The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-28
A RICH INHERIT TANCE
A Citizen of Petersburg Comes In for a
Slice of $I5,000,OOO.
A P 0RTl0H OF A PENNSYLVANIA TOWN
Embraced in the Egnperty-Church
ImprOvcments-AS school II 0usc In
A Gymnasium for the Use Of the
Cockadc city Cycle Club.

Petersburg, Va. Jan. 27-(SpcciaD.-
The Nirginian correspondent called on
Mr.. g. II. Pyle to-day for information
in regard TO report of his inheritinG
q valuable tract of oil land i'll Pennsyl-
Vana. Mr. Pyle stated that there is Il
valuable tract OF coal land In Pennsyl-
Nania. on which n large portion of the
town of 'ramoqSa is built, which is es-
iimatcd by high representatives to he
worth $l5,000000, and that he Is one OF
the legal heirs, of which there may be
forty or fifty more. This property was
formerly owned by Burkhard Moser, II
relative of Mr.. c. ii. Pyles, and was
never conveyed. ii always having stood
in Mr.. Moser's name. The Lchigh Coal
ana Lumber company, who had use of
the property for some years by squat
ters right, offered To settle for the prop
erty by the payment of $4,000, 900, but
the heirs held out for $l5,00o,00O.
CHURCH IMPROVEMENTS.
The auditorium Of Washington street
wards, ID. d., is pastor. is to be reno
waited some time soon
Miss Cora Mary Cooniey and Mr..
Vernon AshebrOoke Parker, of Prince
George county. were married to-ni,;ht
at the residence of the brides mother.
The pay car of the Atlantic Coast
Line arrived here this morning. when
the employees of this corporation in Pc
tershurg were paid OF
Mr.. T.. NJ. Clements, of the Progress
who has been confined tp his house for
the past ten days by sickness, is out
again.
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED.
one of the white public school houses
in Templeton District. Prince George
county. about ten miles from Peters
burg, was destroyed by fire Yesterday
hn
the roof from the stovepipe. Loss $500
At a meeting of the Cockade City
Cycle club held last night it was re-
solved To spend fifty dollars for the uur-
chase of IL new gymnasium for the iise
of the club. At this same meeting n
committee was appointed 10 confer with
the Street Committee of the City Coun-
ell in regard To the matter of paving
the cutters of the principal streets of
the city with asphalt or vtrfled brick
Tor the use Of cyclists. This matter
came up before the Council n it's meet
and was referred to the Street Commit
tee. who are to make their report to the
Council on the first Of March.
HIS GOLDEN WEDDING.
Rev. w. r. White Of this city, cele-
brated his golden wedding this after
noon at his residence on Jefferson
street. There was large number OF
ms friends preSen', including mem
ters of Petersburg Lodge No. Is, Bland
ford Lodge No. 3. -. T.. and a. NJ. and
Royal Arch Chapter of Masons. OF
which Mr.. White is member
The guests We're entertained I'm q most
TosDitablc manner by Mr.. White, who
vas the recipient of $50 in gold, a gift
from his Masonic brethren. The gold
was in chamois purse.
Mr.. White was married to Miss Arion
Pefworth at the Methodist Protestant
church in Norfolk on Jan. 81, 1S47. Mr.
White has been in the Methodist minis
W. since 1855 He is one of Peters
bIrg's most honorcd citizens
The Petersburg Granite company
mas been awarded the contract for
granite for the Government fortifica-
tions at the mouth of Cape Fear river,
N. c.