The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-29
VIRGINIA NEWS NOTES
It.m. Gathered Here and Ihcre nm"
rx.rvwbsre Throughout the STATE

| v.h.rs Throughout the state.
Me- Dennv. wife of Colonel william
penny OF Winchester, died In NashViile'
Tenn. on Tuesday.
Nr Robert b. Holiday. formerly cashier
of tho Union Bank. Winchester. dled Moh-
day at Pennington. Mo.
r,,.or,v thousand barrels of kale have
been shipped from the Hollywood truck
farm. near Cape Charles, this spring.
Owing 10 the increase In license 10
soil liquor In Farmville from 5lZo 10 SoVV'
but two applications have been mace
For Icing Tired Of this world. Lawson
Eagle killed himself in Cabarrus ,ouf,y'
sunday, by taking an overdose Oh 'auua-
| mum.
A negro named Bullock. OF Alamance
county. was Jailed at Graham TUESDAY,
charged with making criminal assault
| on a white woman.
II Is rumored that Rev. Junius Horner,
~ the Horner School, oxford. will take
Minister Alexander's place In the FACULTY
Of the University.
The store-house Of David Apt at Red
Bank. Halifax county, was burned at an
early hour Sunday morning. There was
no insurance on the property.
jackson NJ. Minor. prosperous farmer
| OF Loudoun county, died at his home near
Taylortown, last Tuesday night. In about
the sixty-hfth year Of his age.
The Norfolk Jail contains fifty prison
ers at the present time IL is feared that
unless the number is reduced before hot
weather sets in sickness will ensue.
The firm Of Rcnie & Mcintosh, OF
Granite. has secured the contract from
the Government for supplying Belgian
blocks for the Portsmouth hayward.
Ten of the first cars manufactured by
the American Car Company, at Basic
City. left the shops Tuesday. These are
freight cars with all the latest improve
ments.
Mr.. Samuel Mcmillan. owner Of Mill
burn Stock Farm. In Fauquier county
! has matched his horse Baby TO trot two
mile heats against WAX" for five thou
sand dollars a side.
The Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels
| have sold the two young pointer dogs,
| Conscrpt and Exile brothers of champ
ion Rip-Rap) to Mr.. J. o. Donners, OF
New York city. The former sold for $500
| an1 the latter for $50
Criterion. a colt raised by Mr.. Robert
Nelson of Fauquier. won a good race
in New York a few days ago and his
owner, besides the purse. got fifteen thou
sand dollars in bets. Two other colts
raised and sold by Mr.. Nelson won races
over good fields last week.
| Mr.. w. A. Franklin, of Petersburg. re-
| ceived a letter Wednesday from some
unknown party in Roanoke. enclosing
him a postal note for $3.50. The letter
was signed from a friend" The writer
stated that some time ago he got the best
Of Mr. Franklin in a trade to the amount
enclosed. Mr.. Franklin is at loss to
know from whom the letter came.
WI ho
in Virginia. was on Wednesday morning,
in Baltimore sent to Bayview Asylum for
| three months by Justice Hobbs, on a
charge of vagrancy. Officer \. Ryan
found him on Long Dock with a rope
around his neck To the other end OF
| the rope were attached several heavy
weights. The man said he wanted TO
die. and was evidently preparing to drown
himself
Mrs. Nanrie r. Darlington died Mon
day at Farmville after a protracted i'll
ness. She was the widow of Iran r.
| Darlington. who was killed in the battle
at Seven Pines in 1863. Mrs. Darlington
leaves tho following grown children: W.
b. Darlington. of Bristol. Tenn; Saun-
ders and Paul Of Lynchburg; Clement,
Of Richmond. and Mrs Rev w. S Camp
bell, of Fredericksburg, Va.
At the recent meeting in Culpeper Of
| which the Second PRESBYTERIAN church
of Alexandria is connected, Rev. G. L.
| Bitter was chosen principal ministerial
| commissioner TO the general assembly,
ana w. ID. White alternate c. p. Jan
ney was appointed principal committee
as ruling elder, and J. V. Brooke his
alternate. Purcelville was chosen as the
place for fall meeting on Tuesday, Septem-
Der 18th. at 1880 p. NJ.
/ ID
! quier county on Monday last for COM
missioners c. VI. White and Eppa Hun
| ton. Jr, in suit Of Horner' exors. against
| Homer and uX.. 500 l-2 acres near War
renton TO Fletcher & Bro. for $500. For
j. v Brooke and Eppa Hunton. Jr., In
suit Of Bowman's exors. against Rixey,
seventy acres near Marshall to Robert
Neville at So per acre. For j. V. Brooke.
| trustee. 100 acres in upper Fauquier TO
c. J. Hathaway for S12 per acre.
The east-bound passenger train on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, due at
| Millboro at noon, ran into rock two
| miles west Of that place Tuesday, tear
| ing some OF the steps from some OF the
| coaches and breaking nearly all Of the
air and steam pipes on some of the cars
| The general opinion is that some one
| placed the rock on the track. expecting
| the pay-car TO come. Had the engine
D"cH running AT nlgn rate ar speed
| the whole train would have been wrecked
Rev. Willibald Baumgartner, of st.
Mary's church. Richmond, with some
| other gentlemen. arrived in Manassas on
| Tuesday to begin arrangements for the
establishment of an Industrial school for
girls on the tract of land OF LOO acres
rear this place. which has recently boon
Presented TO the Benecictine order i'm Nir-
| GINA. After the establishment of the
school for girls another portion OF tho
| land will be laid off for boys. The
| orphans Of the Virginia Catholic Asylum
ut Roanoke will in after years be trans
| ferred 10 the new schools as soon as they
| are old enough to learn trades.
The congregation OF the Presbyterians
| at Abingdon. Of which Rev L. d. Ste
| phenson is pastor. on Sunday refused by
| vote Of l01 10 lS to accept his resigna-
| ton. The situation in his church is
| rather an unusual one. MIR. Stephenson
| has no call elsewhere. The congregation
| has no desire TO sever their relationship
with him. The church has prospcred
under his minstrations. A new church
building. the finest in that part Of the
State, has recently been completed and
the work paid for. The relationship be-
tween pastor and people is most cordial
and intimate. and the only reason for re-