Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-01-21

| nose being TO outline the poUcy OF
| the COMMITTEES for the coming year.
The report made by the Auditor of
| Virginia for the year 1895 shows that
tbs value of real estate in the Com
! monwealth has increased during the
past year over $S,000,00o The great
increase has been in the counties. in
the cities the increase was 81, lis, $50
over the year 1S97-Richmond Times.
In Richmond some weeks ago Miss
Carrie n. Wrenn was thrown off her
! wheel by an obstruction in the street
and painfully hurt. She sued the
city for So 500 damages She requested
that the jury have six wheelmen on
Is, which the court granted A YER
dict in her favor for $3.50 was rem
dered.
The committee, appointed by the
ee-Jackson Camp of Confederate
Veterans. to collect the rolls aud
names OF all the soldiers of Rock
bridge county who were in the Con-
tolerate service during the civil. war
have completed their work. The
Rockbridge rolls include twelve dis
tinct companies besides scattering
men in various commands. The total
foots up to nearly 1000 men.
Senator Martin said this morning
to The Ledger correspondent that he
was opposed to the annexation or &C
QUESTION of the Philippine Islands in
my event or under any circum
stances. and I believe the action of
the Senate will be in accordance with
that view. Senator Daniel said he
was opposed to annexation, but fur
Their than that did not care to be
quoted just now.-Norfolk Ledger,
18th.
Edward D. Christian, one of Rich
mond's ID ost prominent business men,
died last week after an illness of sew
eral weeks. He was & member of an
old Virginia family and was a son of
DR.. Andrew Christian He graduated
from the Virginia Military Institute
and was one of the gallant band OF
cadets. which at New Market made
an immortal name. He carried SllO.-
900 life insurance, $4,000 of which
was in the.New York Mutual.
Within sixty days there will begin
operations at Lambert's Point,
suburb of Norfolk, on the largest silk
factory in the South. 1t is to employ
nearly 500 expert weavers and will
have capital stock of $500, 900. The
style of the concern is the Norfolk
Silk Company, and it will weave,
piece, dye and print silk fabrics OF
the finest quality. The company is
already organized, the capital sub
scribed, and q magnificent factory
building, costing SIS, 900, will be erec>
,, ted within few weeks.
The Board Of Aldermen Of Rich
mond have concurred in the action Of
the Common Council. appropriating
SO, 500, with which to have a general
house to house vaccination, as pre-
caution against smallpox getting a
foothold, should case be brought
there. There does not seem to be much
danger, though, as both of the rail
roads and the steamship lines rum
ming from Norfolk have physicians
especially employed to look out for
suspicious cases. Every train and
boat coming to Richmond is carefully
inspected by these physicians.
Mr.. Richard n. Gaines, for the past
eleven years the chemist to the State
department of agriculture, has deci-
ded to resign, to take effect February
| /. The salary of this office is 500
per month. The action of Mr.. Gaines
| is taken because of the hampered
condition in which the department
finds itself on account of the fact last
legislature required that it only fin
ancial resource should be the money
collected from the fertilizer tax. This
last year amounted $500. The fact
that many fertilizing companies have
merged will still reduce the number
of brands and cut off no little tax.
The reports of the commissioners of
this State received at the office of
Auditor Marye show that the assess
ment of personal property for 1893
amounted to $10O,046.014. Of this the
whites pay on 500, 42S 625 and the ne
oroes 1862. 369. The value of bonds,
notes and other such property other
than that held by fduciaries of court
amounted to $2G, 795 $50. These fig.
ures of personal property do not ln-
clude railroads and several other
sources of revenue. Of the capitation
taxes assessed about one fourth are
returned delinquent against the
whites and one half of those against
the colored people.
The famous maidstone. which was
sold in Leesburg recently for $3.50, Is
again 70 the trout. Application will
be made to Judge E. G. Nicol. of the
Circuit Court, to set aside the sale
and give the public another chance
to get the valuable article. This ac-
ton is taken because another bid OF
10 per cent. additional over the last
has been made. aud it rests with the
court to confirm the sale or order an
other. Since the former disposition
of the stone numerous inquiries have
been made as to its qualities, even one
coming from London within few
days.
An enthusiastic and unprecedented
scene occurred in Norfolk Sunday af-
ternoon in the Academy of Music
during the address of the Rev. Henry
Varley, a prominent London divine,
| to 2, GOO men. 1t was religious meet
| ing under the auspices of the Young
| Mems Christian Association. At the
end of MIR. Varley's remarks be res
feIred to the Anglo American kindly
relations already existing. he said:
Italy is weak. Spain has fallen,
France is tottering, and we shall yet
see the Star and Stripes and the
British flag twined and ruling the
world.n Ministers on the stage led
|~the shouting, the audience went wild.
and after the meeting Mr.. Marley re-
celved an ovation.