Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-02-01

Secretary Morton tells us that the
dogs killed $50, 100000 worth of NUT
ton last year.
A number of Dakota farmers are
visiting through Norfolk county, Va,
with view of purchasing farms and
locating.
John Tyler, the eldest son of Presi-
dent Tyler, died at his residence in
Washington, Sunday, aged rs years
and 0 months.
The superintendent of the Phia-
delphia mint says that there is %16,-
100000 worth of gold on hand, and
that double eagles are being coined
at the rate of 5000, 900 day.
Statistics show that in British East
India, sixty five persons are killed by
snakes, tigers, leopards, wolves, bears,
hyenas, etc every day-about "a 900
every year, says the Galveston News.
A Washington dispatch states that
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, will in
troduce 81 bill providing for the cree
ton of statue at the national
capital to perpetuate the memory of
President Monroe, the author of 1.-THE
Monroe doctrine"
John K. Cowen, general counsel of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. and Representative in
Congress from the Fourth Maryland
District, has been elected President
of the Baltimore and Ohio to succeed
Mr.. Charles F. Mayer, who resigned
in November.
Nicholas Tesla, the great electrician
in New York, has produced an arti
fetal light powerful enough TO
penetrate the human body and which
Il physician in Vienna used some
months ago with success. If it is
what is claimed, the millennium of
diagnosis will have come.
AT McDonough. Ga, Monday,
Hiram Lester died in his one hun
dredth and twenty ninth year. He
was born in North Carolina. His only
daughter lives in Heard county and
is ninety five years old. His young
est son is in the county poorhouse
there and is ninety two years old.
The House of Representatives of
New Jersey, Tuesday, adopted n
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of three Senators and five
Assemblymen to receive Governor
O'Ferrall, of Virginia, and the Legis-
lature Of that State on their visit to
Trenton next Tuesday to inspect the
stone roads III this State.
The executive committee of the
Virginia Bar Association has fixed
upon July II as the date of the next
annual meeting of the association,
but were unable to decide between
Old Point and Virginia Beach as the
place of meeting. One OF these places,
however, was chosen Professionally,
which has not been disclosed.
Hon r. E. Withers, of Wytheville.
will celebrate his golden wedding on
February Sd, next. The event will
be made interesting by the marriage
Of Colonel Withers' youngest daugh
ter, Miss Virginia c., to Mr.. johnny
Terry, of Seattle, Washington, a son
of the late Gen. Vim. Terry. The
celebration will take place at St.
JOHN EplSCOptI w uICll, w UIlCN llici
on the evening above named.
The annual live stock investigation
made by the American Agriculturist
in every section of the country places
the aggregate value of all classes Of
farm animals at $1,SG0, 420, 900. a de-
cline during the year of S62, 800, 900.
This is the lowest point yet reached
since the decline began in 1893, when
the total value of animals on the
farm was reported at $2,4S3, 0S3,000 q
shrinkage in three years of $622, GG3,
600, or % per cent.
The ladies of the Confederate
Memorial Society, Richmond, at a
meeting Saturday determined to open
formally the Davis mansion as mu
scum on February 22d, the anniver-
sary of the Inauguration of Mr.. Da-
Wis as President of the Confederate
States The ladies who represented
the several States at the bazaar held
to raise funds to restore the building
will constitute the reception commit
tee of the occasion.