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elected superintendent of the Swee
Briar Institute Farm. This property
left by the late Mrs. Indiana Fletcher
Williams for the establishment of
school for girls, comprises 1850 acres
1850 acres of which came to the estate
through the death of Mrs. w. A. New
man. which occurred last week. Mrs
Newman had a life interest in tn,
Mount St. Angelo plantation, also own
ed by Mrs. Williams, and under the viii
it passed to Sweet Briar on her death
Sweet Briar has lost thousands of dol
lars through lawsuits, but after the set
Element of all of them the institute has
left 100000, of which 100000 is now
being spent in the erection of handsome
buildings. The principal buildings viii
be completed by January 1.
Alonzo Misick, an influential either
of Finney, Russell county, met horr
BILE death. He was driving a two-horse
team home from Finney, and when neal
the railroad crossing his team became
frightened and started to run. He lock
ed wheels with another wagon on the
railroad track. In moment before ths
engineer could reverse the locomotive OF
turn on the airbrakes, the two team:
were struck fairly, and Misick and hi.
horses were terribly mangled. The
horses of the other team were also killed,
but the occupant of the wagon jumped
and escaped unhurt. Misick was AZ
years old and leaves a widow and six
children.
The jury which heard the evidence in
the case of Alfred Sandrdge at Rich
mond, accused Of killing his sweetheart,
Miss Mamie Morris, and whose plea
was temporary insanity, reached an
agreement. cambridge was found guilty
of murder in the second degree. He
was sentenced to a term of 10 years in
the penitentiary. His counsel made nc
motion for an appeal. 1t is understood
that the jury stood first seven for hang
ing and FIVE for some lesser punishment
Mr.. John Blue, aged "a years, died at
Romney from heart failure. For mum,
Der of years preceding his dsath, Mr.
Blue was affected with elephantiasis,
which caused the skin of his face hand:
and feet to thicken to abnormal proper
tons. Each of his fingers was as large
as an ordinary mans wrist. He was a
well-known Confederate and writer OF
Civil War sketches. He leaves six chill
dren.
Col. James w. White, a weil-known
merchant of Richmond, and formerly
member of the Board of Aldermen, died
suddenly on the steamer going from
Baltimore to Mathews county. Mr.,
White was on trip for rest and pleas
are and seemed in usual health. His
remains will be brought here.
Confederate veteran, died at his home,
Wicmico, Northumberland county. He
was at one time Commissioning OF Rev
.nue of his county.
Governor Montague issued procla'
nation to the effect that the city of Man
chester is now of the first class, and Ell
titled to all the benefits accruing to such
cities under the constitution. A recent
private census disclosed the fact that
Manchester has 1908 inhabitants. Man
chester therefore, has greater onus
upon her to protect property when the
cars are run again through her streets.
An eastbound freight train on the
James River division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway was wrecked neal
Majors, about twenty-three miles west
Of Lynchburg. Three colored miners or
he train were killed. The others were
50 badly dis6gured that they could not
be identified.
The joint Legislative commission
named at the recent session to consider
and report the ACCESSIBILITY of breaking
the Baylor survey of oyster lands has
returned to Richmond from two weeks
trip in the waters of Eastern Virginia
The commission will make no report
until it has made another trip, on August
II, to inspect the alleged barren oyster
rocks.
William Johnson, who was employed
at the Seaboard Air Line Railroad shop'
in Portsmouth at the time of the big fire
recently, has been adjudged insane
Since the fire Mr.. Johnson continual,
raves about it. He was sent to the asy'
lum at Williamsburg.
The striking marine engineers have
preferred charges against the Merchant
and Miners Line, Old Dominion Line
Southern Railway and the Greenleat
Johnson Company. The engineers allegf
that these companies are running YES
sells with one set of men while the ted
eral law requires two sets.
Mr.. w. F. Carson, junior member O.
the Carson Lime Company, of Riverton
while experimenting the transfer o.
stone from their quarry to the kiln, wa
struck by a truck and knocked down ar
embankment, landing on an engine 2i
feet below and breaking his left arm ano
dislocating his right shoulder.
The local-option election in Fred
ericksburg in which some interest ha.
been felt for weeks, passed off quietly
| The vets won by a majority of 2IS.
The Norfolk marine engineers, who
have been on strike, and the shipown'
ers have agreed on all but one point
The strike would be settled but for the
failure to agree as to the men who have
been brought to Norfolk. The engi,
neers demand that the new men shall!
be sent away and that the strikers shall
be returned to their former. positions
The Sidney P. Laughlin Presbyterian
Chapel, erected by Messrs. Williams
George A. and Samuel Laughin, OF
Ohio, to the memory Of their parents,
was dedicated at Woodstock. The pre-
sentation address to the Presbyterian
Church was made by Mr.. George A.
Laughlin and the address Of acceptance
was made by the pastor, Rev. T. d
Stephenson. The chapel was recently
erected at cost of $1,000.
The Cannon Bali Norfolk and
Western Traip was wrecked at Dun
iop Station and Engineer Harry Gov