The Afro-American., 1895-10-26
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5@-440A lawson, Of Timber RIdRs
Morgan county, committed suicide by sboo
{ Ang himself twice ii the head with !
soiYeE. Major Dawson, with bis son. Olive
Was visiting MF William Epplnger south
no1ksley Springs, and his body was foun
Il chair at Ms Eppinger,s desk. Msie
lawson was prominent in west V.reini
i polttics. Ia 1888 he beclme~ a republican
FFeVlous TO that time he was an ardent dem
ocfat. La $50 he was elected to tho ives
Virginia State Senate. He was seventy
elgnt years old, and was extensively known
MAJOR Dawson was man Of strong person
allty His views On agricultural matter
we're highly regarded.
H. g. Price, United States detective ar
rested v. F. Moore, near Harrisonburq on
warrant charging embezztemont of Dos.-
once money-orler funds to the amount Of
/ 9I,3W. Until abous October / Moore was
/ postmaster a: Roanoke, Ill He suddenly
let nome and his accounts we're found short
20 inc amount named. He had been In r OK
'ngham county several weeks spending the
time among relatives.
somehow widespre d rumor prevails in
several sections of the State that Searcev the
man s2nt to the Vir sInia peniten.iarv for
aiding Morganfleld ia the Aqua Creek train
FopOery' had effec.e ed his escape from that
institution. There is no truth in the reDort
Searcey is safe behind the bars and doing
work in the shoe shop
he order Of Judge Orgain, Of the Lunen.
oerg County Court, dema ding the return
TO that couaty, on November II, of solomon
harab.e and Mary Aberneth and pokev
Barnes, the negroes in the Richmond Jail on
charoe Of The murder Of Mr.. Pol arI will
% resisted by the prisoners counsel These
VIII, II necessary, sue out a writ of babeas
corpus 10 prevent the removal OF The ac-
custd, but il they are carried Lack to Tunen-
ourg Governor OFerrall is determined that
q military guard shall acc ,mpany the ne
gio@s No case of Iynching has occurred in
me State during Governor OFerra!rs term
OF Gil a-d he declares that none shall if |
ae can pcs lilly prevent it.
Sparks from loco motive on The Norfo,k
ana Western Railroad started fires that
'aused considerable damage between sbep-
'rdstoWn and Shenandoah Junction n,
ne farms OF J. B. O5bourn. VIM, Butler
sober. Lucas and G. T. I'm or much fencfng
vas destroyed, and, in addition, MIR. Lucas
st 3OJ bushels of wheat and 1000 shingles
Dr. Harvey Il. Hendricks lost fifteen tons Of
ay by the fire, and W liam Butler also had
quantity f hay destroyed. The farmers
l the Sandy Rid 80 were greatly excited bv
ne nrea and 1t was only by strenuous efforts
nat they saved their houses and barns.
The long-continued draught has become a
'Hous matter in shepherjstown and vlcin-
y. The wheat which was sown nearly a
-onth ago has fai ed to sprout on accoun,
the dryness Of the earth, and only here
2a mere may be seen fed in which 1t is
'mlng Up and then more or less irregular
Wells are going dry, cisterns have be.
lale s4llauAted, ponds dried up. and some
rners have fo driYs their staak long dis.
.nca3 50 water. ,
A dispatch from Huntington, aFa.
myers, Logan county, William nsi6eFoD
as attacked by two sisters namad Hance,
20 women succeeded In throwing him down
ID then cut his throa', death sulting In |
q minutes. The cause Of the crime Is not
own, Tut several arrests are reported. '
Thomas Wood, one of the Oldest and most V
ointment citizens Of Charlottesville, is dead. n
was born in Albemarle county, in 1870 v
aduated In law from the University of Vir- Il
Tia when twenty years old, and was the q
lest alumnus Of that institution. He repre- y
lied the county in the Legislature several So
IRIS and was mayor Of Charlottesville three II
ms 81
t is estimated that 40, 900 barrels OF apples n
4 be shipped from Roanoke county. this CT
son, John L. Wcodrum, owner of the IA
US Woodrum orchard, at the base OF Bent r
untain, recently sold his crop OF pippins ca
the snug sum Of 81, 900 cash. hi
uIius A. Smith, brakeman on the South III III
Railway, was Knocked from a freight dc
, near Charlottesville, and run over and W.
ed. pc
he barn and contents on the farm of r. I. i
odson, near Stanton, were destroyed by
Incendiary fire. Loss $4,000; insurance he
so. 20
he eleventh annual session OF the State TIL
neil OF Virginia, Junior Order United in ~
srican Mechanics was held at Danvile. 81
hundred delegates wera in attend Go
,. The annual election OF Officers re- he
ID as follows: State councillor, L. w. Law
or, Of Richmond; Safe vc.-councillor. ing
. Boehm, Of Roanoke; STATE secretary. the
mas B. Ivy, OF Petersburg State Coun- his his
reasarer; G. Ii. RawsoD, Of Richmond tina
Q Council conductor, A. L. Bradley, Of Lol
mond; State Council warden, S. NJ. VIII ~
3, Of Crews State Council inside senti- orc
J. F. MARITIME, OF West Point; outside Me-
mel, W. H. Kidd, OF Manchester; trus- caN
W. D. Hill, Of South Boston, C. E. San 2
b, Of Rio Vista, J. R. Mansfield, Of ing
andria; national representative, E. c. spin
ison, OF Richmond. S.aunton was Sc ~ 40
as the place for the next meeting. AMI
g Albemar:e Chapter OF thu Daughters Lor
9 Confederacy was organized by Mrs. OF q
- Mercer Garnet at the University OF = at af,
mia as an auxiliary Of The john Bowie pr
ICE Camp, Confederate Veterans, Of Is.