The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-10
VIRGINIA NOTES.

steamer Bostoria, at her wharf in Gin
cinnati, Sunday night, and was drowned.
Judge w. G. w. Farthing, county
Judge of James City and York counties,
died Sunday last. He was Confeder-
ate soldier, and lost o leg in the service.
Ex-senator Camden, c. X. Lord and
Judge John Brannon have purchased the
Salt Sulphur Springs at ADDISON. Web
ster county.
A meeting was held in Richmond
Wednesday, presided over by General
Joseph R. Anderson. and committee
was appointed to prepare charter to
be presented to the Legislature to in
corporate the r. M. T. Hunter Memo
rial Association. The object of the as
sociation is to remove the remains of
this distinguished Virginian, at one
time Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives of the United States, from Es-
sex County to Richmond for interment
and erect suitable monument to his
memory.
Chesterfield county,. some distance from
Petersburg, are putting up persimmons
and shipping them to the Northern
markets, where they are sold for 12]&
cents per pound. Tho seed are first
taken out of the fruit with small ma
chine made for the purpose, after which
the fruit is placed in five, pound boxes
and sweetened with white granulated
sugar
Joel Johns, the oldest citizen of
Lunenburg county, died Monday, aged
81 years. He was the youngest of the
thirteen children of the Rev. Joel
Johns, ST., Baptist preacher. A strange
CHARACTERISTIC of the family is that of
thirteen children twelve died in their
eightY-fifth year.
The total shipments of coal over the
Norfolk and Weste n railroad from the
Flat Top and Clinch Valley regions
during the month of November
amounted to col ,463 tons, against 144,-
GT5 from the same regions in the Same
month last year, an increase Of &c.
tons.
According to recent census taken of
the city of Charlottesville, it is found
that tho population within tho city
limits has increased over / 900 since the
the increase on the immediate suburbs
ls''n tho same proportion.
Tho treasurer OF Loudoun county
states that SO far this year not single
coupon has been offered in payment of
taxes by any citizen OF Loudoun nor
by those in other States owning prop
erty within its borders.
The Albemarle Soapstone Slate Com
pany had just shipped to Philadelphia
firm carload of slate pencils, consist
ing l,lG0,0C0 pencils, weighing 1890
pounds.
1t is said that Mr.. Thomas Nels IN
Page, the author of 'Nleh Lady" and
other charming stories, is soon to wed
an accomplished member of Louisville
society.
Mr.. VIM. f. MERCER, a prominent
citizen of Loudoun county and formerly
member of the Virginia senate, died
of paralysis Wednesday.
The grippe is prevailing throughout
the State.
Peter Jones, of Bristol, died Satur-
day, aged nearly 100 years. He was the
Oldest man in that section.
The jail Of Dinwiddie county was gut.
ted by fire Friday night, and the only
prisoner confined therein-an aged col
ored lunatic named Archer Lewis-lost
his life.
Rev. T. II. Boggs, OF the Virginia
Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, recently assigned to the King
George circuit, died Thursday of pneu-
monia, aged sixty years.
John B. Chase. proprietor of the
Hotel Bessie, at Clintwood, Dickinson
county, fell down flight of stairs last
week, sustaining injuries which caused
his death in few minutes. He was
sixty years old, and had served two
terms in the legislature.
When Senator Gordon, of Rappahan-
mock, entered the chamber at the CAPT
toll in Richmond on Wednesday he was
greeted with hearty hand-shake from
all, and there was general qualification
that he was so much improved in
health. He is looking exceedingly
we'll, and is in fine spirits.
Miss Eva Yoder. daue ter of Professor
Ioder, of Lynchburg, has boon ad-
judged insane and wall 10 sent to an
asylum. Miss Yoder was ono of the
brightest pupils of the high school OF
that city.
Rev. DR.. S. A. Goodwin. of Grove
Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, will
deliver the address on the occasion of
the unwilling of the Confederate monu-
ment at Newport News to-day. and
George +. Bowden, editor of the Labor
News, has been invited to deliver an ad-
dress at the dedication OF the Castle
Hall OF Warwick Lodge, No. 70, at the
same place. on December 10th.
Mrs. Henry Daingerfeld and others
have sold to j. X. nj. Norton, John ID.
Hooe and G. G.. Cartin the squares of
ground, opposite the cotton factory, in
Alexandria for SIS, 500. The old build
ings thereon will at once be torn down
and the erection Of new houses will be-
gin at once.
Miss Mabel Pattison. daughter of
Governor Pattison. of Pennsylvania, is
visiting relatives in Alexandria.
Miss Ellen Mark. for many years