Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-08-29
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Number of convicts in the penitcn
tial.y, 600.
Ncwson's district in Southampton
county, went dry Saturday By TWEEN
ty-four majority.
The amount collected up to date
for the Soldiers and Sailors Monu-
mcnt to be erected in Richmond is
S4,344.s5.
The Lynchblrg Advance announces
the death in that city of John Smith
son. aged H3, from the incessant use
of cigarettes.
Alfred Phillips Levy. aged rs years,
nephew of Hon. J. P Benjamin, Sec
rotary of War of the Confederate
States, died in Richmond, Saturday.
1t issaid that Il cutlery concern,
employing $40 hands, will locate ut
Newport News if IL site c:.n be Sc
cured ana satisfactory arrangements
MADE.
October 9Th. 9th and Tth are Nir-
ginin State days at Southern Expo
sition 10 he held at Raleigh, n. G.,
during October and November. Hon.
Holm F. Massey is che of the an
nounced speakers.
Four large manufacturing con-
Germs. owning what is an immense
steel plant, employing more than II
thousand hands, will locate at New
pert News if free sites, etc, can be
gotten The several land companies
there have decided to offer them not
only land but money as well.
Mr.. 4. Brock. secretary of the
Virginia Historical Society, to whom
was referred letter written to Gen
eral Lee, inQuiring about the estate
in Virginia of one John Stout, a pi-
rate supposed to have existed about
ninety years ago, says he can tlndno
record OF any such piriltical pcrson.
The local option election at Staun-
ion, Saturday, resulted in victory for
the advocates of license byamaiority
of ninety.two out of a total vote of
1850. The vote WAS the largest ever
east in Staunton. with the exception
of the Mahone-MlcK:nney campaign,
when 1910 votes were polled. The
majority for license four years ago
was ninety-sevcn.
As far as it could be done. the
Richmond Dispatch has interviewed
members of the Alliance State Con-
vpntion regarding allegations of con-
sr:irary. TO defeat tho reelection OF
Senator Daniel. and they denied there
was Il scintilla of truth in them.
Scn.e If them approached were quite
indignant that amy such report should
have leen set af!Oat.
The Democrats of Clarke and War
ron counties Lave nominated w. I.
Kcrfoot. u Farmers Alliance man.
for the House of Delegates. The
nominating convention passed reso-
luticns indorsin~ the free coinage of
silver Tie interstate railroad law end
graded income tax. and instructing
tic nominee of the convention to vote
for Senator John w. Daniel for re-
election.
Poor's Manual of Railroads states
that in Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgit
ard Florida, the growth of mileace
w"s larger than in any other group
Of States, cs it was also in 1889 and
1883. Virginia had ,4SGmiles of road
in 1870. In 1890 she had 3.367. The
progress of the group of States of
which she is Il member is shown i'll
! the fact that its mileage has grown
from {, 4S1 in 1870 to 1865 i'll 1890.
At q meeting of the oysterrnen of
Gloucester county last Saturday
night, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
sThat the present law should be
amended so as to procure an accu-
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ing grounds in the waters OF Com
Monwealth, and that the boundaries
between the natural rocks and the
planting ground should be defined by
proper metcs and bounds"
1t seems that Abingdon is to be-
come famous for its sensational court
proceedings. Nothing like the J. A.
P. Baker trial has ever been heard in
Virginia, and now we are confronted
with the case of the Commonwealth
against f. T. Branch, q man twenty
four years old. for the betrayal of
Miss Mamie White under promise of
marriage. The unfortunate girl is
now sixteen years old, and her story
is that e. Branch was her lover for
more than year, and that they were
engaged to be married.
SOUTH PosToN. VA, August "a
To-day was August court-day ard
the chief interest was the action of
Halifax County Alliance. Contrary
to expectation and despite the strong
efforts of it's more conservative and
wiser members, the Alliance of Hall
fax has split off from the Democratic
party by nominating a straight ticket
of it's own for the House of Delegates.
The nominees are ]. V. Carlton. Pres
ident of the Alliance and T. B. Clarke.
a committee was appointed to con-
fer with the Democratic Executive
Committee CT the county and invite
the cordial support of the Democrats.
What the Democratic Committee will
do remains to he seen. The situation
is one of great regret to calm and I'M
preiudiced citizens. Many Demo
Gratis declare they VIII not support
the Alliance nominees, and even some
prominent Alliance mon say they will
under 10 circumstances desert the
Democratic party.
R1oHMoNr, VA, Aug. a5.-Mr. VIII
liam J.. Royal, who for many years
has been counsel here for the foreign
holders of Virginia bonds, returned
this evening from an extended tour
abroad. Being asked if there was
anything new ia the debt-settlement
negotiations, he said: II know moth
ing of interest concerning that MAJ
ter that am in a position to divulge.
The English public generally is very
little inclined toward American in
vestments. The disastrous results
that have come from North American
investments have produced avery bad
impression in London concerning all