Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-03-07
VS. FROM RICHMOND AND OTHER PARTS OF VTRGTNA !

suit there were many slides and wash
outs along the line of the Norfolk and
Western; trains over the Shenandoah
Valley were delayed from fifteen TO
twenty hours. The New River division
was tied up for twelve hours. 1t is re-
ported here that fifteen bridges were
washed out along the Shenandoah Val
ley.
a telegram from Lexington says that
heavy thunder storms prevailed all OF
Saturday night. North river is higher
than in years. The water is backed
up In roads along the river. and pres
vents travel. A heavy slide below
Buena Vista, on the Chesapeake and
Ohio. delayed trains six hours
Tho water is very high at Freder-
icksburg.
GOV. TYLER EXPECTED WEDNEs-
DAY.
Governor Tyler md party are EXPECT
ed to return from Havana Wednesday
night
a conditional pardon has been roc
commended by the Penitentiary Board
for William Washington. q negro serv-
ing life sentence from Ches terrified
county. having been three times con-
victed. The case has some unique feat
ures. Some time in 1856 Common
Chesterfield. visited his mothers resi-
dence in that county. The family were
nil absent. and Washington was the
lone occupant OF the house He had
packed up many valuable articles and
was preparing to make a Wholesale
robbery. Mr.. CoEbill arrested William
and had him convicted. a life sentence
being pronounced. owing to It's being
Washington's third term. Washington
has made an unusually good prisoner
and Mr.. Cogbill joins with the board in
asking that he be pardoned.
COMM CADJTOT NrnrTT,O
Prof Atwood shipped to tho Governor
some fine specimens of lettuce, cauli-
flower and tomatoes grown in the horti-
cultural hall at Blacksburg. His Icx-
cellency being in Cuba, his private sec
retary. Mr.. Ben. p. Owen, Jr., and Mr..
James II. Tyler. Jr.. sampled" the
vegetables and wrote Prof. Atwood
that they would tell the Governor how
excellent the products of the horticul-
tural hall are.
The Governor has received n very
pathetic letter from the widow OF a
Confederate soldier. She says her hus-
band received pension and since it
was stopped she has nothing to de-
pend upon for support. Unless she is
allowed pension she will have to de-
pend upon the charity of the people for
support.
The Governor has been notified that
Corporal Henry S. Schermerhorn. of
SohiPahS ~ L ourtn virginia regiment,
has been honorably discharged from
the army.
VISITING JOURNALISTS.
The New England Newspaper League
arrived in Richmond at O'Clock This
morning over the Southern railway,
having gone by Lynchburg and Dan
vile SO as to see as much of Virginia
as possible. The league is composed
Oh the following papers: Boston Tray
eiier. Fall River News. Manchester
Union. Lewiston Journal Springfield
news Hartford Post. Portland EN-
press, Providence News, Lowell Mail.
concord Monitor and Burlington News
inc gentlemen in the party are Messrs.
=. II King. general manager: Frank
a. Davidson, secretary: Frank H
Grader. advance representative; w. III.
Ross william Reardon. f. NJ. West,
Frank Hendry, A. II. Newman, A. III
Rhodes. E. =. Critchcr
Inc newspaper men have been driven
ABOUT the city to-day by representatives
OF the business associations, and were
entertained at an elaborate dinner Mt
inc Jefferson tonight. The league will
remain here all OF tomorrow. The
trlD In Virginia will include stops Mt
petersburg, Norfolk. Newport News
charlottesville, Fredcricksbura Dan
viiie. Lynchburg and Roanoke, but the
uate Tor each has not yet been settled
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
Rev: c. A. Marks, the new pastor Of
the First English Lutheran Church,
preached his first sermon yesterday
MI Marks comes to this church from
MI 1;, TABOR. Augusta county.
me annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Richmond Telephone
Company was held in the company's
0ihces to-day at noon Mr.. John c.
Ropertson and Mr.. Warner Moore were
reelected president and vice-president.
respectively and substantially the same
board of directors was reelected.
q called meeting Of the CONGREGATION
i ZEN Ahaba was held at II O'clock yes
rerday morning, President Julius Straus
presiding. Rev. DR.. Edward N. Calisch
was reelected pastor of the congresa-
tlon Tor term of five years. Mt n salary
OF $4,000 per year. Dr. Caisch has filled
me pulpit of Beth Ahaba for nearly
elGht years. and has greatly endeared
himself to the congregation.
me Supreme Court of Appeals will
convene Tomorrow. Among the i'm
portant cases to be disposed OF is one
from Norfolk. in which tba