Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-07-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.


The local option election in North
Danville, last week, was won by the
advocates of license to sell llquor ny
is majority in 81 total vote OF s64
The eth, 9sth and Goth of October
have been fixed as the dates for hold
ing the State fair by the ylrclnla
Agricultural and Mechanical Society.
The State of Virginia will receive
nearly 1924, 900 more this year tnan II
did Lost from taxes on the railroad
and canal companies in the Common
wealth.
The Virginia Bar Association will
hold its Sd annual session on July
sSth. at the White Sulphur Springs:
The annual address will be delivered
by Hon. w. G. P. Breckenridge, OF
Kentucky.
The grave of Colonel John Dand-
ridge, father OF Martha Washington.
has been discovered in the long neg
lected old St. Georges Church yard
at Fredericksburg. The tombstone
was sunk in the earth and was found
by digging.
J. E. Gates, brother-in-law Of G. p.
Huntington, has offered the Baptists
of Virginia property at Newport
News to the value of $S0.0n0, on con
dition that they add $4,000, with
which to erect buildings for first
class educational institute.
A remarkable accident occurred on
the 10Th in Bedford county. A young
negro named Aleck Wade went coon
hunting. His dog soon freed h coon
end Wade cut the tree down to get
the coon. In falling the tree caught
the negro, the dog and the coon be-
meath its branches, crushing the life
out of all three of them.
It is said that as soon as the fall
canvass opens Hon. John ". Daniel
will take the stump and his eloquent
voice will he heard in; every section
of the State. Senator Daniels sue
cessor is to be chosen by the Legisla-
ture next winter So far as is known
he has no opposition, and the out
look at this time is that he will re-
ceive unanimous reelection.
Gen. Early, the orator of the day
Mt the unwilling Of the statue to
Stonewall, ended his speech as fol
lows: "Let me conclude by saying,
and let every honest-hearted Confed-
crate who fought bravely in the wal
say, If l should ever apologize for
any part or action taken by ME in the
war, may the lightning of q right
eous heaven blast Inc from the earth,
and may I be considered as spawn OF
the earth by all honest men,
Monday the census Office gave out
the tobacco statistics of Virginia
compiled by Prof. Thomas N. Con.
rad, under the direction of Mr.. John
Hyde, special agent in charge of the
division of agriculture. The tota
number of planters in the State dur
ing the census year was 24,0S4; the
total area devoted to tobacco, 110,57s
acres; the total product, 1852, G5;
pounds; and the value of the. crop tt
the producer. estimated on basis O.
actual sales, 81, 323.c49.
At q meeting of the Virginia Rea
Estate Exchange at Wytherville, OF
Thursday, of last week, about sixt.
members were present. 1t was de
, termined to issue one hundred thous
and pamphlets showing up the re
sources and advantages of Virginia
A committee was appointed to pre-
sent petition to the next Legislator
. to remove the tax of one-fourth o
one per cent. now required on tn
gross amount of the sales made by al
agent. Lynchburg was selected a
the next place Of meeting.
The Richmond committee which
conferred with Mrs. Jefferson Davi
in regard to the removal of her hus
bands remains to that city have sen
l q response to her letter, in whic,
2 ~ o---r-.------ktu,l-->r,-o Gf1t Guy Will b
careful to obtain your approval be
fore determining the exact Location
of the grave and Of the monument.
The committee have received infor
nation that Mrs. Davis will probabl,
be in Richmond in October, and a
that time the question of considerin,
a site for the location of the monu
, ment will probably be taken up.