National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-04
VIRGINIA AFFAIRS.

James II. Noble has been appointed
postmaster at Buckingham.
The post-office at Crews, PittsylYania
| County, has been changed to Ray"
William G. Hoffman has been ap-
| pointed postmaster at Hoffman's Wharf
For the first time in its history the Vir-
| gfnia penitentiary is now self-sustaining.
Mrs Polly Lewis, of PittsylvaniaC County,
died few days ago, aged ninety-nine years.
| The Undine Boat Club, of Norfolk, will
| SOON purchase 500 boat for the State regatta
The post-offices at Gates, Wise County,
and Starry Creek, Franklin County, have been
discontinued.
M. S. Weaver has purchased the James
X. Marshall farm, Sd acres, near Linden, Warren
County, for 5000
A Richmond man intends erecting an
opera house at Yorktown, Va, capable of seating
six hundred people.
theState are advanced quite far. Wheat in Roanoke
County is two feet high.
Mr.. William II. Haxall has been elected
president of the new hotel company at Richmond
The capital stock has been fixed at 100000.
G. Homer Bowman, of Shenandoah
County, has been left legacy of $4,000 by a
recently deceased relative in Pennsylvania
DR.. A. r. Mott sold several days ago his
fine farm south of Leesburg, containing four
hundred acres, to Samuel Orrison, Leesbrirg, for
SIS, 900.
Collector Rives has written letter in
reply to the editor of the Lynchburg Netcs stating
ticket
Charles T. Price has sold the Big Hill
ore bank on his farm on James River (Botetourt
County, to Messrs. Mason, Lowery, and Hughes
for $500.
Salisbury furnace in Botetourt County.
which was put in blast in March, is now turning
out seven hundred tons of iron per month 1t en-
ploys two hundred laborerS.
The blast furnaces along the line of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the Virginias
are in blast and working satisfactorily as 10
quantity and quality of yield.
The Young Mems Christian Association
OF Petersburg propose to increase their capital
stock TO $1,000 for the purpose of erecting larger
hall for the use of the association.
Mr.. Tillet, who resides on the Leesburc
road, four miles from Alexandria reported to the
police of the latter city yesterday that his son. a lad
sixteen years of age, had been missing from home
since Friday last.
Three sailors who deserted from the
United States steamship Vandalia were arrested
in Alexandria Monday evening and turned over
to the authorities at the navy yard in this city
yesterday morning
New post-offices have been established
at Constell, Pittsylvania County, and Lepo Wash
ington County Robert H. Coleman has been APP
pointed postmaster at the former and William L.
Mceluown at the latter named place.
a IennSylYanlan, engaged IN the iron
busine in Virginia, says that the ore is vastly SUI
perior to that Of his own State and that he is now
getting out of the mines in Amherst and Nelson
Counties fer 50 what he sells for $50.
A meeting of the stockholders of the /
Alexandria Canal Company will be called for the !
10th instant to considerable question whether or
not the canal company shall unite with the Aquc-
duct Bridge Company in giving the General GOV |
eminent feesimple title to the Aqueduct Bridge |
Patents were issued to the following !
Virginians Yesterday George ". Duyall Norfolk, !
boiler-tube ferrule; Charles r. Gibbs and E. Fed |
don, Harrisonburg, crimping- board for boots and |
shoes, and John n. Smith, Daleville, horse-de- |
tacher.
Since the decision of the question as to |
the title, Luray Cave Company has been char
tered for the purpose of acquiring and holding the
now famous cave. The capital stock was fixed at
$4,000, in 500 shares. The company may hold
/ 900 acres of land.
1t is now announced that meeting of
the Democratic State Committee will be held in
Richmond on the 18th instant, for the purpose, it
is understood of taking into consideration propo
sitOn expected to be submitted looking to calling
the convention to meet at an earlier day than Ar-
gust 6, the time now fixed upon