Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-10-19

Miss Willie Ar'nistead, ofCharies CITY
is the guest Of friends here.
MIR. Harry Kemp, of Richmond. Spe-
cial Deputy Grand Regent OF Virginia
r ,ysl Arcanulu. paid n bret visit hers
this week. Brother Kemp Is one OF the
most popular fratcrnal men in the State,
and was warmly greeted here. He VIII
pay us anosher and longer visit soon.
! Mrs. L. C. Durfey and son and Mrs.
| W. II. Braithwaite are attending the
launching in Newport News TODAY.
Mr.. F. T. Holland. ofIsle OF Wight, has
returned TO college.
Mr.. lanes Harris has returned 10
Newport News. after several days spent
in hunting here.
Mr.. {. H. Bovee. travelling passenger
agent Of the Chesapeake and Ohio ar
lived here Tuesday and lett for the west
last night. Mr.. Bovee says the immi-
grafton movement IS assuming vast.pro-
portions.
Mr.. Tohn Dahu, the real estate dealer
was in Newport News yesterday on i'm
portant business.
; People have gone west and returned
broken in nealth and fortune. They said
E the west was mo account, a failure.
People kept on going West however,
! and now II IS "chock'' full of people and
business. But for the climate and meroi-
less railroads it would always prosper.
= some have come here and gone back, but
= do not look az the failures, follow the
p successful ones.
:, MrJ. :. Charles. deputy collector OF
E internal revenue for the second district
It has been down the Peninsula since
n Thursday.
Mcssrs. c. K. Hoskins and r, T
n Pierce. Ir., of Newport News were heT'
Is yesterday.
~ Mr.. X. T. Pierce. Jr., of Newport News
qualified yesterday before Judge Smitl
&c as surveyor for James City county. -
Or much land is being sold now that th
It county surveyor Will find plenty 90 do.
:. John IS. Risen. Jr., son of our ID
Risen. has Just passed the Board q
Pharmacy and IS now a registered Pha'
ir- macist. We congratulate both the d.
S. TOR and his son, John
IN a trip GO williamsburg over the Che
lr. apeakc and Ohio is delightful. III
RS scenery Is beautiful, and the trains al
-v. luxurious. IL is pleasure 70 t'av
ne over such a road.
60" So far as we know there has been br
lew cases OF typhoid in James City oou
ore ~, and not "A single death. There HI
a only been but two cases OF fever in th
The city this summer, both of which cat
from other places. This is remarkah
hcalthiul climate, the death rate bel
va lower than any other section OF Z
'er SKATE.
In our next special edition, in \
vember. we will publish an article tx,
the pen OF VIM. +. Curtis, on QUA
JOO Southern Spots" 1t Is worth "A yea
subscription alone. We shall give sew
,as al articles by the we'll known wri
,,;5 this coming winter.
Is" THE GAZETTE IS purely a local par
-tty We endeavor 70 keep our readers pos
'ing on the affairs of this section OF the Z
his iusula. and do not expect TO handle z
cral news. Look to the dailies for IN
y local papers sphere is home news
the time.
ohio Irish potatoes sold in New York
pers $3.50 and $500 per barrel. One Jan
10 City trucker made from s., 600 70 $50
Il on this crop alone And there were c
por- ers big and little. The second crop IS
'ula. he dug yet, and potatoes are potato
or a this year.
To-
Mr.. Park Jones, district lecturer
the Masonic Order, leaves Monday
, 20 an official trip 20 Smith6cld.
10 Mr.. and AIRS. J.. <. Williams,
-aieS children. of Richmond, are the guests
'aiN' Mr.. and Mrs. J. \. Banks.
Mr. /. NJ. Beebe, of Jamestown,
selling all the butter he can make al
cents per pound. 1t is butte
aade though.
-ove.
600;
NNn,,ts 90 OacfuR