Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-17
THE OLD DOMINION

Brief Items of Interest Picked Up
Here and There.
Mr.. O. B. Farmer. of Jcnersonyllies
has disposed OF his drug business Haeru
with the view OF engaging in bus!H~"c
in New Mexico.
The Sank of Grove. recently burned
, out. has secured new quarters and re-
sumed business.
The peoHle Of Front Royal suffered
fuel famine during the storm and
sacrificed fences and Shade trees.
The body of Mr.. Reuben. Bowler. of
Stafford county. WAS dug from a snow
drift. where lie froze 10 death. and
buried Thursday.
Mir, Louis Allen. le.1nerly of Rich
mond now OF Philadelphia. was mar
iied Wednesday TO Miss Cora Lee
Davis. OF the first named city.
y gentleman Of Richmond. who was
threatened with a coal famine, pur-
chased eight bushels of rocks painted
black. from an enterprising vendor
who has since retired from business.
Miss Maggie Bicrnc and Mr.. a. 7.
Blankenship were married in st. Pat
ricks Church, Richmond. Wednesday
night.
Mrs Fannie Sanderson, wife of Mr.
George l.. Sanderson. prominent
farmer of Amelia county, departed this
| life Tuesday.
In Amelia county farmers are depos-
itinS grain in many places on their re-
spective farms for the birds.
G. NJ Tucker. OF Carroll county. has
been bound over to the United states
Court at Abingdon. to answer the
charge OF conducting an Illicit dis
tillery.
Mr.. Il. s. Brame has been selected as
cashier OF the new bank at Floyd
Courthouse. He was until recently
editor of the Floyd Press.
The safe of L. G. Mosely & Co.
Danville. was opened few nights
since and robbed. The thieves, owing
to the contents OF the safe having been
pretty well exhausted by payday, OBJ
tanned but little cash
y drunken woman of Danvinc, who
applied 10 the Citizens Relief Commit
tee for help and was refused. has de-
clarcd her purpose TO bring suit against
the committee.
Danvile is moving for cheaper
gas rate.
| The Democratic Executive Committee
met ON Saturday and decided to have a
| primary for Greensvillc county cleo
| lions The committee will meet again
March 4, 1899. to formulate plans and
In ,,,.f,,,
| should he held.
Rev DR.. ]. L. Hyde. of Winchester,
chairman of the committee to nominate
place of meeting for the Baltimore
annual Conference of Methodist Epis-
copai Church. South, has nominated
washington. ID. c.. as the place of hold
ing the next annual meeting of the
conference in the place of Alexandria,
Va. which had been selected, but
changed owing to the existence of
smallpox there
Mrs. Nora Darlington. wife of Po-
lice Officer Pleasant II. Darlington. of
Richmond. died Wednesday.
Mrs. Summerneld Martin. rclict of the
late w. 9. Martin. died last night at her
home. near fredericksburg, Of pneu-
monia. aged e. years.
Manchester is OH the verge of fuel
famine.
Mr.. Frank Pence, at one time
prominent merchant in Harrisonburg.
died Friday last in Roanoke.
Prof. Frank Smith, of the University
OF Virginia. will be one of the speakers
at the finals of the Virginia Poly
technic institute
The will of Major Jed Hotchkiss has
been admitted to probate in the Hust-
ings Court of Staunton. The dcccdept
wrote the Will with his own hand. 1t
is clear and brief. lie gives his widow.
Mrs. sara y. G.. U0tchkiss IAN the
property of any kind | may die pos
scsscd OF. To use and dispose OF as she
may desire"
Mr.. w. T.. Carper. wcll-known
l3otctourt man, residing near Gala
water. had an operiEi ion performed
upon one of his eyes Wednesday by DR..
Joseph \. White, of Richmond.
similar operation upon the other eve
VIII be performed in a day or two.
Mr.. +. NJ. Jones. aged 81 years. ana
| long rcsidcn, Of TazcwelI. died ruas.
day night, and was buried "Wednesday
from the Methodist Episcopal Church,
| South.
Rev. s. r. Martin. pastor OF the Pres.
byterian Church at Dublin. LEFT Satur-
day night for Clinton. $. c., in response
TO telegram stating that his son s
i, Martin. Jr, was very i'll with pneu
mOnia. Young Mr. Martin is "a ,,rod,,