The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
NEWS NOTES
OF VIRGINIA

/ OF VIRGINIA
Danville.--W. Belt samtels, slayer OF
Sheriff William v. Flanagan. OF
Draper, N. c., whom he shot and killed
be placed on trial for the second time
hero in the Corporation Court, Judge
a. M. Aiken presiding, on next Monday
morning. rho case has attracted wide
spread attention and the rehearinE Is
tho result of a decision Of the Supreme
Court Of Virginia handed down last
November which failed to affirm the
verdict of the Danvillc Corporation
fenced to serve term of eighteen
! years in the pcnitcntiary.
IInrrlsonburg. six men lave started
! on bear hunt into the Shenandoah
Mountains west OF Briery Branch. and
! as they are experienced hunters. they
1 VIII surely lave Il bear when they
return home for they very seldom
went on the hunt were j T. Long.
4 James Hoy. Philip Miller. j. NJ. and r..
| w. Howdyshell and j. w. Javins.
Lexinrton.--Judgc S. III. Lctchor, OF
the Circuit Court, Tuesday morning
entered an order appointing Major
| Thomas M. Wade commissioner of the
revenue for Lexington District, TO III!
Commissioner Andrew w. Warner.
| There were Il number of candidates.
and Judge Letcher carried out a policy
] he was heard to announce. that ne pro-
1 posed to appoint a Confederate vet
Gran to the Office IL one competent an
| Piled. Major Wade is a veteran of the
| Rock bridge Artillery, in which com
mand his record won the esteem OF his
! comrades.
Culpeper.--william NJ. Nicholas. one
| of tho engineers ut the plant of the
| Security Cement Company, near Ia.
gerstown, is dead as the result or
| drinking poisoned water from all old
/ well. He was formerly a locomotive
| engineer, but left the railroad ser.
| vice to enter the artillery corps or
| the army. lie was discharged from
| the latter on account OF failing eye
| sight.
Alcxandria.--1n spite of the forma-
ton of heavy ice on the river this
winter, the shipment Of railway ties
from Alexandria and points along the
river was not stopped, barges being
brought up the river light to load
and loaded bargess being taken away
at every opportunity. that it was pos
sible for q. tug and barge to get
through the ice. Until this year it
has been customary to stop the tie
and not to resume until spring opened.
The Baltimore barge Wicomico. one of
the fleet that arrived on the Potomac
during the ice-making period, and
at -Aquia Creek, was yesterday brought
up to tho Alexandria shipyard to COM
plcte her cargo for New York.
Norfolk.-Thc proposition for the an
nexation of outlying districts of the
city. giving Norfolk four more wards.
or a total of twelve, increasing the
ccity's population by fully 5000. is
temporarily held up, owing to tho fact
these territories to be immediately
classed as full-fldedsed wards, paying
the city rate of taxation, and receiving
the police and fire protection now
This may be done. it will be nee
essary to secure special State legis-
lation, and the idea of the promoters
Is to get this before proceeding fur
ther. The present plan of annexation
Is for the old rate of taxation to con-
tinue five years. the city expanding
only the money received from the re-
spective wards for tho government and
Improvement of the ward.
Strasburg. was blocked on
Main Street several minutes one even
ing TINS week. when COW. which was
very thirsty from wandering over the I
pavements of our l.'1le town. stopped |
near the principal square In the iowa |
and began to drink out of a large
poor OF water that was standing on the
pavement Those travelling this street |
had to await the pleasure of the COW.
which was not until she had her Ill Of |
water. Fix the pavement and catch |
the COWS that wander around. and the
trouble will cease
Woods ock--Lieutenant John Ma
Eruder has been ordered to report at |
tho War Department at once for duty
IN the United States Army. He is a.
son of Major and Mrs. J. w. Nhsruder.
OF this place and graduated at the
head Of his class In 1909 at the Viz
Ginia Military Institute, receiving the
Jackson Hope medal. the highest hon
or that can be conferred by that wide
Unknown institution of learning. Lieu
tenant Magruder leaves a host of |
friends in Woodstock. who. while re-
GREETING to see him leave the old home
town, are glad to know of his promo
ton. He leaves this (Frlday) morning.
Waynesboro--This town has gone |
through the throes of an alarming
smallpox scare within the last few
Gays. but an expert has pronounced |
me disease nothing more than the re-
suit OF acute indigestion, and the |
Wlolc community feels as though a |
great load had been just lifted from
us shoulders. a visitor here was de- |
clared by local physicians to be suffer |
ing from smallpox, and all in touch |