The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-15
VIRGINIA NEWS AND NOTES.

VIRGINIA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items Of Interest From all Over the Old
Dominion State.
Thirty machinists and helpers were
discharged from the steam engineering
department Of the Norfolk navy yard
Saturday. The force in the yard and
time.
The governor has pardoned William
Poole, sentenced in April, 1891, from
Culpeper, for house beaking for three
years. and five years added for second
conviction. He was given his liberty
on accounted ill-health.
Memorial services were held in the
Moffett- Memorial Baptist Church, of
North Danville Sunday, and the edifice
was packed with people. The sermon
was in memory OF Rev. John R. Moffett,
who was shot by James L. Clark in that
city, and died from the wound just a
year ago; His people were greatly de-
voted to him. and 1t is their purpose to
hold special memorial services every
year on the anniversary of his untimely
death.
Walter Barley, q harmless and inof-
fensive colored man, of Danville, aged
about 40 years, was knocked down and
seriously beaten near his home on the
outskirts of the city late Saturday
night. The old man was found Sunday
morning in an unconscious condition
and taken to his home, where he Is still
lingering in an unconscious state. The
party or parties who assaulted him are
unknown. Their object could hardly
have been robbery, for Barley was pen
niless at the time. 1t is believed his
assailants were boys whose only object
was mischief.
Although Colonel o. Ferrall ran behind
his ticket in the recent election, he ran
far enough ahead of Mr.. Cooke, the
Populist nominee, to be elected by the
largest plurality that any governor ever
chosen in Virginia received. The re.
turns that have come in during the last
few days have continued to swell his
majority over Cooke steadily. OF the IS
counties and II cities (the vote of Bris-
toll being included in Washington
| countys fgures) from which returns
have been received, IL counties and 16
cities gave Dem ocratic majorities, and
| II counties and one city were carried by
the Popullsts. These give Colonel
O'Ferrall net plurality of 44.75i.
Charles Warwick, brother-in-law OF
| James A. Frazier, of Lexington, shot
and killed himself Sunday night at
Rockbridge Alum Springs. The suicide
was young man of good habits. about
| 80 years old, and there is no known
reason why ne should have taken the
rash step. He was q man OF education
and refinement, and had lately re-
turned from the West. He was in ap.
parent good health and light spirits
when he returned to his room that
! night. He did not come down to break
| fast, and search revealed his body in
an adjoining room to the one he had
been occupying. He killed himself
with pistol and placed bullet in his
brain.
Col. 10. Lane Stern, the assistant
nspector-general, has just submitted
his annual report to Brlgadier General
Charles j. Anderson, the acting adiu-
tant'general. The report shows that
| there are now in the service 3,2s5 of.
| fcers and men, OF which number there
were present at the inspection this year
2,64S. The increase in the force since
last year is Ice and tho increase in mum
bers present was 1872. During the year
four now companies OF infantry, 204 Of
hcer5 and men and two troops of cal
vary, eighty.one officers and mer
nave been mustered into service
Besides the artillery and cavalry
there are several separate infantry com
panies which were recently organized
These will be attached to the First
Brigade later. The names OF these or
| CARNATIONS are the Suffolk Light In
fantry, Suffolk, with officers and 4s
men; Franklin Light Infantry, Frank
lin, 3officers and al men; Radford Rifles,
Radford, officers and SO men; and
Farmvllle Guards, Farmville, officers
and ~ men. The Third Regiment
has fiifty-six officers and AS men
In speaking of the uniforms and
equipments, Colonel Stern says "It is
estimated that there are at least LOCO
dress coats and helmets needed to COM
| plete the outfit. and that about the
same number are not supplied with the
| blouse and forage caps.
Agreed to Fight January 25.