Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18
virginia News.


that the work OF building and completing the
Fran Kiln and StauntOn river railroad will be
effected without the aid of the counties through
which it will pass. The project of building the
Orange and Harrisonburg narrow gauge road
has completely fallen through. and the sills are
| being sold by the cord for firewood
The Farmville Journal say that another batch
OF New ork boys was brought to that place
last week. and were taken by farmers of the
neighborhoOd. The Journal hopes that they
may turn out better than those heretofore
brought.
James G. Cannon, late readjuster state sena-
tor from King and Queen county, has been
indicted on the charge of issuing and using
| fraudulent tax receipts In the late election.
Cannon is now superintendent of schools.
Over 5000 acres of land have recently been
sold to colonsts at Claremont, Va, on the
James river. The colonists have already organ
lied school, church and Sunday-school.
Major S. P. Bayley has sold his farm, Ashleigh,
near Delaplane, in Fauquier county, $50 acres.
to his son. S. P. Bayley, ir, United States
| consul to Palermo, for $50 Der acre.
| The rolling mill. a few miles above Lynch
burgh, which has been idle for a long while has
been sold for $4,000. and it is expected will
soon commence operations again.
The capitation tax of one dollar head was
abolished at the late election in this state bv a
vote of 10S.S19 to 67,751. Both parties claim
that the abolition will be of advantage to them
The county Jail of Albemarle. the Athens of
| Virginia. has no f1replaces or any suitable pro-
vision for warming the prisoners confined
| therein.
The dog tax In Shenandoah paws all claims
for sheep killed by dogs in the county, and a
considerable balance remains to be turned over
to the school fund.
The residence of Mrs. Jane F. Gillian of
AppOmattOX county, was destroyed by fire last
week, with all the household effects, cloth
ing. &c.
Rev. W. c. Woodbridge. of vicksburg, Miss.
has been called to the pastOrate of the Presby-
terrain church in Warrenton.
The Virginia Terra Gotta and Porcelain works.
in Augusta county, have been sold to the Ohio
company for $4,000.
Fox hunting has beer revived in Fauuuier
county, and is now largely INDUCED in by those
who are fonu of the sport.
The city council of Lynchburg has decided to
permit the boys of that provincial CITY to fire
pop crackers and the like on Christmas day.
E0eneZer Grubb has purchased the farm of the
late Curtis Grubb. $50 acres, in Loudoun county.
for $50 per acre.
Col. James o. Broadhead, who has been elected
| to Congress from ST. Louis, is a native of Abe
marie county.
H. G. McGivary. of Illinois, has purchased a
farm near Bon Air. nine miles from Richmond,
395 acres. for "a, 500.
Robert Whitelock was accidentally shot and
killed in drinking saloon in Aldie, Loudoun
y,
Clarke county Is buying stock cattle in Chi
cagO. One man bought as many as two hun
dred.
DR.. r. /. Simpson, of Fairfax county, fell and
broke leg Friday while getting out of his
| buggy.
Large leases of mineral land are being made
| In all parts of Roanoke county by northern
| capitalists.
! An Ohio company is now engaged in shipping
mangane Sc from mines In Augusta county
| Louisa Court House is to have q young mems
| Christian association.
The strasburg (va.) Ne,cs is to be sold at
| trustees sale.
The court of appeals of Virginia has refused
to grant Mr.. W. l.. Royal mandamus TO COM
| pei the auditor to make out new land assess.
| ment books, so as to increase the tax on that
class OF property two cents on the one hundred
dollars.
| POcahOntas, town Of Tazewell county. Va
and the terminus of the New River branch OF
/ the Norfolk and Western railroad has pOpu.
! lation of 1000. Three months ago dense
! forest occupied the site of the town A coal
/ mine did it.
IA year old son of Mr.. A. B. Chandler. a
prominent lawyer of Bowling Green. Caroline
! county, Va. broke through the ice while skat-
ing on Broaddus' mill pond few days ago and
| was drowned.
| An upset bid amounting to $40 800 has been
| put in on the farm of Col. JOS. F. Kent in Wythe
county, sold at trustees sale to Hartman New
berry, of Bland county. for the sum of ss36. 700
| Mr. Keller of Frederick county, Md, has pur-
chased the farm of Jacob Strider in Jefferson
| county. w. Va, three miles northwest of Har-
per's Ferry. for S42 per acre
| W. +. McClung has sold to ]. T. Marshall. OF
Albemare county. Va, his valuable farm of
80 acres, In Greenbrier county, W. Va, for
.9.25O.