t Is said that Or. Murphy. the able
superintendent OF the Western hospital
ut Morganton, has received n Very
ilnttcrng offer from Georgia to take
charge of some large institution.
II was inttmated yesterday morning
by Mr.. a. G. Ricard, OF Wilmington.
that the Supreme Court might decide
TO next week hear argument In the
Wilmington mayOralty cases. But later
in the day Chief Justice lcaircloth said
TINS would not be done, and that the
court would tomorrow positively al
journ for the term. just as stated
Wednesday.
-Four hundred copies Of the 10th vol
ume Of North Carolina Supreme Court
records We're to-day received by The
Secretary Of State, ana will be immcd-
lately distributed
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
At the pcnitentiary there are now Sc
life prisoners. There are p female pris-
oncrs On the farms there arc II others
The matron Of the female huluin.
says those on farms are greatly need
ed here. or all the women 1 are white
In the brick yards brick are being
made at the rate Of li,0GO to 20 600 a
day, The worlImen are ntting up the
west Wing OF the great building for the
criminal Insane. who. under the new
law, Will be confined there Forty
rooms are being prepared FOR them,
ana in few days twenty Of these peO-
pie will be transferred from the asy..
lums to the pcn!tcntnry. Years ago
the part of the pcnitcntiary they will
occupy was the shoe factory The pen
itentiary made shoes We're boycotlrd by
the labor unions ana that business had
to be dropped Then tobacco was for
q time manufactured
"PRINCESS BONNIE"
The Portsmouth amateurs who last
night presented Princess Bonnie"
here. made tine impression IT is the
popular comment that ii was by far
the best amateur performance ever
given here. In fact. It was superior to
nine-tenths of the professional perform
anccs
It is now sold that Major Russ. Demo
cratic nominee here for Mayor will get
at least 800 majority, and that he will
receive 250 negro votes The indepcn-
dent movement seems 10 be fat fail
ure.
Next Thursday a new lodge OF Odd
Fellows viii be initiated at Clayton
40 EXTRA SESSION.
Governor Russell was this afternoon
asked by The Nnginian correspondent
whether q special session OF the Legis-
latura Will be called. He replied: '"rhe
possibility Is Very remote"
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP.
Bets are now offered That oscar J.
United States district attorney FOR this
district
AZ the revenue Office for nearly two
years the iacts as TO seizures or Illicit
dlsillleries have not been gwen out for
some reason i is learned that an so
gallon stil WAS seized yesterday In
Wayne county
DR.. r. $. Afctturley, one Of the as
sistant physicians in the insane asy-
lum here, goes 10 Atlanta next week to
practice medicine.
The newspapers are not nearly 50
fierce as they were recently about the
lease OF the North Carolina railway
Some OF the Republicans are very an
CRY abou: tile way in which the Gov
ernor turned down II. l., Grant. Of
Goldsboro. The Populists defend the
Governors action.
III DOING BUSINESS ILLEGALLY.
The Secretary OF State ascertains that
the National Industrial Beneficial En-
doWment company, OF Virginia is doing
business in North Carolina iliegally,
and has notified the solicitors.