Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Items From Different Parts OF the
State,

hEOm Oh th
State.
Many farmers from Pennsylvania
and Michigan are purchasing lant
and settling in Spottsylvania county
Preparations have already com
lnenced for the unwilling Of the Lei
statue in Richmond i'll May next.
DIR. J. w. Bowen, of Faber's Mills
Nelson county, was choked to deatf
yesterday while eating piece of beef
The legislature yesterday elected
Gilmore s. Kendall county judge o.
Northamp on to fill the vacanc.
caused by the death of Judge Neale.
The New York World says Genera
Adam Kings leading rival for the
consul generalship at Paris, is Gene
raj Malone Of Virginia.
1t is reported that prominent
lawyer of Wytheviue made $4,000 il
one day last week, by several real
estate deals in Pulaski City.
Montgomery county men are wild
over the prospects of Radford, which
present outlOoks seem to indicate
will be IL big manufacturing city in a
few years
lanes L. McGlone has been appointed
IA stenographer ar 5000 per annum IL
the geological survey office in the In
terror Department.
The senate committee on towns and
cities of the Legislature has agreed t.
recommend the passage Of a bill e1
tending the corporate limits of Norfolk
city by taking in Atlantic City.
The bill creating board of excise
commissioners to regulate the grant
ing of liquor licenses has passed the
House of Delegates by large major.
ty 1t is designed TO prevent the
payment of licenses in coupons.
With the extension of the railroad
to the Ohio, we learn that several OF
the coal companies contemplate en-
larging their coke oven plants and
making preparations to take advant-
age of the Western trade thus opened
to them Mcdowell Progress.
Captain Edmund Hill. OF Amherst
county, was shot twice in the head
on Monday and probably fatal,
wounded. at Lowry's Station. by NJ
l. Hogan, q respectable farmer, OF
Bedford county. The cause OF the
tragedy is not known.
! he contract for the erection in
Bristol, Va, OF three iron furnaces.
each with a hundred tons capacity,
has been awarded to Pittsburg firm
The cost of the furnaces will aggre-
gate about S1,0O0.0U0 Work on them
i, TO begin before The first of March.
a colored woman named Georgiana
Feed, now in the city, is prophecyinR
rhe coming of the Dark Day. b-
rokening the end of the world, for al
least all of those who have not the
blood of Christ sprinkled over the
door posts of their hearts" She IL
creating some excitement.-Norfolh
L.dger.
II appears to be settled fact that
Salem is to have q wooden mill and
cIolhing factory which will give EN-
plOyment to at least 200 women and
children. This will be great add
ton TO the industries of Salem and
will give that city a considerable ad
vantage over Roanoke in furnishing
employment to a part of the pcpula-
tlon to whom it will be great help.
At Lynchburg Tuesday, the Bon
sack Cigarette Machine company de-
clined proposition OF $4,000 600 offer
ed by New York and English syndi-
cate for the purchase Of the property.
l'he president read three years
contract, which had just been signed
with the American Tobacco company,
10 furnish them with 100 machines.
from which the Bonsack company Is
ro receive An annual revenue OF
$3.50. 900
y Richllond correspondent says:
the people do not see Governor Nc
Kinney nearly as often as they did his
predecessor. Every evening Governor
Lee either rode behind his fine grays
Or walked through the streets. Gov
ernor Mckinney remains very closely
at home He is seldom seen unless it
be passing from his mansion to the
capitol The governor attends ser.
vices at DR.. Hoge's church"
The nomination of Mr. Brady for
Internal Revenue Collector for the
Richmond district, is still held up in
the room of the finance committee OF
the Senate by Senator Sherman, at
the instance Of his particular friend,
General Malone Mr. Brady and his
witnesses have been TO Washington
several times to answer any charges
that may have been brought against
him by General Malone. but the COM
mittee, in respect to Mr.. Sherman's
wishes, will not take up the case.
In the senate Mr. Lovenstein intro
duced bill to incorporate the Lynch
burg and Southwest Virginia Develop
ment company. The incorporators
are Hon. John W. Daniel, Major j.
D. Patton, Messrs Charles E. Belvin.
A Monteiro, Leroy f. Brown, n. 7.
Pate. of Richmond; Hon. E L. Rob-
erts. Smyth county; Hon. E. S. Ken
drlck, Bristol; Messrs. w G. Craig,
Augusta county; j F. Slaughter, j
H. Bartlett, T. D. Evans, A. s. Bar.
ker. G.. x. Norman, W. 81. Wren, OF
Lynchburg The capital stock not
less than 100000 or more than
$1,000 900. The company to have the
right to engage in agricultural, min
ing. commercial, trading, manufac-
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