Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-03-27

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dealers in Norfolk over the big jump
in the price of the nuts. A 80 per
cent. advance on account of the
prospects for an unusually short crop
has occurred within the past few days
and prices are still rising.
A number of colored laborers have
left King George and other sections
OF the Northern Neck for points in
Pennsylvania and other Northern
States, in search of employment, and
many others contemplate going i'm
mediately after the local election in
May.
Jack Andrews, a well-known Rich
mond man, has written letter to
President Mckinley Offering to &C
cept Consul General Lees position il
vacated. He gave the President to
understand that, if he wanted a
fighting man, he offered his services
to him.
a letter was received a few days
ago by the postmaster at Lexington
asking the name of some one who
was an advocate of woman suffrage
in Lexington, either male or female.
The postmaster. after careful in
curry, returned the letter with the
statement None to be found. !"
The faculty of the University of
Virginia has abolished intermediate
examinations, and substitutes two
others, to be held March and Deem
Der, and has provided for a holiday
recess of five days succeeding the
December examination. Heretofore
there have been no Christmas holt
days.
Consul General Lee has not been
recalled. Secretary Sherman is au-
thority for the statement that the
question of change in the Office of
Consul General at Havana has not
yet been seriously considered. Gen
eral Lee has resigned, and it is not
improbable that his successor will
be appointed before long Washing
ton Sta, Goth.
The Board of Directors Of the peni
tertiary at their meeting Tuesday
decided 10 have a practical
made at the State farm
in the cultivation of sugar beets. The
test will be made on sufficiently large
scale to ascertain both the fitness Of
the soil for beet culture and whether
the saccharine properties Of the pro-
duct are sufficient TO make the crop
profitable.
There has been a great deal OF
discussion throughout the State upon
the cultivation OF the sugar beet, and
the Virginia State Board Of Agricul.
ture has ordered the purchase of a
certain quantity of foreign seed, to
be equally distributed among the
farmers of the Old Dominion, to be
used for testing the adaptability of
the soil of this State to the raising OF
the sugar-be Soon these seeds
will be in the hands of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture, and they can
be had upon application to him.
The indications are that it may be
difficult to vote at the election i'll
May on the question of holding q
constitutional convention. 1t has
been discovered that the law makes
no provision for the printing of the
tickets under the new election law
aud by implication seems to Indicate
that the voting is TO be by viva voce.
This latter provision is prohibited by
the State constitution, which makes
it mandatory that all voting shall be
by secret ballot.
Virginia republicans are having
great difficulty agreeing upon a dis
tribution of the offices that are to
fall to their share. The two factions
in the State, respectively, headed by
Col. VIM. Lamb, the chairman OF the
State committee, by eX-Reprrsen-
tatives Bowden and Brady, eX-Judge
Waddill and Gen. Edgar Allen, are
not likely to agree and the question
is which if either will be recognized
by MIR. Mckinley as the controlling
factor in the political affairs of the
State.
A fire broke out in the Office of the
Richmond Dispatch Thursday, 18th
inst, which at one time threatened
to result seriously. The loss will
pTOOdDly ItetCu oOlIlO Y@,VOV, OiicHy
from water. The fire commenced in
the mailing department, adjoining
the editorial rooms. In the latter
the only person present at the time
was Mr.. w. D. Chesterman, the
managing editor OF the newspaper,
who made narrow escape. He was
surrounded by smoke and flames,
and his only way of escape from the
building was by the fire escape on
the side street. The paper was issued
as usual and without delay. The
loss was fully covered by insurance.
The Old Dominion Land Company
has presented to the association for
the preservation of Virginia anti
quities a lot at the east end of Duke
Of Gloucester street, Williamsburg,
Va, and known as the Female
Academy lot. The lot in question is
the site of the capitol building, which,
in 1864, by act of the Virginia Legis-
lature, was coded to a company of
individuals for the purpose of build
ing and maintaining on it female
seminary. The brick foundations of
the old ccpital building can now be
traced out on the lot. The capitol
was completed in 1854 and was DIES
troyed by fire in 1882.