The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-15
Railroad Commissioner Abbott Makes an
interesting Discovery.
JUDGE EWART SAYS he FEELS CONFIDENT
Raleigh Orders ono Hundred Carr
loads OF Curb stone-Stnttsiics Of
in Inv Suit ID Democrats VIII let
HARRY Sktuner Alone.

Raleigh, n. c.. Feb. H.-(Spec!al.)-
The State to-day chartered the Rocky
Mount Ice company, capital SlS,00o;
stockholders, w. l.. Parrish and others;
principal office at Rocky Mount but
with power to have branches anywhere
in the State; the charter giving also
n right TO have electric lights and cold
storage plants. A charter is also grant
ed the Latta & Martin Pump company
of Hickory; capital, $4,000; stockholders
j. "a. Martin. J. L. Latta and others.
Al charter Is granted the Raleigh
and Cape Fear railway, under section
1882 of the Code This is the road Of
which mention was first made in this
correspondence last December, as Il
lumber road from this city to Ellington
the county seat of Harnett. its purpose
being to tap the great forests of long
leaf pine in Southeastern Wake and
Harnett. ]. A. Miles and others are cor
Trorators, and the capital stock Is $780,
900.
The Supreme Court will tomorrow be-
gin the call OF the docket from the Sec
ond District.
All the convicts at the penitentiory
nave been vaccinated and quite num-
Der are disabled
Superintendent Newborn says he ex-
poets the penitentiary proper to be al
ways uSsd mainly as n hospitals; in
other words, does not expect to see
convicts employed there on any large
scale.
Railway Commissioner Ahbott's dis
covery that Commissioner Pearson, af-
ter conference with Governor Russell,
has issued subpoenas for certain wit
neSses held up, after Abbott had di-
rected the clerk to issue them, is caus-
ding quite a stir. There is no love lost
between the Governor and Abbott; in
TACT the Governor has said that If
Abbott bothered him he would bounce
him. Tt Is whispered that there will
be a scene next Thursday when the
commission meets. The Governor. of
course, proposes to dominate the COM
mission.
Last evening the Rev. II. T. Graham
was installed as pastor OF the Pres
byterian church at Fayetteville.
very little cotton can now be secured
mere, owing to the fact that home mills
take practically all of 1t. The State
now consumes Its crop. and has to re-
place what Is sent away by other cot
ton brought In.
Judge Dwarf says he Is entirely con-
aldent that he will be confirmed and
that quickly; and says he has no en-
dorsements save those Of Senator Prich-
ard and Representative Pearson. He
appears 10 think no others are neccs
Sary.
The monument to Vance is to he I'm
Veiled soon after May LIST, cit AsheviHe
and 1t Is proposed to make the cere-
mony State affair.
Republicans, who have always Guilt
waited Congressman Harry Skinner SC
assiduously, are now making the state
qnent that SINNERS whole hope is tc
fuse with the Democrats But the latter
Will certainly have nothing to do with
MIN. They say so. with entire frank.
ness.
In most OF the counties the game
season ends March 18th. The slaughtc g,
OF partridgcs has been great. vet oh.
servant people say that there is an
increase in the past few years In the
am'ount Of game
A suit will come up in court in few
Gays Involving title to the entire towr
or Pine Level. Johnston county. The
Town site was originally the proper,,
or T. I. Oliver, rich merchant.
Raleigh has ordered 100 car loads nj
sidewalk curbing fr-2m the granite quar-.
RES at Faith. Rowan county. Stone i,
now being quarried from the p,ac,