Town of Suffolk IS OWN WORD FOR IT Man Struck Suffolk Who Was Willing to Pledge It (or His Worth, A MODEL POSTtfFFICE, SAYS MR. GLUM The Inspector Approve* nl' the Excel? lent JlalinseitlOlll PrlBC lor llrll ilnir IVItX'Vnniitf Deposition). Spli'i.lliiiwis I.ONC l.v V'.s i il ill" ll f ?I Sou I i) i i n II, tlild I.. Association. Suffolk. V.l., .Tan. CS.?(Special.)?Thi r ?re fraud-: ami rakes lo burn. A in a who acted In such a manner .tb to.cau. him to be placed into :he above categ 1 rles struck town to-day. When lie first arrived hLs name v..is Hargrove. Af? terward? was Jones. Iia>l he b -ii ['seen a mik f.om town it may have been /Robinson He wanted a Job, apparent Sly, and to facilitate the consummation tof his desires he wanted lo get a recom ?mendatlon from W. It. Ferguson Co., 5 one of the largest wholesale grocery firms in Eastern Virginia. He could not get the reference on hi- merits. He ttied another way. He failed. Now he has disappeared, for a con.lnued story hen might have put him into water hundreds of degrees hotter than lo-niglu's tem? perature. Hargtove or Jones wont into the Postal j telegraph office about noon. He asked for Elain. W. G. Elam, the manag. was there, and met titc visitor, who re-1 quested that he copy on a typewriter a testimonial purporting to come from YV. B. Ferguson Co. It was a Haltering testimonial. A man who could (ill th< bill as alleged In thnt papar Is wotth| big money io any wholesale hou.se. Elam copied the letter and told Har? grove to get the firm's signature. Then Hargrove hesitated, and the other got suspicious. He telephoned Ferguson .Co. They knew nothing of such a party. "He was an Imposter. Hargrove had Just ?aid he wa.s employed by ihcm for eight months. A few minutes later Mr. Ferguson I says he saw the fellow on the str (He Knew him by. the description sent, j isnd approaching him asked if his n un j was liar .trove. The fellow said then must i mistake. His name was June li'i lived in Windsor. Then Mr. Fergu: .vent to get Elam for the pur? pose i I entLftcation. When he re? turned Kargrove-Jones was gone. And he nevrt ime bacjt Mr. Fcguson to-night asked that The Virgin::-... publish the fellcw, who seem3 to be a; -.poster. Mr. Ferguson doesn't care he i l Job the man gets, but he car.' I to give him the linn's influrn i evi n a slight quaint:,.. .-tt he doesn't admlte such sn< .'.ting method-- of doing busi? ness. The man were gold-rimmed taclea. and a r< d mustache. He was IIv feet nine inches tall, and weighs HO pounds. THE POSTOFFICE INSPECTED. ?Po-tofftoe Inspector John P. Glum, of Washington, D. C. was in Suffolk day. This was the'first formal reception Since Captain Brltt's incumbency. The Inspector came out smiling. H i did C ip taln Britt. The Inspection had been satisfactory, and both were i-i a iod humor. All the de^artm utta we o found to have been kept in a strict, butliu like manner. The Suffolk office Is all fight-a model 111 PRIZE FOR r>RIIjI_ilNG. The Suffolk Eight Infantry, Company O, had a drill io-nlght. I. was a petltlve drill, and the successful man was to get a nice prize offered by Cap? tain E. A. Norfleet. P. lessor H. A De Pass, of ihe Suffolk Military Acade? my, and Second Lieutenant E. A. Th mi? ss, of the Suffolk Oiays, were Juds After a very creditable exhibition 1.. W. Cauik was pronounced tin- winner. Amos Carr, of baseball fame, wa.s ond. The company, after the drill was over, marched to their headquarters ovei the postotlice and jiartook of refresh? ments. CONGRESSIONAL SEAT AT STAKE The recording of depositions in the Wise-young Congre;sional contest i now on at a hot pace. The work began to-day. Depositions are being taken in three offices of the Bootlie building si? multaneously. Tile nOtaties already :n ployed are Judge R. H. Kawles. .1. Wai? ter Hosier, and J. U. Purges. The Attor? neys, and agent- engaged in the depo.-d tlons are Lee ?rltt, lt. L. Woodward, S. P.l.Vandersllce, S. E. Everett, and W. il. Arrlilglon. E. Beale is employed as Ograpiier in one oflloe. The examination in chief has tin:.: f been of a stereotyped nature. The ponents, who wer.: colored, all said voted or Intended to vote tor Dr. It. a. Wise for Congress from the Second d!.-> trlct of Virginia. Many who could no) v. read slated that they asked a judge fori assistance. Othets prepared their own -ballots, or said they did, in accordance with lav.-. The cross-examination was in some cases neeessar.ly lengthy. A num her of ihe deponents c iiiitl remember no other congressional candidate exci pi Wise. The whole number of deposltons taken to-day was 82. They exp ct to get al Still faster in future. About SiOO depo nents from Suffolk. Paul's Branch and Kliby's Mill will give in their evidence here. This will consume a week or ten clays. Then '.be other county precincts Will be considered. There were enough deponenui on hand to-day and to spare. In each office there was always a crowd waiting turns to say they voted for Dr. Wise. In one instance the voters f:o;u another precinct got mixed with the Paul's Brauen electors. SUFFOLK STOCKHOLDERS LOSE. Several Suffoik stockholders will los by the assignment of the Sculhern Building and Loan Association, from Knoxvll e.J Tenn. There u number of stockholder in Suffoik, h ing in the aggregate aV,jut $1,000 worth of stock. COUNTY MARRIAGE. There was a marriage in Nan.setn i county to-day. The principal.? weti Mr James W. Ooggsdale, 2t:. and Miss K i E. Want, 21. 'i he bride is a daugli Mr. James R. Ward, a well known fa m cr. The ceremony svas a quiet otie. Mr. Frank M. Alford, who iiaci be n critically 111 for a week, Is bel.<-: Gilbert Waldon, an elocution;-t from WAchir.glon, D. C, was oere to-day. (The next dance of the .season, thus far booked ia the Easter gc-rman. Mr. George W. Nurhey received n eij> load of fine horses ?rom the Weal to-day. Wry little .-now \va- removed trom the, sidewalks ty. As It was practically Impossible to remove the underlying y' the cold wave to-nlght. Kind hetrtedl houses epcrs c mid not tefuse them sup-1 per. Dr. I.. Lankford came tip from Norfolk| to-day and w. nt sleigh riding. He was not alone. The story in to-day's Virginian ahoul the present condition or the county .ill)'- Insecurity caused a m.in to te mark Ih in- could go through the walls with a table fork. Willie ilegge, the alleged slayer of Pi lof Dlxon, was in Suffolk to-night. Suffolk Is now in the irr.i;i> of a cold wav??the severest of the season. The mercury at 10 o'clock registered ten de? grees above. DUO?IN Iti: vti:.\. A I'npnlis! NncccrtlH Il|m In tbc Ki'iiut?'. Bblse City, Ida.. Jan. 2S.?The Senato? rial contest in the idano stat.- Legisla? ture tertmnatcd lo-day'by the election of, Henry HeltXelt, a Populist, to t'uee od DUboIsi The ballot was as follows: I Hcltfelt, 39; Dttbois, sliver Republican, 30; T. P. Nelson, Populist, 1. Twenty-1 live Populists, sixteen D inocrats, and one Kepubllcan voted for the successful candidate. tloltfelt Is of acrtnb.il birth, with a I limited command of the English ari guage, He is flirty year.- of age, and is a f inner in No/. Petce county. Ho h is teveral times represented tils county In the state Legislature, and Is at present a member of the State Senate, but has never been known to make a speech. He has only a rudimentary educitlon, and is. of course, a free silver nun. nOXHACK MAt HIM. lOUI'ANY. Animal llcellnirof III* Slocklioldcrs In Petersburg,. Lynchburg, Vn., Jan. 28.?The annual mo Ing of tin stockholders of tin- it sack Machine company was held thisI morning, Nearly I3,0c0 share? out of a total of 1,'i.sTo were represented in per? son and by proxy. The report of P. A. Krise, the trcasur >r, was read and ad p-1 tod. .mil showed a surplus of over half a tnilli in dollars. The old bciard of directors, with one I exception, were re-elected, as follows:! T. .1. Shlckel, Thomas N. D.wls, P. A. Krise, Clinton DeWltt, James Clark, .I 'm. i A. Bonsack, John l>. Horsley, i P. Halsey, and s. E. Bonsack, hte latU In place of i>. it. Btroute. After the ad? journment of the stookhold rs inei linn tlto board of directors mot ami elected! Tit mas N. IVivi-. of Lynchlmrg, pr dent, tnd P? Kris secretary and treasure;. Permanent ihnuision of ?WITH HYPQPKOSPHSTES. An invaluable remedy for Bronchial and Pulmo? nary affections us: Consumption, Elronchi-| tis. Catarrh, Coughs, Colds, etc. Priee, 50c? Bottle, -ALSO PURE COD LIVER OIL, 25c. PINT. 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Uimliioo. i lie HRl" complete novels contained lit tills book cnmpilso some of the must coletimied ui Miss liniitdon'h (mi.Kb, and Include her ?reut master piece. "Ulli* AudhVs Beeret." Euch ib n Biory t fnienio Intirest, which will delight every lover of OlMIoii mid in tills great volume u whole reason s do nclnrui reading Is secured. You will find Micse novels listed In tlio cninlofniea or most puhllsIMn at 25 cents Sticht wo sell tlio entlro list id eight, nil hound together In imp mammoth volume, und published complete snd Unabridged: for ?mlj g? cents, inns giving our natrons a wonderful bargain In rending matter of die iiiguent standard or quality. The rolluwllIB lire tlio titles of tlio eight complete novels contained In thi? ''ook LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET, HIS SECOND WIFE, DARREU. MARICHAM, THE LAWYER'S SECRET, DUDLEY CARLEON, THE FATAL MARRIAGE, CEORCE CAULFIELD'S ?CURNEY, JASPER DANE'S SECRET, Wo will Bcml Miss m. e. 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