The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-06
VIRGINIA NOTES.

Iva Yates, o young man, died at Clint
wood from the effects Of an overdose OF
worm oil.
Orders have been given to push the
work of the battle.ship Texas so that
she may be launched during the month
of May.
Six excursion trains carried the enthu-
siastic North Carolians to Portsmouth to
witness the launching of tho cruiser
Raleigh.
Lewis Fell, aged rs years. whe died
recently in Wilmington, Del, claimed to
have shod horse ridden by George
Washington.
Mr.. w. w. Patteson, of Staunton, has
part of plume that was put in his ha t
by his mother when he joined AIosby's
command in 1868.
The glass works at Beuua Vista has
been compelled to temporarily suspend
operations on account of the burning out
of the furnace.
Patrick Mcnamara, the venerable
grave-digger at Thornrose cemetery,
Staunton, recently attained his eight
eight birthday, and on the same day dug
grave.
cent oyster war in Tangier Sound have
been continued until tho April court of
Accomac on account of the sickness of
Judge Gillet.
Colonel John M. Robinson, president
OF the Seaboard Air Line, and number
of other officials of the road left Norfolk
Thursday night for Atlanta on an inspec-
ton tour over the system.
a threatened duel between Mr.. j. G. Seay
and MIR. Edmund Randolph, two we'll
known JouDg citizens Of that place, by
the arrest of the parties before the CORE
spondence had been completed.
Sixty three of the Koiners of Augusta
county, met recently in Staunton to take
Unconstitutional and Margaret Koin-
ardt the original scions OF the family
in the city. The family is largo and
influential one, and the name Koiner,
Coyner, Coiner and Kynier, and the
members are scattered from Virginia
and Pennsylvania westward to the Pa
cific. and southwark to Florida.
Mr.. j. Brad Beverley, state lecturer
of the farmers alliance, spoke at Gooch-
land G. III. Thursday. AS to how the
alliance men in Virginia stand as to the
third party movement, he said: "They
have taken no stand. The alliance as
an organization will never affiliate or
unite with any party. AS individuals
at present many of them are awaiting
developments. Shonld the present
house fail to pass free. coinage bill,
and then furthermore should the demo.
cratic national convention fail to declare
squarely and flatfooted for free coinage,
many alliance men and many who are
not alliance men in this state will vote
the peoples party ticket. If there be
no peoples party electoral ticket in Vir-
GINA they will stay at home.
Mr.. John G. LANCE died at Richmond,
aged "a years.
George w. Effinger of Rockingham
county. died suddenly of heart disease.
Work has been commenced on the
steam Touring mill at Staunton, which
will have capacity of 500 barrels per
day.
Gen. James A. Walker will deliver the
grafton at the unwilling OF the Hill mon
ument at Richmond on May 30.
The governor has ordered called
meeting of the board of visitors of the
Virginia Military Institute to be held
April 10.
Mrs. Rebecca Mays, who lives inWash
ington county, Va, is at the point of
death. She was born in 1887, and is
therefore 105 year old. Her eyesight is
little dim, but her jet black hair is
not sprinkled with very much gray.
She is six feet high and proportionateiy
heavy; is of dark complexion.
There is quite an excitement in Hen
rico ever the question of purchasing
teams, wagons and Implements by the
supervisors to be used in improving the
county roads. A petition, including up
wards OF 300 names OF the tax payers of
the county, protesting against this pur-
chase, and asking the county judge not
to approve OF the same, have been OBJ
tanned. AS majority of the tax payers
believe that the county people would
object, it is probable the measure will
fall through.