The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-04
DECREES SIGNED
MnaTssai Cases CoaceFn!ng Comnock Coal
s!s ines Ii Chatham County Settled.
|Ig WRINKLE AT TEACHERS ASSEMBLY
ssStten n III TO ne Isuilt Mt Lexington
of Assessing Lands for
Ranson Il Wealthy
Jnn Governor WANTS to borrow
|sssaebpoi Fund for state Purposes.

saIeigh, N. c., June Especial I'm,
sll&heEunited States District Court here
s aekt-day, at cham berS, Judge Purnell
two DEGREES in the Cumnock coal
ming cases. One OF these orders that
aFs1 the property covered by the deeds of
s Sof the Egypt Coal company and
sse Lang don-Henszey Coal company be
SSsssss Did lin three months from to-day for
SD: The commissioners are A. H. Tay-
assS OF Baltimore, John W. HinSdale and
3. Womack. Langdon, Of Phil
siphlias Is making q great fight to Sc
ssH1Sssssss this sale. The other decree signed
the compromise In the nine
suits Tor $4,000 brought by rela-
Yes Of miners killed In the explosion Of
sSas5eessmft ser 1895, at this mine. BY the
rims Of the compromise only $4,000 is
SSSaS he paidsin full of all the claims
SsSssshe State grants q charter to the High
81 9solnf Table company, Of which e. D.
sssSs.Ieeles,SA 3. Sxyele, and John Marsh
the incorporates.
sssssEhereS Is to be a new feature at the
y state Teachers Assembly at More
Safsads City. There Is to he a. ''political
q n at which politics will be broadly
@l1fScuSsed. t,s a
slnis evening J. G. L. Harris, chair
sglllaansof the trustees Of the Agricultural
Es s.lnyd al chanical College, gave a recep-
q Sssa legr IN Accomplishment TO the faculty and
%sstudents.
G ssSs other cotton mill Is to be built at
ton. The contract is to be award
this week. IS
|sSs he lost interesting event of next
lsSsHesssekls the case before Judge Slmonton
at Asheville, in which the
ssaassltter Of the legality OF the lease OF the
3sSs ORTIZ Carolina railway is Involved
}} ssSasslateutenant Governor Reynolds saws
s &l naEl pom @ proper assessment Of lands
1hss.thls State the amount received in
rs VIII be doubled. He declares the
sSs44IEE eq ual1ties IN assessment are now out
Trucking lands worth easily
88ssSh tg an acre are assessed at IS. and lands
|saEsShlicn;}at sale would not bring 81 are
Esfassessed at IS.
esss*sssslhe moonshiners are reported to have
g most daring thing In Davidson
is asserted by the owner of
$Tsgtstered distillery that they stole it.
Of the revenue officers seem in
70 think this story rather fishy
ssssS9ultel a batch of United States prison
s3sRIlIlli I'll be taken from here this week
8 3Eost En- penitentiary at Columbus. O..
81 3 as IS them one who has six wives and
Sssalalrty7nine children, and Charles Lainer
|FfsNHho gets four years for forging q sigma
aSsSlra to O. money order at Washington
228 ssSI 2ne OF the most curious things the
Of last Monday did here
|sSsSe was at the home of Mr. A. M. McPhee
||&sg s The clock had been wound only an
$HS 81 before, and when the hour hand
fSgaa sa lnlost at o'clock it flew back two
#hours and Indicated noon. The clock
8sestrn pk u instead Of 2. He and his bro
Dr. McPhee ters, Of ST. Louis, wit
8nesssd this queer occurrence and vouch
a Sss ssEhs$ question whether the South Bend
BeaatgallWly8wfll be built from Winston-Sa-
III ID saIs depends upon whether the State will
EEaf1airnish the convicts, ESQ., free Of ell
3assssss1arges, as provided in the act Of 1897
sssssSSl curry was made the other day rs to
3SfSS was the wealthiest man In North
ss3 Ina, and 1t was stated In reply that
ex-senator Ransom was among the
SaesSssea lthiest. The Dukes of Durham are.
the wealthiest family.
AZ University Magazine. publication
tehS was suspended last year, will
apssTeytYedd next year. It Is understood
ssEhsstfaTgnot more honorary degrees are to
eeonferred by the University.
efI increase in the ranks OF men who
ss ssssa sYSsra the admission Of women into the
SfS 5f1l YsrSity, your correspondent finds to
$$SSI large. Some leading men say in
81 Years It will be an accomplished
Ssh gsheS Council Of State will soon discuss
SIS fl1hasauest1on Of borrowing the $4,000 Of
l8s$nsa E3seeducational fund for the purpose Of
asssafassfflng the various special appropria-
s za&s MS made by the last Legislature 1t
@@#Sa said the treasurer thinks this ought
sSs done, and that Governor Russell
S$SSSGHlTeS Ih1s course taken. or course the
ssss gislature would make the money
ns "a UGH OF It would be used in pay
&ssss1 the special appropriation to stimu-
S private aid to public schools.
| |asaa ts said that Salem is the only town
6&a lis State In which spurious liquors
en- beer were never sold
Bs7zS aaai summer law school at the Uniyer-
opens July LIST. John S. Manning
81 |$sg ex-J,ldge Shepherd will be the in
glntora.