Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Inc excite U1eDl IN Inc OC9uOuids anu
Elk HON mining districts has subsidized.
The city of Portsmouth has voted n sub
scrption of$l50 600 to the Atlantic and Dan
vile railroad.
The Norfolk county and Portsmouth fer.
ries were leased at public auction for ter
years yesterday at SIG. 200 per year.
IT. Miles, of the U. 5 5. Yantic, who died
of yellow fever at the New York quarantine
on Monday, leaves wife and two children
in Norfolk,
l; is understood that the Virginia Council
oflhe Protestant Episcopal Church, which
assemblies next May, will be asked TO divide
The parish Of Acco!pac.
Owing to the illness of Hon ]. Randolph
Tucker, he did not arrive at Norfolk yester
day and the Exchange Bank Cases did not
come up in the Uoited States Court.
The Railroad Commissioner Of Virginia in
his annual report shows the casualties OF
1855 to have been 100 persons killed and
GOO Injured. There are ab1ui ; 600 miles OF
road IN the State.
In row on Scolt's creek between James
and Robert Carter, brothers, on Sunday, the
former bit eli nearly two inches of the ton
que of the latter. and it is thought the
wounded man will bleed to death.
bIr. James B. Pace has sold to the Messrs
Abel, OF the Baltimore San, the tract OF 2I3
acres known IA Springn,lI adjoining Man
chester, for 50 900 The Messrs Abel in
tend to lay oli Spring in streets and build
ing lots and parks.
a meeting Of citiZens was held al Lees
burg on Saturday night to decide in refer
ence 10 another vote being taken in Lees
bu5g district upon the question of liquor II.
cense, and il was unanimously resolved to-
hold such an election "a early as practlca.
bic.
The Sears Construction Company ofChat-
tanooea, Z, ma, has taken the contract to
build standard guage railroad from Roam
oke vim Now Castle, Craig county, to Eagle
Rock, on the Richmond and Aileehany Rail
road, in BOietourt county, distance Of is
miles.
Mr. Benjamin r Harrison, Of Richmond,
recently wrote to President elect Harrison,
claiming relationship, and received reply
that President Harrison had heard of his
Virginia relations but was not sufficiently
informed shout them to trace up tho rela-
tionahip with the writer.
Gen. Malone was in jacksonville Mon
with a number of leading Florida repubi-
can politicians. The republican State ex-
ecuive committee Of South Carolina yes
terday Endorsed tho General "a a suitable
representative of the South in Gen. Harri-
sons cabinet.
a deed of trust from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company to the Central
Trust Company, of New York, trustee, was
recorded in Richmond yesterday. It lie
made to secure to the stockholders the pay
ment OF bonds to be Issued uuder the new
plan Of organic ,tion to the amount of $780,,
900 900, payable in gold, on the first day OF
May, 1899.
Squire Fowllles, colored. died in Jail at
nvlle yesterday evidently from the effects
of poison. A follow prisoner named Jack
Coates received molasses pudding from his
wife for his Sunday dinner. Coates ate but
little and was made sick. He pnt the pud-
ding aside, and Fowlkes ate the remainder
and soon became violently i'll. He suffered
great agony until he died. Three coIored
women have been arrested charged with
putting poison in the pudding5
William l.. Roysli counsel for the Vir-
enis bondholderF. sought to institute before
Judge Hugh L. Bond, Of the United States
Circuit Court in Norfolk yesterday, three
cults for damage for trespess. These suits
had been brought against officers OF tbe
State, Treasurer Greenhow and Sheriff
Winston, of Richmond, who, having refused
to receive in payment Of taxes coupons not
proven genuine, as required by the State
law, had procured judgments and levied ex-
eculions en- the property of the plaintiff un-
der the State statutes. In each of the &C.
lions Attorney. General Ayers on behalf of
the S ate, filed demurrers to the jurisdiction
Of the federal court, and Judge Bond aua- .
ained the demurrers.