Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

7 Calvin Bell. o well-known citizen Of
Portsmouth, died suddenly Yesterday from
an attack of paralysis.
The namo of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad has been changed. II Is now the
Newport News and Mississippi railway
The summer hotel stables at Narl:sville,
Page county, owned b. Martin Biedier,
were burned yesterday morning; loss $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
A strange disease has broken out among
the horses in Campbell county. Over
seventy.Gve fine animals have died within
the last few weeks. The disease is called
brain fever, or jaundice.
Mrs. Secretary Whitney, who has been in
Richmond for the past two days, the guest
of Colonel and Mrs. Archer Anderson, left
Yesterday for Brandon, on the James river.
Before she left Mrs Anderson rendered her
select entertainment, ut which Governor
and Mrs Lee were present.
John ". Pggott, Of Loudoun county,
| whose mysterious disappearance was noted
last week, was found a few days since near
The Trapp-only few miles from home
though it is thought that he had been in
Fairfax county He was discovered in a
field, where be seemed TO he wandering aim
lesaly, his mind evidently being somewhat
impaired
The Baptist congress 1t DAnyllIc adjourn
ell Yesterday. Among the papers rcad was
one from Prof. Winston, of Richmond, in
which he took tho ground that Safe col
leces for males ought TO be opened to fe..
males desiring to push their studies beyond
The curriculum OF tho average female school.
The congress will hold its next session IN
Lynchburs.
JP. Hughes and James Ryan, man
aged fifty, with wife and three children.
commenced fighting in Burk's saloon, III
Lexington, Tuesday night. The proprietor
mt them out. They continued TO light on
tho sidewalk, aud Ryan was hcalca a"d
kicked to death Hughes WAS arrested he.
fore Ryan's death, fined so Tor assault and
battery, ana dismissed on the payment "f
the fine.
The prohibition fight in Lynchburg has
hccn prccipitatcd by the business men, who
have numcrously signed petitions TO Judge
Latham to have an election ordered within
the next six weeks, and thCro is good all
thorty for stating that the judge will &C
cede to tho request and order an election
for tho middle of April. number Of per
sons who signed tho petitions ask for an
early decision OF the question, because they
believe prolonged agitation will be seriously
detrimental to business interests generally.
At meeting OF tho stockholders Of the
Louloun Live Stock Exhibition Association,
held in I.ecsburg on Saturday last, i. j.
Harrison was elected President for the en-
suing year; Amos Hughes, lst Nicc.l'rc~i
dent; Ed. i. Burcl, n Nice-Presidcn' W.
ID. Hempso one, Secretary \. :. l'lrscl,
Treasurer; and J. B. Beverley, Henry Fair
fax. j. W. Foster, Samuel \. Brown, II. e.
Selman. John Fl. Alexander, John w.
Logan. J. F. Ryan, r. +. Carter, j., and j.
l.. Mcintosh, Board of Directors.
AS soon as all the laws passed by the Leg
islature on the debt question can be pre-.
pared It is expected that Auditor Marye will
issue instructions 10 treasurer: rs to what
they are to do when coupons are rendered
for taxes. 1t is believed the auditors in
structions will be followed mp by prcca-
nation from the Governor calling upon the
patriotic tax payers to refrain from using
coupons in payment Of dues TO the Common
wealth. A case involving the validity OF
the act passed by the last Legislature, the
practical effect of which is to require cGu-
pons rendered in payment for taxes to be
attached to the bonds TO which they belong,
has been appealed from the Richmond Cir
cult 10 the Euitcd States Supreme Court.