The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

virginia is proving most ruinous tn the
crops.
John Morrison, aged eighteen wears
was run over by a Baltimore and Ohio
freight train at Woodstock on the 9th
instant and instantly killed.
1t is understood that Mr. Vanderbilt
has purchased the Princess Anne Hotel
at Virginia Beach and will greatly en-
large and improve that property.
Chairman Ellyson, of the Democratic
State committee, predicts that BRYAN and
Sewall will sweep the State by the big
gest majority given a Democratic candi-
date for President for years past.
MIR. Bryan, the Democratic Presidential
nominee, will be invited to visit Rich
mond during the week of the State Fair.
which VIII begin on October 18th, and to
make an address there.
The Purcellville bush meeting ended
MONDAY. The last three days were under
charge Oh Kew H. Nj. Wharton and Rev
sam Small, The heat was terrible. the
thermometer registering from 90 to 9S de-
grees for the past week, and the crowds
were very small.
The National Battle Field Park Asso-
cation, at meeting in Fredericksburg
recently, appointed a committee composed
OF Mayor w. S. White and General Edgar
Alien TO attend the meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic, at St. Louis. and
present the project for converting the
battle-fields in the vicinity of Fredericks-
I burg into national park for the endorse
ment of that body
Near Evansville, Floyd county. on the
9TH instant, Charles De Hart went to his
harvest field to cradle grain, and did not
return at noon His little daughter was
sent for him, and found him dead in the
field beside his cradle. He had been
shot IN the brain from an ambush or bru sb
near the field. De Hart has long been
suspected of reporting illicit distilleries
to the revenue officers, and it is supposed
that the ball that killed him came from a
gun in the hands of moonshiner whom
De Hart had reported.
Col. j. Bell Bigger publishes card in
which he states that recent publication
to the effect that he gave up the secre-
taryship of the State committee on ac-
count of i'll health has no foundation.
He does not offer any explanation as to
why the charge was made by Mr.. Ellvson.
but says he is in fine health and is going
to work wherever he can do any good for
the success of the Democratic ticket
Deputy United States Marshal A. J.
Peasants, of Richmond, received
Woru tnat w. y. Trent, negro, wanted
for enlightenment from the Government.
has been arrested in Philadelphia. Trent
was given S516 by the postmistress of one
of the small towns in Virginia to take to
Washington and turn over to the Post
office Department. He never materializ-
ed there.
Captain John Lamb, of Henrico. an
nounces to the voters of the Third Con-
gressional district that he is a candidate
for Congress as an original free silver
Democrat. The friends of Col Tazewell
Elicit, however, are very sanguine that
he will be victorious before the conven-
ton, and that he will be elected
Joseph Miller, a farmer residing near
Glen Allen, was struck by freight train
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad at Glen Allen station
and so badly injured that there is no
hope of his recovery.
AID Washington, a negro, who murder
ed white man in Nelson county on July
4th, had to be taken to charlottesville
for safe keeping. A mob of 200 citizens
had been formed for the purpose of lynch
ing the murderer, and the sheriff getting
wind of it took Washington to Char
lottesville.