The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-16
OLD DOMINION NOTES.

There are six colored lunatics confined
IN Orange County JAIL awaiting room in
the asylums.
The handsome new Presbyterian Church
al Greenland. Grant County, w. Va. was
dedicated Sunday by Rev L. r. ReybOrn,
sermon.
=. Sanford Ross. of Baltimore, was YES
terday awarded A,245 damages, i'm Nor
folk, for dredging done for the Rowland
Lumber Company. The amount was in
dispute. The award ends long litiga-
ton.
John Thomas and his son. oystermen
who are accustomed to dredge in Kappa
hammock River, were capsiLed while in
their canoe and both were drowned They
had left the Rappahannock for their home
OF East River, when storm overlook
them.
The building occupied by Mr.. Thomas
Carpenter as grocery in Elizabeth CITY
County, near Oakland Cemetery was TO-
tally destroyed by fire shortly after |
O'Clock Sunday morning. The entire stock
of groceries was burned. Loss, 81 800; part
ly insured.
Several capitalists in Smithfeld. head
ed by NJ. +. Langhorne, are getting IN
stock Tor another bank in that town The
capital stock will be $4,000 or $4,000. of
which $4,000 has been taken. Smithfield
is perhaps the most important town in
Virginia remote from a railroad.
Two children of Harry Brown. living on
the NimmO farm, in Princess Anne Coun-
~, and a third child We're bitten by a
dog, supposed TO De mad. one of the chit
dren was bitten through the law and the
others on their legs. Before il could be
killed il attacked and bit many cattle.
The attendance at the Presbyterian Sy-
nod Of Virginia, Maryland, aud West Viz
ginia in Newport News De- Ober y 10 y.
will be unusually large. Already 225
preachers and elders have signified their
intention of being present The sessions
will be held in the First Presbyterian
Church.
The congregation of Emmanuel Luther
an Church, Of Woodstock. by a large ma
jOrity voted TO reject the resignation Of
Rev. A A j. BushOng as pastor. Sun
day. The resignation was submitted last
spring. 10 take effect October 81, and the
church council a few weeks ago decided
10 accept ii. May l. 1901. The congrega-
tional vote now reverses the action OF the
council.
Rev. J.. z. Barton, Of Hope. Ark. has
accepted the paStOrate OF the Suffolk
Baptist Church. made vacant by the res
ignatiOn Of Rev. j. F. Love. who has
gone 20 Wadesboro, y. c. The new mas
tor viii assume charge about December ]
Tie il thirty years old. Two years ago he
married Miss Hurt, of PoWhatan County.
Va, who formerly taught IN HOlinS In
stitute.
Judge T. ]. Barham. OF the Newport
News Corporation Court, will call Mayor
Moss attention 10 the OyeFcroWded con-
diti3n Of the city jail. and advise that
steps be taken to provide suitable ae-
commOdation for the large number OF
prisoners constantly confined there The
special Jail commission recently appOintel
TO examine into alleged abuses reported
the prison badly oyercrowded.
The West End furnace Roanoke County.
has shut down indefinitely, largely be-
cause OF the serving Of two attachments
BY the city sergeant one is for nearly
81. 90. in favor Of the Virginia Coal Iron.
and Coke Company. the other for about
81 0j0 in favor Of HUFF Andrews & Nov
Ter on account Of a shortage OF ore
and other trouble. the furnace has been
Handicapped for several months
some days ago a negro. Arthur Jones.
was found dead on the tracks OF the Nor
folk and Western Railroad, near Dis
putauta Station. Prince George County,
His body had been horribly mAngled BY a
train. IT was at first thought that he
rad been run over and killed bur there
il noW a strong suspicion thai he vas
fjrst murdered and his body placed on the
track A detective is al work on the
case