The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-13

and man of education and intelIi-
gence. If any attorney for the de-
tense during the trial shall by word
!or act, reflect up.h the female. If She
was OF previous good character, he
shall be fined not less than $500 no,
more than $500, and be debarred tho
privilege OF practicing his profession
in the court OF Virginia. The act fur.
ther provides that uil persons charged
with murder shall be tried in like man.
ner.
The House Committee on Banks
Currency, and Commerce this mornin;
unanimously decided To report the BIZ.
TO make Saturday afternoon of eac!
week a legal holiday for banks. Prcsi
dent s. G. Wallace. OF the Citizens
Bank. appeared before the ceInmlttc,
and favored the measure, which ha.
been opposed by the Bankers. Assc.
citation OF Virginia, of which Mr.. Wal
lace Is secretary.
When Mr.. Parker's bill exemptlnf
southampton county from the opera
tons of the dos law came up I'm thu
House there wG3 u lively scene. Mem
Der after member jumped up anf
Digs called Il halt by moving to re
commit the bill. He said, for one, he
was not afraid of dogs or dog owners
and would not move TO exempt Kin,
William. But he wanted his commit
tee TO have an opportunity to pass
upon all the amendments desired. Mr.
Cooke opposed the motion TO recon
nit. He said the House would nevc,
have Il better opportunity to discus.
this question, and IL the members dir
not want he law they had as vel
repeal 1t at once. Mr.. Pitcher also
was In favor of immediate action Mr.
Pitcher is another member not nfraiN
OF GOES nor anything else Mr.. Willard
made a strong speech In favor Of send
ing the bill back to the committee
and so did Mr.. hathaway. The lat.
ter made the Soint that there were lie.
gal complications that should he irvcs.
tigated. The bill was rccnmmttcd and
the Committee on Counties, Cities. and
Towns VIII consider the bill next Tues.
day morning.
Senator Stubs offered to-day a reso.
luton requesting the Governor to have
copied from the muster rolls in tho
War Department the names OF Con-
federate soldiers.
4 bill was offered in tho House nv
Delegate IIundley to provide artificin,
limbs for John j. O'Neill and A. |.
Green. inmates of the Soldiers Home
who lost limbs during the late war
He urged immediate action, but oh.
lection being made General Humble,
consented to n reference of the mea-
sure.
Mr.. Parker, of Southampton, is one
of the brightest, ableSt and most popu-
lar OF the new members of the House.
Delegate Cooke is watching for bills
making expenditures OF money like q
hawk watches for u chicken, and moth
ing escapes his eagle eye.
1pIo,,fl ,,,o,e ,,,,,,-
make a great fight for the oystermen
He is on the important committee OF
Chesapeake and Its Tributaries.
Hon. Herbert l. Lewis, of King WI.
liam county, was in the city to-day. and
was among the visitors at the Capital
MIR. Lewis says that on the 2Sth OF
this month about twenty-five clerks and
about one hundred and fifty laborers
now employed by the Southern Rail.
way Company at West Point will be
transferred to Norfolk, where all the
New York, Philadelphia and Bostor
freight will go. Primers Point, at Nor
folk. Will be the deep water terminus o!
the Southern railway. and the removal
of nearly all the railway force at West
FONT 10 Norfolk will be the means OF
making Primers Point a very busy
place in few days. The railway com
pany will not abandon West Point by
any means as the Baltimore freight
and passenger traffic will so that way
EX-Delegate Morgan Treat, OF West
Point. who was also at the Capitol to.
day, remarked that while his people
deeply regretted the remoal OF sc
| many of the railway employees from
West Point. that city will have some.
thing to offset this going in the shaps
| OF large enterprise soon to be estab.
! iished that will give employment tc
| about 200 persons.
In the Court of Appeals TO-DAY m
opinion was handed down by Judge Iar
rieon In the case OF Norfolk and West.
efn railroad vs.. DouGherty, from the