The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-15
NOTES FROM PETERSBURG,
Thc Proposed site for Appomntox
issiOncrs Appointed.

| DDOlhtCU,
Petersburg. Va, April IL (SpeciaD.-
On the first of April Representative Low
| of New York. introduced In the House of
Representatives Il bill to establish An
pomattox Park. Va. The bin provides
FOR an Appropriation OF $3.50. 0G0 for the
purchase of lands, &c. for the park
which Is not to exceed 5000 acres. This
Dill has not yet passed the Senate but
| 1t Is thought that 1t will do so without
any objection whatever. The land for
the park Is TO include some OF the most
historic Iattletields I'm front of Peters.
burg. Five Commissioners have been
| appointed TO select the grounds for the
| proposed park. They are EdwinEste
OF Virginia; l. H. Franklin. of New
York; John Ahslove. of Kentucky and
two others. one from Pennsylvania and
the other from Illinois, whose name
cannot now be recalled. All but one OF
these Commissioners are Grand Army
men. The battleflelds which II is pro-
posed 10 purchase for this park will in
: clude those extending from the Apo
mattox River out as far as Poplar
Grove Cemetery to Dinwiddic county
1t VIII also include all the territory be
tween the Baxter Mill road to Prince
George county and the Norfolk and
Western Railroad. Monuments will he
erected to mark the spot where each
regiment was stationed, just as they
are at Gettysburg. All the breastworks
now eNtant Will be preserved. and those
that have been demolished will be re-
stored. Soldiers Home and Museum
| to cost $4,000 will be built and thn
site on which the building is to be erect
ed Will probably be the Crater farm. If
the appropriation of s250,O00 asked for
In Mr.. Lows bill is not sufficient To
carry out the wishes of the Commission
ers. an effort will be made to have the
| Appropriation enlarged. Fine asphalt
&c ttsf1 hn nf,n
Park and the place VIII be made az
attractive rs possible. There will he n
superintendent to look after and attend
to the Park, When the Park is finished
| II VIII be turned over to the United
States Government, and will then be
under the control of the Secretary of
| War
| Doc Jones. colored. was sentenced bv
Judge j. NJ. Mullen. or the Musings
| Court. this morning, 10 be hanged until
dead on the 3lst day Of july next. Jones
shot and killed his wife. AT the March
term OF the Hustinga Court he was tried
| ana convicted of murder in the first de
gree Judge Mullen advised Jones ia
prepare TO meet his God. as he knew of
| no human law that could save him from
| the gallows. After being sentenced
Jones stated that at the time he killed
his wife he intended killing himself He
| said he did not want to be hung but
that he wanted the execution TO be pub
| lie, so that every one who wished to
| do so conld witness IT. Judge Mullen
| told the condemned man that the law
required that all executions should he
| private and not public. and. therefore
| he could not grant his request Jones
was then taken back to iaJ. when later
| In the day he was visited by his sister
The meeting between the two was n very
| anectionate one. AIR. Charles Tritter
Lassiter, counsel for Jones, will take
the case TO the Supreme Court of APP
| peals.
Mr.. j. Edward, Noteworthy and Miss
Louise w. Dey, of Norfolk Will be united
| in the holy bonds of wedlocls at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon at st. LuRc's Ep!s-
| copal Church. in Norfolk. The prospec-
tive groom is the cashier of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company In this
| city, and IL son of Capt. n. w Norswor-
| thy. master mechanic of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company at
! Crewe. The prospective bride Is a most
charming young lady of the CITY by
| the Sea-
| On last Wednesday Mr.. ]. b. Crowder
| was united In marriage to Miss Maggie
p. Dyson. The ceremony was performed
al the residence of Mr.. George =. Dyson.
|