The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-22
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES

| Gratis of Gloucester.
Alexander Tucker, q deaf mute, con.
victed in Craig county Of murder in tho
second degree and granted a new trial,
has been set free, the prosecuting attor-
| ney having been unable to procure new
| evidence.
Since the murder of Mrs. McFadden,
of Eastyille, Northampton county, by
her clerk, John Dryer, and the subse-
! quent attempt to lynch him, one-half of
the money he stole from her, S10s.25 has
been found. This would seem to indi-
cate that he had an accomplice who got
the other half.
Captain Ellis has resigned and Mr.. j.
e. Cox appointed auditor OF the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac rail-
road.
Mr.: James Wheadon shot and killed
on Thursday, in Chesterfield county,
about five miles from Petersburg, deer
weighing l60 pounds.
Full reports from the Democratic pri-
mary held in Culpeper on Saturday give
j. Q. Gibson majority of the delega-
ton over John r. Strother, which in
sures Gibson'S nomination by the con-
vention tomorrow for the lower branch
of the legislature.
VIM. Robinett, of Wise county, Va,
was robbed few nights since. He had
purchased q valuable farm of Mr..
Moore, OH Blackwater, in Lee county,
Va, and had been out during the day
raising the money to make payment.
He was making his way home on horse
back after night, having collected some
$4,000, when he was attacked by several
men. A shot was fired at him, but the
ball struck somo horse shoes he had in
his r1Oplrnt nd fa I,
them. lie tried to run his horse across
his fence, but failed, when he was
caught and his clothes stripped from him
and his money taken
w. G. Taylor, Of Allegheny Springs,
acct icntally and fatally shot himself at
Bramwell, w. Va, Thursday, and his
remains reached Shawsville Saturday.
Rev. DR.. r. j. McBryde, rector of
Grace Memorial Church, Lexington, is
spoken of as q probable successor to
the late j. w. Beckwith, bishop of
Georgia.
j. M. Loving, son of ex-senator Henry
Loving, of Amherst county, is an en-
ploye of the Norfolk and Western rail
road, and was transferred from Pulaski
to Bedford.
Evangelist Fife is drawing crowds
and creating excitement in South Dos-
ton. s.,.
r. II. Gleady, of Puleslsi, has shipped
nine car loads of cattle to Liverpool.
George II. Beckwith. father Of Judge
Frank Beckwith, died in Charlestown,
w. Va, Tuesday last, aged seventy i've
years.
Hugh A. White, mayor of Buena
Vista, is to marry next Wednesday, Miss
Jennie Graham McIlwaine at Farmvil
George Whitlock, formerly of sLynch-
burg, was drowned in the James river;
near Eagle Rock, Friday, while rowing
in small boat.
Mr.. George W. Easter. rector of Hun
CARS parish, Northampton county, has
declined call from the Episcopal
Church at Huntington, w. Va.
William M. johnson, of Martinsburg,
an engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, attempting to board a train
near Weverton, Md lost his footing,
fell under the train, and was almost
instantly killed.
Sister Elegias, in charge Of the pa
rochial school at Stanton, is sister OF
John Hoey, tho deposed president of the
Adams Express Company. Mr.. Hoey
has been very liberal to the school and
| his sister
Judge Waller R. Staples made q fine
speech at Goochland Court House yes
terday in behalf of the Democracy.
The county Alliance of Gocchland has
endorsed Col. 3. o. James for the house.
Goochland Republicans have nominated
Jerman s. Stratton.
Southampton kickers have nominated
John Pretlow, ST., for tho le gislature.
c. A. Heermans, of Christiansburr.
and j. w. Hartwell, of Roanoke, have
been nominated for the senate and house
by republicans.
Mr.. James M. Caulk, leading citizen
OF Suffolk, is dead.
Evangelist Fife is creating a religious
Stir at South Boston. Three hundred
professions of religion have been made,
two saloons voluntarily closed, and tho
| sum Of S1,700 has been collected and
presented to Mr.. Fife.
Farmers of King William have formed
tho King William County Agricultural
Exhibition-the first exhibition to be
held the 23d instant
Mrs. Warren Overly. daughter of Mr..
B. w. L. Blanton, Of Cumberland. died
in Huntington. Fsr
Rev. George E. Bragg, rector Of Grace
Episcopal (colored) Church, Norfolk,
has accepted a call to St.James Church,
Baltimore. @
A Crowded Planning MIL
The Bower Manufacturing Company