National Republican., 1881-09-13
VIRGINIA NEWS,

Ten divorce suits are pending in Pitt
sylvania.
At Front Royal, Wednesday last, they
had 1llo of heat in the shade.
Robert J. Wood has been elected SUI
perntendent of Norfolk cemeteries.
The internal revenue collections for
last week at Lynchburg amounted to si5,53O.51.
1t is reported that typhoid fever is the
scourge of the mountain districts Of the State just
now.
A colored woman was struck by light
ming and killed in buckingham County last Fri.
l.. b. Sigla, prominent citizen of
Shenandoah County, died at Orkney Springs last
week.
The house of Thomas r. Walker was
burned at Vienna, Fairfax County, last week.
Loss, l200.
Almost every day the sheriff of Rich
mond receives letter telling more of Marvin, the
gigantic bigumist and swindler.
1t is believed that the peanut crop of
Southampton and adjoining counties has been cut
short By the drouth fully two-thirds.
The occupation of well-digger seems
to be sufficiently dangerous. Six have met their
deaths in this State within six weeks past.
d. NJ. Moore, of Appomattox County,
was killed by the explosion of blast last Friday,
on the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad.
The finest tobacco curer in Halifax
County says there is no sap in, the tobacco this
season, and 1t is impossible to make 1t yellow.
In the month of August $500 persons,
| transported by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
| visited the Iuray caverrs.-From Royal Sentinel
Riverside farm, 125 acres, on Lamberts
Point, near Norfolk has been sold for $4,000
| Three years ago II would not have brought 5000.
Mr.. j. +. Dodd, formerly of the Arling,
| ton Mills, of Georgetown, ID. c., Is running mil
at Waterford, Loudoun County, and he is doing
well.
Rev o. s. Bunting, the rector of Ascen.
sion Church, Amherst County, has resigned The
rectorship of that parish and will soon move else
where.
The fall term of the Circuit Court ol
Norfolk County will commence on Thursday next
at eleven O'Clock a. m, Judge George Blow pre-
siding.
A female colored Christian ran through
| the streets of Waterford. LOudOun County, a few
nights ago, screaming, " Have mercy on my soul
Mr.. William Dold, prominent ant
well known merchant of Lexington Rockbrldg'
County. was thrown from his horse last week a
staunton and almost instantly killed.
Mr.. J. G. Spain, of Dinwiddie County
Saturday morning while at work at the cotton gil
owned by himself and Colonel William NJ Field.
Fish are very scarce and dear in Nor
folk. Dealers say that this is caused by lack o
| rain, the water in the rivers and harbors havinl
become so salt as TO drive all the fish up thl
| streams
Auditor Massey recently bought three
extra fine Lincolnshire lambs duck and ewcs)
costing Sll2. They came from Pennsylvania, anC
Mr. Massey Is probably the only person In Virgini,
that owns any of that fine breed
Mr.. George Hudgins, formerly we'll
known member OF the Petersburg Artillery Band
was considerably injured on the leg Saturday by
the fall Off piece Of timber which he was carry
ing, while nj work at Mount Airy.
The associated railroads of Virginia anC
the Carolinas have established three immigran
homes along their lines for the purpose of shelter
ing and In every way caring for new -comers unit
they can be located In homes 0fthelr own
The Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company has run branch tracks into the premise
sections Of Lynchburg, and already the road l
shipping large quantities CT ores barytces, bark
and the like.
William Major, ir., has purchased tn,
farm of the late Colonel John Slaughter, oI
Crooked Run, Culpeper County 450 acres for SOL
per acre. Michael Wallace, of Washington city
has purchased the farm Of Jcre Morton, on tn
Rapdan River, same county 100 acres, for s2S5
per acre.
The Republicans of Henrico will holC
mass meetings in the several townships to-day 70
the purpose of electing delegates TO the count
| convention, which meets tomorrow at twelv
O'Clock at the court.h house, for the purpose ofnom
mating candidate for the house OF delegate
and appointing delegates to the senatorial conyen
tion, which meets In Richmond.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad will
, probably be completed to Big Lick by December
II has dug the dirt up 10 the track of the Alanti
Railroad, at Big Lick and has full force through
out the whole line to Augusta II has also had dur
, ing the last few weeks two surveying corps 4
Franklin for an extension OF its track southwark
There are two routes proposed through franklin
one via Rocky Mount the other via Piedmont.