Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-01-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

James Wyatt Shields, of Richmond,
died Saturday morning, in his eighty
sixth year.
Mr.. William Taylor Barrett died at
his home in Richmond on Friday last,
aged 70 years.
Mr.. Ernest Boehme, one of tho old
est German residents of Richmond,
died on the 8th.
The fine Mantan estate, near Heaths-
vile, formerly owned by Col. Jas. M.
Smith, has been sold for $500 cash.
Mrs. Woodward, widow of George
Woodward, died at her home near
Leesburg on Wednesday of last week,
aged about rs years.
A. Stephen cambridge died at the
University of Virginia on Friday, OF
grip. He was a son of Hon. A. Stephen
cambridge, of Shepherdstowm,W w. Va.
Deer hunting has revived to a great
extent in the Northern Neck this win
ter, and many fine animals have been
shot by hunting parties.
b. Fulton. a well known white
man of Danville, has been held for the
grand jury, charged with intimacy
with white girl, alleged to be only
eleven years old.
Sam Gotten, white, charged with
criminal assault on little six year old
Vlrgie Parker, was found guilty in
Norfolk last week and his punishment
fixed at seven years in the peniten-
tiary.
Mr. Decatur Axtell, the second vice
president of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Road, says his company did larger
business during the month of Decem
Der last than in any preceding Decem
Der in its history.
An interesting case was decided in
the law and equity court in Richmond
on Thursday last W. II. Barbee sued
the city for damages for injuries sus
tanned by fall from his bicycle. The
fall was caused by bad place in the
street. He was awarded the sum of
$500.
Ex-senator J.-J. Ingalls,, of Kansas,
delivered lecture in Lvnchburg last
Friday night on 1.-The Problems of Our
Second Century" A large and repre-
sentative audience was present. The
lecture was given under the auspices
of the Lynchburg Lyceum Association.
Inspector J..H. Wardle, of the Post
Office Department at Washington, re.
moved Deputy Postmaster w. V. Will
kersOn from the Office at Lexington last
week, on account of a shortage of $3.50
Mr.. WilkersOn was unable to account
for the shortage and cannot explain
what became of the money or anything
about it.
Governor O'Ferrall denies the tele.
graphic report sent from Richmond to
the Washington and Baltimore press,
to the effect that he had appointed re
publicans to the position of notary
public on the application of republi
cans and for the purpose of taking de
positions in contested election cases
As Mr.. Hanna saved two million of
his corruption fund, the fact that the
populists in the North Carolina legis
lature have agreed to unite with their
republican colleagues and vote for the
republican candidate for the U. s. Sen
ate from that State, is a matter of no
special wonder.-Alexandria Gazette.
The Virginia Soapstone Company,
located in Nelson county, is doing
large business. There are over one
hundred hands employed, and the
is said to be of the finest
quality and commands ready sale-in
fact the orders can't be filled The
plant is being enlarged constantly.
The Commercial Bank of Lynchburg
has been merged into the First Nation
II Bank, all the accounts and deposits
Of the former being transferred to the
latter. The consolidation adds a large
amount of business to the First Ma
-ional Bank. Five OF the Commercial
Bank directors will go on the board of
The First National.
A Washington newspaper says
Coy. O'FerralI seems to be paving the
way for final and permanent lodgings |
n the Republican party" That he |
should be, is not at all strange, in view
If the fact that President Cleveland |
1adpreviously done likewise, and as
ne, the Governor, says Mr. Cleveland |
s always Notwithstanding Gazette. |
The sixty ninth annual report of the
Board OF Directors OF the W estern State
Hospital, just printed, shows that that
Institution, under the efficient superin-
tendency of DR.. Blackboard, continues
o be conducted not only in the very
)est interest of the unfortunate in
mates, but also in that of the State
Gazette.