Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-03

OF his victims and mourned with the
rest when good old pastor culogized
the deceased at the funeral He went
too much-enough TO arouse suspicion
In addition to the dwelling and fur
niture burned small clubhouse went
too. One organ was saved. Most of
the other household effects were
burned. with $50 in cash. The insurance
policies went too. but the companies
Will pay the losses The Insurance. on,
the property burned was $2,675. Mrs
Jones carried sS.949 insurance on all her
buildings Al lamp explosion started the
blaze.
PEANUT FACTORY OPENED.
With the dawn of 1899 another artery
OF commerce was added to the list of
industries that make Suffolk what 1t is
IL was the opening up of the Nan
semond Peanut Company's big peanut
plant at the foot of North Main street.
| The hum of machinery proclaimed its
| inauguration during the early morning
The main building of the plant is four
stories nigh and fifty feet square. The
wing is 60Ni0 and two stories up. The
entire plant Is equipped with up to- date
pcanut-cleanng apparatus and opernt-
ed DJ men who know how to do IL. The
officers and managers of the company
are men of means and brains. 1t looks
al is the donation made by the Council
TO encourage the plants establishment
will prove good Investment
The Nansemond Peanut Company has
forty-five operatives on the pay roll
| to start with. This number will be
continually increased. The company
has big stock of nuts on hand and
orders booked ahead. The factory will
clean 1000 bushels day.
THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING
POISON.
There is man out in the county who
Kept Christmas with n vengeance. He
is drinking man and that was the
time OF year when he wasn't swearing
off. After he had been getting outside
OF liquor for n long time the man be-
came very respondent and felt like
dying. He didn't have any convenient
means of shutting off and he begged for
strychnine. a friend to be accom-
modatipg. said he would get the drug.
a lot of fine salt was gotten and mixed
with water. The would-be suicide drank
the draught and got ready to die. But
1t only made him sick.
PROPERTY CONVEYANCES.
Joshua b. Harrel to Mary A owen, a
tract of land In Cypress MeSisterla1
, district; s165.
S. Il. Anderson to Thomas Pitt. sevc-
raj small parcels OF land; $50
Robert =. Hunter to Joshua Hunter.
some lots on Maple street; $50.
j. II. Duck to Putnam o. Duck, 72h
acres in Holy Neck district; considera-
ton, $780, and natural love and ar
lection.
RANDOLPH SOCIETY.
The Randolph Society of st. Paui's
i. Il. church will have their regular
monthly meeting tomorrow evening a
O'Clock, with Miss Susie Pren(is. No.
81 Main street. This is the first meet
ing of the year, and a full attendance
is asked for
POST HOLIDAY WEDDINGS.
Christmas is gone. but the marriage
boom hasn't subsidized yet. Two per-
mits were sold from the county clerks
Office to-day.
Tomorrow, in the county. James ].
IIarreli will be welded to Miss Minnie
Brinkley, daughter of Frank p Brink
ley. The groom to-be is n farmer
On January 9th Miss Blanche b.
Barden will become the wife of VIII
liam C. Davidson. The bride-clect is a
daughter Of James H. Barden. The
ceremony will happen at Factory Hill.
PRAISED THE PRESS.
At the Christian church Sunday
evening DR.. w. w. Staley, pastor, paio
a glowing tribute TO the press AS an
agency for the spread of enlightenment
and the dissipation of ignorance and
evil, DIR. Staley mentioned newspapers
in the same breath as schools and re-
lgion. He drew graphic contrasts be-
tween the moral and intellectual status
of communities that read papers regu-
iarly, and those that don't. 1t was a
sermon as forcefIl as 1t was graphic.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.
Suffolk High School and Public
School No l will reopen tomorrow.
Some of the county schools started UP
business to-day.
Mr.. Wiley Il. Cobb returned to-day
from Il weeks visit to his old home in
Brunswick, Me-. and other points in
New England. Mr.. A. IL. Cobb ana
son will come home Tomorrow
Mr.. Ellis Freeman and bride, of Phil
lirsburg, Pa, who spent their honey
moon in Suffolk with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ha;u Mcclellan, left to-day for home.
The visitors fell in love with Suffolk's
climate.
MIR. Frank H. Wright and family re,
turned to-day from Petersburg. where
they passed the Christmas HOLIDAYS.
They used TO live there
Mr.. Thomas \. Main, OF Norfolk, was
in ok to-day.
Mis-. Hargrave, OF Lynchburg. was
registered at the Commercial Hotel TO-
day.
Mr.. c. T.. ii. Luke. of Smithfield, VS.
tied friends in Suffolk to-day
The Suffolk Literary Club will meet
Wednesday afternoon, with Miss Liz
zie Britt on Main street
a sOiree given by Misses Uruuhart
and Delk is in progress at the old Town
Hall tonight.
Dnrn II oo,oi,,1t,,- =. LIN.