The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-28
VIRGINIA NOTES.

securing 176 majority Of total
aly $40 votes cast. The 'wets" made the
Might on the question of city revenue
assgnd the inefaciency of the law to en-
33RR5rce local option. The city derives a
OF So, 900 from the saloons, and
ather than lose that in such stringent
fHmes many men who oppose whiskey
Ranerally voted wet.
<a VIM. III. Hayes. highly respected
d tizen Of Charles City county, in the
safty eighth year of his age, committed
a23Slicide Saturday morning by cutting
aHis throat with o razor. He was in
Mental trouble after great suffer.
sES,aag. from catarrh of the head. He
{3pok his razor from tho house with
|RSim and went to the back Of his farm
Lind into taicket, and there on Monday
|S3p orning his body was found.
| Maj. w. w. Bently, prominent
|Hltock raiser, residing near Pulaski City,
IAYas thrown from his horse while driving
Nome cattle on his farm ON Sunday
Eight. breaking his shoulder and bruis-
I.tng himself seriously, but not sustaining
Miny internal injuries.
'Sa The Charlottesville Field Trial Ken
9 els have sold the two young pointer
Hogs, Conscript and Exile, (brothers OF
Ethan pion Rip. Rap to Mr.. ]. o. Dom
"a ers. of New York city. The former
H3old for $500 and the latter for $3.50.
ia Mr.. N. e Welch, merchant at Hamp.
gatead, King George county, who made
k44n assignment about the first of March
Vast has effected satisfactory arrange
5inents with his creditors, and has re.
sHumed business.
'H At the oratorical contest between the
sWashington and Jefferson Literary So.
RSss ieties of the University of Virginia the
# ommittee awarded the medal to Mr..
3 gon.
III Mrs. Mamie r. Darlington died at her
INpome, in Farmvilie. Tuesday, after
SSSprotracted illness. She was the widow
|tpf Abram B. Darlington, who Was killed
Il n the battle at Seven Pines. in 1853.
81 Mr.. Robert B. Holiday, formerly
|Eashier Of the Union Bank, Winchester,
FLIED Monday at Pennington, Mo.
81 Ten OF the first cars manufactured by
"a he American Car Company, at Basic
Pity, left the shops Tuesday. These are
IN reight cars with ell the latest improve.
ASpents.
III The Surry Lumber Company's plant,
s,i55w hich was destroyed by Are at Dendron,
~. few miles from Wakefield, was valued
Iiht 100000. The company owned
Il complete electric plant by which their
sp!ant and the whole village of Dendron
Hwere lighted.
a Bette Thomas Lewis, the colored nat
flral daughter Of W. A. Thomas, who
Fame into possession of over $500, 600 OF
ssner fathers estate, has erected hand.
fsome monument over her parents
l;grave in Hollywood Cemetery, Rich.
glmond.
L The Norfolk jail contains fifty prison.
GERS at the present time. 1t Is feared
sthat unless the number is reduced be-
Wore hot weather sets in sickness will
slensue.
Il Owing to the increase in license to
asen liquor in Farmville from Sl25 10
$500 but two applications have been
Amade.
& The firm of Renie & Mcintosh, Of
AGranite, has secured the contract from
the government for supplying Belgian
ablocks for the Portsmouth navy yard.
William Campbell a prominentcitizen
| OF Page county lies in very critical
condition at his home in Luray. He
has been unconscious for the past three
days, and but little hopes are enter
1 tanned for his recovery.
Twenty the usand bari els OF kale have
bean shipped from the Hollywood truck
farm, near Cape Charles. this spring.
The members of the Virginia Worlds
Fair Association will leave Richmond
On Friday for Chicago to attend the
opening of the exposition. A large
party will 60.
The storo-house Of David Apt, at Red
Bank, Halifax county, was burned at
an early hour Sunday morning. There
was no insurance on the property.
w. P. Gillian is the Democratic nomi-
nee for clerk of the court Of Prince Ed
ward county.
Fayette Jones, a prominent citizen of
Norfolk, is dead.
Mrs. e. G. Perkins died last Sunday
at her home near King George Court
House.
Alex. N. Stark, of Norfolk has sue
cessfully passed the examination for
appointment at assistant surgeon in the
army.
In Prince William county Thursday
night last two barns ON the farm of
Andrew Lowe were burned, together
with thirty-fve mich COWS. Loss SlO,-
900.
There are two rumOr5 as to the pur.
chase of Chamberlain's Hotel at Old
Point. One is that George j. Gould is
after the property, and the other Is that
the Chesapeake and Ohio Company has
made an offer.
Mr.. Philip William Fauntleroy, the
( ST. Louis lawyer, entered the Protestant
Episcopal ministry and preached his
( first sermon on Sunday last at ST James
Church, st. Louis. Mr.. Fauntleroy is a
native OF Winchester, and is son of
Judge L. L. Fauntleroy, Of the Virginia
supreme court OF appeals. He Is grad
uate of the University of Virginia.