The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-04
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

Lynchburg now has two lines of
electric railway in successful operation,
and a third chartered and in contempla-
ton.
A damaging hail storm passed over
sections of King George county late last
Saturday evening. All growing crops
in its tracks were terribly mutilated.
The damage is almost inestimable.
According to census bulletin issued
on tho 10Th, there are 800 prisoners in
the county jails of Virginia, of whom
292 arc negroes. Massachusetts, has 954,
of whom only 70 are negroes. In 1880.
Juno /, 81 county jails were without q
prisoner.
The newly elected board Of super
visors Of Accomac, have. held their frs
meeting and organized by electirg
Spencer f. Rogers chairman. Mr.. WI
liam NJ. Fletcher, of jenkins l}ride G,
WAS the only member Of the old board
VINO was reelected. They are all Demo,
crAtS-fcr the first time in many years.
II coroncr's inquest in regard TO the
killing a few days ago of three men by
collision on the Atlantic and Danville
railroad near Boydton, in the report at
zach no blame to the trainmen or engi-
ne,r. Gilbert Smith of this county,
who was reported as badly lacerated has
since had his leg amputed. The others
wounded are doing we'll.
Mr.. Craig, United States attorney for
the western district of Virginia, is in
Was hington. He says that ex.Secre-
tary Golf. of West Virginia, is the only
thing that stands between Judge Paul.
of Virginia, and the new associate Judge
ship OF the United States court for the
Virginia circuit, and that if Gotf doesn't
want the place, as is reported, it will
certainly be given to Paul.
f. R. Wodson, Z lawyer, of Appomat-
tox county, died Monday.
Newport News has already begun to
rebuild her houses which the fire de-
stroyed
Silas NcwLousc, aged 10 years, was
drowned near Charleston, w. Va, Mon
day while bathing in Elk river.
The Christiansburg grand jury found
about seventy-6ve indictments. nine
tenths of which were for violations of
the local option law at Radford.
1t is said that Governor Hill has &C.
cepted the invitation of Mr.. Jefferson
NJ. Levy to spend two weeks at Month
cello, near Charlottesville, next oath.
Peter Reed, the colored man who was
accidentally shot at Bothwcll's station
Moday, died in Richmond Tuesday.
Green, the man who did the shooting,
gave himself up.
On Thursday, August 6. at p. IN the
corner stone of the Lutheran Church to
be erected at Meadow View will be laid
with Masonic ceremonies by the Abing-
don and Glade Spring lodges. promi-
nent speakers will deliver addresses
upon that occasion.
recent summing up of the value of
buildings erected in buchanan during
the past year gave the following results:
Value Of new buildings erected in
Buchanan proper, from James river
bridge to town limits, $40, 900; value OF
new buildings in North buchanan,
ST. 500; value of new buildings in new
town, including Berkeley Arms, several
Office buildings and factory structures,
Sl69. 000; grand total OF new buildings
erected in $4,000 in buchanan approx
imatcly, 100000. This is exclusive OF
the dwelling houses TO be er, c,td by the
Virginia Real Estate Investment Com
pany.
The Caroline furnace OF the Bucna
Vista Iron Company is regularly turning
out about one hundred tons of iron every
twenty-four hours The shipments Of
pig iron lot inc week cnulnRg July Il,
were eighteen carloads, and for the
week ending July 49, were twenty nino
cars, averaging over twenty tons to the
ear.
The receipts Of the Buena Vista post
Office having increased to tho required
amount, the Office has been raised from
fourth class rating TO Presidential
class, and the President has appointed
r. II. Gilbert, the old postmaster, to the
position.
Elkton has been advanced to the dig
nifty OF money order pos totiice.
telegram from Clifton Forge says:
Last night another person was caught
by White Caps at a very latc hour and
was badly used up by that band. This
YVES young man, who, some time ago,
was in the employ of the railroad com
pany, but who of late has been doing no
work at all, but has on several different
occasions been guilty of violating the
laws Of the town. He was given ter
rible logging. This makes the fifth
person handled in this way by the
White Caps within the last two weeks"
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