The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-20
Correspondents Of the Times.r

fco,respondencc Of the 1imeg.r
JrIy 18th. The case Of j. a. Patter-
con .Jr.. of Waynesboro. continues to
he the engrossing topic with our people.
Vo man stood higher than }. \. Patter-
son Jr. for integrity. business capacity.
- deedg. and kind disposition. He
as an elder in the Presbyterian
church at WaynesbOrO. superintendent
~ tho Sunday school, and abundant IN
cl.r,,;es If il almost certain he would
have been the nominee OF the Demo
cratic party for state senator
this fail. In the prime oil
life. full of h0nOrs, surrounded
hv wealth. and respected by his fellow
citizens. IL is hard to understand how
he has fallen 80 suddenly. As was
.ny0ested in my dispatch. family iro1-
bles. growing out of suspected intimacy
.'ith a female Of the town and threat
eued exposufe. led 10 the flight from
home. family and friends. Not a harsh
,rorJ has been heard against Dir. Pat
,oreon and such is bis hold upon the
affections Of his home people that 1t IS
regarded by MA friends rs the wlsesl
thing lac can do to retul at once. lie -
known 10 be IN Washington Territory,
and his friends will commence to write
10 him 1T once
Youne Zirklc. who was drowned IN
the Fair Grounds lake laslc Yesterday
afternoon. was buried to-day from the
Lutheran Church, of which he was an
exemplary member. and teacher IN
the Sunday school.
Mr.. Kingsbury. of the Shenandoah
Hedge Fence Company. Of Winchester
Va. il now located in our city organZ-
ing "A county company, for Augusta
county. lie has already organized a
company for Rockingham county, and
Yesterday Your correspondent, IN com
many with number of gentlemen. Wis
tied several farmersnear llarrisonburg'
ON "A tour Of inspection. The hedge
fence is not only a perfect pf0tectioh
and # rapid growth. but is exceedingly
ornamental, and adds greatly to the at
traction Of a farm.
Fuller and later returns from tho
election Of delegates from Tins county
to the State Convention shows our dis
tric, for Colonel G.. r. Ofcrral. We
saw judge Harris i'm Harrisonburg yes
terdav. lie is confident as To his candi-
dacv and III he is great worker, a
sort of hustler i'm politics. he may
get there when least expected. 30
look out for Harris.
The ant-Mahonites are quiet under
the reports that come from the National
Capital as to the little General 5 sue
ce5ses. They are biding their time, aud
IL is hardly possible that they can SUB
NIT 10 things as they are at present out
lined. A more determined opposition
viii result. or there will be- such mac
Itivity i'm the approaching campaign az
will mark a new phase in Virginia poll
tics.
It's reported that Diyiiia, an iron
property near Wayncsboro, mas been
/ sold. II is fine property, the ore being
OF "a very high grade
The Mount Terry property south oil
! Wavnesboro and near tbs line OF tht
/ Shenandoah Railroad, IS beng de
yeloped for manganese, with th'
promise of abundant success.
The managers of our District Fam are
actively at work with a view TO having
"A large md attractive display tins RAJ
The counties directly connected viii
this organization, are Bath. highland
Augusta, Allegheny and Rockingham
David J.. Bailey ESD, of Abingdon
Va. who has lately been appointed As
sistaut United States District ATTORNEY
for the Western District 81 \irsinin
has been IN town to-day. comforting
with his chief. W. T.. Craig, Esq. Mr.
Bailey was appointed To MI the Naoah, ,
created by the decIinatlon Of Dir. y
lioeImdns. IA