Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-02-22
Virginia News.

A decree has been entered for the
saIe of a small tract OF land at har'
nprs Ferry, w. Va, on which the
John Brown fort is located.
Hon. George D. Wise, a member OF
the Virginia Constitutional Conven-
lion. thinks the work Of that body
will be completed within the next
six weeks.
A movement has been started 10
Alexandria to secure the celebration
90 Tho ter-ceptennial of the first set
Element of the United States AT
jamestown.
plans have been drawn for a
twelve-story office building and
hotel TO be erected on the site OF the
hnrned Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, the
COMPOSITE structure to be 250x2OS
feet square
The State Board of Health bulle-
tin. issued recently. shows that
smallnox prevails in fourteen coun-
ties Washington county having
fiftv-two cases and Floyd reporting
an epidemic.
In view of numerous insults ana
outrages the ladies OF Nlntop, suo-
urb of Roanoke, have ORGANIZED
gun club, and propose to make them
selves proficient in the use OF octh
gun and pistol.
The Virginia Oyster Planters As
ISOLATION has, it is asserted, tled
charges against the State Board OF
Fisheries. The charge is said to be
that the board fails to enforce the
present oyster planting laws.
Governor Montague Saturday
promptly pardoned Florence Robert
son. a colored woman, who had been
sent to jail for selling furniture
bought on installments The woman
was forced to the course by starva~
ton and i'll health.
The census reports give the State
a population of 100000, fixing the
Congressional district population at
10000 This will result in rearrang
ing the Second and Ninth Districts,
which now have population OF
about $1,000 each, and these will be
reduced to conform to the balance
of the State.
Plans are on foot for restoring old
Pohick Episcopal Church, near Alex
apdria, where President Washington
aud so many other distinguished Vir-
ginians worshiped. Az appeal is to
be made to the country February %,
| Washington's Birthday, for contri-
| buttons for this cause 1t is saiG that
81, 900 or $4,000 will be necessary.
Thirteen young men have been
convicted for the murder OF Jack
Osborne, in Russell county, Virginia,
last Christmas and sentenced to i'm
/ prisonment in penitentiary. King,
John. Wilson and Thomas Rhea, all
brothers, were sentenced TO Is years
each; Charles and Ban Bal, brothers,
IS years each; Walter end Joseph
Hess, brothers, 16 years each; James.
Green and Thomas Ball, brothers,
years each; James Pickett, 5 years
John Henry Hess, a brother OF
of Walter and Joseph Hess, year
The State Board OF Fisheries meets
| here this afternoon, when the com
plants against the actions OF the
BOARD in enforcing the laws will be
investigated. Complaint was made
by the Oyster Planters Association
The report of the Board will show
that Northampton and AccomaC
contributed about $12, 900 to the
States revenue last year, while Nor
fork gave only about 1920. Argu
ment will be made to show that the
Chairmanship of the Board should
be given to the Eastern Shors. =
! Richmond Cor. Norfolk Ledger, 10Th
Efforts are being made to secure q
pardon for Rev. J. r. Riddick, the
Methodist minister who shot and
killed DR.. Temple in Brunswick
county about year ago. Mr.. Rid
dick was given three years in the
penitentiary. DR.. Temple was Rid
dicks family physician. The latter
became suspicious and jealous while
the physician was attending Mrs.
Riddick and shot him dead. 1t was
shown that his suspicious were ell
tirely unfounded, but on account Of
testimony tending to show an IN
sound mind he got light sentence
He is not likely to secure pardon