Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-28
Virginia News Items.

The Masons Of Hillsville, Carroll county,
are erecting handsome hall.
V. s. Morgan. former sheriff and treas
urer OF Smyth county, is dead.
The grape crop OF Albemarle Is the
finest and largest ever raised in that
county.
Mr.. u. Preston Parr. Jr., succeeds Mr.
Edward u Gregory as editor OF the
Bedford Index.
G. r. Dabney and other Roanoke city
capitalists will establish a wholesale gro
Gerry at Princeton, w. Va, in the early
fall
John d. Cochins has resigned the posi-
ton Of chief bOokkceper OF the Roanoke
Gas and Water Company TO accept the
SUPPLEMENTARY OF the Farmvile Gas
Company.
The Dry Fork railroad has about COM
pleted thrty-four miles of track from
Hendricks. in Bedford county, to Candy
creek. in Randolph county. w. Va, and
is now running daily trains.
Rev. Ell J. Funk, who has been preach
ing in Southwest Virginia, Is only - years
of age He belongs to the Disciples
Church ard viii enter a Tennessee college
in September.
T.. VI. Grimm and Samuel G. Henry left
Roanoke on Saturday night for stanton,
whence. accompanied by John T. Booth,
they will make q bicycle run to Washing
ton via H6g, rstowp, Nd. and Baltimore.
Mr.. A spannuth OF Chicago. a graduate
of the Lutheran Seminary at Springfield,
H., has accepted the call to the pastorate
of the Lutheran church in Charlottesville.
His ordination will take place on the Sc
cond Sunday in September.
Mary's Chapel erected in Floyd county
in memory Of Mrs. Mary Aldridge by her
two surviving sons, b. +. and Milton AID
ridge. was dedicated last Sunday by Rev.
G. II. Tompson. pastor of Lee-Street
Methodist church, Roanoke.
The sudden disappearance Of two we'll
known King Georgians, one married
man, and the other a maiden of %, last
week, Is now believed to have been an
elcpement but there is so far no clue to
the whereabouts of the couple.
Judge Williams. of the Circuit Court OF
Pulaski county, has dissolved the injunc-
ton granted by Judge Richardson, en-
Joining the removal OF the county seat
from Newborn to Pulaski City. Thirty
days were, as usual allowed for an ap-
peal.
Mr. jefferson NJ. Levy pays taxes on
100000 worth Of real estate in New
York city. Besides Mr.. Levy's holdings
in New York. he Is the owner OF Monti-
cello and valuable real estate in the city
of Charlottesville and elsewhere, valued
at 100000 more, perhaps.
Colonel G. Y. r. Henderson. OF the
ROYAL Military College, England. and
Cautain Byngared Fortesque. officers of
the English army. were in Staunton
saturday. They are great admirers of
Stonewau Jackson. and are visiting the
SCENES OF his military operations in The
Valley.
Detective w. G. Baldwin arrived at
Roanoke on Sunday from Blueheld, w.
Va and says his brother. r. Y. Baldwin,
marshal of the town, and Allen Brown.
denutv United States marshal who were
shnt nv Arson Shrader Friday night In a
rnnniuR fight, are not dangerously wound
ga "a was first telegraphei. Marshal
Raldwin's wound is slight, but painful.
Furnace No. /. OF the Pulaski Smelling
Works, erected by Captain Thomas N.
Jones. formerly general manager OF the
BERTHA Zinc Works. made its first run
Wednesday with satisfactory results. Cap
tain Jones is an old and experienced Zinc
furnace man, having had the superintend-
ancy OF several furnaces In Wales and
this country. No. l is the only furnace
of its kind in America and has a capacity
OF two tons OF zinc per day.