The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-27
POLITICIANS CLUTCH
Is Notified Upon The Hospitals for the In
sane of the State.
THE FACT NO LONGER ADMITS Of DOUBT
Majority Of the Employees Arc Kc.
pnblfcans ana P0t.UlistS = Judge
ncy Iorihe Southcrm-rncS survey
or OF Honrd or Educnisoi, Removed.

or OF Hoard or Educn,son Removed.
Raleigh. Y. c., March 25-tSpeclaD.-
'rhH statement was made By State
official, q Republican,, q day or two ago,
that the hospitals for The insane were
in politics. It Is how learned on author
ity ihut at the hospital here Il majority
OF the employees are Republicans or
PEpulists: that no man is discharged
because he is n Populist or Republican.
and no man is retained because he us
4 Democrat.
\ FALSE REPORT
y weli-known lawyer was asked the
poliItod question to-day whether Judge
SimoEion had been an attorney Of the
Richmond & Dnnvllle or OF the Southern
railway. He is q longtime friend of
Simoitton, and said: The story as to
Slmonton is really out OF the whole
cloth: he never had any connection With
the r. e d. Or the Southern or any other
road since he resumed the practice Of
law after the war"
Il circular letter will be sent out III n
day or two to all the companies Of the
State Guard urging their attendance ut
the Tennessee centennial celebration.
Steps VIII he taken To raise additional
funds for memorial chapel at the
Soldiers Home a bequest Of $500 has
heen paid.
Judge Hakc, OF tho Superior Court is
quite sick at his home.
There is much interest manifested In
tho baseball game ut Chapel Hill to-
+. morrow.
The people here do not understand the
Indefinite postponement Of the appoint
ment OF the Judge, Of Tie Federal Court
OF this district. Purnell seems sangulne
FARMERS INSTITUTES.
During the past two years farmers
institutes have been held In IS counties
DR.. D. Reid Parker will for the next two
years conduct them. He will also be in
sense connected with the Agricultural
and Mechanical college.
lit is now learned rtilnt Colonel J,llian
L. Cars well-known farm 'Acconee-
chee." near lillsboro, has been sold to
wealthy Northern mon
me san Jose scab, SO much dreaded
as 4 fruit pest. is found TO lie quite
widely scattered i'll the eastern part Of
the State. 1t is In the Wilmington sec
ton.
Major w. II. Martin candidate for
revenue collector of this district. re-
turned to-day from Washington, and he
says Senator Fritchard told him he had
Snaorsed no one for this place. Senator
.rltcnafd Went with him to see the
president anu Secretary Of The Trcas-
ury. IT has been asserted that Carl
duncan Is certain to get this place.
i. SWANSON MAY SUCCEED HIM.
Inc state Board OF education has de-
posed Gen. William CASTOR Lewis rs on
glneer to the State Beard or Agricul-
tnfe, 1t is said Senator John Ramsay.
or salisbury Will succeed him. The sal
al'H IS Sl,00D. General Lewis has sur
VeEed severn! hundred thousand acres
OF uhe swamp lands held by the board
me Agricultural Board has ordered
Ine quarantlring OF Osborn's livery sta.
pies ht Greensboro. whose horses have
!hlectiols SanSrenOuS pneumonia One
morse has died The quarantine against
sspienellc fever in cattle is raised by the
Wilkesboro. @ IS
me trustees OF the Agricultural and
Mecnnhlcal college met to-day and ar
IaIeed for work to begin at once on the
tE,spAtal. The students Of the college
\ all untted in the request that DR.. T r
+ rogers be continued as the physician
ne IS aiso physician Of t}le penitentiary
y LARGE ENTERPRISE.
The Columbus Drainage company is
given until 1900 to complete its worl, ot
drainage OF swamp lands in Colum bus
ana brunswick counties that Is ito an,
tio1i is extended until that time II pro.
poses TO dredge by steam power three
Sstnais, each Twenty-Five miles long, from,
G in county to the Waccamaw river
ne plant is ordered and work is to be.
s s'a ite%t september The Kemp Mill
colnEahy. or Franklin county Is ba ri,
OF hiils great scheme Of timber crttlnr
end land reclamation
me republican organ at Winston TO.
o1y protests that All effort ia hnInu
niAoe 10 drag that party bodily into
Sopullsm, under the guise OF tho ~ ~
H. X. lease fight - =