Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-11-13
VIRGINIA NEW 3.

Z The .Gbnesal Baptist Association meets in
Charlottesvitie to day.
The new Hare Building, in Norfolk, was
badly damaged by fire yesterday.
Gov: Lee has issued his proclamation des-
ignating Thursday, November %, as Thanks.
giving Day
A meeting was held in -Lyncbburg on
Monday night looking to the holding of a
local option election in that city at an early
date. s.-
Capt. P. W. Mckinney, the democratic
Governor.elect OF Virginia, says thatthrough.
out the campaign he met with not single
lndignity of any kind.
There was a considerable discharge Of
workmen In the navy:yard at Norfolk
on Saturday night, and all The men who
went out were democrats.
1t is said John Miller, who killed Mrs.
Walker in Rockbridge county, would have
been lypched yesterday morning but for his
removal to the Lyr chburg Jail.
The Richmond demccra city committee
has adopted resolutions, by q unanimous
vote, demanding that none but democrats
BIZ employed in the municipal government.
Gen. Malone, Senator j.. Don Cameron,
and number of capitalists of Petersburg,
have gone to North Carolina to look after
some propertyin which they are largely in.
terested. zfe
Patents were issued, yesterday to Isaac
Goddard, Richmond. for stem.winding and
setting watch M. B. Leonard, Richmond.
electric heater, and to ]. Prichard, Roanoke,
hose coupling.
Near Abingdon, Saturday night, Anciil
Snodgrass, thirteen years of age, shot and
killed his playmate, Belfor Stroub nine
years of age. Snodgrass has been sent on to
the grand jury for Indictment.
The unfinished contract of George e.
Ward for the Government work on the river
at fredericksburg, has been awarded to
Greene, Gaynor & Bangs, who will resume
work this week aud push it to rapid COM
pletion. 49,. ,'
| Col. Winfield S. Coons, one of the best
| known and most prominent citizens of Gull
PEPPER died at his residence in that county
on the morning of the 18th inst after an i'll
ness of about two weeks, in the 76.h year OF
bis age.
A white maiden lady about sixty years
old named Meador, living near Diamond
Hill church, sixteen miles southwest Of
| Liberty, was on Monday brutally assault.
ed by negro named Wess Hardy, who has
since been arrested.
Mr.. Ham Shepherd, one Of The secretaries
OF the dem ocratic State committee, whose
name has been published as candidate for
Secretary of the Commonwealth. to be elect
ed at this session CT the Legislature, has
written letter in which he says that he is
not an aspirant tor that or any other office.
Gen. Malone for the past two or three
] days has been at work on an address which
! he proposes to issue shortly to the republi
cans of the State, setting forth the causes
which led to the defeat of tho republican
State ticket in Virginia. Ee still claims
that the most outrageous frauds were perpe-
trated by the democrats.
At the Glover Hill coal mine7, in Chester
field county, yesterday, Richard Taylor, q
youth of fourteen, and FIVE men were being
drawn up out of the mine il {. carriage when
the rope broke and they were precpit ated
below. Taylor received Injuries which led
to his death few hours later and Diu..u
Lucas and JEFF Woolidge were Seriously in
j lred.
Gov. Lse says the two most important
recommendations he will make in his mes
sage TO the Legislature Will be II relating to
the State debt and ~ the equalization OF
county assessments. He is not prepared to
say what his recommendations on the State
debt will be, but it is believed that he will
not recommend anything beyond the line of
the Riddleberger BILL The governor favors
the equalization of county assessments IN
der the supervision of State board.