The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-23
VIRGINIA NEWS AND NO res.
Itoms OF Interest From ali Over the Old
Dominion State.

4 VIRGINIA NEWS AND NOTES.
| Itoms OF Interest From ali Over the Old
| Dominion State.
The board of Worlds Fair commits.
| sioners of Virginia have found buyer
| who agrees to remove the building at
| his own expense and pay the board $500
| for the same, which cost over $4,000
| 1t has been ascertained that this years
corn crop in King George county is very
| far below the average, and that farmers
| who used commercial fertilizers on corn
| will be unable to meet their notes out of
the present years yield. This shortage
in the yield is due to the long summer
| drought.
An interesting relic of the past in the
| shape of an old paper was found few
| days ago by W. R. Martin in the pos
session of James q. Gannswsy, of
Sandiges, Va. 1t bears the date of
January 4, 1900, and its columns an.
nounce the death of Gen. George Wash
ington, and its edges are tinRed In
mourning in honor of the great states
man.
In Danville John Murray (colored)
| recently went to the house occupied by
| Annie Price and Annie Wilson (also
| colored) just outside the city limits and
| knocked on the door. When they opened
| it Murray fred on them with shotgun.
| The Price woman was shot in the neck
| and Annie Wilson in the shoulder. The
women were not dangerously wounded.
| The man escaped.
The case of Newgrass e. Co., of Lon
don, against the Atlantic and Danville
railroad to recover certain car-trust
claims, enforce mortgage and certain
supply liens of the Mercantile Trust
Company under Virginia statutes, was
on trial in Norfolk last Monday, and
the road was given until December IL
to pay of its Indebtedness, or it will be
foreclosed and sold at auction.
The Hon. James Lyons, Of Richmond
who was assistant attorney during Mr..
Cleveland's first administration, has re-
ceived letter from Attorney General
Olney notifying him of his appointment
as special assistant to the attorney for
the United States for the eastern dis
trict Of Virginia, to aid in the prepare
ton and prosecution of the cases" known
as TIE Norfolk pension frauds.
Richmond Dispatch: Hog-raising
would be very profitable business if
the Virginia farmers could all raise as
fine ones and get as good prices for
them as Maj. Charles P. Bigger received
for six head from the Soldiers Home
grounds which he sold to w. ]. Hechler
Two Of the hogs weighed ITO pounds,
two weighed 1920 and the other two
1850. This made a gross aggregate of
2,S40 pounds, or as the butchers cal.
eulateit 2,272 pounds net Mr.. :Ht chile +
paid So cents per pound, so that the six
head of swine brought Sl92. 12 or sac. 172G
each.
The Official returns of the recent cleo
ton have brought out the fact that
Lewis T. Jennings, the Populist candi-
date in the Sixth district, has been
= elected member of the Senate over the
/ regular Democrat, B. e. Howard, who
, up to the present time had been believed
, to be elected. The Sixth district is com;
posed of the counties of Carroll, Gray
son and Floyd. Mr.. Jennings is elected
for the unexpired term of the late Sem
ator j. w. Hacker, of independence
, Grayson county. The only other Popu-
list member in the upper house is SEN
ator George w. Jackson, of the Twenty T.
seventh district, composed OF the
counties of Greensville, Sussex, Surry
and Prince George
In the house of delegates thirty-nine
regular Democrats, ten Populists, and
ono independent Democrat, Judge T
e Buford. Of Brunswick, will be seated
Judge Buford, who states that he has
never voted anything but the Demo
cratic ticket, will no doubt apply fol-
admission to the Democratic caucus, and
in all probability he will be admitted,
says tho Richmond Times. The follow
ing are the Populist members of the
house: r. A Kicks, of Caroline; j. M
Gregory and Carter H. Harrison, oil
Chesterfield, Manchester and Pow
hatan, p. f. Weaver. of Greenville and
Sussex; Ii. G. Slemp, Of Lee; T. Y
Allen, of Mecklenburg; r. Il. Vaughan
OF Nottoway and Amelia; Collin Stok es
of Prince Edward; j. Howe Sayers, OF
Tazewell; S. T. Turner, of Franklin
and Floyd In joint ballot 1877 regular
Democratic and 10 opposition votes will
| he