Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-11-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The contract Tor q new iron bridge over
the Dan river has been given to the Edge
moor Bridge Company, Of Wilmington, Del,
for S34 900.
A young girl named Mary Hunt, residing
on Chestnut street, Portsmouth, was fatally
burned yesterday while playing with block
of matches.
1t is stated that some of the weaithiest
taxpayers in Wythe county have purchased
coupons and propose to use them in the nav.
ment cftneir State taxes.
To day the suit of Baug man Bros. against
the members of the Richmond Typooraphi-
cal Union for boycotting that firm will come
up in the Richmond Circuit Court The
damages in this case are laid at $4,000.
The trial of John B. Whitehead. late
president of the Exchange National Bank,
CT Norfolk, charged with unlawfullv misap-
proprlating tho funds Of the bank, is in pro-
gress in the United States Circuit Court in
that city.
By recent decision OF the United States
Court for the District of West Virginia the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is
required to pay its assessed portion of the
$780, 900 voted by Jefferson county for build
ing the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
Az LuO L lCSOy LSl Iau SSu Ill Session III
Richmond yesterday tho narratives Of the
state of religion in the several presbyteries
were read ard referred. The general tone
OF these reports is most encouraging as to
| the condition and growth of the churches
Gen. r. D. Lilly, financial agent of tie
Washington and Lee University at Licking
ton, was stricken with paralysis in Rich
mond Tuesday night while addressing the
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia in session
| there, and is reported to be in critical con.
dition.
The eighth annual session of the Women's
Missionary Society of the Virginia NJ. E.
| Conference South convened in Danvlle
Yesterday, and was called to order by Mrs.
E. L. G. Harrison, of the University of Vir-
ginia, president. The treasurer's report
showed that the total amount collected by
the society during the year was S2,071.
| An adjourned meeting of the stock hold
ers of the Danville and New River Railroad
was held in Danville yesterday, but, as un-
der contract with the Danplle and Balti.
more bondholders the president must be &C.
ceptable to them. the meeting adjourned
| till the Oath in order to confer with the
| bondholders. 1t is said that plan is on
foot for the early extension of the read to
the west
Richard Thompson and VIM. Jones, two
negroes, in ditching near Bellefeld, Nanse.
mond county, had quarrel, when Jones
knocked Thompson down with spade. On
rising from the ground Thompson seized a
pickaxe and rushing upon Jones drove the
point of the axe clear through his skull,
killing him instantly. Thompson at once
took to the woods and escaped from the
neighborhood.
| The jury of the Circuit Court of Richmond
in the case of the State of Virginia against
S. Brown Allen, late auditor of the Com
monwealth, yesterday brought in verdict
for 81 40OS9, the amount claimed by the
representatives of the State to have been
improperly paid by Allen to Hamilton, his
brotherin-law, as commissions for collect
ing certain delinquent taxes. The defend
ant contended for the admission of certain
testimony, and the argument on this point
was continued to day.
On Monday evening, while the bark Alice
M. Minnot, Capt. Dickerson, of Bath, Me,
was being loaded with cotton at West Point
for Liverpool, lamp was overturned in the
hold and exploded, setting fire instantly to
the lint and stray cotton. The fire made
rapid Roadway, and all efforts to stay its
progress were futile. The matches were
closed and the vessel towed into the stream
in order to save other property. Holes
were then made in the burning vessel and
she was sunk. 1t is estimated that the loss
to the vessel and cargo will be about $40 900;
| insured.