Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-01-04

The second trial of I. A. Ridenour. On the
charge of murder, is in progress at Win
chester.
Anderson Moore had two fingers and
thumb blown off By q dynamite cartridge,
with which he was tooing in Danville yes
terday.
Capt. Thomas Whitehead, the newly
elected Commissioner OF Agriculture, has
appointed Mr.. David s. Garland, of Am
herst, chief clerk in biz tfilce
Dr.. Frank Patterson, one of the most
prominent physicians of Petersburg, died
very suddenly yesterday while in drug
store, the result f heart disease.
The marriage of Mr.. William W. Hite. of
Louisville, KY, and Miss Carrie Hope, the
daughter of Mr.. James 3. Pace, the Rich.
mond millionaire, took place this evening.
A passenger train on the Richmond and
Danvile Railroad ran over VIM. Walker
and his wife near Scottsburg, Monday
night, killing Walker and seriously injuring
his wife.
TIE petition of W. D. Lewis for writ of
habeas corpus 10 gain possession of his
children from his wife has been refused by
Judge Blackwell 10 Lynchburg. Divorce
proceedings have been instituted.
The Secretary Of the Treasury yesterday
appointed the following storekeepers and
gnugers in Virginia: Aaron Kitterman at
Floyd G.. H., J. w. Kaylor at MENDOZA, and
John P. Caldwell, in Craig county.
Mr.. J. P. Cooper, the resident agent in
Richmond of the foreign bondholdors has
left for England to have conference with
the council of foreign bondholders with re
gard to the present status of the debt ques-
ton.
Lieut.. Charles G. Rogers, U. S. N, was
married to Miss Alice A. Walker, daughter
of Gen. John G. Walker, late of Texas, an
ex-Confederate, yesterday morning in Christ
Episcopal Church at Winchester, Rev. w. z.
Dame officiating.
The Richmond City Council has adopted
O resolution appropriating five thousand
dollars for the monument proposed to be
erected on Libby Hill to the private sold
iers and sailors of the Confederacy. Five
colored members of the council voted for
this appropriation.
A fuel power lighting company has been
formed tc construct and operate water gas
works in the city of Petersburg for lighting
and heating purposes, and supplying gas as
fuel for manufacturing, cooking and me
chanical purposes. The company agrees
that the maximum price shall not excaed
one dollar per thousand cubic feet.
Several days ago as Mr.. Edward Tankard.
of Northampton county, having young
lady in the buggy with him was at sta
ton some one fred o gun, which frightened
the horse and caused it to run away.
The buggy was torn to pieces and both occu
pants thrown out, theyoung lady being pain
fully bruised about the head and face.
The new steel ightship built as an expert.
ment for Cape Charles came off the ways at
Norfolk yesterday, having been repaired,
but is still leaking, and it looks as If the
ship is failure The ship was built by
contract in New York and received by the
Government inspector. She has never been
moored at her station, but was laid up in
Portsmouth.
Two car loads of iron ore, taken from the
farm of Mr.. Beasley, in Spotsylvania county,
brought down the Narrow Gauge railroad,
were shipped from Fredericksburg yester-
day to firm in Pennsylvania. The ore
yielded 52i per cent. of iron. 1t is reported
that during the present year capitalists will
develop the iron ore in Spotsylvanla county
which has remained undisturbed for many
years.