Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Col. Samuel Simpson, of Warrehton juno
ton, is quite sick.
The barn OF Mr. John Tavenner, about
two miles from Leesburg, with about twenty
tons of hay, was destroyed by Ere on the
Goth.
A grand democratic parade was held in
Portsmouth last night in honor of the cleo
ton of Cleveland and Hendricks. 1t was
the finest ever seen in that part of the State.
DR.. J. B. Hubbell, special agent of the
Red Cross Association, left Washington last
night to visit the locality of the mysterious
disease prevailing in Southwest Virginia
and afford aid to the sufferers.
The friends of Maj. S. J. G. Moore, Of
Berryville, Clarke county, have mentioned
his name in connection with the appoint
ment of District Attorney for the U. :.
Circuit Court of the Western District of
Virginia.
The stores of J. J. Bousky, E. Bloomfield
and Max Levi, clothing dealers, and John
J. Morris, grocer, were destroyed by an in
cendiary fire on Market Square, in Ports.
mouth, Wednesday morning. Loss S. 600;
fully insured.
Charles Furr, of Loudoun county, aged
about % years, recovering from an attack
oftyphoid fever, became insane, and uncon-
trollabe, and in that condition was COM
mitled to Jail on the 18th, and the following
Wednesday died from insanity, and ex-
haustion, superinduced by typhoid fever.
On Tuesday last the barn of Mr.. G. w.
Schuerman. about one mile and half from
Fairfax c. H., was destroyed by FIRE, together
with two head of cattle, all his corn, oats, hay,
fodder, harness and farming implements.
MIR. Schuerman's loss is about 81 800. He
had an insurance of $500 on the barn, in the
Loudoun Mutual Company.
A correspondent of the Loudoun Mirror
writes Some special honor ought to be
awarded, that gallant little precinct, Mt.
Airy, in Clarke county on top of the Blue
Ridge, above Snckersvile, which gave
solid vote of II for Cleveland, Hendricks
and O'Ferrall. This is probably the only
precinct in the United States where solid
vote was cast in one way"
At meeting Of the County Board of Su-
pervisors of Fairfax last Monday resolu
ton was adopted requesting Messrs. Leigh
and Meredith, representatives in the Legis-
lature, to secure the passage by that body,
of q bill authorizing the county of Fairfax
| to borrow $1,000 to meet the expense in
Cured in building the new Jail and the
erection of bridge over Hunting Creek,
near this city.
The several military companies of Peters
burg were ordered out Wednesday night to
resist any attempt that might be made to
do violence to Eugene Glenn, the negro
who murdered William Holland (white)
Tuesday night, and remained on duty at their
armories until a. m. yesterday when
they were permitted TO go of duty. No
attempt was made to take Glenn from Jail,
and the city was never more quiet and Or
derby.
A feature of yesterdays observance in
Richmond was largely attended Thanks
giving supper given by the Union Demo
cratic Club, at which mammoth English
plum pudding was served. The pudding
weighed 2l9 pound5-one pound for each
Cleveland electoral vote. Fifteen dollars
was paid by an enthusiastic citizen for the
privilege of cutting the first piece weighing
twelve pounds, representing the electoral
vote of Virginia, TO be sent to Gov Cleve-
land. Mite boxes were distributed about
the table and large amount of money was
contributed for the roor Of the city.