National Republican., 1883-05-12
LYNCIIBURG NEWS.
The Coming Local Observation-Disclosures
Memorial Day-Grape and Fruit Gull
ture-Nysterlous Poisoning.


ture-NIysterioUs Poisoning.
Special Dispatch.
LYNCHBURG, May 1.-THE local elections
for city and county officers which come Off
on the twenty fourth of the present month are
exciting unprecedented interest and activity y
Oh the part of both parties contending for the
mastery. In nearly every locllity party
lines are strictly drawn and regular nomina-
tions made. This unusual state of things in
our local elections is owing to tho fact that
the one soon to como Off is expected to have
an important bearing upon the political COM
plcxion of the state in the fall elections for
members of the next legislature, the result of
which will most probably fix tho status of the
electoral vote of Virginia in the presidential
election of 1854. The present outlook is IA
Vorablo TO the success of majority of tho
rcadjuster coalition party of the state.
Yesterday was confederate memorial day in
this city, and flowers and cypress were scat.
tered upon the graves Of the dead with tho
usual display. The turnout was very small
which shows that time heals all things con-
nected with the dead past; and thus, after a
little whilo longer, every public ceremony
connected with the late war will pass away
and cease forever. 1T will be well.
In addition the wonderful increase Of man.
ufaOturing and mining interests IN this sec
ton of the state within the last few years of
material progress, the most gratifying i'm.
provcment has also taken place in at least two
other departments of development and enter
prise. These are the increased production of
grape and fruit culture. The great and rul-
lug Virginia staple OF tobacco, which until
late years was relied ON by our people TO meet
ali their Christmas bills and costly living, Is
now raised all over the country aud the world
and the profit in IL is not now what IL used
to be when Virginia had almost the monopoly
a fNNa .f ltttp. let
have turned their attention TO grape aud
fruit culture, and with the most gratifying
and profitable results. In tho adjoining
county of Amherst last year two farmers who
had never before thought of raising profit.
able crops Of apples, sold. their fruit
ern spectators, one for $500 and
the other for even $4,000. This success has
opened the eyes and excited the rivalry of
hundreds who have gone buslly to work to
make apples and peaches,o of which their fields
and hills have always been productive, their
leading investment and industry. And in
ANcmarle and other. counties along the
.uuthcrn slope of the Blue Ridge the culture
rapes and the manufacture Of excellent
rns have grown into wonderful proportions
MIN the last few years, In some localities
many as 40 acres are planted, and the
t.l last year OF many in this business netted
uu $50 10 800 per acre. This outrivals
.rH..cp or any other crop Of the state, and is
.Wlly growing in magnitude and import.
.."e.
The democrats have appointed Monday
night next for the nomination in mass meet
.u Of their candidates for city officers. The
.udiusters will hold theirs soon afteT-per-
tIs ghe latter part of tho week-and then
.a cat will hop"
The trial of Charles Monroe, Of Campbell
county, near this city, upon the charge OF
having poisoned his mother and brother some
months ago with arsenic in their coffee, came
OF yesterday at the court house, and after a
full heahng of all the testimony the case was