Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-03-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA NEWS.
The democrats of Winchester have
endorsed Hon. VIM. r. Alexander for
General.
Miss Julia Painter, of Salem, has
been elected to the chair of English |
language and literature in Elizabeth
college at Charlotte, N. g.
Judge Baker P. Lees friends in
Hampton are pushing his candidacy
for the democratic nomination for
Governor.
Governor O'Ferrall, it is reported,
has said he will not support the nomi-
nee if the Virginia convention declares
for free silver.
Bishop Newton has accepted an in
vitation of the boys of the Episcopal
High School at Alexandria, to preach
the final sermon on Sunday night
June goth.
Mrs. Margaret Gray, wife OF Mr..
Richard l.. Gray, died at her home in
Winchester, Thursday aged sixty two
years. She was daughter of the late
Samuel Barker, of Middleburg.
The second trial of Harvey Bell,
charged with the murder of his wife,
Nettie Bell, was begun in Charlottes
vile Monday. The venire came from
Lynchburg.
Rev. James Y. Fair, since 1889 pastor
of Grace Street Presbyterian church
in Richmond, has been called to the
Independent Presbyterian church OF
Savannah, and will likely accept.
The fire insurance companies of the
State Of Virginia assumed risks last
year. amounting to no less than $12l,
1888, 231. They received 81. 525, 483 in
premiums, and paid out for losses
$7o5, 035.
Westover, the Byrd estate on James
river, has been purchased from Major
Drury by Richard Dunlop of Peters
burg. The estate contains about 1900
acres, and is one OF the most historic
in the country.
The Attorney General of New York
has decided that the Virginia Fire and
Marine Insurance Company is not en-
titled to be licensed to do business in
New York, as it has not the required
capital-$2OO,O0O.
The special election held at Danville
last week to elect a commissioner of
the revenue to fill a vacancy resulted
in the election of Joseph b. Anderson,
the regular democratic nominee, who
defeated VIM. Diffendall, independent,
by $40 majority.
A big land suit, having eighteen
plaintiffs and 1872 defendants, involving
| the division of a tremendous tract of
land in the most populous portion of
/ Norfolk ward-has been
entered there by the Lowell estate, the
former owners of the property.
The suit brought against Joseph B.
Carter by A. W. Halstead for $4,000
damages for the defendants failure to
fulfil promise of marriage made by
the plaintiffs daughter, which had
been in progress in the Norfolk county
court for some days, resulted in a YER
dict of $4,000.
Judge Dupuy, of the Circuit Court
of Roanoke, has just filed number of
opinions in suits against building and
loan associations, in which he decides
the existence of a local board does not
make contract with such association
subject to the laws of Virginia, and
that, therefore, charges of usury on
such grounds are invalid.
Dennis B. Collins, one of the oldest
Masons in Richmond, died there Sat
urday. A quarter of century ago he
was engaged in the timing business
| there. Mr.. Collins was born in Wash
ington city in 1922. He was the Tiler
not only of all the blue lodges in Rich
mond, but also of all of the royal arch
chapters and the two Communicates of
Knights Templar.
| Dennis Sheehan, a we'll known citi
zen of Clarke county. died near Berry
vile on Thursday. aged SO years. Mr..
Sheehan was native of Cork, Ireland
coming to this country when nineteen
years of age, and had been a resident
| of Clarke county over sixty years. Mr..
| Sheehan walked to Berryville on
Tuesday and was apparently we'll until
shortly before his death.
A small boy discovered landslide
on che Norfolk & Western track east
of Christiansburg on Saturday, and
knowing that the east bound passen
ger train was due, ran half mile up
the track and stopped it. The slide
covered an enormous boulder that
had to be bias ed before the train
could pass.
| The committee on water of the city
council of Charlottesville has recon-
mended TO the public the plan brought
before the last meeting of the council
viz, the buying of a pump and locat-
| ing a reese. voir IN the Rivanna river
above Sinclair creek. This plan of
augmenting the city's water supply
can be carried out at cost not exceed
ing 100000.
| The special agents of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, who were
sent abroad some time ago to complete
arrangements for the establishment of
a direct line of steamships from Norfolk
to Copenhagen and other European
ports. have been, it is currently report
ed in transportation circles, successful
in their negotiations. and line of first
class freight and passenger ships will
probably soon be in operation.
Another B, s. o. Record.
The Baltimore & Ohio has made an
| other rocnrd for fa fitno On i+C Wash