The times., 1898-02-04
VIRGINIA STATE NEWS.

MIR Thomas Green Stone died in
Warrenton.
There is a mad dog scare in Spottsyl-
Vania county.
A Catholic school has just been
opened in Manchester.
Samuel Saunders, thirty-ive years
old. committed suicide at Hampton.
Gen. Scott Shipp, superintendent Of
the Virginia Military Institute, is i'll.
The Ashavath Sholum Synagogue. at
Lynchburg, viii be dedicated Febru-
airy 8.
The nine prisoners who escaped from
the Jail of Norfolk county are still at
large.
Col John b. Cary. who recently died
in Richmond, left an estate valued at
s.O,0OO
H. McKelden Smith and Miss Ida NJ.
Glover were married on Tuesday at
Berryville.
There is a great demand for cattle
i'm the Piedmont section just now and
prices are high.
1t is understood that syndicate is
negotiating for the purchase OF the
New River coalfelds.
DR.. Rawlins, Of Charlottesville. a
prominent Presbyterian divine, died
suddenly on sunday.
DR.. J. Blair Guthrie, a leading ply
.ician Of NatcheZ, Miss. formerly of
Roanoke county, died last week.
Brambleton. the handsome residence
Of Mr.. q. 9. Hutchinson. of Loudoun
county, was destroyed by fire last week.
The Alberene Railroad is still pro-
crossing finely, and the contractors eX-
I., lar.. Is Inv I as
rate.
Charles ]. Chilembowe. member of
the Cajawba tribe, of Central Africa,
aas entered a colored school at Lynch
ourg.
Private John J. Hefiin. of the Wash
ington Guards. Of Fredericksburg. in
competitive drill, won the Barton
medal.
Frank p Howard, OF New Orleans,
has given $500 to the Tucker Memorial
3al fund of Washington and Lee Uni
Versty.
". NJ. Hablston. gene raj manager of
The fiichmond Traction Company, has
resigned because Of a press of other
business.
The house of delegates has passed a
Dill requiring railroad companies TO
fence their roadbeds or pay for all live
stock killed.
In an address to the students of
Washington and Lee University. Hon.
William l.. Wilson passed a high eulo-
GUM on the Jews.
{. Z. Towson, of the Norfolk Y NJ. C
A. has resigned to take charge of the
railway branch of the associations
work in Philadelphia.
Rev W. {. Underwood. a Union
Theological Seminary student. has ac-
tCpted a cali to Bethesda Presbyterian
church at Lynchburg.
The residence Of James Magner jr..
Al Sidebuin. Fairfax county. was burn
ID Monday. with most of its contents.
Loss estimated at S5.000
Albert Clayton. n colored carpenter.
ell on Tuesday night from Little otter
bridge, in Bedford county, a distance OF
ninety feet. ana was instantly killed.
handsome granite monument IS to
- erected 10 the memory of the cadets
and soldiers who fell in The battle OF
New Market Shenandoah county. May
e. 1864
ID is stated that Mr. Pike. proprietor
- the Hygeia Hotel. Fort Monroe. has
purchased Tor $4s 0o0 the Wiltshire
Hotel, "n Virginia avenue. Atlantic
'ity. \. j.
Major Jed HntchiSiss has prepared for
submission 60 the Virginia Legislature,
4 bin % provide Tor thorough gaologl
al survey of the state. TO be prose
u;ed gradually, but steadily and con
.inupcsly.
Col RiVes. II Aibermarle county. the
.ather ~ the Princess Troubetzkay.
amelle iilNes, denies that Halle Err
mine Rives. the Kentucky novelist. now
said To- DE In sanitaTium, is q niece
3r cousin Of his.
Mr.. r. h. Tyler. who resides in Fair
FAX county. ploughed up on the farm of
his sister a few days ago, an old cop
pei cent dated 1875. The coin is in an
excellent state OF preservation. all the
figures and letters being perfectly
eeible.
Dr.. Hunter Mcclure. the famous
Richmond surgeon. has been taken to
the Hot Springs. Va. For some time
past DR. Mcclure has suffered intense
ly from rheumatism, which has become
SO severe as TO almost entirely disable |
his lower limbs. and he has gone to the |
Hot Springs in the hope of shaking off |
the painful nlalady.
Lee Camp of Richmond has recon |
sidered Its action in adopting Rev. DIR. |
J. William Jones's resolution approv- |
ing the bin before the legislature to |
keep January 20 as a birthday In recog- |
milton of the anniversary of the birth |
Of Gen. r. i. Lee and Stonewall Jack |
son. Gen. Lees birthday is the 18th |
and Jackson's the %. 1t was proposed |
TO accept the intermediate date for the |
recognition of both.
Mr.. Reddy has introduced into the |
House bin granting a charter to the |
Petersburg, Richmond and Northern |
Railroad, which proposes to build a |
road from Petersburg to the Potomac |
River, paralleling the Richmond, Fred !
cricksburg and Potomac Railroad. f!
Similar bills have been voted down by |
previous legislatures, owing to the fact |
that the State owns an interest in the |
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto- |
mac Railroad Company, which yields il |
5000 annually.