The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-10
VIRGINIA NOTES.

The wife of Col. VIM. R. Denny, of
Winchester, died in Nashville, Tenn,
on Saturday.
The State board of education on Sat.
urday appointed G. w. Grigsby super
intendent OF schools of King George
county and j. B. McInturf, of Shenan-
doah.
y William Payne, tho oldest citizen of
Albemarle county, died on Saturday
last. He leaves Ill direct des cendants.
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Col. Theodore L. Lang, formerly chief
OF the bookkeepers' division of the
fourth AUDITORS Office of the Treasury
Department in Washington, on Satur-
day turned his office over to his success
sor, MIR. Hoge. of Virginia.
The project OF purchasing Hog Island,
in the Chesapeake bay, for a Quarantine
station, has been virtually abandoned
by the Government. is probable the
quarantine will be located. as hereto.
fore, at the mouth of the bay.
Dr. George Williams, of Nashville,
Tenn, has received letter from his
sister at Fincastle that by the death OF
their uncle, Isaac Morgan, of that place,
they have fallen heir to a fortune of
S2.500,000 in stocks and bonds. Mr..
Morgan was 100 years old at the time of
his death.
The Richmond papers yesterday pub
llshed an address prepared and issued
by the O'Ferrall organization at the re-
cent conference there. This paper is
nothing more than q review of the
colonel's military, legislative and per.
sonal record since his birth in 1910. No
reference is made in the paper to
O'Ferralls attitude on the financial or
other national issues. The address
closes with the declaration that the
Congressman has made more political
speeches than any other nan in Vir-
ginia.
James Shiplett, the Ninrod, and
lzsak Walton, of North River Gap, who
has for six weeks past been at the point
OF death from shot received in an en-
counter with Samuel Todd. died FRIDAY
at the home of friends, to which place
he was carried shortly after the shoot
ing. The story goes that while Todd
was on his way home through the
mountain gap about dusk he was sc.
oosted by Shiplett and quarrel ensued.
Todd retreated and some distance fur.
Their he was attacked by Shiplett and
choked. whereupon Todd drew his pis.
eo- .''.N~ A4SNs "OahOluR Oulpl6CG III IQ6
vertebral column, from which wound
Shiplett had been paralyzed ever since.
Adam Harness. one of the Oldest citi.
zens OF Hardy county, w. Va, died last
week. He was one of the notable fig.
ures of Hardy county, being a great
lover of fine horses and always having
good stock around him, he went by the
name of "Jocky."
Andrew Sayers was struck by frag
ment of rock from a blast on the Marion
and Rye Valley railroad, while sitting
In his door at home Wednesday, and had
his collar bone broken.
Steps are being taken in the Baptist
churches in Upper Fauquier and Rapps-
hammock to raise $500 to erect monu.
ment to the memory of the late Rev.
Barnett Grimsley. ,t
The flock OF sheep of Messrs. Curtis
and Jones, near Markham, Fauouier.
was raided by two dogs last Wednes.
day night and thirty six sheep were
killed.
The West Virginia State Sunday
School Convention will be held at
Clarksburg, on Wednesday, and Thurs.
day, the 18th and 18th OF May.
Burr P. Nolan, OF Loudoun BOUNTY.
has gone to California to engage in sill.
YER mining.