The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-12
VIRGINIA NOTES.

The first Sunday-sohool in America
was organized in Hanover county, Va.
under the head of Bishop Asbury, in
1856.
Wytheville can boast OF more Judges
than any other town In the State. Eight
were present in one church at that town
last Sunday.
The board OF visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute have determined that
the corps of cadets shall attend the Chi
cago Exposition June, 1893.
Rev. j. b. Funston, an Episcopal
evangelist of Virginia, has been called
to the rectorship of Trinity PROTESTANT
Episcopal Church at Portsmouth.
Adlai e. Stevenson's mother was
native of Culpeper county, Va. Her
maiden name was Green, and she was of
the family so numerous in that part of
the Old Dominion.
VIM. A. Perkins, for many years con-
nected with the tobacco trade of Rich
mond, died Friday. Mrs. Fannie t.
Ellyson, widow of Moses Ellyson, for
many years associated with the Dis
patch, died the same day.
One hundred years ago last Sunday
week the first religious services ever
held in Salem, Harrison county, were
conducted by the Seventh Day people
in the old fort built by the early settlers
for protection against Indians.
1t is stated that General Thomas L.
Rosser will have magnificent hotel
with every modern convenience erected
on the Scott property recently pur-
chased by him at Charlottesville. The
present house on this property is said
to have been built about ITS.
A COlOrad Girl n ont f,yo1 80 IL
was caught attempting to set fire to MIR.
Newton Telley's dwelling house in
Spotsylvania county, few mornings
ago.
There are about 375 teachers in at.
tendance at the Virginia School of Meth
ods at Bedford City and 100 more ex-
pected The large part Of them are
quartered at Randolph Macon Academy.
where the daily sessions are held.
The Lee memorial windows which arc
to be placed in st. Paul's Church, in
Richmond, in honor of Gen. Robert e.
Lee, have been opened and found unin-
jured by their long voyage. They were
made in Munich, and are given by the
Misses Stewart, of Brook Hill. THEW
Will be placed opposite General Lees
pew in st. Paul's Church. There are
two lights.
A big bear Is at large some where in
the Page Valley, probably between the
Hawksbill and the Massanutton. His
tracks were discovered last Sunday
morning on the KeLdrick farm above
Luray, making his way westward The
tracks were five inches broad, indicat-
ing very large animal, and at several
places he broke down the fence where
he crossed it.
Russell county has elected seventeen
delegates to the convention of the Ninth
Congressional district solid for the Hon.
j. w. Marshall, of Craig.
The heavy fall of rain and hail did
great deal of damage to the lower part
of Culpeper and parts of Fauquier. MIR.
j. w. Brown lost his entire crop of corn
and about twenty 1--WE hens and chickens
by the hail.
Jas. A. Blakey. of Standardville, is a
first cousin Of Grover Cleveland and
very much resembles him. His mother
has, in pamphlet form, the first sermon
preached by Mr.. Cleveland's father and
also the first sermon preached by the
Presidents brother. Mr.. Blakey did
not know that 1t was his relative who
was nomined in 1884 until statement
was published giving the names of his
parents,
The trustees Of the Virginia Seminary
appointed the three bishops of their
number committee to select clergy
man to collect funds for the larger en-
dowment Of the Seminary. Bishop
White unable to act, Bishops Randolph
and Peterkin have appointed Rev. DR..
James Grammer, OF Fauquier county,
who will enter upon full work in Octo-
Der, but in the meantime will visit some
of the counties Of Virginia and West
Virginia to see what the people do. He
and his work are to be commended to do
all we'll wishers of this church, not only
in Virginia, but wherever he goes.
Rev. A. w. Pitzer, D. D., pastor of the
Central Presbyterian Church, of Wash
ington. d. c., is spending his vacation