The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-12-29

Samuel Ninnick. OF Rockingham county.
sold last week fourteen turkeys. eight COB
bier5 and six hens. which weighed 2is pounds,
an average of nearly eighteen pounds eacn.
The TURKEYS brought eleven cents per pound.
Nh William " %. Dawson of kingwoOd.
has accepted the socTetaryshiD Of the west
Virginia Republican executive committee and
will enter upon the work OF organization
throughout the state.
at tie next quarterly banquet Of the Boston
Commercial Club to be held In March. Major
Jed Hotchkiss of stanton. will deliver an
address on The Industrial Outlook IN Viz
GINA
-Four hundred and twenty thousand dollars
has been expended in the erection OF new
buildings in Front Royal, Warren county,
during 1891.
A man named Robert Thompson was found
dead in Strinesvlle. a suburb OF Martinsburg.
W. Va. ThursdaT.
George Shugars. of Loudoun county,
dropped dead Christmas day.
Near FaTmyillo Saturday a cOlOred man
named Robert Johns was kicked TO death by
a horse
SIr. Is. Lansford died at New Baltimore
on the nth. aged slxty-soven years.
j.. Alexander Hatton late cashier of the
Bank of Portsmouth. died saturday last.
Mrs. Salle a. Chiffon died on December
9th. at Greenock. IN the eighty fifth year OF
her age.
1t has been a subject of comment for some
time. saws the Gordonsyille Gazette. that the
great mass OF the young pine trees are dying.
Scientists have been investigating the causes,
and as is usual with scientists their expisna-
tons have been confusing. since the
late fal the evidence Of decaylng
vitality Is greatly increased. Acres Of young
trees in this vicinity that were green and
tourishing the whole summer long are now as
brown as If they had been through fire. and
are very clearly past all surgery OF nature
and returning spring. The trees hereabOuts
are commonly valueless as timber, so their
decay is no great loss TO anybody.
Colonel j.. j. Turner OF the staH OF Major
General Carnahan, will leave Norfolk Tues
day TO institute division of the Uniform
Corps of the Knights Of Pythias at Clifton.
Forge.
man of Suffolk, died yesterday.
The detectives of Norfolk have been doing
good running down thieves in Princess Anne
county.
The cotton gin of J. c. James, at Branch
vile. southampton county. was burned on
Christmas day. together with quantity OF
baled cotton. There was no insurance The
gin had only been running "a short time.
Mrs Ann Thomas. an elderly lady residing
on Hancock street. Daniels Hill. Lyncbburg,
met with very painful accident re-
Gently. While carrying wash-boiler
filed with hot water from the stove 10 another
part of the kitchen. one OF the handles OF the
boiler broke oil and the steaming water was
emptied on her. Her screams brought sever
al members of the family TO the kitchen, and
an examination showed that one arm and both
of Der lower limbs were severely scalded.
Medical aid was Immediately summoned. and
everything possible done for the relief Of the
unfortunate lazy.
Miss Patsy Ward. Of Page county. has en-
tered on her one hundred and second year.
having been born In the summer OF 1870.
". b. Maxwell has purchased from the late
Gideon Camdens heirs Tor $4,000 the 1000
acre tract of land lying on the east slope of
the Laurel Ridge Mountain. IN Randolph
county. This is said TO be very finely tim
bered tract Of land.
company will submit proposition 10 the
people at Highland aud Augusta counties TO
construct a standard gauge railroad on the
bed OF the stanton and harrisburg turnpike
from point on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road or the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at
or near Stanton.
Bristol was shaken up by tremendous
explosion Saturday morning between the
hours OF and 3 o'clock. The boys put
heavy charge in an old cannon Christmas
evening. and not being able 10 get it TO 20 oil.
butt u fire on 1t. The explosion past mid
night was the result