The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-18
VIRGINIA ITEMS.
NEWS AND NOTES FROM AL
OVER TIE OLD DOMINION

r,,r.ished by the "Times' Correspon-
dents and state Eschsnees-Parsgrap
and Editorial Opinions Clipped, Com
piied and Condensed From Home Papers.
NORFOLK. VA. December l7.-ISpe-
cial. l-Miss Julia Frank. the twenty
vear-old DIT ughter of Mr.. s. Frank,
nd n desperate encounter with bur-
glar ip the house of her father. on east
Main street. at O'Clock yesterday
morning. Miss Frank was as'eep In
her room when she was aroused by the
movements OF what tut oed out 10 De
we'll dressed white m2u. She aeksd
the man who he was and what he want
cd and with au unusual courage
iamped out of bed and caught hoid
Of him. The man made for the stairs,
but the young lady held on. and only
let 20 OF HIM after both had tumbled
dow the steps and she bad been badly
bruised. After picking himself togeth-
or the burglar jumped in the Street
through a window aud almost directly
into the aims OF policeman Mitchell.
81 no had been attracted to the house by
the Young ladies' screams. The man
WIS locked up and gave his name as
Ben Johnson. aud in The Police Court
this morning was sent on to the Corpo-
/ ration Court for trial.
The tug Argus aud the United States
steamship Despatch towed an unknown
lumber laden big into Newport News
W sterday, which they had found float
log bottom upwa' ds Friday last thirty
five miles southeast OF Hog Island light.
No signs whatever were seen of any OF
ne briggs crew. and it is thought all
must have persisted. The brig has been
hoaung arCurd FOR about ten days, add
beng a very dangerous obstruction to
navigation the Des patch was sent out
to blow her up. The tug boat led her
~ tow. however. when the gun-b0at
came up and will claim salvage on her
cargo.
The relations between General Will
liam Malone and Congressman Bowden
are said to be very much strained just
now. on account of both having candi-
dates in the field for the collectorship
Of this port. Malone Is using every
POSSIBLE effort to have a. b. Carney. Of
Norfolk county, appointed to the place,
while BOwden IL u-iDg all Of his in
tluence for Mayor X. g. Banks. of Nor
folk. The term Of Captain w. Il. Mayo,
the Democratic incumbent. has expired,
and on account Of the war going on be-
tween Malone and his first lieutenant,
he is allowed 10 remain in office.
The Norfolk aud Carolina Railroad
will commence running trains on
schedule time over their read the first
Of next week. The work OF laying the
track VIII be completed to morrow and
the rolling stock has already been re
cFived. The company has spent oyeI
S2O0 600 on wbafves and warehouse
property at It's Norfolk terminus. anC
has some of the finest water front in tb'
bar Dor. The rolling stock is entirely
new ard the locomotives are of the mos
powerful horse power. The passenger
coaches were built by the Pullman Com
psny and are very lu1urant.
Work commenced on the Chesapeake
. Cotton Mil. which, when completed
!, will st 100000, and give employ
meut to two hundred hands. The mil
hss been leased by Foster Black, OF New
/ York. for n term Of ten years. and viii
be- run ~ connection with his factories
ia New England.
VI ior General James X. Carn2han. o
the Uniformed Rank. Knights of Pp
, HAS, is in the city. the guest Of Stat
I ) natOr ID. j. Turner. Jr.