Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-01-23

ules of rates and submit them to the
commission, who can make any
changes they see fit. Mr.. Kent, the
author of the bill, has agreed to ac-
cept this amendment, which, while
not meeting the views of those who
want the commission with limited
powers, indicates:that no radical law
can be passed.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Tt is announced that Langston and
Malone will unite their forces for
! Harrison.
1t is now asserted that the grip is
an old disease. and that the Athen-
ians suffered from an epidemic of it
500 years 3. G.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court
has decided that soloon keepers who
sell liquors to intoxicated persons are
liable for injuries.
Mr.. R. II. K. Balm. one of the di-
rectors of the late Exchange National
Bank of Norfolk, has been pardoned
by President Harrison.
An immense two hundred ton piece
of granite which will dress to ~ pillar
six feet in diameter by forty five feet
long has recently been quarried near
Petersburg, Va.
Rev G. W. Stacy. of Milford, Mass,
the noted Abolitionist, is dead, at
the age of eighty-two years. He was
q friend and co-worker of Phillips,
Garrison and Fred Douglass. His
last political act was to vote for Gov.
w. z. Russell.
John b. Wickham, q native of
franklin county, Va, died at Ottum-
wa, Iowa, last week. Just how old
he was is not known, as there is no
record of the date of his birth, but
rs he voted for John Adams in 1897,
he was at least one hundred and
twenty years old.
The Duke of Clarence and Avon
dale, eldest son of the Prince of
Wales and heir presumptive to the
throne of Great Britain, died Thurs
day, 18th inst, of congestion of the
lungs, at Sandringham Palace, Eng
land. aged % years The death of
the Duke leaves Prince George, his
younger brother, the heir presump-
tive.
A meeting in the interest of the
was held in Richmond, Wednesday,
under the auspices of the Virgin
ia Worlds Association. Stirring
speeches were made by Hon. John L.
Harris, Mayor Jed Hotchkiss and
others, all of whom urged that the
| Legislature appropriate not less than
100000, and that every possible eff
fort be made to have the old State
properly represented at Chicago.
The agricultural products of the
United States are estimated at about
So, 500, 0G0,000 annually, of which, &C
cording to Mr.. James Fletcher, one
tenth is lost by the ravages of insects.
green is now universally applied to
on other plants, while one farmer
has saved $4,000 a year by a system
of rotation of crops to starve the
worms feeding upon the roots OF
corn.
The man who has voted for every
Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency in the history of this country
commencing with Jackson died at
Grand Rapids, Mich, last W eek. His
name was George Ream, an he was
born in Pennsylvania in 1877. He
helped fight the British at altimore
in 1912. Until q few weeks ago he
was in full possession of his faculties
and able to do such little chores
about home as necessity required.
He walked without assistance to the
! polling place last November to vote
the Democratic ticket.
ROANOKE, VA. January 16.-W. O.
Hardaway, of the Roanoke bar, was
the first lawyer in the State to take
advantage of the decision of the
Court of Appeals in regard to the
jurisdiction OF magistrates. Pinkey
Montague was fined $50 by Justice
of the Peace for damaging a horse
and buggy in an accident on Mill
mountain and appealed the case to
the Hastings Court. Mr.. Hardaway,
counsel for the defendant. called the
attention of the Court to the decision
and moved that the judgment of the
Justice be set aside, the Court sus-
tanning his motion.
BALTIMORE, Nd, January 14-Bal-
timore's first bank failure in many
years, was announced to day. The
old and well-known banking house
of J. J. Nicholson & Sons made all
assignment this afternoon. The
bond filed is correct indication of
the assets. They will not go over
$250,000. 1t is absolutely impossible
to tell what the liabilities are. The
firm organized in 1928. The house
has long enjoyed an excellent stand
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