The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-02-25
Safs Cracking Seems to Be Both Pleasant
and Profitable.
TAXES COMING BACK WITH INTEREST
holland Says His Bnrroorn IL Orders
ly-Two weIi~Known Ladies' Dead
vino Driver TAX cs TO tho Marshes
-Personni Pointers.

Suffolk, Va. Feb. 24.-(SpcciaO-
Professional cracksmcn last night
named Courtland as Il scene of opera
lions They got about $500 for their
pains and also, got away. Some of
their booty was in stamps, for It was
an Office used by Uncle Sam to keep
letters in that these safe sharpcrs
marked. ,al.
CORTLAND Is q small town. thirty
miles from here and is the county seat
OF Southampton. The police force there
is small, residents sleep early and
soundlY and the burglars operated with
no one to modest them or make them
afraid They had confidence In their
SKill, for they were evidently profess
s.onals. They escaped as other pro-
fessiOnals who have worked in this
section have done invariably. There is
no recent record around here of n safe
blower being in the tolls, though their
blasting hands have been felt at a
number of near by towns. Most Of
them are as proficient III cvadng the
officers, as they arc in blowing open
: money rcceptaclcs
All of the funds stolen ut CORTLAND
did not belong to the United States
government. The postmistrcss. Miss
tyler. lost her money, too. She is Il
descendant ri former President John
Tyler's family.
COMING BACK WITH INTEREST.
Money paid in by wartime patriots
has finally como back to pay for iillrg
mud ha.es in the county highways and
II Keep the public roads paSSuble 1t
Is the, remnant Of a direct tax fund
levied in, WAR tiihcS.S 1t was not all
used 'ands'a big partvof what was left
was handed over to those who paid it
or their heirs. All couldn't be found
ana. there was Sl,t00 left up to this
morning: To-day DR. Thomas II.
larHcs. former County Treasurer. paid
mat amount 20 Treasurer X. II. Ellis
NOT SO BAD AS REPORTED.
AIR. j.. r. Holland Of the firm of Hol-
land & Co, Holland, Va, thinks he has
been done an injustice in the reports
when nave gone out concerning a re-
cent itaht at that place md about the
disorder occasloned there because of
me barroom which was licensed la 81
Eeur' He hes friends who think the
aame way.
he says the place Is as orderly now
and has been during this winter as dur
ing other whites when liquor was
manufactured in that vicinity, but
when there was no licensed harroom.
ME- Holland says the man who struck
the other with an axe handle had no.
drunk drop of liquor, and the row
.StSiSSu pNtT Il tOS.
Supervisor \. 7. Holland says he has
detected no difference in the order or
dsorde: since the borroom was licensed.
a professional man. who preferred
that his name should not be quoted,
says he felt like congra:ula;ing The peo-
PIE around Holland on their general
Gooh behavior
Two WIVES DEAD.
There were two dca; tbs OF wtll-kn9yn
ladies in the county last night
Mrs. Jacob Bra tlshaw. a wel-liked
lady OF Carrsvillc, passed away las;
evening. The funeral took vi zee his
afternoon from the beaver Dam Ban-
list Church.
The wife Of DR.. Ferguson died last
night n her home, near Holland. SHE
was the fourth Wife. The funeral took
place to-day and was we'll attended.
HAVEN TACKLED NEW LAW.
The County Board OF Supervisors hid
their regular monthly meeting to-day
In the clerks office. Prcscn Walter
.Iordon. chairman; DR. q. w. Butts
+. d. Brinkley, Abran, L. Holland.
There was il,,,S done barring the trans
notion of rou::n: business and the
auditing OF the county's accounts.
Now that the county has a new road