Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The eflicea of the Chesapeake and Ohio
road are soon to be removed from Richmond
to Cincinnati.
Gov. Lee, accompanied by Gen. Joseph
r. Anderson, left Richmond yesterday on
week. pleasure trip to Florida.
Ia the Circuit Court OF Richmond yester-
day judgments were rendered against the
Commonwealth in numb ofcoupon cases
Pieces of wreck from the E L. Pettingill
which went down in tho bay on Friday
night last, indicate that the bark was sunk
in collision
VIM. Stevenson, we'll known citizen Of
Loudouo county. residing near Aide, COM
ritted suicide last week by hanging. He
had been in poor health for several years.
Workmen in drilling through a ledge Of
rock near Winchester few days ago dis
covered natural gas, which flowed through
the opening in the work and burned for sew
eral hours.
Orders have been received at the Norfolk
hayward for work to be resumed on the
flagship Pensacola and the armored cruiser
Texas, and $50 men will at once be put TO
work there.
On Monday night the peanut factory Of
Norfolk and Western Railroad, was destroy
ed By IRE, together with all machinery and
10000 pounds of shelled peanuts. Loss
$4,000; no insurance.
The Governor has appointed as theBosrd Of
Visitors to the Virginia Military Institute
to serve three years from January l, 1859
Major Peter J. Otey, OF Lynchbnrg; Mr..
James NJ. Love, of Fairfax, and MIR. Mar
shal Hanger, of Stanton.
MIR. John F. Chamberlin, who bss the
| franchise from the United States govern
neut end the State of Virginia for new
hotel at Old Point has about completed his
arrangements for beginning the construc-
ton Of the building. 1t will, when compile
ted, be one of the most attractive and ele-
CANT hotels on the whole Atlantic coast.
The building committee of Masonic Tenn
pie Association of Richmond, have awarded
tho contract for the temple building to w.
O. Burton, whose bid was 500 900 The
building, which is to be five stories and Of
Seneca b7own stone. will be ready for the
meeting of the grand lodge in December,
and wi be completed next year.
Prof VIM. d. Cabeli, of Washington,
chairman of the National Association of the
Alumni of the University of Virginia, is in
daily receipt OF letters from the alumni OF
that institution, scattered ali over the United
States, in reference to the approaching cele-
bration in Washington. The meetings OF
the national association will hereafter be
held on April so
Already $4,000 bales of cotton have been
shipped through West Point since the be
ginning of the cotton year, and this lacks
only sc 600 bales of reaching the total OF the
Richmond and Danville Company's entire
cotton business for the previous year. The
great increase of traffic on the Richmond
and Danvile Road will necessitate the erec-
ton of additional freight warehouses at West
Point
A letter from Richmond to the Petersburg
ADpeai says: ut is being rumored here
| that General Malone is about to return to
the democratic party. A we'll known off
cial said he was in position to know that
it was so. But there is no foundation for
any such rumor. Whilst it s true that he
has been snnbbed by the administration,
Malone hates the democratic party as
much as ever A democrat Just returned
from New York says that John S. Vice
laughs heartily whenever be refers to Ma
homes dsgruntlement and chagrn. But
| he laughs best who laughs last"