Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.


University of Va. died suddenly at
Rocky Monnt, Va, on Christmas day
i heart failure.
Mr.. Lewis Mcdonald. of Clarke coun-
y, was perhaps fatally burned by the
explosion of fire crackers in his pocket
N Saturday.
The cold storage building OF the
Roanoke Brewery was burned on Fri
Law night with about two thousand
Kegs of beer; loss. about $25, 900.
Mr.. Walker B. freeman, jr., we'll
known insurance agent of Richmond.
lied on Friday from an overdose OF |
medicine accidentally taken.
An Orange gentleman has three chill
iren ranging in age from five to twelve
years, whose aggregate weight is 1854
pounds.
Postoffice Inspector F. E. Little had
$50 stolen from him at the Hotel Car
rol, in Lynehburg, Saturday morning.
The roasting plant of the Atlantic
Peanut Company in Norfolk was gut
ted by fire Friday evening, supposed
TO have originated from an electric
light wire.
The engagement of Miss Eva Cham
berlain, of Warrenton, to Mr.. Henry
of Baltimore. has been an
The wedding has been set
for January rs.
In Suffolk on Saturday while hunt
ing for christmas candy Michael Folk.
only three years old, found a package
of strychnine and helped himself. He
died in great agony.
Rev. Leslie Cook, the alleged opera
tor in forged checks, is still ir Jail in
Roanoke, waiting for the action of the
grand jury at the January term of the
Hastings court.
Capt. P. H. McCaull has traded his
farm on the road between Brandy and
Alanthus, in Culpeper county, to Mr..
John F. Rixey, for part of the old
Harmon farm near Mt. Perry.
Judge Strother has appointed N. J..
Cropp, Jr., sheriff of Rappahannock
county, to fill the vacancy caused by
George w Settle having qualified as q
member of the Legislature.
Near Amherst Court House On Sat-
urday Marion Bethel. aged eighteen,
and his younger brother, were out
cunning, when the latter was killed by
the accidental discharge OF the formers
gun.
Judge Thomas T. Fitzpatrick, of
Nelson county, died at his home near
Lovingston.on Saturday. Judge Fitz
patrick had been on the bench for a
number OF years. He was seventy two
years old.
Capt. Geo. D. Wise, counsel for Mr..
J. w. Womack, who gave the checks
in the Stubs history affair, says that
If the checks were obtained from q
National Bank he will bring the mat
ter to the attention of the United
States Court.
John Anderson, who was on Friday
convicted in Norfolk of the murder Of
VIM. Wallace Saunders, mate Of the
schooner Olive Pecker, on the high
| seas, on the 9th Of August last, was
sentenced by Judge Goff to be hanged
on March Is next.
The Mormon missionaries who have
been operating in Richmond and that
section have met with such poor sue
cess that they have disappeared from
public view. They have no .oubt
gone into some of the back counties,
where their teachings have heretofore
met with considerable success.
| At a meeting Friday of the board OF
directors of the Lynchburg Cotton Mill
semi animal dividend of per cent
was declared and $22, 900 carried to the
reserve fund. This is a superb show
ing.
The Richmond Locomotive Works
Friday received from the Union Pacific
railway an order for compound con.
solidation locomotives. The engines
are of thelargest type, and will weight,
complete. 10000 pounds each.
Rev. w. W. Southali. who was locat-
ed by the Virginia Conference at ite
recent session in Danville, has applied
to his presiding elder, Rev. DIR. Rid
dick, for certificate of location and it
is announced that he will now enter
the Presbyterian church
The Christian Endeavor Union OF
Woodstock in meeting Tuesday night
decided to extend an invitation to the
State Endeavor Union to hold its next
annual convention ia Woodstock.
petiug for the honor and the contest
promises to be a lively one.
Thorp Curtis, a young Manchester
man, at 2 o'clock Friday morning went
on the Richmond aud Petersburg Rail-
road bridge with the intention of jun D.
ing off into the water below and con-
uniting suicide. The water, he said,
looked SO cold and the scene was so
dreary he changed his mind.
Delegate Murphy says he finds that
his whipping post bill has more friends
than it had the last session. This is,
perhaps, true, but the present iegisla
ture will not pass ths bill There are
quite number of senators and dele
gates who favor the measure, but will
not vote for it, for the reason that it's
passage. in their opinion, would be a
political blunder.
The mutilated dead body of W. s..
Roberts, a merchant, who resided near
Stage Bridge, in Nelson county, was
found at an early hour Friday morn
ing about half way between his store
and dwelling house. Mr. Roberts clos
ed his store at the usual hour on Thurs
day evening and started to his home.
which was about mile and half dis
tant No clue has been discovered of
the murderer.
Mayor Tailor of Richmond, on Satur
day signed the ordinance grating a
franchise to the Virginia Electric Com.
panv Of Baltimore The franchise runs
for thirty years. and gives the company
the privilege of erecting a plant and
utilizing the waste flow Of the river for
the production of electric power. 1t
is understood that the promoters of
the company will at on ce proceed to
complete their survey Of the river, and
will begin the erection of their plant
as soon as possible.
The most radical amendments ever