Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-09-05
VIRGINIA NGH y.


VIRGINIA. NEii y.
The ladies Of Lynchbursarc organ
i2ing society for the prevention Of
cruelty to animals.
a meeting of Che State Democratic
Committee will be held in Richmond,
I on Wednesday, September 9th.
David Bibb, an old citizen of Caro-
line county, died of lockiaw last
week, caused by u cut on his finge~.
The annual meeting of the Virginia
| Pharmaceutical Association will be
held at Roanoke Tuesday, SepteIn-
Der 9Th.
The growing crops have been dam
aged and greatly retarded through
ont the State by excessive rains dur
ing the past week.
The cotton rereiptSat Norfolk, Ga..
for the wear ending Monday a@gre
Gated Gts.0tl bales. an Increase of
243,9 bales compared with list year.
The alliance men of Smythe and
! Bland lave nominated " NJ Ed
NTar;'s for the House nf DELEGATES Iii
/ Maiison county j. G. Uiz Is, the Dem
! ocratic uGEliuee for the House.
! Tho work on the A. j. Hill m"nn-
Iment in Richmond is proceeding very
tfavoral'v It is hoped in have il
ro,nplnt,,d and ready to II" unveiled
about the latter part of October.
A man named Atwell fell from he
thigh railroad bridge across Reed
creek. near Wythcvillc. Satn~dav,and
WAS instantly killed. He was on his
way to town to get his marriage Ii
cense.
Henrietta Murrctt and Catherine
Jackson, both colored who were to
| have been hung in Charlotte county
/ Friday of last week, for mnrlerwrre
reprieved for thirty days by Governor
mckinney.
| Chairman J. II. Ellvson. of the
Democratic State Committee, is send
! ing out a circular letter to the chair
men of the County Committees of the
party, requesting information about
the condition of the party or%aniza
ton. and on other similar matters.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, who has
been in Iokoholna, Japan, writes
home that she met just outside of
that city Harold nularcy, n Young
| Nir@inian. who has become Budd-
hist priest, lives ut the temple, wears
q Japanese garb. and had his head
shaved and was barefooted.
4 plan to take Jack Wren, colorcd.
who shot Conductor Galloway, from
iail ut Wythcville. Friday night and
lvnch him. was frustrated by Gen.
james A. Walker, who, learning of
The intended lynchiDg, summoned n
posse of men and guarded the Jail
until the militia could be summoned.
The Democrats of Franklin county
have nominated B. n. Hatcher and
f. w. Saunders. for the House OF
Delegates. Resolutions were adopt
ed indorSing Hon. John w. Daniel.
demanding free and unlimited coin
age of silver. and arraigning the cX
travagant and wasteful legislation of
the Republican party, Sc.
In the local option election in Au-
rnsta county. Saturday, Beverly
Manor, Middle River and River Head
districts voted dry, North River voted
wet. Beverly Manor is the district
immediately around Staunton. This
action effects the retail sale at dis
!illeries only with the exception of
cue barroom. The county is practi
cally dry already.
ALEXANDRIA, August 31.-It is m
derstoodthat the Republicans of Fair
fax county have determined not TO
make any nominations for the lIegiS-
lature this fall in that county, in
obedience to the instructions received
from Boss Malone. 1t looks rs if
the Democrats were going 10 have n
walk-over in all the counties in this
section of the State.
The Confederate Soldiers and Sail
Ors' Monument Association of Rich |
mond, Va, through DIR. D. G. Rich |
ardson, president, and Mr.. Carleton
III. Mccarthy. secretary, hos issued |
All appeal for funds 10 aid in the coin
pletion CT the monument now in
course of erection in that city to com
memorate the valor and patriotism
of the private soldiers and sailors of
the Confederate States.
The Richmond and Danville Rail
road Company announce that they |
will pay $1G.C00 reward for the arrest |
and conviction of the person or per-
sons who removed the rail from the
track of the Western North Carolina
railroad, near Bostian's bridge. Ire
dell county, n. c., ON the night OF
August 90. BY the accident which
occurred twenty-five persons were
killed and about thirty were more or
less injured.
4 noted company from the Shenan-
doah Valley has in the courthouse
square at Berryville, large monu-
ment, erected by the survivors TO
their dead comrades. On one side
are inscribed the names of all those
who fell in battle, and each year as a
living one passes away his name is
carved in the stone and the date of
his death. Each year this company
meets at tho residence of some sur
vivor The roll is called and Some
one answers for each departed com
rade, telling where ST.: in or from what