The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-15
YIRGINIA NEWS NOTES.
Items Gathered Here and There and
Fverywhere Throughout the state

Abraham Hisey. a well known farmer
near Woodstock. died suddenly Monday
wind and hail storm did considerable
damage in Caroline county Saturday even
ing.
The wife of James Hooks, of Messy
Creek. Augusta county, was drowned last
week.
Rev. II. Packet. pastor of the Lutheran
church at Charlottesville, has accepted
call 10 a church in Kansas.
owen Bros 6, CO.. dry goods. and Hill
Burnett & Co., grocers, OF Bristol nave
failed. Liabilities $I7S3.06 and .S2,OSi re-
spectively.
An Investigation Is being made into the
narrowly averted collision at Fort Mon
roe between the steamers Norfolk and
Pocahontas.
Henry Ceasy, a negro, was arrested at
Hollins, Roanoke county, while In the act
of burglarizing Mrs. Laura Morgan
apartments Monday night.
CAPTAIN George d. Hitchins, keeper of
Smiths Island Life Saving Station, Ie-
ports a large whale ashore on the lower
end of the island. The monster Is seven
ty feet long.
Rev. George Stevenson, one Of the old
est members of Baltimore Conference,
Methodist Episcopal church. South, died
AT his home In Stepf ems City Saturday
aged eighty-thI ee years
The Popuist State Convention, which
meets at Lynchburg on August Sd, will
demand the free ccirage Of silver in
legal ratio of l6 TO l, so one of the promi-
nsat members OF this party declares.
T.. ". McCaull, collector of internal
revenue for the Lynchburg district, has
purchased a farm near Brandy Station.
Culpeper county, on which he will re-
side when relieved of the collectorship.
There are in the yard IT Delaplane,
FauQuier county station fifty walnut logs,
which win be loaded in few days for
Baltimore th'nce by steamer 10 England.
Some OF the logs measure II feet around.
St Paul's Lutheran church Of Strasburg
Rev. l.. L.Smith, pastor, was rededicated
Sunday morning In the presence of
large concourse of people. Rev. S. w.
owens d. D.. of Hagerstown, preaching
the dedicatory sermon.
Last week c. II. Harouf. who resided
near Burnsville. Bath county, went TO the
Warm Spring Mountains 20 salt his cat
tie. In the evening his horse came home
without rider and at once search was
instituted for Mr.. Harouff. His dead body
he died from apopleXy.
Erastus Martin. who is charged with the
murder of George Steele, in Russell coun-
~. in August. 1890. has been arrested at
Norton. Va. and lodged in Lynchbug
Jail for safe keeping. Martin admits that
he killed Steele, but claims to have acted
I'm sef-defense. lie says he left the county
after the tragedy on the advice of friends.
who insisted that IL he surrendered him.
self he would be lynched by the Steele
brothers.
AT the Cremora mines. near Basic City.
a ten-year-od son of William Knight IN
dertook TO ride mule that had the repu-
tation OF being dangerous at times. lie
had only gone a short distance when the
animal began to demonstrate her ugly
temper by uckjumping and kicking at
a furious rate. The little fellow held on
manfully for n time. but was finally un-
seated and thrown 10 the ground with his
foot remaining in the stirrup and was
dragged a hundred or two yards in this
manner being kicked at every jump by
the mule. When picked up his skull was
found to be crushed and he died In very
few minutes.