Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-12
virginia Briefs

Nttl7lfacNNtk. C..t-lll. -- our hIlcaon-
ers. two Of whom were awaiting the
action OF the grand jury for felonics.
escaped from the Martinsburg jail sun
6ay night The turnkey had turned
tho prisoners out o. the cells for eVer-
else and the guard In charge lett for
short time. IN tho meantime Hutton.
held for criminal assault. Howard. for
forgery. and two others serving jail
sentences filed their way through the
iron bars at the windows and escaped.
Fredericksburg. Special.-The people
here have become thoroughly aroused
q the fact that unless they pay their
I Doll tax they viii be disqualified from
voting in tho next election The result
I r thar there has been a steady stream
! Cf taxpayers pouring into the Treas
urer's Office. ii was announced that
4 these taxes would have 20 be paid be-
I fore the first o. December. but il has
low been aseertained that the time for
7 paying. in order 10 vote. does not eN-
! p.re until DCccmber u.
Parkersburg. Special.-A suit begun
/ more than so years ago and which has
/ been dragging along ia the courts ever
/ since IS pending in the Circuit Court OF
/ Monroe county. In 1922 Joseph Mande-
| willie brought suit against David French
aud a map Is now being made OF the
/ territory in dispute for the use OF the
court in trying the case. The territory
involved embraces a total OF about ,
GOO 900 acres IN Summers. Mercer. Raj
eiCh. Fayette Wyoming. Mcdowell.
Ningo. Boone and Logan counties.
West Virginia. Some OF the richest coal
and timber territory in TIE State is
embraced in these boundaries.
Newport News. Special.-At mass
meeting held az the Academy OF Music
here under the auspices Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce in the interest OF the
jamestown Exposition $4,000 was add
ed 20 the subscription fund. The enter
prise was warmly advocated by the
speakers 90 the evening. among whom
were Representative John sharpe VII
liams. OF Mississippi. Washington
Gardner OF Michigan: John 7. Lacey
OF Iowa. Claude &. Swanson and Harm
L. Maynard. Of Virginia, and Walter
Scott-Copeland. managing editor O
Tho Richmond Times Dispatch.
A bill was introduced in the Viz
ginia LEGISLATURE 20 make kidnapping
punishable by death.
A. c. Slymaker. OF Alexandria. Va.
was drowned with a native crew OF 3
By the sinking of raft IN the Congo
river. Central Africa.
! The battleship Missouri. Capt. W.
| Cowles. vas put IN com mission al New
DOrt News.
flying piece or brass broke the lei
OF 5. o. Dixon. In the Norfolk Nav.
Yard.
Leroy Hill was shot by Garland But
E fngton IN a street duel in Huntlngtor
= " Va.
!. James Armstrong. OF Stafford count,
+. s. years old. walked from his home
Frsde ricksburg and back last Saturda,
a distance OF y miles.
u Edward J. Nottingham and Mis-
! Mary Carneal Payne. OF Culpeper cOuI
e ~. will be married on December l6 ;
= Christ church. at Brandy.
Woodvilie Bros. OF Indiantown, %
ange county, lost a barn by fire Re
y nights ago. Three valuable horses.
n number OF farming implements and
e large quantity OF grain were burne
PC There was no insurance.
= Dr. ". A. Gordon. OF Orange count
lost several outhuildings by fire. b
volving a loss OF $500. upon which the
was no Insurance.