National Republican., 1880-10-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Over 1000 bales of cotton were received at
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Over 1000 bales of cotton were received at
Norfolk Monday.
Mrs Susuu Brent of Winchester, aged
egh ty.Gye years, died on Wednesday last.
The oyster business Of the state is estimated
at $4,000 GOO, employing G539 white and 7,69S
colored men.
Two barns of fine tobacco owned by A. @.
Walters of Pttsylvania county, were de.
stroyad by an accidental FIRE Monday.
Typhoid fever of a fatal type is prevailing to
a considerable extent in the southern part Of
Warren county aud the neighborbood.
The session of the University Of Virginia to
begin on Monday next promises to open with
an unusually large number of students
Tho Shenandoah Valley road is now COM
completed and in running order to Waynesboro
Augusta county, almost in sight of Staunton
Two million five hundred thousand pounds
Of through southern freight from New York
passed through Norfolk on two days Of last
week.
The police difficulties, which have furnished
local sensation in Norfolk for a month past,
| ended yesterday by the resignation of Assist
ant Chief Jacob Il. Movie.
Willie Hewlett, sixteen years Of age last
| Friday got entangled in n belt at the Tredgar
iron works, Richmond, was drawn into tho
machinery and instantly killed.
The business Of tho section of the Rich
mond and Alloghany railroad just completed
twenty-five miles TO DTaidcns Adventure
is reported to bo already largo and daily in.
| creasing.
Mrs Annie Perkins, aged 10i. the Oldest in-
habitant Of Danvillc, was buried on Monday.
She was the mother of the Rev. William Per-
| kins, minister of the old hard.shcll baptist
denomination.
Richmond merchants took hold Of tho
scheme for building an elevator with prompt
ness und spirit, and it will soon be completed.
| The Chesapeake 81 Ohio railroad company is
the largest subscriber
At tho unitarian general conference, in
session at at Saratoga u report has boon made
in favor of making an appropriation of
$4,000 for the school at Hampton, Va, for
colored and Indian children.
Peter Wright, colored, convicted of the MUIR
der of Mr. Maupin of Bedford county, who
has been confined in tho Lynchburg Jail for a
year past, has been sent to Liberty TO be SEN
fenced. All efforts made for u commutation
of his punishment failed.
Mr.. Robert Grcy, seventy-fvo years of age
and an old resident of Richmond, while alight'
ing from the steamer Providence of the Fall
River line, at tho foot of Murray street, New
York, last Thursday, lost his footing and fell
heavily to the pier, dislocating his hip
The business men of Norfolk will decidedly
not submit to the advanced rates proposed by
the telephone company, and have directed the
removal of tho instrument and wires from
their offices and buildings as fast us the pc.
riods for which they have paid expire.
Daniel Bauer, jeweler by occupation, who
resided at No. 221 West Broad street, was
discovered last Thursday morning about
o'clock lying on the floor of his room dead
Coroner Taylor viewed tho body and decided
that his death was produced by brain dis
ease.
Wednesday afternoon about $50 o'clock Mr.
Cornelius Smith died very suddenly at biz
residence on the corner Of Twenty-eighth and
N streets, Richmond. He owas chopping wood
aud fell down and died in a few minutes. DIR
:. Taylor decided that death was from heart dis
ease. Deceased was sixty years Of age.
The anniversary of the grand lodge OF col
ored Odd-Fcllows will be held in Richmond
commencing next Tuesday. The sessions will
be held in the hall Of tho house of delegates
Representatives arc expected to be present
from every state in the union aud from the
Canadas aud West Indies. Tho parade which
} takes place on Friday, October 8, is expected
. to be Il most imposing demonstration.