The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-01
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

The survey for the co injection of the
Norfolk Ind Western with tho Virginia
Midland railroad at Front Royal has
been completed, and the building of the
necessary mile Of that road will soon be
| commenced and speedily finished. The
impression is that the Norfolk and
Western will make it's connection with
Washington by the Virginia Midland
via Alexandria.
AT a large meeting Of farmers OF Sus-
sex and Surry counties held at Waverly,
Saturday, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted: THAT tho legis-
lature of Virginia, to convene in Rich
mond next winter, is urged to make an
| appropriation of not less than $4,000
for the purpose of having the resources
OF our State property exhibited at the
Worlds Fair at Chicago"
w. d. Haygood, postmaster at Eyer
ton, Brunswick county, has been on trial
in the county court at Brunswick for
several days, charged with breaking
into and rotbing freight cars of the At
lantic and Danville Railroad Company
The jury on Saturday returned yer.
at three years in the penitentiary.
Rev. D. n. Stafford, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, Alexan-
ern New England Conference and as
signed to charge at Dennis, Mass, and
Kew. w. Ii. McAlllster, Of that place,
has been transferred to the Virginia
Conference and appointed pastor of
Trinity Church.
Riley Greenleaf, a we'll to- do farmer
of Roane county. w. Va, committed
suicide Sunday by hanging himself with
rope to tree. No cause for the act
was assigned, but he has been subjected
to temporary spells of insanity for some
time, and it is supposed that while un-
der one of these he committed the rash
act.
The heirs of General Crocker, late
warden of the Jail of the District of
Columbia, through their attorney, Jas.
Il. Clements, have sold twenty seven
acres of land near Chain Bridge, on the
Virginia side, in the county, to Samuel
Bealmcar, of Baltimore, for 81 900 cash.
GranvilleJ. Minter, ono of the most
prominent citizens Of Henry county, fell
down precipice Saturday and sustained
fatal injuries. Samuel Fontainc, of the
same county, died of cholera morbus,
caused by eating cucumbers.
The Junior Order of United American
Mechanics will celebrate the Fourth OF
ouAy az l'uCHth lotd, d., III IL UCcOullnH
manner. Hon. Greenlce d. Letcher will
be the orator and Ex-Governor Fitzhugh
Lee will indulge in short talk.
The Allegheny Mining and Develop
ment Company, of Clifton Forge, has
authorized its executive committee to
| close contract for the erection OF 4 roll
ing mill and nail mill in Clifton Forge.
Hon. jeremiah Rusk, Secretary OF
| Agriculture, Thomas Whitehead, of
Richmond. and Hon. Jerry Simpson, OF
Kansas, have been invited to deliver
addresses on the first day Of the Shen-
andcah Valley fair at Winchester
Rodney Davis, well-known citizen
of Lincoln. Loudoun county, died last
week, aged 81 years.
Among the number of applicants who
succeeded in passing tho recent exami-
nations at Annapolis, and who have been
admitted to the Naval Academy as
cadets, were n. NJ. Martin. fourth Vir.
ginia district, and j. NJ. Love, eighth
Virginia district.
Mr.. George Vanderbilt's land pur.
chases in the vicinity of Asheville, n.
c., so far aggregate 5000 acres, for
which he has paid 100000.
The directors of the Louisville and
Nashville road have decided to increase
the capital stock from S46, OF Q, 600 to $50,
100000