Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-16
VIRGINIA NEW S.

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DR.. John A. Cunningham, presi-
dent of the State Female Normal
School, at Farmville, and one of the
! most successful educators in Virginia,
died Saturday after an illness of q
few days.
Rev. Robert A. Gibson, of Cincin
natl, who has been elected bishop
coadjutor of the Diocese of Vir-
GINA, will be consecrated at Holy
Trinity Church, in Richmond, on
October %.
Rev. Carter Helm Jones, of Louis
vile, has declined the call to the pas
torate of the Second Baptist Church
of Richmond. He will instead, cast
his lot with Broadway Baptist
Church, Louisville.
Mrs. James Thomas, Jr, perhaps
the richest lady IN Richmond and
mother in-law of j. L. NJ. Curry, was
killed at Asheville North Carolina,
by falling down a flight of steps last
week Mrs. Thomas was the widow
of James Thomas Jr., q noted tobacco
manufacturer of Richmond.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Virginia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
will hold its annual meeting in Nor
folk this month. beginning on the
10th. The sessions will be held in
Centenary Methodist Episcopal
Church and will continue several
days.
The commission of p. H. jackson,
the colored postmaster at Oma, has
been issued, and jackson is now post
master. His appointment seems to
be the cause OF quite a good deal OF
dissatisfaction and complaint among
the patrons of the office, and mum
Der of them have ordered their mail
sent to Culpepper and other points.
Exponent.
The will of the late Major Lewis
Ginter, will pay to the State OF Vir-
ginia an inheritance tax OF about
100000 This tax is imposed under
an act of the General Assembly OF
asst session. The law eXempts inheri-
tances of parents. grand parents,
brothers and sisters and lineal de-
scendants. The only person eX-
empted under it's provisions IN the
Ginter will was the brother of the de
ceased in Missouri, who received $40.
600.
Norfolk, Va, October 9.-Forest
fires have again broken out in the
Great Dismal Swamp. aud millions
of feet of valuable timber have been
de. troyed. The big game which
abounds in the swamp has been
driven into the open by the flames,
and many deer and bears have been
shot. There has been no loss OF life.
due to the fact that there are few hu.
nan Affiliations in the fastness OF
the great swamp. The farmers who
owed their cattle to roam there,
however, have suffered heavily, as
many valua BILE COWS and horses have
been cremated. 1t is almost impossl-
BILE to subdue the flames, as the forest
| is dry as finder, as the result of the
long continued drought.
General Jas. A. Walker mas come
| out SQuarelS lOT LIE Nepuo!iooh WIN
ct nominated at Lynchburg last
week. His post on had been some
what in doubt since Colonel Lamb
was deposed from the chairmanship.
In very brief note to Col. w. +.
Wickham, who was elected to sue
coed Colonel Lamb as chairman.
General Walker says he will not only
vote for McCaull, Roller and Lyons,
but will work for the success of the
ticket. He adds that all the z esip5u o.
licans in the Ninth District, SO far as
ne knows, will support McCaull.
There was great joy in the Lamb
Wickham camp on the receipt of this
letter. That faction regards it as its
! strongest card. The fact that the
two Republican Congressman from
Virginia are supporters of the Lamb
ticket is blow to the other side.
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