Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Items 0rIntcrest on Various Subjects
from Different Parts of The Stnte.


attending to suits for the state.
Richmond's city council appropria
ted 81, 800 to defray expenses OF Lee
monument unwilling.
Mr.. A. NJ. Nelson, who had the mis-
fortune to have a finger shot off this
week, is improving rapidly.
The Bristol Iron and Steel company
is preparing to break ground for theii
iron and steel furnace and rolling mill
John E. Sanger, formerly of Bridge
water, has been appointed postmaster
at the new postoflice established at
Basic City, near Waynesborc.
Major j. Marshall McCue, promi
nent citizen of Augusta county, and
an ex member of the Legislature, is
dead.
The house committee on elections
at Washington will on next Friday
vote upon the Wnddill-Wise contest
case from Richmond.
Charles C. Sheppard. a young man
of North Dlnville, while on a spree
Monday, took dose OF rat poison,
from which he died.
A brutal murder took place in
Petersburg on Tuesday. Thomas
Jones, veteran of the Mexican war,
beat his aged wife to death in fit of
drunken frenzy. He'll in Jail.
The house committee for public
buildings and grounds has reported
favorably, among others, bills appro"
priating $500, 900 for public building
at Norfolk.
A company has been Incorporated
under the laws of Virginia, to build
railroads in South America. and es-
tablish steamer lines to connect the
same with United States ports.
Vessels coming to Norfolk from the
Roanoke Island section say the coast
is literally covered with bluelsh. One
siene fishery on Thursday caught six
hundred and odd shad and 80, 600 her
rings Mt one haul.
There is absolutely no foundation
for the rumor, which originated in n
Virginia paper, to the effect that the
vestibuled train known as the Fast
Flying Virginian," which the Chesa-
peake and Ohio runs over the Vir-
ginia Midland between Charlottesville
and Washington, was to be transfer
red TO the Valley Branch Of the Balti-
more and Ohio road.
RICHMOND, March o. The legis-
lature is practically at an end, and
the two houses are only waiting for
the governor to pass upon all the
measures adopted requiring his sigma
ture before formally adjourning Most
of the members have already left the
CITY for their homes. The establish
inc of the debt commission has at
tracted considerable attention in
financial and political circles. Sena-
tor Berry, of Amherst, the chairman
of the finance committee of the Sen
are, and as such a member Of the com
mission, when asked, said today.
NO, | do not think there will be
any meeting of the commission until
some intilnntion has been given that
the bondhoders, or those who may
desire to treat with them, have some
proposal to submit Mr.. Berry eX-
pressed the desire, as well as the hope,
that the appointment of the COM
mission may result in some good to
the state. Another member of the
commission said: II understand that
certain New York tinanciers are anx-
ious to have finger in the pie in
bringing about negotiations with the
creditors. | believe these gentlemen
have been corresponding with persons
here with this object in view" The
resolution under which the commits
sion was raised requires that de
post of one million dollars shall be
made by the parties submitting a
scheme for n settlement OF the debt.