Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13
Virginia News.

During 1900 there were Ell build
ings erected at Newport News, at 9
cost OF $2lS,2S5.
Rev. DIR. Landrum, of Atlanta, /,
mentioned as the possible successor
of Rev. DR.. w. E. Hatcher, pastor OF
the Grace Street Baptist church,
Richmond.
The Richmond City Board of Aid
ermen laid on the table the offer OF
Mr.. Carnegie to give 100000 to es-
tablish public library there. The
lower board has not acted upon the
matter.
DR.. Thomas Fl. Barnes, of Suffolk,
former State senator, was Tuesday
nominated as delegate to the Con-
stitutional Convention. All the other
candidates having withdrawn, it was
done by reclamation.
The b. f. johnson Publishing
Company, OF Richmond, has just re-
ceived an order from Manila for ST, 900
worth of book supplies. This is the
second large order recently received
by this firm from the Philippines.
The abandonment of written for
oral examinations by the faculty OF
the Medical College of Virginia, in
Richmond, on the ground of cheat
ing has caused a great commotion
in that institution and created wide
interest.
The oyster gunboat Chesapeake
has been sold to Capt. John Twohy,
of Norfolk. for $4,000 by the state
Board OF Fisheries. The fact that
vessel brought only $4,000 when it
was thought to be worth $4,000, is
iue to the fact that its boilers were
in bad condition.
At Chatham on Friday Judge Saun-
1ers, in lengthy opinion, refused to
grant a new trial to Arthur Fuller,
who was tried at the February term
Of the County Court on the charge of
attempted betrayal Of Miss Matte V.
look, and was given eight years in
he penitentiary.
The local option election held in
Leesburg district, Loudoun county, |
resulted in decisive vic
DRY for the vets. There were 800 |
'otes against license and $50 for
license. AT Lucketts the majority
or license was 10, a total majority
# 90 for the vets.
Miss Sue Peyton Kent, daughter of
he late Colonel Joseph F. Kent, of
1arrisonburg, who was in the famous
tonewall Brigade, has been appoint.
d by General Thomas s. Garrett, of
Iortolk, maid Of honor from the
'iDth Congressional District to the
confederate reunion in Memphis,
enn., next month.
Mr.. G. Nc D. Blake was quite sue
essful last year in raising Angora
oats on his farm in Louisa county.
Q is now forming stock company :
Philadelphia for the purpose of {
llarging his goat farm of 500 acres, g,
I'D will buy 1000 acres of land more :
e says Louisa is a very desirable
ace for the raising OF Angora goats. q
Ocean View, which for years has 4
zen one of the most popular summer e
sorts in Virginia, is to be made
,ubly attractive during the coming
ason. Improvements which will
ork an almost complete transfer
alton at the bay resort are now in a
ogress and will be completed in o.
ne for the beginning of the season, d
out June l. u
had another big fraEl :;
Iesday which at one time threat -,
ed the Trigg ShKouilding Com Of
ny's plant: Pie fire started in the VI
! Ss- 81 the Jane King Ice Company,
itch was destroyed. The flames
ept over to the buildings occupied
Hagan, Dart & Co., on Nineteenth v,
d Cary streets. The losses are es- a
mated at $50, 900, which are covered fo
insurance. m
Joseph Bryan, editor of the Rich L! -
md Times, was defeated for the v Un
Convention in Hen ".
o. Samuel P. Waddill, clerk of W W
, County Court, and brother of U. oD
Judge Edmund Waddill, was
minated by fOrty-six majority. 1t
uired the figures from the last
cinct to determine the result. The
e was so close that Mr.. Bryan's he
'nds may ask for recount. 10
to
he large department store OF mi
lus Meyer & Son, Richmond, Va, pa
3 entirely destroyed by fire in,
morning. The loss du
S250,000 on building, stock and alb
ures, which is fully covered by in
ance. For time The whole block
which Meyers store is located, in
ling Conen's big department
sc and the Grace Street Baptist die
lrch which was only rebuilt a year Me
, were threatened with destruct DE
1t was with difficulty that these ito
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