Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-06-17
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

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street improvements and $4,000 for
! schools. The issues to be S5-year S
per cent. bonds. interest payable semi
! annually. The vote was 1854 for
and 122 against the issue.
Petersburg. Va, June 11.-There Is
more work going on in the building
line in Petersburg at this time than
has been known for some time. Con-
siderably over $4,000 for work of this
kind is now under contract. This, of
course, does not include the construc-
ton of the street railroad, which is be-
ing built by the Virginia Traction COM
| pany.
Moorhead City. N. c.. June e.-Eli-
jah Weeks. merchant and prominent
citizen OF Bogue postotfice. this county.
was murdered and robbed Wednesday
| night. Mr. Weeks was sleeping in his
store. where he was found in the morn
ing with rope drawn tightly around
his neck. 1t is supposed the robbers
secured some money. Suspicion points
to men in the neighborhood, one of
them negro.
Roanoke. Va. June 1.-THE five
Methodist churches of this city will
hold joint meeting in the Academy of
Music on Monday night under the aus
pieces of the goth century movement.
The meeting will doubtless be of great
interest 10 Methodism in general.
Bishop Galloway, one of the most
prominent men in the Methodist
church. will be the chief speaker for
the occasion.
Lexington, Va. June 11.-From
Brownsburg this afternoon comes the
reported death of William Craney.
negro. who shot and killed his wife
ard cut his own throat Friday night
in fit of jealousy. This affair occur
red at his house. in Brownsburg, after
he had caused his son to read the
Bible Reports state that he was jeal-
Gus of his wife with respect to a col
ored preacher OF the locality. He was
cousin OF Jim Craney, who was
hanged in the jailyard several years
ago for numbering another negro.
Parkersburg. w Va. June lire
Gently Miss Jennie Fought. the daugh-
ter of a well-known merchant Of Writ
county. left her home with the avowed
purpose of entering a business college
here She sent word to her friends.
and after week had passed they came
here in search OF her. 1t was learned
that she had not reached the college,
but this evening letter from New Or
leans was received announcing her
marriage in that city to Louis E. Black.
a private in the regular army. Black
was formerly a school teacher in Writ
county and enlisted because OF a low
er's quarrel with Miss Fought.
Huntsville. Ala, June S.--Will Hill.
brother OF Alex. Hill. the negro who
killed Mrs. Hester Hubbard near Eoline
on Monday. was captured near McCul-
leys Mill on Tuesday, taken near the
scene of his crime and killed. His
head was shot into a shapeless mass.
He confessed he was with Alexander
Hill at the time Mrs. Hubbard was
killed, and that he and his brother
went to fIubbards for the purpose Of
killing and robbiug Mrs. Hubbard The
men first hanged him TO limb and
then cut him down. He was then tied
to a tree, and a volley fired into his
head. The husband of the murdered
woman was present.
Norfolk. We. June 11.-There has
been since spring opened avery marked
activity in the local real estate mar
ket. Values have steadily increased
without any attempt at booming, and
within the past several weeks there
have been number of large transac-
tions in valuable property in the bust
ness section of the city. Notable among
: 1o+ &c which fnnl- n1onQ
Friday, when Mr.. G. B. Wall, of Rich
mond, of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroads real estate department. trans
ferred to 4 syndicate OF local capital
lists a valuable tract of unimprOyed
real estate owned by the Chesapeake
and Ohio company. The property
fronts 351 feet on CRANKY street. offer
ing one of the most desirable sites for
commercial houses in the city. The
price is said to have been $4,000.
The purchasers will, it Is understood,
at once improve the property.
Petersburg, Va, June 9.-The 9th OF
June Confederate memorial exercises
took place this afternoon under the
auspices Of the Ladies Memorial asso-
ciation. Business was suspended and
there was large turnout Oh people.
Mayor Peasants was the orator OF the
day. Speaking of the Confederate SOL
diers. he said that every drop of blood
shed in the southern army was ltba-
ticn of as pure patriotism as ever ill
I'd the human heart. He paid warm
tribute 10 the women Of the south, and
said they inaugurated the beautifulcus-
tom o! memorial exercises. In closing
Mayor Pieasents stated that theLadies'
Memorial association of Petersburg
had inaueur..tetl move to make tho
historic Blal1;ord church a memorial
oha3e. aaa each state whose heroic
sons sleep within the Enclosure of tie
cemetery viii be asked to contribute
q memorial window. To this cad the
Grand camp OF Confederate Veterans OF
each state will be appealed to for as
SiStanre