Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

DR.. F. Ben. Watkins died in Appomattox
county Sunday.
Hon. George D. Wise left Richmond on
Saturday en- route for San Francisco Cal.
Mr.. James L. Jones, for many years
treasurer of King George county, died last
week.
Mr.. II. l.. Salomonsky, well-kuown
merchant tailor of Richmond, died Sunday
afternoon at his residence in that city.
The ordinance preventing persons from
raising hogs in the city of Manchester has
been defeated in the City Council of that
place.
An unsuccessful attempt was made on
Saturday last TO wreck the Richmond and
Danville south bound passenger train near
Holtsburg, n. c.
Capt. Richard Phillips, Of York county,
dropped dead on the shore in Poquosin last
Tuesday. He was - years Of age, and well
known in that section.
George Warden and Billy Moon, of Cen.
trial. nnur Blacksburg, aged respectively II
aud II years, have been arrested on the
charge of criminal house. breaking.
H. w. Murray, ex-member of the State
Senate, and grand master of Masons, was
stricken with paralysis at Charlottesville
yesterday. There is but slight hope of his
recovery.
Hon. John e. Massey stated to news
paper correspondent recently that he was
ready to enter the canvass, and expected to
be as active in it as he was when he was
himself a candidate.
Work on the Virginia and Carolina rail-
road is progressing rapidly. There are
about two hundred convicts at work on it
and it has been graded for a distance Of ten
miles beyond Roanoke.
Heavy hail storms prevailed in portions
of Bedford county the latter part of last
week, and in some places the corn and to-
bacco was riddled and stripped. The loss
to crops was quite serious.
The Court Of Appeals has issued a writ of
error in the case of Marcella Bryan, colored,
who was tried and convicted at Roanoke,
Va, in May last of poisoning her husband,
who was Methodist preacher. The woman
is under sentence to be hung tomorrow.
The Virginia base ball club, of Richmond,
having resigned from the Eastern League
and been admitted into the American Asso-
citation. to fill the vacancy caused by the
disarmament of the Washington club, will
play their first game to-day with the Ath-
letcs, of Philadelphia
w. w. Newman, county Judge of Han
over, died yesterday. He as well-known
Malone politician, and was the greenback
candidate for Congress in his district against
Gen. Jos. +. Johnston in 1873, and was
defeated, Soon after that contest he con-
nected himself with Mahones party.
At the meeting of the Lynchburg Tobacco
A of arIa hac rnn
ed that the sales Of leaf tobacco to August
were 100000 pounds, being 1000 900
pounds less than at the same time last year.
The sales Of leaf tobacco are now increasing
and the manufacturing trade is looking up.
A white man named Joe Burke, danger
ously wounded another white man named
Robet II. Baugh near Danville day ortwo
ago. A number of men were engaged in
a game of ball, and a large bulldog would
now aud then run for the ball and bring it
to the players Burke, coming upon the
ground, beat the dog because he would not
give the ball to him, and scutlle ensued be-
tween Burke and one of the party. As
Baugh attempted TO stop Burke in the pur.
suit Burke plunged his knife into his side
near the liver. and drove it into the cavity
of the abdomen. Bansh is regarded as i'll
critical condition.
The argument in the case of Wise VS..
Bigger was closed at Wytheville yesterday.
Major John w. Daniel spoke twenty live
minutes, concluding his argument in an elo-
guent and fnrcble style. Hon. w. r.
Staples spoke for one hour, and discussed
generally the points involved. He main
tanned specially that the Journal of the
Senate was the record Of its proceedings,
and was OF itself absolute verify, and could
not be verified by extraneous testimony, and
that this record incontrovertibly showed
that the bill had been passed by the consti-
tutional majority. Mr.. r. T. Hubbard con-
cuded for the plaintiff. 1t is thought that
the decision will sustain the apportionment
act.