The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-27
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM ALL
OVER THE OLD DOMINION.
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MARION, VA November %. Il Core
spendence THE icy grip with which
winter took hold of this section last
week has relaxed. and for the past few
days we have been blessed with beauti-
full sunshiny weather. We can not,
however. hope continuance OF H. iof
the season is here for protTacted WIN
try weather. Our farmers have about
finished housing their corn crop. whicn
was a good one. Forty cents per bushei
is the ruling price, with but lew BUY.
era. Hogs are now being killed. ana
are selling on this market for % per
hundred pounds net. The surplus IN
Smvth il small. Quite a number OF
orr cattle men. not being able
20 sell at home. are shipping their cat.
tie East in search of . market which, If
reports be true. is hard to fluid at profit
able figures. Good 1,l00 pound two
wear olds at WarreDtoD. Va. Cham
persburg. Pa. and other points. at It
cents per 100 pounds gross. If some
thing Is not done to bust up the big cat
tie combine. all us small fry of the
famous bluegrass region Of Southwest
Virginia will have to 20 out of the busi-
ness Of grazing cattle. This being our
chief business. the very low prices of
cattle has brought about q scarcity oil
q Onev IN the fertile section unprece-
dented in any observation Of its imam
ciai condition. especially here IN
Smythe: and / am in a position to know
whereof / speak. when the matter is
narrowed down 10 this county.
The political excitement incident TO
the recent election has almost entirely
subsidized. We had no public demon
stration here. although we Democrats
and kickers were happy enough for
anything pertaining thereto. The Ma
honeites In Smythe were so badly whip
ped. and wore such sOrrOwful looking
/ faces. we thought they had been suili-
ciently punished. and hence did not
demonstrate.
Notwithstanding HaTrisons dis
claimer as 10 aiding and obtaining Ma
none in tine late canvass for Governor.
ne goes on appointing bis benchmen to
Office trust-the recent appointment
Of W G.. Repass. postmaster at Wythe-
Vile. The kckers here are laying low
but will make the fur 1y of OF Bengy
when the opportunity offers.
noticed in the Inns Saturday, No
vember ed. an account Of the killing
of DR.. Van Eman and his horse and
the destruction Of ms buggy by an en-
CINE ut a crossing on the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad. and Just want to
say that if this read had mad in use
the automatic danger signal for
crossings this terrible accident
would not have happened, it being an
absolutely reliable signal. 1t is cheap
and durable, and will cost but little.
Colonel W. G. PenGleton is now stock
/ holder, and al = meeting Of the company
was elected general manager and tray
cling agent.
Our representative. Roberts and Bur
ton. are busily engaged shaping their
affairs at home preparatory to spending
the winter IN Richmond. otwO coun-
ties IN Virginia viii have better repre-
sentation than Smyth and Bland.
A Union Thanksgiving service will
be held at the Presby terian Church on
] the 2S,D inst. BY union. we mean that
all the religious denominations here
will participate IN this meeting, The
probabilities are that this day will be
more generally observed than formerly