Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-21
VIRGINIA NOTES.

has ordered the doors of the galleries
TO be closed and all visitors to be ex.
cluded for the present. III
A freight train on the Richmond
Railroad was wrecked near Massaponax
bridge, four miles south of Fredericks.
burg. The track was obstructed for
several hours, and two cars were thrown
down the embankment to permit the
passage of trains.
Danville sold largely over five mil.
lion pounds leaf tobacco for consider
ably over half million dollars during
the last three months of 1881.
The total assessed value of the real
estate of Richmond is overtwenty-eight
and a-half million of dollars, and of
the personal property about eleven
millions and O quarter. The entire
municipal taxes, including licenses on
business, amount to 1915, 1862 The
state, which embraces tax on income,
amounts to S378, S73 80.
Charlie Harris, twelve years of age,
Was sentenced to two years in the state
penitentiary at Lynchburg, on Thursday
last, as burglar Though young in
years he is an old and practiced hand at
thieving.
The variety and something of the
abundance of the mineral treasures of
Virginia, are shown by the carryin q
business of single one of her roads
the Norfolk and Western-for ten
months of the year 1881, the amount of
pig iron, iron ore slate, lead ore and pig
lead, sine and zinc ore, salt, plaster, ETC.,
being over 45. 600 tons.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company has established q bureau of
construction, with headquarters in
Philadelphia, and Mr.. Julius c. Holmes,
a prominent and enterprising West Vir-
ginia contractor, formerly of Baltimore,
has been appointed chief of construc-
ton. fhs
Carefully complied statistics for the
past year show large increase in all
branches OF the trade of Petersburg.
The business outlook of the city during
the past six months has been more
favorable than since the panic of 1873.
The receipts of cotton and tobacco
show heavy increase over previous
years.
The Charlottesville wooden mills have
been destroyed by fire. The damage is
understood to be covered by insurance
within $4,000 of actual loss. The ma
chinery was all destroyed. The manu-
featured goods, which were in another
building. were saved. About seventy
operators and clerks are thrown out OF
employment. The bridge over Moore's
creek at the mills is also destroyed.
The legislature convened at Wheel
ing, January 18th, pursuant to adjourn
ment last March. The governor COM
municated his message to both houses
shortly after the organization. The
topics treated refer entirely to local
affairs, The most important that will
come before the legislature will be the
revision of the code, made necessary BY
changes in the constitution in relation
to the Judicial system Of the state, and
increasing the number of representa-
tives in the senate and house of dele
gates. .
Reports from Dinwiddie and neigh.
boring counties say that the late cold
weather made splendid ice harvest,
giving all an opportunity to lay in
supply of the great luxury, or rather
almost necessity.
Probably the youngest Geographic
operator in The country is little boy,
nine years old, named Beverly Dabney
Benson. whose father is the agent
and operator at Hanover court house
station, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. He is skilled operator, and
reads messages from the sound as
readily as his father can.
Reports from West Point, York river,
represent the business of the place to
be almost daily increasing. In Octo-
Der, November and December, there
was forwarded to northern and eastern
cities about $4,000 bales of cotton ;
also, large and increasing amount OF
freight, consisting Of
tobacco, hides, roots and herbs, sumac,
leather, shuttle blocks, and many other
articles too numerous to mention.
It ia estimated that 1876 children have
died from diphtheria in Frederick and |
its vicinity during the last month.
More vessels are demanded along the |
upper Choptank to accommodate the
Increasing freight business.
The First National Bank of Frederick
declared seven per cent. dividend for
the six months, ending January IL.
From Monrovia Station, Frederick
county, were shipped $500 pounds of
dressed poultry in one day during the
holidays.
ae,n STATE LEGISLATURE,
The General Assembly of Virginia
proceeded to the election of state
officers, with the annexed result; SEQ
rotary of the Commonwealth, W. @. |
Elan treasurer, d. r. Rievely regis
ter land office, John M. Brockenbrough
OF public printing, E.
r. Walker; superintendent public
education, r. r. Farr; second auditor,
q. Fl. Dyson superintendent of peni-
tentiary, Samuel G. Williams general
agent of penitentiary, Winfield Scott.
Two county judges were also also
elected. All we're elected by strict
party vote. being the nominees of the
readjuster caucus. In the House to-day
4 bill was introduced to prevent misce-
yenation in Virginia. 1t provides strong
penalties for attractions of its provi.