National Republican., 1881-08-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Pennell, one of Scribners artists.
Is skctching the cavern ut Luray and surrounding
country.
The citizens of Harrisonburg are dis.
cusslng the project of sinking artesian well TO
supply the town with water.
Jefferson's old clock at Monticello is
being repaired II Is remarkable time-pece on
grand scale, and splendid piece Of mechanism.
Virginia farmers in the neighborhood
of battle. fields still able TO gather up enough
old gun barrels to supply their backsmiths with
P.s. Brent, W. NJ. Robinson, L. Il. Say
age, and Albert G. Brown, of the Republican ex.
ecutiye committee Of Frederick County, have de.
clared for tho coalition scheme.
The Rappahannocks of Fredericksburg
had their second annual regatta Wednesday last
Hazard and White won at the single sculis
The "Big Hill" iron lands, in upper
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erected on the property shortly by Pennsylvania
capital.
w. r. Lyman, of New Orleans, former
captain of Company B, Thirty:hr Virginia Regl.
ment, has made liberal offer to erect monument
to the dead Of that company, and the generous Of
fer has been accepted.
Mr.. j. G. Barnes has leased the old
Stone House on Main street, Richmond, once the
headquarters Of General Washington and is col.
lecting all the curioses Of the revolutionary era
to exhibit to the visitors of the Yorktown Centen-
MAI CeleDrutlOn
A charter has been granted to the Union
Bag and Label Factory by Judge Wexford In Rich.
mond. Its purposes are TO manufacture bags, la
bells tags and wire brushes and printing IN all It's
may be connected Herewith.
The Valley Tirginian says that the wait
ers and servants at the Hot Springs have all left In
a body, declaring that they were induced thither
by an offer Of fair wages, and now it is proposed
| cent. They all quit without getting penny.
The Page Courier says the town council
| have perfected an arrangement with Mr. COrson,
| general manager of the LurOy Cave and Hotel
Company, by which the company contracts TO put
| four electric lights in the Corporate limits that
number being considered ample TO light The whole
| town and the cave,
Mr.. ii. Thurston Cardozo, the popular
baritone singer, together with his brother Mr. A.
| l.. Cardozo, and Mr.. Monte Walker. all OF Rich
mond, have been engaged by Mr.. John NIcCaull,
sing in opera this fall, They are TO assist In the
rendering ofa new opera by Mr.. Audran, the COM
| poser of Oliyettc"
The colored woman, Rosa Brooks, who
| gave such startling account Of her life in Cuba
how she spent eight hours among the memalds,
and how she was carried away as a slave some
seventeen years agoI,ii; still in Richmond, It's
| understood that she will lecture on her life soon.
! She proposes to swim in the river near Richmond
six consecutive hours in day or so.
A Shenandoah Iron-Works correspond
| ent writes; "Workmen are engaged digging the
| the Forge, which, IL Is thought, when completed
will turn out seyenty.hve tons Of iron per day and
| give employment TO three hundred hands" The
| company will soon begin the erection at the Forge
OF twenty dwellings for employees.
The following postmasters have been
commissioned: 9. G. Vaughan, Cumnor; Joseph
| NJ. Bendall Belsches Sussex County; James H.
| smith, Laurel Hll William A. Vaughan, "The
| Falls Notoway County; John A. Rapp, Rapp's
Mills; Anthony p, Wilkenon, Rola, Augusta
County John g. PorterGeld, M9ybr9ok, Giles
The Virginia Historical Society have
received from George Mason, Of Alexsgdria ria
Virginia bill Of rights, the table upon
which this instrument was written. This
| table Is OF English oak, and almost as II was
In Colonial George Mason's time, except to tho ex.
tent of some very iniudiclous attempts ut repairs
made after the rebellion, to RECONSTRUCT" for in.
luries done by Federal soldiers. They had
injured the curious old claw shaped feet Of each
| leg. The knobs were replaced by wooden ones
the feet, by splicing on wooden pieces TO mako the
legs longer.
The Petersburg Inder-Appeal says: con
the hill sides south Of the city there have been
observed during the past few years-as they may
have been brought to light from time to time by
| the washing Of heavy rains-deposts of the fossil
bones Of large sea-iish which would indicate that
this section Of Virginia was at one time covered
by the ocean. Sharks teeth Ofgreat size and other
homes of the monster dsh Of the deep have been
found, and have been removed, TO be kept as
| curiOsties, Several years ago IL was a very com.
| mon thing TO ind these specimens, and doubtless
| some OF them have been picked up more recently,
The extent OF these deposits is Of course unknown
as no effort has ever been made to dig for them "