The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-21

Sent INTO the Woods AMI Expose to tho
Weather FOR Thirfv-Six Uours


LEXINGTON. VA. March e0.-Special
y little colored girl. living with a cruel
eoiored woman at Btownsburg. in this
county. was found Monday afternoon Il,
the woods frozen nearly 10 death. The
woman sent the child into the woods to
gather wood Sunday morning dur
ing the diving snoM-storm that mass
e1 over this section, and when The child
did not return the woman did not make
the absence of the child known nor did
she make any effort TO lind her. The
,hlld is IN a critical condition and II IL
more than probable that the child viii
de. III she lives. il is said her foot
which are badly Frosted. wiz have 10 be
an rutatcd This woman mad two large
boys In The house when she sent the
a.a.. -cIOulcd c.iiu, OF tender years. nearly
n mile into the woods 10 get wood. Tho
chld was exposed To the clements over
thirty-six hours. Here Is case for the
grand jury, and our people should not
let Thu tal harous act 20 anpunishcd.
Lots Ia the boom town OF BItla Vista,
N this county, are oomirg into demand
.-nu increasing in value, which speaks well
Tor the future prosperity OF the town
me heaviest snow-storm Of the season
IN TINS section went on record here las,
SUNDAY morning. The snow foll IN Tho
u.pth OF about five incbes
ne ieceht rains have thrown MANY NJ
'"c creeks and larger streams or rVl
sDDH,s ou- 81 their banks. and The county
1919 VINO nave TO come o. roads cr,sein,,
over the streams. e''
MI +. \. Quisenbcrrv. who arfo,.. -
io' al reputation as an inventor bs. i,,,,
I"e" nm application FOR a patent .e,,.i,,.
machine loot pedal. that does o,ya,. viii,
'"' lp'SinI-c"wn motion If mo r,.,.,,
ie-~l' us motion IS on level surf,c..
an" ii"sc WHO are Vcf sed in eucb tt,i,,,
say 'hAt IL 5 the long-wished-for M.
I'M Ioi ions-suicriag members Of Inc
fen ale Sex. '''
I"e sale Of lots az Glas,-oU. f., thi.
county, reported In this oorres,,,,,' '''',
The time, as being almost even go. az
came up before the Circuit co,,rt ~,
week. and the Court refused 10 confrm
the sales. ~ 0o''i'i" III
contrary 20 expectation. the farmors
say uat Notwithstanding the fard vcin-
Ter on the wheat crop the vounr nlsrts
are now looking wei. and r there il "a
.aVo'anic spring that there will be a fair
s'e'u. INC acreage. owing 10 Tie long
drought last fall. is small.
Mr.. W. H. Wallace one of tho 10,
been IN cXtremis for several iavs 10 -
ported To be much improved
1 understand that the capiial stock
necessary 10 the organization and csfab-
HshHcnt Of tho proposed Mountain Chan
tauqca' which is 90 bc located al Goshen
IN this county. on the main line of The
chesapeake and Ohio railway. has been
All subscribed. and charter OF incor
porauon VIII be taken out 40 once Tho
suoscriocrS 10 The capital stock OF the
thatduqGa are men Of means. and well
KNOWN IN educational circles The com
pany Will erect an amphitheatre with a
seating capacity OF over 2Oy0. with al Inc
other necessary buildings. REV. w. a
Grove IS tho chancellor OF the school. and
~ is UNDERSTOOD that &c VII! be ia Opcra-
tion the coming summer.
Miss Laura Eugene Farr0w. assistant
teacher OF the public school at East Lex.
ingion. died the past week. after a shcr. |
Illness. she was much beloved BY the .
community AMI the pupils Of the school.
The question of "A new court house buil3.
ing for this RockbridgeD county. IS now |
an absorbing topic OF discussion with the I
county people. In view % the fact that I
at no distant day there viii be- Il spe. |
cial election held IN the county 10 pass |
on that subject 10 see " tho voters will /
authorize the subscription OF $4,000 for 4
that purpose. The county people do not /
scefn to generally favor H.
The law passed by the recent Leglsla-
ture prohibiting the sale OF liquors 10 stu
dents o: public institutions Of learning IN 1
the state. rot only minors. but any stu
dent whether he be over TIE age Of twen-
ty-orc years or not, Is Under discussion
by the liquor dealers and those OF the
students who are Cvc- axe. This law goes
into eject May lst. one Of the ahlest
lawyers OF The state has.
30 understand. expressed his opinion
smphatically that the law Is unconsiitu-
Iionai and there is "A probability that Us
will he promptly tested
BY those interested.
The big glass works AZ Buena Vista
nave been reorganized. and viii soon be
placed IN operation. This plant employs
large number OF skilled and unskilled
abor and pays good wages.
hea- lAnes \ Axazier Ia back from ]