National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-24
VIRGINIA NEWS,


Edward W. Knsey has been appointed post
master ut Spottsylvania Court House.
All OF the Riverside manufacturing establish
ments at Manchester on. the. james have put up
| fire escapes outside their buildings.
! The Tar and painting shop Of the Tredegar Iron
| Works Mt Richmond was burned last Thursday.
No other damage was done. Loss about 500
The Old Dominion Land Company began the
erection last week Of twenty five tenement houses
a. Newport News, the future great metropolis Of
Heavy forest fires are reported as raging in the
| Dismal swamp, so extensive that the clouds OF
black smoke was visible at Norfolk all Of last
| Thursday.
In the neighborhood Of Orange Court. House the
| people are much excited over the MARRIAGE Of W.
N. Niunday, white man, and Mainda Willis,
| good.lOOking mulntto GIRL.
DR.. W. o. Hill, of HSttsonburg, has been APP
| pointed by the State Medical Association Of Vfr-
! ginia delegate to the medical association, which
meets In 81, Paul, Minn on the first Monday In
| June.
New offices have been established at Reba, Bed.
| ford County, with Jefferson y. Carter as postmas-
| ter at Burr Hill, Orange County, with Nathan n.
| BARLEY as postmaster; aud at Osso, King George
County, with Charles q. McClellnnd us postmaster.
GERS on vessels running TO aud from Norfolk, when
| applying TO tho authorities at Norfolk, arc now
examined at the Marine Hospital surgeons office,
to see IL they are color blind and If found so, the
| licenses are withheld.
The following postmesters have been recently
commissioned: Paul NJ. Jones, ut New Store, Buck
| inghnm County; Jacob r. Ewing Mt Long Glade,
| Augusta County; Charles Pettyionn, Mt Stapeton
Mills, Amherst County; Charles Il. Scott at Belfast
| Mills, Russell CounHy,
| The engineers who in obedience to the last
river and harbOr act, have made a survey for the
| purpose of asceraning the cost of procuring
channel 25 feet deep Mt full tide from Richmond to
| the mouth of the james River estimate that the
| cost would be nearly Si,ODO,OOO.
The senate on Saturday concurrcd I'm the house
resolution TO adjourn sine de- and accordingly the
General Assembly adjourned Mt halfpast one
! p IN. Before adiournmentthcsenate unanimously
adopted the house bill to authorize the cOnsOlida-
! ton of the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
| Company with several other railroad companies.
The Harrlsonbug Spirit OF Gc TaRcy says of the
| recent cod snap: "Iu Highland County the
! freeze was more severe Than in the valley. lcices
were noticed hanging from mill trunks and
water-uoughs as thick rs n mans leg and six feet
| in length The mud was frozen hard enough to
admit of horses travelling over II without break
| ing through"
The following recent land sales are noted by
/ Virginia pHpcIs: Henry Lohse has sold n farm Of
$50 acres, near Rappahannock Station, Va, for $50
| per acre name of purchaser not given: the Weast
| tGnn. 1856 acres, near Meyers Cave, Augusta
| County, sold to c. D. Crawford and J. q. Fulton for
Sl.5j per acre; the Hall farm, near Bcntonvlllc,
| Warren County, 1928 acres, has been purchased BY
| Abrah m Forney for $500; Josiah Jackson has
| purchased the farm Of Mr.. Wcrick, sixty eight
| acres near Berryville, for $4,000.