The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-24

THE Prince George correspondent OF /
the TINES writes that on the night Oh |
August 1flh Jonas Williams. colored |
vonth about eighteen years old. who
ieff home some time ago. returned TO
his fathers place. stole an OK. carried
IL IN Petersburg. and sold IL for five
dollars. The next morning he took the
ho9t for Norfolk. where he was arrest
ed. Wednesday night Messrs. ". T..
and G.. j. B0isselu brought him from
Norfolk Jail TO Prince George Court
house. Ktl2 O'Clock Thursday he was
tried by Justice r. b. Bate. convicted
Of petit larceny, and sentenced TO JAM
for SIX months.
Wgur Mr.. George Reeker. who lives
near Frauconia. Fairfax county. was
living Inn bed Wednesday morning, his
attention was attracted by something
ne saw crawling over the laths an the
ceiling through hole made by tbQ fall
inc of the rlaslering. On Investigation
he discovered the intrudert0 be a black
snake which in some way had effected
an entrance 10 the house. Mr.. Rocker
rromptlv killed the snake, which be
found 10 BE- fully four feet long.
THE Harrisonburg Republican says
that ON last Sunday night. at Glover
HIN Church. TWO youths. each aged
about seventeen years. Charles. son Of
George H. Wine. and John Reese. had
a alfercafion which resulted in the
riou- stabbing Of young Wine by
v.unr Reese. The affair grew out of a
triv9l occurrence. During church ser
vice Young Wine was struck several
Times with peach seeds. for which ne
blamed Reese. which Reese denied
After the services they came 70 slight
b. WIS and fhes'abbing
Vaieg I-huiain. On the 2Oih instant
contract was signed. sealed. and dc
lirerei b, r. Y. Pool. president of the
Sauntou ard West Augusta Railroad
and Heating Bros * Co.. Of Pennsyl j.
vania. for the construction of twenty
five miles Of railroad from 5 aunton TO
North Mountain. work 20 be COM
monced within thirty days and com
Melted within one year. The purpose
eff the enterprise is 90 develop the iron,
coal. and timber of the North Noun
tain range. aud accommodate the
traffic of Highland. Pocahontas. Pen
aieion. and the region adjacent with
transportation 20 market.
AceoADlNG TO the South Boston Re.
cord "a shocking accident occurred near
. Concord. Halifax county. one day last
week. in which Mr. Lee Thompson met
am untimely death. The particulars
are about a- follows:
n I4aI d
work when Mr.. Calvin Clay called and
insisted on g0ing turkey hunting. lie
+ told Clay that he was too busy, hut u
he CLAW would assist him on their re.
turn Doe would go. This being satisfae-
tory. they went Oft together. They had
only been away short time when Clay
returned and reported that Thompson
F lad shot himself. Several parties went
to The scene and found him lying dead
with bullet hole in his head.
THr Oldest and most faithful tolI-gate
F keeper m Rockingham county. Mrs Mary
F mclaughlin. died at her home on FRI
day. aged seventy two years. For for
/ o. eight years She was t1ll-gate Keeper
of the Warm Springs turnpike and
was always at her post.
THE Clinch Valley railroad is finished
to the Observation-Disclosures miles
west Of Tazewell Courthouse-and pas
seuger and freight traffic will open on
F it I'm about one month 10 the Richlands.
which Will give forty-two miles ia ope-
ration In one year from this time the
road will be completed 20 connection
with the Louisville and Nashville sys-
tenn. and then it will be the great
through route OF the Norfolk and West
ern railroad.
JUDGE NORTON, Of Alexandria. has
granted charter 10 the Blue Ridge
/ Park Association. The object of the as-
sociation is 90 acquire and own a tract
+ of 5000 acres of land in Madison county
f known as stony Man and to i'm
prove and develop the same.
MAJOR NOLASD has sold his High
Acre farm of about 400 acres. near
+ Midleblrg. Loudoun county. To Mr.
Royal, of Pennsylvania, for S2j per
+ acre