Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-01-14
GENERAL MEMS.

GENERAL MEMS.
The Virginia State Convention of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion will be held in Norfolk February
10 to 10.
photographs OF the mansions and
plantations on the lower James river
will be exhibited at the Chicago
Worlds Fair.
There have been $4,000 cases of
cholera, 900, 900 OF which proved fatal,
in the whole of Russia, FROM the out
break of the plague to the first OF
last month.
James Carter, tho colored messen-
ger to the conmandant OF the Nor
folk navy yard, is serving his fiftieth
year in the yard, having entered as e.
water boy in January, 1S43.
Marshall Spring Pike, who wrote
tie popular song, Home Again. is
rs wears OF age, and is still singing at
public concerts. He wrote Home
Againn one night in 1915, when he
couldn'tsleep.
There is great beer war raging in
st. Louis between the British syn
dictate breweries and the home brew
cries. Tie price has been cut al
ready SO per cent and the end is not
yet.
Tho county clerks Office at Fairfax
Court house WAS broken open last
week aud the safe in tho Office was
ridd,ed. Anuanber of valuable re-
cords were burned, but Washington's
will, which was in the safe, was not
disturbed.
The Episcopal Cathedral to be cree
ted in New York city, the corner stone
or which was laid a few days ago, will
be a magnificent structure, and will
cost when completed S10,000.0OO. 1t
viii be the largest church structure
on this continent.
The report is current that it is hard
" possible that Il jury can be OBJ
tnined>iu Dancile to try j 7. Clark,
the man who killed Rev. J. r. Moi
lett. The probability is that the
court will send to Petersburg for
Jury. Che trial takes place i'll Feb
ruary.
The Virginia board OF Worlds Fair
managers has issued q circular urging
the superintendent and teachers OF
thepublic schools TO raise ~ small sum
of money in each of the schools OF the
State IN aid of the Virginia Building
at the Worlds Fair.
The Boston Globe offered So week
for life TO the person who made the
closest guess to the popular vote cast
for Cleveland and Harrison. Louis
s.. Woodbridge. q book-keeper, is the
winner. &c made 10000 gnesses, and
in one. set Cievelana's vote only SIX
teen higher than the official RETURN.
\ large body OF mountain land con-
sisting Of about 10 0G0 acres lying in
Rockingham ana Augusta counties,
Va. has Just been sold to New York
parties for about $15000O. The tract
is valuable for its coal, iron, tim Der,
and bark, and railroad from thus
point is regarded SIS assured III the
near future.
s writ has been served upon the
proctor of the University OF Virginia
notj,yinr him thar the executors OF
Mrs Faverweather. who was the
wife OF Daniel Fayerweather, the
leather merchant of New York, who
heoueathed $3.50, oG0 to the University
of Virginia, has instituted suit IN
the Supreme Court of New York to
set aside Mt. Faycrweather's will.
sfr T. C. tforton, of the Worlds
Fair Association, says encouraging
reports are coming in from the county
superintendent of public schools re-
Iaiive 10 tho collections in the schools
for the fair. Amonng the. counties
hoard from are Carroll Dinwiddie.
Rrunswicls. Norfolk. montgomery,
Halifax, Nottoway and York.
RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 0.-Charles
Carroll, an alleged moonshiper OF
Bucharan county, who was being
pursued by deputy marshals, conceal
ed himself in an abandoned cabin,
barred the door and stood peeping out
through a knot hole. The posse OF
deputies came along the road, ster-
ned and began talking on the edge OF
the clearing, too far away to be
heard. A bet was made and taken
that one of the party could not shoct
through the knot-hole in The door;
a Winchester was leyeled and tired
and some thing was heard to fall IN.
side the cabin The officers rushed
20 the spot and found the dead body
of the man for whom they had been