Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-03-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The schooner Annie E. Reynolds
jcapsized in the Potomac river, during
storm of 7th inst, and six OF her crew
were drowned.
Hon Walter D. Dabney, a law pro-
fessor in the University of Virginia,
died March 18th, of consumption,
aged forty six years.
1t has been definitely decided that
Roanoke is to have the Virginia
School of Methods for white teachers
this summer. For several years here
tofore the school has been held IN
Charlottesville.
The Fred maidstone was resold at
Leesburg on Monday under decree OF
the court The stone brought $GS2 90.
Miss Geiman, purchaser at the former
sale, was the purchaser. At the form
er sale the stone brought $3.50.
Smallpox is spreading in the coun-
ties of Dipwiddie. Amelia and Lunen-
burg. Owing to the prevalence of the
disease the public schools III Amelia
have been closed, and no county
court of Lunenburg was held Monday.
Walton Moore, William A. Jones,
and A. j. Montague are the only
names mentioned in opposition to
the candidacy of Senator Martin.
The first-named will certainly be in
the field unless he abandons his pres
ent position. The candidacy Of either
OF the other two is more or less
doubtful.
Rev. III. NJ. Wharton proposes, with
"the aid of the people of the United
States,n to build a home for the
orphans and destitute children and
descendants of the eX-Confederate
soldiers, and to name it the Winnie
Davis College," 1t is TO be built near
Luray, Va, on the celebrated
"Whatsoever Farm"
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, who went
early last month to Cuba, writes to
friends in Virginia that he is buying
large boundary of the best tobacco
lands in the province of Pinar del
Rio. which he purposes to offer to the
tobacco growers of Virginia in small
farms. He says that Cuba is the easi-
est place he ever saw in which to
make a living, and that if the island
were now as it was when Columbus
found it he would advise everyone to
so there.
The Norfolk-Hampton Roads Com
pany is about TO acquire a large tract
of land aJ Seawell's Point, where it
will build up a model home town.
The company will construct at q cost
of $500, 600 an electric railroad from
Norfolk to the property, which is
situated directly on Hampton Roads,
including some of the finest deep
water frontage in that section. a
hotel to cost 500, 900 is to be erected
upon the site, and other improve
mentS made.
In view of the alleged cases of
smallpox in some OF the Eastern Vlr-
sinia cities, Staunton has determined
on a system of compulsory vaccine
ton and the city council is providing
suitable house where suspected
cases will be taken on first appear
ance. The council has voted the
money and Mayor Landes is appoint
ing corps of physicians to vacclnate
at public expense all who cannot be
vaccinated otherwise. These are but
precautionary measures, as there are
no suspects there.
A farmer living in Highland
county, who desired to make a deposit
in one of the Staunton banks, sent
his money by registered mail This
is not out of the ordinary, because
this is safe way to send money, but
the peculiar part of the transaction is
that the farmer used ten-cent Con
federate stamp, presumably not
knowing the civil war has ended, and
another strange incident is that the
letter passed through the hands of
the Highland and Stanton officers
without being detected.-Staunton
Spectator.
Hon. Paul G. Edmunds died Sun
day at his home in Halifax county,
aged sixty five years. For several
weeks he had suffered with neuralgia
of the heart, and his condition for
some time had been so critical that
but little hope of his recovery was
entertained. Mr.. Edmunds was born
in Halifax, and was member of an
old and prominent Virginia family.
For six years he represented the sixth
Virginia district in Congress, having
been elected to succeed Hon. John
w. Daniel, when the latter became q