Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-12-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The receipts of cotton at Norfolk yesler
! day amounted to $500 bales.
Bishop Vandevyver. In a sermon in Rich
mond, Sunday, paid an eloquent tribute TO
the memory Of the late Mr.. Davis.
Yesterday morning the grocery store oil
John Williams in Portsmouth, was set on
fire by an incendiary and totally destroyed.
Nathan schloss. proprietor of q clothing
store in Lynchburg, made an assignment
yesterday. Liabilities $50, 900. The asset s
are estimated at $4,000.
Dunkard College, at Bridgewster, Rock
iugham county. was burned yesterday.
There are now only two colleges in the
United States belonging to this denomiua.
ton.
Saturday, Edward Wise, OF Pleasant Vsl
ley, in Rockingham county, son of Bobert
Wise, accidentally shot and killed himself
while bunting muskrats near that place.
Young Wise was about 20 years old.
At Richmond yesterday, Postcfice Inspeo.
tor q. W. Wilde arrested James p. Wright,
q letter.carrier in the Richmond postofice,
charged with robbing The mails. A portion
of 8 rifle letter was found on his person.
The congregation OF the First Baptist
Church of Lynchburg has made 3 unani-
NOUS call on the Rev. Dr.. Mcdonald, of the
Second Baptist Church, of Atlanta, to &C.
cept the present charge of DR.. r. w. l..
Smith. 1t Is understood that Dr.. Med maid
will accept.
The killing OF Gilbert Wooten's hog by
President Harrison, through mistake for a
coon, promises to give that co!ored Virgin.
ian wide reputation. Gilbert has pre-
served the carcass of the porker, and will
doubtless cure q ham and forward it to the
White House.
Canning, the handsome old time residence
of Mrs. Columbia Smith, Of King George
county, was entirely destroyed by fire last
Thursday. Her SON, Mr.. Alien Smith, who
was recently married. was living there and
lost all his personal eff cts and many valua-
BILE farming implements.
Governor elect Mckinney aud family
have arrived in Richmond. The Governor
will be indicted into Office at IL o'clock to.
morrow. The incoming Chief Magistrate
will not send any message to the Legislature
on Wednesday, nor is 1t likely that he will
do so at any time during the present ses.
sion.
Gov. Lee, at tho request of Judge Flour
noy, Secretary of the Common wealth, yes
terday presented to the State his head.
quarters dag when be commanded a divi
sion of cavalry in the army of Northern
Virginia. This flag was pre-ented to him
by Virginia ladies, The flag shows marks
of service In rents and tatters.
On Sunday evening the first train over the
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad arrived at
Norfolk loaded with logs and q train left
TarboEo', n. c., with cotton and miscella
neous freight. The freight was transferred
by boats at the Roanoke river. 1t ia thought
the bridge across the Roanoke will be ready
for traffic In four weeks.
Collie Coe, one of the prisoners who Q :
capped from the Loudouu county all on last
Thursday night returned and surrendered
himself Sunday night. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary for three years for as
sault, but took an appeal to the Court of
Appeals of the State. which Ia now pending.
AS the other three We're confiued for slight
oneAses, and Coe for felony, they parted
company, md after a day or two Coe gave
up, ana is againiA iail. The others are still
at large.