The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
SOUTHW EST VIRGINIA NOTES.

F.. DlrS. Sall1e llopk us, wife of cXCOn-
gresham Samuel j. Hopkins, died in
LYnchburg Friday.
Mr.. julius A. Pitcher, OF Fauouier,
declines t. be candidate for reelection
to the legislature.
The Little Falls farm in Stafford
has been sold to Col. Jacob Sollade, OF
Williamsport, Pa, for Sll,5OO.
Tho Norfolk and Western road has
ordered twenty more new locomotives
to accommodate its rapidly growing
business.
The elegant Masonic Temple which
was commenced in Richmond nearly
three years ago is nearing completion.
1t will be tho most imposing struct re
on Broad street, except the new city
hall. When finished all the blue lodges
will meet in the temple. St. Adams
Hall. where their sessions arc now held,
has been sold to the Scottish Rite Ma.
sons.
Eli Carter, colored, was arrested IN
Washington yesterday evening and
taken to Fredericksburg last night,
between that city and Comorn in April
last james l.. Payne was tho mail
contractor, but Carter carried it for
him. Carter stoutly denies the charge.
He will be given hearing before Com
missioner Roach on Monday
The internal revenue collections at
Lynchburg last week amounted to S21,-
0U6. GO.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has
paid the govern IT of West Virginia S27,-
32S, being the amount of direct tax col
lected from individuals in Jefferson and
berkeley counties. The refund of the
ba 'ance Of the direct tax collected from
west NlrG MIA, the part paid not by in
viduals but by State Government, will
be suspended pending a judicial deter
mination OF the question as to the right
OF the government to withhold this
money as an offset OF claims against the
State on account of obligations incurred
before the States separation from Vir-
GINA. The amount in dispute is about
$325.CJ0.
Senator Barbour has gone to the Green
bier White Sulphur Springs, and VIII
remain there about ten days.
John c. Hancock, superintendent of
the bedford City water works. died very
suddenly of heart failure Wed nesday.
Fire destroyed the barn and buildings
OF Mrs. Seth Thompson, in Amherst
county, Thursday night. Loss SO, 900.
The Democrats of the district COM
POSED of Page and Shenandoah countic I
have nominated M. L. Walton. of Wood
stock, fer tie State Senate. In Shenan-
doah county the same party nominated
X. W. Magruder for The House of Dele
gates.
The completion and unwilling of the
jackson statue has excited inter, st in
the cree lion of suitat'e monuments TO
Diners v,h0
would delight to honor. One of them is
Gen. Francis III. Smith, tie father and
for half a century the superintendent of
the Virginia Miiit: ~ Institute. teveral
communications have been received Nv
Ten Scott Shipp,. expressing desire to
contribute to such an object. One party
volunteers TO give $780, ano her, 500.
a movement will soon be put on .oot
that will give TO all who desire to con-
tribu' , to this worthy cause an uppor-
tunity to do SO. Another monumc
for which contributions to the extent of
$1,000 have been pledged, is a suita BILE
memorial of the gallant cadet boys who
fell at the battle Of New Market, in
1861. 1t is evident that only reason
able effort will be required to secu' all
inc money now needed for this purpose,
and such an effort will be put forth.
The shipments Of pig iron from the
Buena vista furnaces are in the neigh
borhood Of 700 tons per week.
1t is stated that Chamberlain's Hotel
now bu 'lding at Old Point Comfort is to
be supplied with an electric light plant
The through FREE hit business over the
Clinch Valley division of the Norfolk
| and Western is said to be increasing
daily.
The Royal Water Company has Sc.
cured the right to supply Front ROYAL
with water. ii. L. COX, OF Baltimore,
nj l., is president.
On Saturday the charter of the Lex
lngt' IN Quarry Company was entered of
record in the circuit court clerks office
of Rockbridgc. The objects of the
company are to quarry. and sell limo
stone in the various forms of it's use,
such as fuxine and building stone ard
to manufacture and sell lime. The
company is authorized to build branch
railroad to IT'S works. Its maximum
capital stock is $4,000. Its officers are
q. d. H. Ross, president; J. McD. Adair,
secretary and treasurer; j. ID. II. Ross,
t. S. White and w. w. Sale, of Lex
ington, and e. Dillon and j. C. Paxton,
OF Botetourt, directors. The object of
tho organization of this company is to
develop tho valuable limestone qu.lrrics
on the property of the Lexington De-
velopment Company and the West Lex
ington Company.
If the sale of seats continues on at
the rate they have been there will not
be vacant seat in the Opera House to-
night, when the Annandale & Hamilton
Opeta Company will appear in The
T. ohemian Girl
School shoes, los Commerce street,
Wonders IL Co