The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-14
VIRGINIA NOTES.

darrlsonburg after q months respite
Last night at midnight the warehouse
of S. II. Molfstt & Co., near the freight
depot, was fred by an incendiary. Two
hours later an attempt was made to burn
an unoccupled dwelling house in tho
Same locality, but little damage was
done in either case. Other attempts at
arson have boon made during the past
week, all in section OF tho town re-
mote from the street water mains.
Doc" Clendenen moved to Big Stone
Gap some time ago and has been
steady employe at the Appalachian fur
mace. With him he brought his wife
and daughter, perhaps IS years old, and
little girl about three years old. The
family circle seemed as happy as a
covey of larks on bright May morning
till the handsome features and graceful
forms OF Newt. Bentley and his son ap.
peared on the scene. Then the trouble
commenced. The father and son at
once made hugo mash on the mother
and daughter, while the TWO females
mashin' business. In fact, there an.
peared to be general four. handed, all
round mash. These feelings OF the
tender sort" kept "a working" till the
wholesale infatuation became so strong
that prudence nor resistance were no
longer matters to be considered, so last
Wednesday the four after the order OF
the wandering Arab, silently folded
their tents and skipped out, taking with
them the little girl Clendenen Is after
them for the purpose OF recovering the
little girl, but will make no effort to
induce the wayward women to return.
The Botetourt and Buchanan, Banner
was started at Buchanan, Botetourt
county, last week, with George o.
Green & Co., as editors.
While at dinner Sunday, Mrs. L. Nc.
Crow, of Jetersville, Amelia county,
found quicksilver in the bread she was
eating, and on looking closely found
there was largo quantity in IT, 1t
seems that 1T was only in one cake.
She and her husband examined all the
other bread and failed to find any Grace
OF it. There is no doubt it was put in
by Wick Gordon, the cook, to kill one of
the family Mr.. McCrow had her ares
ted and tried before Justice c. w. Pitch
ford, Justice Of the peace, who com
mitt her to jail to await trial at t! o
county court. 1t is thought the cause
which promoted the deed was that Mrs.
Morrow had incurred the negro's ami.
mostly Saturday by ordering her to per-
form som distasteful labor.
1t has been rumored of late that a
movement was on foot to consolidate
the interests of the lIaxall .Crenshaw
and Gallogo Mills. Capt. Phillip Haxall
and Mr.. Lewis d. Crenshaw and Mr..
Charles L Todd, of the Gallego Mills,
stated yesterday that some conferences
in regard to the matter had held some
time ago. but that no result had been
reached. All three gentlemen added
thai it was exceedingly doubtful
whether or not the consolidat ton would
be consummated.
Miss Anna e. Forsythe died at "Field-
ing," tho residence of Capt Charles
Wood, near Charlottesville, at o'clock
Sunday morning, aged about s.. She
was an aunt OF Mrs. Wood and daughter
Of the late John Forsythe, Governor
of Georgia. United States Senator from
that State and who also was the repre-
sentative to Madrid during General
Jackson's administration. Several of
the members Of the family were distin-
Rpished in the political world.
At the Grace Street Baptist Church,
Richmond, at o'clock Tuesday night,
the eighty. ninth anniversary of Rev.
Joseph Walker was celebrated. Mr..
Walker was born in Chester county, Pa,
April 10, 1904. He was brought up in
the Lutheran faith, but in 1891 he was
baptized in James river, at Richmond,
and united with the Second Baptist
Church. In June, 1898, during the ses.
sion OF the general association in Rich
mond, Mr.. Walker was ordained to the
ministry. He has been pastor in seven
alherent States; was chaplain to the
hospitals around Richmond during the
war. He has been editor of four papers,
and at one time corresponding secretary
Of the Home Mission Board and South
ern Baptist Convention.
"Tanis, the Sang Digger" by Amelia
Town Topics. 1t is continued story,
and each issue of Town Topics will be
read with much interest. Referring to
the description of the Warm Springs Val
ley, we find sits peace almost too solemn
to bo soothing, It's beauty too severe to
bring with 1T that sense OF closeness
which possesses us in the presence OF
rare natural scenery. 1t has in it some
thing of that chill which emanates from
q woman whose loneliness Is too naughty
to be magnetic. Elk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Martin, of
Chesterfield, have daughter who has
two grandmothers, two great or and
mothers, and one great great.grand.
mother living. The two .grandmothers
are Mrs. Melvine Martin, and Mrs.
Martha Brown, the two greatgrand.
mothers are Mrs Mary Brown and Mrs.
d Judith Cox, and the great great.grand-
mother is Mrs. Robertson, who lives in
petersburg. and who is aunt of MIR.
James Il Robertson, of the firm Of
DuVal & Robertson.
On the 31st of January last gentle
man on horseback stopped at the Clapp
House, at Cleveland, Russell county.
Va, and re gistered as jenkins, declin.
ing to tell where he was from Ha