The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-12

Items Gathered Here and There ""~
Everywhere Throughout tho Siate'

Fverywhere Throughout tho State
Mr. Christopher Funk, OF Winchester
died Sunday, after a lingering Illness
aged eighty-two.
Effort will be made 10 put Fisherman 5
Island, at the mouth OF the Chesapeake
bay. into condition for quarantine
station.
Mrs. ". c. DoveI, wife Of the proprietor
OF the Wilson Hotel. Mount jackson, was
found dead I'm her bed Sunday morning
She was about fifty years old.
Cadua Mears and Herbert Drummond,
two young merchants from Acconac
county. were nearly suffocated by gas at
a boarding house I'm Baltimore Monday.
Civil Service Commissioners Lyman.
Roosevelt and Johnston have completed
final arrangements for the classification
OF the postoffices at Alexandria and Nor
folk
The bonds for 10000 at 6 per cent.
which were given by Page county 10 the
Shenandoah Valley railroad in 1851. have
been reduced by payments to $4,000. and
been refunded at 5 per cent, 10 run Tor
twenty years. This is a saving Of $500
a year and $1,000 to the county.
At the request Of Captain Mushbach, OF
Alexandria, who represents an anti-vice
society I'm the North. a special session
Of the grand jury was held I'm Norfolk
Tuesday TO investigate poiicy-piaying In
that city with a view to indicting onend-
ers The jury brought in several indict-
ments.
The Gillian arbitratorship. TO which
John Goode has been appointed, lasts
eight months and pays at the rate OF
5000 per annum. The. position Of So
licitor-General. which Mr.. GoOde desired,
lasts four years and pays 5000 per an
mum. Mr.. G0ode is just siXty-four years
old, having been born in May, $50.
II is said that the coast from Cape
Hatteras nearly ny 10 Cape Henry is
literally lined with buehsh, and the
fishermen ashore and in the Staten Is
land feet have had all they could 10
taking the "big blues" \ peculiarly
about these large Ash this season is that
they are generally poor.
John r. sykes. Il brakeman on the
Atlantic and Danville railroad, was run
over by a train on Saturday night and
died sunday at his home in Portsmouth.
The accident happened at Lawrenceyille.
Sykes tried 10 jump on the caboose car as
his train was moving off and fell under
the wheels and had his left leg and arm
terribly crushed.
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caught in the act of robbing the money
drawer OF Headley & Anderson's store. I'm
Edinburgh. last Saturday night. lie en-
tered the store through a broken window,
and admitted that he had been I'm the
store eighteen times in all. taking each
time an the change that had been left
I'm the money drawer.
Thre were shipped from Cupeper 20
the Baltimore market on Tuesday last
over two hundred hogs and some cattle.
Among item were seven steers fed by
Mr.. j. J. Tinsley. on Crooked Run. that
weighed in the aggregate 1900 pounds
one of which tipped the beam at 2OlO
pounds. These cattle were sold TO Mr..
j. l.. Yates
General Flagler, Chief Of Ordnance
United States Army. has requested Ma
son Leonard, OF Salem. TO meet him in
Washington at an early day 20 confer
regarding the latters smokeless Towder.
which has given such satisfactory re-
suits at the tests made by the Govern
ment at Frankfort arsenal and Sandy
Hook. So far LeOnard's smokeiess pow
der for rifles and cannon is ahead Of any
yet made I'm this or any other country.
Mr.. oliver J. Lucas, formerly of Ac-
cOmac county but now residing in POGO
mol.e City. Md. has I'm his possession an
old book entitled THE Bible Explained"
The book was published in London I'm
1912. and is I'm an excellent state OF pre-
servaton. on one Of the fly leaves Of
the book IS the following inscription;
MARY T.. Robertson. Presented TO her
10y her mother. Mary Robertson. Bi.'
Mr. Lucas found the book i'm the store
house at Modest Town formerly occupied
by Rev William Laws, and he stands
ready 20 surrender It to any descendant
of the original owner.