The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-07
VIRGINIA NOTES.

ohao 0eHerai Lee ana Miles Martin had
succeeded in their visit to Boston in the
interest OF the Rookbridge Company,
having placed half million dollars of
the stock on advantage GUS terms. This
VIII make ample amend for the failure
OF the English syndicate to consummate
their contract. With this big lift Glas-
gov ought to move right ahead in its
Dig schemes when the weather opens.
The Masonic fraternity will probably
build temple at Marion during the
present year if q suitable site can be
secured.
West Glasgow is on boom, and sew
eral large business houses are in course
of erection.
The firm Of Suter & Dold, dealers in
agricultural implements and farmers
hardware, at Harrisonburg, made an as
s1gnment Tuesday morning for the bene-
fit Of creditors. Messrs. Granville East
ham, Ed. S. Conrad and o. Is. Roller
are named as trustees. The liabilities
OF the firm are estimated at about
$4,000, with assets In the neighborhood
OF $500.
terrific wind storm, which assumed
the force and violence Of tornado, pas
sed over large portion of Mecklenburg
county last Saturday evening, and was
accompanied by heavy fall of hail of
unusual size. Immense trees were torn
up by the roots and their branches
twisted into all kinds of shapes. Or
chards in many localities were COM
plctely ruined. Barns and outbuild-
lngs were blown down and the timbers
carried great distance by tho wind.
Dwelling house rocked as if they would
fall.
The Virginia court of appeals says
That when man buys piece of prop
erty and gives a deed Of trust the same
day, his wife is not entitled to dover
in it.
a valuable horse was stolen from the
Stable of the late Andrew j. Hutfard at
Wytheville, Monday night. The heavy
slect of that night obliterated all traces
as to tho direction taken by the thief.
There have been no less than half
dozen horses stolen in Wythe county
the past six months, and not one arrest
The Baryta mines at Gardeners, Rus
sell county, arc now being very success
fully worked, and several carloads have
already been shipped. The mines prom
Use to yield most abundantly.
The Norfolk and Western is having
some very substantial improvements
made on the high bridge across Reed
Creek, west Of Wythoville.
The Richmond and Danville Company
will build a handsome new depot at
Strasburg on lot donated by the town.
Preston Hickman, o farmer living
near Maurertown, Shenandoah county,
committed suicide by hanging last
Saturday week. He had been very
melancholy for some time previous from
the effects of dyspepia, and believed he
was losing his mind. After very rest
less night and light breakfast, he dis
appeared from the house, and in couple
OF hours his wife found his body hang
ing in the barn. He was but thirty
years old. and left wife and three
children.
The double tracking of railroads in
the South appears to have commenced
in earnest. In addition to the roads al
ready announced as receiving their
second track, the statement is now
made that the East Tennessee road,
from Chattanooga to Knoxville, will be
double-trached, the work to commence
the coming summer. Tho work will in
volve large expenditure of money and
will give employment to thousands of
persons.
The Shendun News publishes list of
the churches in the Lexington Presby-
terry, with the dates of their organize
ton. Those in Augusta county rank in
ago as follows: Augusta Church, at Fort
Defiance, organized in 1910; Thinking
Spring, near Fishersville; 1910; Bethel,
near Greenville, 177s; Hebron, near
Swoopes, ITS; Loeb Willow, at Church
vile, 1866; Mt. Horch, near Mt. Meri-
dian, 1857; Rocky Spring near Deer
field, TAG; Shemariah, at Summerdean.
1884; Union, at Stover's Shop, 1917;
Waynesboro, 1916; First Church, Staun-
ton, 1904; Second Church, Staunton,
1875. In Rockbridge, among the oldest
are: New Providence, Brownsburg, 1746;
Timber Ridge, 174G; Mt Carmel, near
Steele'S Tavern, 1887.
Movements are on foot to improve
and develop the great Douthatt survey,
which touches the properties Of tho Cliff
ton Forge Company, the Chesapeake
and Ohio Development Company and
the Covington Improvement Company
English capitalists, as we understand,
are behind it, and an English expert
engineer has been, or soon will be, on
the property to examine locations for
furnaces and railroad tracts. This tract
contains about 90, 900 acres, and is rich
in iron ore and timber. Engineers
are on the ground laying out the
bed for sidetrack from the main
stem of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway to connect with the industrial
plants on the grounds of the Clifton
Forge Company. The bridge crossing
Smiths creek at Church street on this
company's property is nearly finished.
and the one higher up the stream is
already in use.
The Commercials Report.
The report of the Commercial National