The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-11-20
State News.

Col. Samuel II. Lcteher. late edito,
OF the Lexington Gazette died in that
place on Tuesday last. Deceased was /,
brother of Ex-Governor Letcher.
public meeting in Albemarle l,ai
a'iopted resolutions ia favor ofapply
ing To General St0neman foraile xteil-
sion OF the stay law IN tins State.
The store of Mrssrs 4vltiny &Cl.
III y 'riolk. was robbed SUNDAY Iipht
OF sixty bags of shit Al | >rvr..i boxes
of tolacco.
m IN linn Il Jpha Austin. iivin :
SIX niles from Lexington, attempted
10 ,innh; Suicide last week. bv ca.im
ms throat with "A axe.
A nan named John Gleason. was ac
cideiltalIy killed on the railroad near
the new diStiiery b ,rkrley GO my. by
the passing train.
Oneot Jeter Phillips's counsel states
tilat MS iaNyers have held no conSultu-
ton III regard To applying to Judge Un-
uerw"d ior writ OF habcas corpus.
"A threatrlrl disturbance at the Tired
egai' works in Richnontl. on SUNDAY
lil&ilt wd> fuleStalled aud frustrated by
the police.
COY. Wtllsand Williams G. Wickham
spoke at Bowling Green. Caroline coIn-
t. the otherday. Major Is. B. Douglas
OF hlns william responded to tho Gen
eral.
The residence of Mr.. Joshua Ruffner
near Liray. Page county, was conSIlm-
ed by lire On the afternoon of the Arb
instant elily Il few beds and some cloth
ing wcr saved. .#Ia5 -.
The cultivation OF broom corn is ex-
tendiilS III Virginia. The yield aveiat
yes net l.rotit of GA to the acre. not
counting the s,ed, which is valuable for
feed. idz ri
On dt-It is stated that General G.
w. Z. Lee, sou ofthe old General. ana
professor in the Virginia Military IN
slitute-is soon to lead TO the altar a !
daughter ofG N. Williain>C. W ckham |
Ex-Mayor Ludlow, of Nortolk. has in
vented Il coffee pot.of which The Virgin
IAN speaks very hig'iy. ana believes it |
mili make II fortune Tor the inventor. it
has been patented.
A we'll Informed citizrn of Bedford
county expresses the belief thar all the
real and personal property of that coll,l-
ty.if put up at auction. would not suffice
TO pay the interest OH the debls tl,ie Nv
the citizens. aj#at :
Henry Dunham. u native ofJam;iir,.
applied To the Bedford county CLERK. i I
lew days ago, for license to marry n
BLACK woman. The clerk of course re-
fused. informing him That the laws of
virgin la did not permit it.
In accordance with resolution al the
Richmond city council. lae lily has /
issuing Negotiable note,
per CT Interest added, to siirh parties as
ieslre to receive them in pay tent of
heir Claims against the city.
The applications of VIM. Bootr: yht
u FauquierJ county. and George. N.
iwathmey; of Richmond, for the hene-
1t of the bankrupt law. we're filled yes
erday in the Office OF the register for
he Richmond district.
Jacob Vanmeter, Esq, living in the
I'D Fields Hardy county, had a orse
HE'D by tightening during the thun- L
er storm Sunday the 26tl nit. ne
orse was in pasture, and was killed i'll
,antly.
Rev. Thomas U. Dudley, Rector of
manuel Episcopal Church in Harris v
lbtirg. has declined the very flrttrr-
x calls he received from Trinity
hurch. New ORLEANS. La. and Chris,
hnrch mt Mobile Alabama. and will re.
aih with his people Il: Harrisonbi,rg.
Mr.. Geo. ". Goodwin of Petersburg
Is inverted rotary engine, which
le "Scieit.lic American compliments
Try highly. The object OF this enyin,. |
to furnish rotary steam power, which 1
Iall he simple and.cheap in construc- |
m. and shall economist the power OF
e steam to the greatest possible ex.
mt.
The Bedford Sentinel learns that
APT. VIM. V. Jordan. near that place
$ made from lot of two and three Y
arter acres. twenty-four barrels of
IN, seventeen bushels OF white beans. ~
,llteen bushels of POTATOES. nine hun /
ed ca5bages, ten or twelve bushels OF 10
rill ps.aild two wagon loads of punkins Oh
sides many vegetables for the table. wi
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