Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-13
WYTHEvILLE.
Option on Zinc Plant-various Other
News Items.

Option on Zinc PInnt-various Other
News Items.
Correspondence Of the Dispatch)
WYTHEVILLE, VA, May H.-Judge
John II. Fulton and Mr.. A. A.
Campbell, OF this place. representing
some capitalists. whose names are not
! diyulged. have offered the Wythe Lead
and Zinc Mine Company. of this county,
$4,000 for their mines, plant, ETC., and
the offer has been declined. The parties
whom Judge Fulton represents then asked
for an option until June 18th at 100000,
which was granted The property is
large one, the mines and plant being SIT
uated at Austinvile, on New river, ana
Is. undoubtedly one of the most valuable
in ALI of this section of the State. the
company is stocked at 100000. upon winch
per cent. dividends are paid
Hon. T. +. Houston, Of Philadelphia
came to Wytheville yesterday morning
and went over to Bland county, where ne
will meet Mr.. Hartman Newberry, of that
county and counsel and Judge Samuel
w. Williams. representing ex-United
States Marshal John G. Watts. Of Taze-
well county. presumably to close up the
Newberry and Watts-Houston coal and
lumber deals made during the past few
DAYS The lands are in Mcdowell county,
w. Va. They are ten miles from the
Norfolk and Western road and they VIII
be reached by a branch railroad, which
is being built and which will tap the
Norfolk and Western road some ten miles
west Of Tazeweil Courthouse. 1t is not
known who Mr.. Houston represents. but
II Is thought some wealthy capitalists IN
Philadelphia. The late General William
Malone was an associate Of Messrs. New
berry and Watts in the ownership OF
these lands The price is not given. but
IL is way Up in the thousands. one re-
port says $4,000 is the amount.
Assistant United States District Attor-
ney John c. Blair, of this place. has pur-
chased the Snow block. on Main street
paving 900 for it. 1t is valuable business
property.
Several hundred additional lock-boXes
have been placed in the post-office here
making the entire system lock-box.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Macalaster, OF
Baltimore, have rented ana moved into
the home of the late eX-Attorney-General
Frank s. Blair, on west Main street. Ihey
will spend the heated season here, hav-
ing with them quite a number OF Baltl-
moreanS.
There are eighty candidates for the
different offices in this county.
Circuit Judge Robert c. Jackson hand
ed down here yesterday very i'm
portant decision in the celebrated suit of
Kent VS.. Kent. Mr. David c. Kent, who
resides in Pulaski county. sued and Sc
cured judgments amounting to some $4,000
against his brother. Mr.. Joseph G. Kent
who lives near Wytheville. The latter
then sued the former, and it was in this
cause yesterday that the Court rendered
a decision in favor of Mr.. Joseph G. Kent
OF $1,000.
Mr.. John W. Robinson. the widely
known mineral man of this county, is
quite sick at his home, at Graham's
Forge in the lower end of this county.
The Wadley emDezzlement case was
called in the County Court. Judge William
E. Fulton. presiding again this week. and
it was postponed until the July term.
There has been considerable activity in
the sale of wool in this market this week.
The price since Monday has risen from
Is to q cents.
Judge Duke. of Charlottesville, and Mr..
John Slaughter of Lynchburg, have been
in town this week.