The Fort Mill news. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1890-1892, 1891-09-02
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
our Coterie of COmmonwealths Re.
presented Here.
Happenings of the Day Reported
and Notes of Industrial Prog
:Eress Find Space.
VIRGINIA.

The Business Mems Association of
Norfolk are arranging for a gay time in
October,
Mrs, Margaret Pugh. of Rockbridge
county, died Thursday, aged one hun
dred and two years.
station Agent Shewbridge, of Rock
prluge county, near Lexington, was
knocked down and robbed Thursday.
The assessed value of property in
IL 'anoke, Va, this year is $11,O5s,9 ,915.
ah increase ot 81, 200, 900 over 1889.
The Newport News Sun reports that
several new steamships are to be built at
the big ship. yard there, and that |. OOO
auul'ional men are to be employed.
ihe Southern Granite & Marble Co
has oeen organized at Roanoke. The
company has purchased 300 acres G miles
iroh hoanok-, in which is a granite that
cApeTtS declare to be of the first quality
mat ranges from grey To pink in hue
~ stone yard Will be opened at West
Roanoke, where from 20 to 30 skilled
stone dresscrs will he employed.
The large factory at Salem, built for
the use Of the Chadwick Two wheeler
Co, Is under roof aud will soon be ready
Tor occupancy. This company, which
mas been doing a large business at Oean,
n. y, has shut down there
On September 1st the several wine
cellars i'll Albemarle county are annually
opened for the purchase of wine grapes
ash is paid for them add they are
bought at the rate of $40 per ton for Con
cord, Ives, Hartford and others of that
character. 500 per ton for Nortons and
8oS Pe- tuI fUt tire 5cSc " ir.tc grapes.
The Governor pardoned Henry Rogers.
dying with consumption, who was COY,
vlcted in Rockingham county in 1890,
of horse stealing aud sentenced to five
years in the penitcntiary
The fourth annual fair of the Chea
peake Agriculture Fair Association was
commenced at Cape Charles Tuesday
with very fattering prospects
A telegram from Farmville states that
two men nam'd Fox and Hawley had
been sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment each for robbing the postofiice of
that place, and that another robber.
Clark, was sentenced To fifteen years for
the sam; offense.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Chief Postofice Inspector has re-
rest of Assistant Postmaster Williams, of
Demianco, for riling the mails
Wednesday there was brought to the
penitentiary at Raleigh the Youngest con
vict ever convicted OF highway robbery
in the state. His name is Will Edwards
and he is only thirteen We rs old He
committed the crime in Orange county
in June, and was successful in obtaining
money from his victim. He gets a SEN
tence of seven years
Col. A. X. Mcclure, editor of the
Philadelphia Times, has accepted an in
vitation to deliver an address at the
North Carolina Exposition, at RALEIGH,
October 2l. He will also go to Asheville,
where he says he has long been wanting
to make visit. Col. Mcclure will see a
beautiful and progressive country.
Trinity College has just received no
tice OF the donation of collection for
the museum, consisting Of 800 specimens
OF American and other woods and 1870
specimens of Ol Invertebrates labelled in
alcohol and ready for shipment These
Spcci Tens are the gift oi IA friend to the
institution living i'll Washington, ID. G.
Thursday was the annual reunion of the
Mccklenburg Confederate Veterans Asso-
citation, at Charlotte. They were given
n grand picnic a. I.atta Park
George A. GilIigan, who was wanted
at Wilmington Tor bigamy, and for whom
a heavy reward was offered, has been
captured and sent to Wilmington. He
had wife and child at Wilmington, and
recently, while in Virginia, he met
pretty young girl, whom he married.
lie left her soon aiterward, however. aud
detectives have since been ON his trail.
efTrctinm his cnntnre n lnv or t,Nn nmn