Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-06-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Bishop A. W. Wilson will preside
over the next session Of the Virginia
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, which con-
venes in Petersburg November 10.
Governor Tyler has received a let
ter from lady at Lynchburg asking
if the law would not permit her to
take the place of home life term
convict in the penitentiary. The
Governor, in reply, informed the cor
respondent that the law would not
admit of any such substitution as she
proposed.
1t is understood that the old Elk.
change Hotel Building in Richmond
will soon be put up at public auction
and sold to the highest bidder. An
offer of $4,000 was lately made for
it by party who wished to convert
it into warehouse, and it was de-
clined. The taxes and ground rent
due aggregate nearly 5000
John Crabill, aged about forty,
who lived few miles east OF Wood
stock, died Friday, of last week un-
der peculiar circumstances. Mr..
Crabill complained during the day of
a headache He assisted in hiving a
swarm of bees, and was stung by one.
He went to his home, and took a
headache wafer and died in fifteen
minutes. He leaves q widow and
family.
Colonel U. L. Boyce, of Clarke
county, has received an order from
the Secretary of the Treasury to put
one of his patented smoke consumers
in the Treasury Department, by the
use of which he claims that one ton
of soft coal is saved in every four.
His patent wou d have been adopted
at the Capitol, he says, but for the
fact that by law, only hard coal can
be used in that building.
The largest charter ever granted a
manufacturing concern by 3 Norfolk
court was granted Monday by Judge
Hanclile to the Washington Traction
and Electric Company, whose maxi
mum authorized capital is $12, 900, 900.
The minimum capitalization is $780,
900. The principle offices of the con-
pany are, according to its petition
tor incorporation, to be located i'll
Norfolk, and its objects are the
manufacture of and dealing in rail
road and power supplies of all kinds.
The Populists of Virginia will CO..
operate with those Democrats who
are making fight looking to the
election of Senators by popular vote.
Chairman j. Haskins Hobson, of the
Peoples Party State Committee, says
there will be a meeting during the
summer 10 map out plans. and added:
Il cannot say what will be done, but
the members of the peoples party
are in favor of electing the Senators
by direct vote of the people. l take
it that We will as far as practicable
cooperate with those seeking to
bring about this reform
IL the Corporation Court of Lynch
burg Monday Judge Christian deci'
ued in favor OF the State the test case
OF the gentlemen who allowed them
selves TO be indicted for refusing to
return for taxation certain shares OF
stocks in corporations, they alleging
the said corporations had been al,
ready assessed on their capital stock,
and that to require individuals holds
ing stock in such corporations to be
assessed for the same would be equiv
aient 70 double taxation. and would
De unconstitutional. The Judge de-
cided that the Legislature had the
constitutional right TO tax the said
stock, and under the statute OF Feb
ruary Il, 1898, did require the said
stock TO be returned tor assessment.
The farmers of the Flumen vicinity
in EockbridGe county. Va, are very
much alarmed over the numerous
deaths which have occurred in that
section Of the county among the
draft horses, caused by peculiar
disease, which none of them know
anything about. Many valuable
horses have Succumbed TO the dis
ease, and many more are unit for
work. There are many which 40 not
SHOW that they have the disease eX>
cept by their broken down appear
ance and a slight cough. A peculiar
symptom is that horse with the dis
ease seldom refuses food, but will ire
queutly refuse to drink water. Swell
ing in most cases show that the horse
mas the disease, and u swelling on the
top OF the head and back OF the ears.
One OF the most interesting as we'll
as valuable historical relics OF the
civil war is now in possession OF Mrs.
Pendleton, OF Shepherdstown, w. Va.
This souvenir is the original Of the
great seal of the Confederate States
of America. Colonel Alexander K.
Boteler, father OF Mrs. Pendleton,
was Il member OF Congress from Vir-
e,inia before the war, and was also q
leading and Influential member of
the Congress of the Confederate
States. He was appointed member
of and chairman of the committee
appointed to design great seal for
the Confederate government. at
Colonel Boteler's death the seal be-
came the property of his daughter.
Mrs. Penaleton. The seal is Of solid
silver, about three and one half
inches in diameter, and is exquisi-
lively engraved in high relief.