The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-31
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

On inc lltn OF FEBRUARY Gooch, Rine-
hart, Carpenter & Co., signed contract
with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company to build a railroad, twenty five
miles in length, from Covington to
Healing Springs, to be completed by
the 18th of July. The entire road will
be completed, ready for the rolling
stock, by the LIST of July, provided tho
Chesapeake and Ohio furnishes the rails
in time. The members of the construc-
ton company are G. G.. Gooch, Staun-
ton, Va; w. A. Rinehart, Covington,
Va; ). G. Carpenter, Louisa county,
Va, and G. d. Langhorne, and T. c.
Eggleston, Richmond. Va.
contract was closed this week with
the Staunton building Company for
the erection of $4,000 worth of new
brick buildings at GorGonsville-one to
be an exceedingly handsome business
structure to cost cool $4,000. The
remainder of the sum will be put into
fifteen comuodious business houses to
cost 81 900 each. The workmanship is
to De OF the very best, and the buildings
will be elegantly finished and in every
way substantial. Work will be COM
menced in the very near future, and
number of the buildings will be ready
for occupancy early in the summer.
All are to be completed, according to
the terms of the contract, by the 1st of
next November.
The valuable and finely bred stallion
Hambletonion Knox, Jr., belonging to
DR.. G. Carter of Morvcn Park, near
Leesburg. was kicked by another horse
on Sunday morning last and one of the
fore legs broken above tho knee Tho
broken bone was put in place and every
effort Will be made to get the animal
upon his feet again.
Archbishop Janssens, Of New Or
leans, is on n visit to Richmond. After
visit to tho Lee monument he said
That is grand piece of work. |
think 1T is ono of the finest statues |
have seen. The pose of General Leo is
excellent
George Newman, OF Orange county,
was run over and killed by Il passenger
between Charlottesville and Grange
Court House.
The Basic City Building and Loan
nssocia ton was organized Tuesday with
the following officers: President, j. IL.
Rankin; president, e. S. Dinklc;
secretary, j. L. Landes; treasurer, w.
a. Crcnshaw; attorney, II. c. Whedbee;
while the board of directors is composed
OF j. II. Rankin, a. l.. Boughener, W.
Il. Holtzclow, w. II. Page, j. j. Flavin,
Nj. w. Quarles, Il. S. Dinkle, Geo. IL
Sclb, j. f. Bowman, j. NJ Quarles, S.
l.ongley, M. A. Booker, j. c. Jones, w.
j. Arey, and j. w. Splitter. A charter
has been applied for, and the ca oital
stock has been fixed at u sum not less
than $4,000 nor more than $500, 900.
The principal Office OF the company will
be at Basic City.
Twelve brick business blocks arc to
be erected on Maryland avenue, Shen-
andoah, this year.
The engine and boilers for Armen-
trout " Sons factory at Clifton have ar
rived and are being placed in position.
1T is 30-horse-power engine, with a
4O-horse-powcr boiler, made at the Atlas
Engine Works, of indianapolis, Ind
The cutlery company decided to have
one of the same make, though Il size
smaller, and placed their order.
Recent developments on tho Welcb
farm, north of Fincastle, recently pur
chased by Messrs. James Goodwin, d. ]
Brugh, c. M. Lunsford and Turner Nc
Dowell, show Indications Of coal and
iron. These gentlemen will in a short
Tune make further Developments to test
the quality of these minerals.
The wife of Prof. w. w. Robertson.
superintendent of the Staunton public
schools, died Friday.
The Gem Furnace Company is erect
ing rolling mill at Leesburg. This
Will DO one o. the most complete rolling
mills in the South, and fully ZOO more
skilled mechanics will be needed to
eiiectuaily work its vast machinery,
thus making the fulfillment Of the prom
Af,
of 200 tons moro of pig daily q necessity.
and such is confidently contemplated
giving employment TO 500 or 600 moro
laborers. These are all chiefly under
the fostering care Of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company, and their
approval of any enterprise means sue
cess.
The Baptists Of Fincastle contemplate
the erection of new church.
The Basic Lumber and Coal Comnanv
has received an order from a Buena
Vista building company for over 900. 600
feet of lumber. This will be used in
erecting thirty-eight houses in Buena
vista, for which j. c. Jones, the we'll
known builder of Buena Vista. has al.
ready received the contract.
Brindle Hairston, of Martinsyille was
badly stunned by lightning and para
llyzed in his lower limbs on Tuesday.
lie CHANGED to be standing near a tree
which was struck by lightning and was
terribly shocked, with the above result
The new Presbyterian Church at Alb
lngdon will be dedicated to-day. Rev.
Or. Il: IL. Barnett, of Atlanta, Ga.
formerly pastor of this church, will
oAiciate, and the church will be crowded
to hear him. This is ono of ~ h1
soonest churches in Southwest Virginia