The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-05
VIRGINIA NOTES.

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England, this fall.
Silas Vanorsdalc, Of Pawpaw, w. Va,
shot himself in tho knee while hunting
deer and bled to death.
d. S. Morrison, deputy clerk of Scott
county, who is accused of being de-
faulter to tho State, has again made his
escape, having played tho insanity
dodge.
DR.. Edwin Barbour, younger brother
of Hon. John $. Barbour, died in Gull
pepper Wednesday, after long illness.
Mr.. Henry Fairfax, of Loudoun
county, has sold Aldo, n ycarling hack
ney colt, to Mr.. Mitchell Harrison, of
Philadelphia, for $4,000.
Rev. Herbert II. uawes. pastor of tho
second Presbyterian Church, Staunton,
has resigned to engage in evangelical
work in the synod of Virginia.
Judge w. G.. W. Farthing is living
dangerously i'll at James City. The
Judge served during the war in Il Texas.
regiment of Hood division, and lost Il
leg in battle.
Captain d. A. Slower, of Huntersville.
w. Va, who commanded Il company in
the Twenty-tifth Virginia Regiment,
Confederate army, died suddenly Fri
day night, aged sevcnty-onc years.
Mr.. Leroy Tcmpleton died at his
homo, near Orlean, Fauquier county,
Saturday, in tho clgnty-second year of
his age. He had been married fifty
four years, and leaves widow, three
sons aud one daughter
man named Potors killed bear
last week on High Peak. w, ighing $40
pounds. The animals are quite plenti-
iul In that section and country. Mr..
John Patos, of the same neigh bo rhood,
also killed one in his yard recently.
Miss Mahala Porter, aged 81 died at
Richmond on Thursday. She had been
member of the first baptist Church
OF that city for siXty-fo four years con
tinuously, having been baptized into IFS
fellowship September 9, 1927.
DIR. c. ii. II. Tucker, a prominent
Citizen of Chesterfield county, residing
about eight miles from Petersburg, died
very suddenly Monday evening. lie
started out to feed his hogs and foil TO
the ground on his way. lie died imme-
d,iately after being brought to the
house.
The case Of two colored baptist
preachers who have entered suit against
the city Of Portsmouth for lOO, 600 each
because they in 1885 were erected from
'ne IauicSs CABIN OF the berkeley ferry
steamer. has been set for trial in the
United States court, Norfolk ,on Decem-
Der 3.
rabbit killed by w. S. Argor, near
Bucna Vista last week, weighed twelve
pounds when dressed, and one of the
hlhd quarters served as u meal for four
persons. Rockbridge has produced many
wonderful agricultural and mineral pro.
ducts. I'm a bhif
in this section to equal this one. The
larger species of the animal are common
In England. but there is no accounting
Tor It's presence in Virginia.
On the 9th of August, 1864, an oblonp
23-ponnd shell. fired from one OF the
federal batteries en- the Appomattox
river east of Petersburg. fell on Syca.
moro street near Lombard and ex-
ploded fragment OF the shell broke
through tho platc-glass window of the
store, struck the wall ten feet awav.
glanced off and struck and fractured
the mirror, and fell to the floor. The
piece of shell has been preserved. and
the mirror has ever since been allowed
to stand in broken cond ition, both as
memontoes of those historic days.
AT Coeburn Station, on tho Norfolk
and Western railroad, in Wise county,
Friday last Il. man named Kanel, who
was intoxicated, fell in front of n NOV
ing train, which passed over him, cut
ting one leg off and horribly mutilatinr
his body and killing him instantly.
Ii is understood that Thomas Nelson
rage has accepted tho offer of Harper's
Magazine to furnish tho Editer's Drawer
page every month, vice Mr.. Charles
Dudley Warner, who, it is understood,
has accepted another department Of
magazine work.
Dl. Charles S. Brittan, a well. known
physician Of Richmond, died Friday.
aged forty one years He was attacked
by the grippe several weeks ago, which
settled Into bronchitis and congestion
Of the lungs.
Rev. DR.. John Ilannon, 4 former pas
tor of Memorial Church. Lynchbnre.
now in Jan Jose, Cal, is reported as in
infirm health, with slight promise of
betterment for some time
The house OF John Edlridge, in Buck
lngham county, was burned Friday
night, the family narrowly escaping.
All the furniture and wearing apparel
was consumed.
The Princess Ammo Uotel at Virginia
Beach is to be enlarged and the narrow
guage railroad from Norfolk to the
beach converted into a standard guage.
Rev L. L. Robertson has resigned the
the pastorate of the Baptist Church at
Martinsburg. w. Va. and preached his
farewell sermon yesterday.
The sale of leaf tobacco in Danyille
last week aggregated 1900. 900 pounds.
all of which sold for extreme outside
figures.
Mrs. G. Bowser, of Bcrryvillo, Clarke
county, dropped dead Thursday last.
She was SO years of age.
Bucklen's Arnic,, saliva