Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-22
50 ifnot Paid in Advance.
NO. 40.
SOUTHERN ITEMS
SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.

"A food inspector is to be appointed in Nor
The two new buildings Of the Western In.
matte Asylum in stanton, Va, arc nearing
completion,
Mrs Mary Mckinney, Of Charles City
county, Va, is said to he one hundred and
four years Of age.
Asa Clark. Of Petersburg Va. aged eighty
years was married TO Mrs. Mary r. Reese, a
widow OF forty-four.
The reassessment of railroad property made
BY the West Virginia board Of public works
shows "a increase OF 500, coo.
Tho mineral fiber factory, the third estsb.
lishment Of the Kind in the United States,
common ed work at Salem, Va.
AT Childershmg Ala. the pulley Of a saw.
mill burst, instantly killing James Pointer
end fatally iuiuring Fireman VIM. smith,
The syndicate which has purchased the
Warm sulphur Springs, It is said, contemplate
Improvements, including enlargement Of the
baths.
a man supposed 10 be G. T. Wright. Of
England, was found near the railroad track
1t Clifton Forge, Va, with his skull fac.
iured.
The Richmond and Dsnvilc system viii
probably be divided into two traffic depart.
ments, General Freight Agent brakes Office
to remain in Richmond, Va.
The house at Appomattox Va, in which
General lee surrendered 10 General Grant.
has been sold for $4,000 to representatives Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
Il gentleman from Wesimor,land county.
Va, says that in 1854 that country derived
t56 from taxes on the properly at Colonial
Beach IL now derives over 81, 500,
--Psrkcrsburg, W. Va, is to be made head.
quarters Of state weather service, which
tgil hs. al. ltr.. "
Dent Of the United States weather bureau.
The Richmond Chamber Of Commerce Ia.
sent letter to President inman giving reasons
why the freight and traffic departments Of The
Richmond and panvillc Railroad should not
he removed to Atlanta, Ga
w. T. Allen. Of Charleston. S. C.. Frank
Stanshury, Of Richmond, and WIN. Frazier.
Of Austria, charged with robhing the nfe Of
{. =. tlannery Of Wise Court House. Va,
were captured at Blowing Rock, n. {.
Fourteen loaded freight cars on the Kama.
vha aud Michigan Railway went through
trestle sixteen miles south Of Charleston. W.
Va, and were smashed into kindlinE wood.
The engine and several cars passed safely
over.
The Windsor Hotel 1T Ressemer, Ala. was
burned 81 four o'clock the other morning In.
eendiaries started the FIRE in the kitchen The
hotel was full OF guests, who narrow y escaped
! The loss on tho building aud furniture Il Bln.
0o0, with small insurance.
-George =. Simpson. proprietor Of the Mid.
way Mills, Va, has been missing corn and
{ hxed a trap-gun jus; inside the mill door
Last week man was found lying Just inside
the door shot through the head. false key
to the door was found on him,
The magnificent new brick building Of
I Trinity College, ri Durham, n. g., which has
/ just about been completed at n cost of nearly
aFtf of Ds.l
and Col, John $ Carr, Of Durham, has been
( damaged TO the extent Of $50 900 by defects In
building.
The largest tobacco grower Of Prince ~.
ward county, Va, is n. II. Walton having
raised last year 81, $50 pounds Of tobacco on
his farm. Up to this time he has sold ri. $50
pounds, for which he received 81. tiOgs. Mr..
Walton estimates his clear gain NJ nearly FIVE
thousand dollars almost exclusively from tho
tobacco crop,
The gang Of tramPs end burglars recently
operating IN Virginia Is said 10 have mum
bcrcd as many ~ twenty. The Richmond
police are still looking Tor those who have
eluaed arrest. John y. Raecrs, alias MiasaHrf
Reid, vas paying attention 70 Chesterfield
I widow and Is said 70 have made good i'm.
/ preston. lie had represented himself as a
I detective from Texns
I Mr.. Daniel Virts q Young man Of T.oudoun
county, Va, met n horrible death At Sandy
Z Hook few days ago. lie was on his way
home from Maitinsburg with the IovetisviIle
Base Ball Club, which had played several
games IN that city. At Sandy Hook he. with
others jumped from the train. When the
4 train again started he jumped and fell be-.
I tween the ears, having both legs cut on and
his head mashed.
The large works Of John kntiall a. 20 Of
/ Nuttallsburg, W. Va. have hern working
very steadily during The paH seven months
/ and business Is In fair condition They are
now erecting large chate, with 700 tons
capacity; The new Tailred mp Kenncys
/ Creek viii now be certainly built. which viii
develop an immense coal Geld and make trade
more brisk IN the village Of Auttallsburg
The Board Of Aldermen the higher branch
Of the Richmond City Council held apeolat
session 10 receive the mayors veto 70 the
JOINT resolution l0catinR the cremAtory pro.
posed 10 be established IN tho rear Of Tho cify
almshousc. by vote u II tod the board
oyerrulcd the mayors objections and fha
matter now goes 10 the common council
While gang Of work men were crowded %,
an engine on their way 70 work ON the Whit
more narrow gfage rad ncnr FIR garden
W. Va, the engine struck log % tho track
jumped the track sud turned completely over
The steam pines burst and the hot vspar
rushed through the cab. scalding John Sic.
kenlie, OF frWt iufg 10 DEATH while six
others were badly scalded A tree falling
across the track was the cause.
"A comprehensive scheme 10 connect Wheel,
ing, W Va, with Martin. Perry, Bridgeport
and Beliaire, Ohio, by street railways. hiss
been set on foot The Wheeling Hailuay
Company is now building two Immense
bridges from Wheeling to Martins Frrry.
and IL is announced that third b. idge y 10
be built Immediately from Wheeling 10 Bell.
sire. Over fifty miles Of street railway track
will be laid on the entire system. The West
inghouse interests, Of Pittsburg. are back n
the enterprise.
--Goyernor Mckinney. n Virginia. has par
doned G.. $. Agee, sentenced BY the County
Court Of Go0chland NJ the December term ~
last year 10 Jail for one year and fined 800 Toy
assault and battery. The pardon Is granted
solely upon the certificate II The afiing JAZZ
physician that Agee Is suffering from com
pieati0n 81 lung trouble and henri ahection.
[ The Governor has returned with hia refusal
the petition for the pardon u Weldon Lewis.
sentenced by ile Circuit Court n Russell n
I imprisonmenlin the penitentiary for fourteen
years for the sardcr Of Noah Sewherry.
The government having decided 10 secure
a reservation Tor fertilization coast defense
I purposes on iae Willoughhy shore Of Chssa
/ peake Bay sndthe purchase n site being
imprsciicable, condemnation proceedings
were commenced in the United States District
7 Court and Commissioners appointed 20 pro.
{ coed sith The condemnation. The tract IL on
I the VIM y Taylor farm. aud consists n forty.
four acres and u about two and a-half miles
/ from Wilieugbby Point, from which a ferry
Z 70 Old Point and branch u the Norfolk and
Western Railroad 70 Norfolk are protested.
A hotel 10 cost $4,000 is slso one Of the
tuaf,yovfnqeufa sroken ~