Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-14
THE OLD DOMINION
Brief Items of Interest Picked Up
Here and There.

Here and There.
Billngeley & Taylor. OF King George
county, have enlarged their lumber
plant by the addition OF new machin-
cry.
The supervisors of King George
county Will put the public roads out
To contract.
Samuel w. IIinant. restaurant
keeper at Crewe. was fined S25 by the
Mayor for running the game known as
craps in his place.
Henry j. Mcsco. a wcll-knOwn citl-
zen OF Richmond, fell dead in the snow
Saturday night.
]. II. Todd, of Staunton, against
whom Miss Rogers, OF Highland coun-
~, preferred serious charge, skipped
out, but returned and surrendered and
was bailed in the sum of $4,000 for his
appearance for trial.
Mr.. George N. Burgess. well-known
painter, fell from a scaffold in Louisa
county, and was instantly killed.
Mr.. Philip j. I'avil. aged 60 years. n
merchant of Woodstock. died I1rldav
night OF heart failure.
Rev. j. S. Garrison, OF the Edenbur.
Reformed Church. has been selected
as president of the proposed Massanut,
ton Academy. to be located at Wood
stock by the Virginia classes of Re-
formed churches.
Mr.. Winfield l.. Sperls, formerly OF
Culpcpper lately employed by A lead
ing railroad company at Phlladelphla.
died in New York last Friday.
ton. OF Farmville, died Saturday af-
ternoon.
Miss Florence Ledia Hart, sister of
Mr. John l.. Hart. editor of the Farm
vile Herald. and Mr.. Edward l.. Lips.
comb. of Powhatan, Will be married
next Thursday
Col. Cab. Maddox. of Fauquier coup.
~. says the capital OF the eighth d,s.
trlct has been moved from Warren ton
To Fairfax Courthouse, and that NIessrs
Donohoc. Moore, Willard and John
Graham are now directing the poli,i-
cai AFFAIRS OF the district. We do nor
know who the fourth man. Mr.. Ora
nam, is. but IL would be hard 10 find
better men than the first three.
Mr.. ]. Il. Wilson died at his home
near Goodies Crossing. BEDFORD comn,"
lew days ago, aged 30 years.
Waynesboro is agitating the feas,.
DIZZY OF connection by telephone wItb
Nelson county. on the opposite side of
the Blue Ridge mountain
Major w. Key Howard. of Kenmore
spotlsyivania county. died Wednesday
While visiting son AT Griffin. Ga
ID Aubignc. the tenor who Is to SIM.
port Madame Albani on a South AT,;-
can Concert tour. is a brother Of p,
X. II. Dabney. of the University of Viz.
glnia.
Complaint of the scarcity of wood
comes from nearly every city. town Ana
village in Virginia. ''''''
The Virginia Court of Appea,s IA,
decided that capital employed In rnr1
camille business is not taxable. for ~,
reason that the license tax yeouirn,
is in lieu of all taxes for State pur.
poses. PA
night Phelan shelton was danEerorsly
shot by David Reed. his brother-in-
Law.
The city attorney of Richmond has
informed the city Council that il hns
not he power to impose tax on
wheelmcn.
Mrs. Ann Fauntleroy. widow az DR.
Griffin Faunileroy. of King ana Queen
county. is dead, at the age OF - veur,
Sheriff w. j. Hall. of MONTGOMERY
county. is very i'll with pneumonia NJ
Ch.ldress. his home.
James w. Jones. Colonel OF the Flrst
Idaho regiment. in the recent battle AZ
Manila. whose Major was killed. is a
native of Mecklenburg. During the
Civil war he was Captain of Company
.. from THIS county, Fiftyssixth ylr-