The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-28

Virginia Notes.
Extensive improvements have been
made to the Cape Charles quarantine
service.
Senator and Mrs Daniel will spend the
greater part Of August at the Warm Springs
of Virginia.
General Wade Hampton and daughter
have engaged rooms for the summer at
Hotel Royal, Front Royal. Va.
The Villa Maria Convent. under charge
Of the Sisters OF the Visitation. will not be
removed from Abingdon. as was recently
reported,
George Burke. Of Alexandria. an old
coored man ninety years old. who had
been an inmate of the almshouse for TWEEN
ty five years. died at that institution Tues
day night.
William Martin. mail carrier between
Lexington and Rookbridge Alum Springs,
has been arrested on the charge of robbing
peddler of a considerable sum Of money
and sent on to the grand jury.
II has been proposed by Philadelphia
syndicate that new company be organized
with a cash capital paid in OF $3.50, co., or
$500. 600, TO carry out the purposes for which
the Rockbridge Company was originally
formed.
Nlessrs. f. s. Norman & Co.. OF Lynch
burg, have dispatched another batch Of sew
enty-fve colored laborers TO Avoca. Pennsyl-
vania. TO work on a railroad contract the
firm has at that point. The firm has sent
several hundred similar laborers to the
point named.
Mr.. Williams. q workman at the Norfolk
navy yard. while chipping few days ago
on the Texas was struck in his left eye by
flying chip of steel and received very
bad wound. The chip struck the eye on
the ball and may possibly cause him to
lose the eye
Mr.. Richard Schooler, who for num-
Der of years was night Waterman at the
depot in Culpeper committed suicide in
Washington ID. O.. on Wednesday last by
cutting his throat with a razor. Mr..
Schooler was native of Stafford county,
where his parents still reside.
Baldwin Fairfax prominent citizen of
Preston county. has passed away. He was
a son of the late General Buckner Fair
fax. who was the largest landowner in
that county. He was a direct descendant
Of Thomas Fairfax. sixth, Baron Fairfax, who
died inWinchester in 1852.
JEFF Murrell. q colored man. aged between
seventy-five and eighty years. died last
Thursday night at Bristol from old age and
hard service. He had been in the employ
over twenty-five years. He Was on the
first survey made for the Norfolk and
Western road.
The unwilling Of the beautiful marble
Tyre erected in the, Freemason-street .Bap-
fist church. in Norfolk. 20 the memory of
Miss Julia Lee Mckinney. formerly organ
ist and musical directories Of the church.
took place Sunday night. the memorial
being the result Of the efforts OF the Kings
Daughters.
Tuesday afternoon. while Miss Mamie
Hutter. prominent belle Of Lynchburg.
was driving with young man along Court
street, near Eleventh. the buggy in which
they were seated collded with a passing
wagon. Both were thrown out and sus-
tanned some bruises but neither was seri-
ously injured.
On the arrival Of tho train at Round Hill
Loudoun county. Tuesday night a white
child about two weeks old was found under
seat IN one of the coaches with a bundle
OF clothes and note requesting whoever
found the enid TO take 1t 10 Mrs. sam
kusk. The child. 1t Is thought. was put on
the car before the train left Washington
A large audience was present at Court
House Hall In Winchester last Monday
night 10 listen to the lecture of Canta,n
Randolph Barton. OF the Baltimore bar.
and native Of Winchester Captain Bar.
ton entered the Confederate service with
the Twenty Virginia regiment In
the famous Stonewall brigade. and was
subsequently assistant acknowledgement.
Among the gentlemen advertised TO sneak
at Warrenton Tuesday was Coneressnnen
@. j. Boatner. of Louisiana. He startsd
from Washington TO I'LL hs appointment
but not being familiar with the country Ina
made mistake and went 10 Fairfax Conrt-
house. where no speakers being expected
no crowd had assembled 10 hear him.
lie returned to Washington in the after
noon.
William Raines. who was arrested on sus-
piclOn Of having been implicated IN the
murder OF j. O.. Leech near Goshen on the
night OF the Sd instant. has been released
from Imprisonment. having established that
he was elsewhere at the time OF the murder
and has returned TO the home Of his father
several miles east Of Port Republic. in Rook-
ingham county. leaving the mystery of the
murder as profound as heretofore
Many strong complaints have been made
TINS summer to the Treasury Department
.hat steamers running on the Pot mac
river 10 Marshall Hall. River View and otbsr
resorts have been endangering the lives
OF passengers by oyercrowdlng the boats
and racing on Sundays. The steamboat in
spectors IN Baltimore were notified of these
complaints and ordered over TO Washing.
ton on Sunday 10 look out for Violations
OF the law by steamers carrying mora than
their licenses allowed. All Of the passen-
gers wore. carefully counted by the inspec-
Tors; put the steamboat managers were
AFRAID 70 run any risk while tina inspectors
were about. and chartered additional
steamers TO carry the passengers. so the
result was that everything went along
peacefully and safely on ths Potonsa