Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-02-03
Virginia News.
Williamsburg is to have knitting
mill which will employ 300 hands.

The State convention of the Prohi
bition party will meet in Richmond
on February 23rd.
The Botetourt Herald says the can
neries of that county turned out in
1899 four hundred thousand dollar
OF canned goods.
The executive board of the Baptist
Orphanage at Salem have decided to
erect the sixth building of the group
1t will cost $4,000.
The walks in Capitol Square, Rich
mond, are being paved with bricks
made at the State farm, Goochland
county, by convict labor and are OF
good quality.
Hon. John e. Massey will shortly
publish an autobiography OF his me-
together with "reminiscences OF the
stirring political events in which he
was in many instances, closely con>
nected
The Postoffice Department has de-
cided that in view of the success OF
the letter-carrier system of house
registration of mail, to extend it TO
twenty-one other cities, including
Richmond and Norfolk.
Chairman Agnew of the State Re
publican committee of Virginia has
issued call for meeting of thai
committee on the 10Th instant to fix
upon the time and place for the next
State convention of their party.
Judge j. w. &. Blackstone, of the
Circuit Court, has chartered the
Phpbus Telephone Company, with
capital of $40, 700, which proposes to
operate a telephone system in Pho
bus and Elizabeth City, Warwick
and York counties,
The Committee appointed to invite
| Mr.. Bryan to address the members OF
the Legislature, has received n reply
from Mr. Bryan stating that he Will
| be in Richmond between the Sth aud
18th of February; the exact date will
he named later.
A Richmond party has sold to
man in Europe, a Confederate scent
postage stamp for 5000 cash. The
sale was effected through New
Jersey broker. The stamp was
bought some months ago for $25,
making 1915 profit on the deal.
Armour & Co.. Swift & Co., and the
Nelson. Morris Beef Company are
making enormous shipment of live
cattle to England through Newport
! News. Every regular liner takes a
number of head. Armour now has
300 head there awaiting shipment.
The Virginia Game Association has
presented to the Legislature series
of suggestion for game laws. They
include prohibiting the shipment OF
game outside of the State, the use of
traps or killing game in the snow, a
uniform close season and fine o. $1g
for each violation. one-half to Ftht
tenant or owner of land and PJne> hal
to the informer.
Representative g cummings. OF New
York. chairm9r1 on the committee Of
the library Of Congress, has reported
favCysSOly the bill of Congressman
Jas. Hay for the erection OF monu
ment over the grave Of Gen. Daniel
Morgan,a Revolutionary hero. who IL
buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery,
in Winchester The amount asked
for the monument is $25, 900.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, of the United
States Army, and Il party of army Off
GERS arrived at Linden, Warren coun
ty, Saturday morning in a special car
to inspect the new rapid-fire-gun re-
Gently invented by Mr.. Cullum, of
Warren Sulphur Springs. 1t is stat
ed to be the purpose to locate per-
manent rifle range in the vicinity of
! Massanutten Mountain near Stras-
burg.
1t is said that the sheriffs of Vir-
GINA will soon meet at Richmond to
organize for a determined effort to
secure the repeal OF the law under
which the convicts are taken to the
penitentiarY by guards from that in
stitution. The sheriffs claim that
much of the apparent saving under
the present law is offset by the ex
pense of keeping prisoners in Jail
while awaiting the guard.
The first mortgage Of the Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke Company TO Sc
cure bonds aggregating $4,000, 900.
which bonds were issued upon the or
ganization of the company last March
was recorded in the office of the clerk
of the Hastings Court in Bristol Mon
day. This mortgage required 81,
500 so in United States revenue
stamps in order to comply with the
provisions of the war tax law.