Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-03-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Fairfax, died last week.
1t ia announced that wealthy Eng ish
syndicate is negotiating for the purchase CT
the Roanoke Machine Works.
During the month of February 800, AGO
pounds Of manufactured tobacco were
shipped from Danvile.
Mr. ]. II. Harrshan has been appointed
general manager of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, TO succeed Mr. T. Odel.
Mr. J NJ Allison, blind musician. drop.
ped dead in Wildwood Wednesday. He
vas visiting friend, Mr. ". B. JoliGe, at
the time.
The freezing weather of the last few days
has thrown the spring crops of the Norfolk
tent.
John r. Patton, of Pennsylvania, is now
developing the celebrated Randolph" gold
mine, of Spotsylvania county, and reports
the most favorable results.
Judge Filzhugh, in Richmond, has grant
cd rehearing in the case of Bette Lewis's
petition for the appointment of q receiver OF
the Thomas estate.
Capt. Sales has resumed operations In his
nine in the Blue Ridge mountains opposite
BsrryviIle. Reports say that tin is the metal
that has been found there.
Col. George E. Deneale died at his home
near Ha7rsonburg, Friday last, aged 81
year,. He frequently represented Rock
iugham as member Of the Legislature.
Mrs. Harriet T. St.bling, widow OF DR..
Francis Striking, for many years suPerin
tendeut OF the Western Luuatic Asylum,
died in Stauuton yesterday, aged seventy
six years.
Gov. Lee, who has Just returned to Rich
mond from Nav York, says the more he
sees Of the North the more ne is convinced
that the Southern people are the beatiriends
of the colcred race.
Mr.. George d. Balm, late cashier of the
Norfolk Exchange National Bank, who wa7
psr2oned by the President and detained IN
New York by illness, arrived home in time
TO attend his brothers funeral.
DR.. W. c. Dabney, professor of the prac
tice OF medicine, &c, at the University Of
Virginia, has been appointed resident ply
sican at the White Sulphur Springs, W
Va, for the approaching season.
Rev. Robert Coles, colored Methodist
preacher, in North DAnville, was arrested
yesterday charged with stealing coal. He
confessed his guilt and was sentenced to
tif cen days service in the chain gang.
Ia addition to those before recovered and
buried, the bodies of John Rodgers. Harmon
Anderson, and John Golfer, OF the il-fsted
British bark Josie Troop, washed ashore were
Tuesday night near Chicamicomico and vii
be buried.
In Accomack county yesterday young
man named Cornelius Appis was shot and
MORALLY wounded by some one unknown
while visiting the house of Mrs. Eiiz4hetf
Taylor, Mrs. Taylor separated from he'
husbaud last December.
Bids will be opened March 25th for the
grading, masonry and bridging of eight
miles Of railroad, connecting the Richmond
Fredericksburg & Potomac and the Rich
mond Il Petersburg, near Richmond, IL
Guiding high bridge across the rapids o.
James river.
Ali the workmen in the thirteen shops Of
the construction department at the Norfolk
navy yarC, were discharged last night ow-
ing to The exhaustion If The appropriation
The failure OF the deficiency hill to pas;
Oeane no wo:k on the ships until July be
gins new fiscal year.
fire broke out in Danvi!le yesterday in q
building on Commerce street, used for q
grocery. tin shop and residence, completely
destroying IT, An adjoining building, oc.
cupied by the B3l Printing and Alanuf1ctu
fing Company, Was hsdly damaged, and
the presses, stock and type destroyed. The
total loss was about $4,000.
On Tuesday colored man named An
tbony Pepdleton was committed to the
Clark county Jail upon a charge of having
attempted TO commit an assault upon the
sixteen year old daughter of Mr. George II
Wright, respected farmer Of that county.
The negro went 10 the house during the alb
sence OF the girls parents when she struck
him in the face with bunch OF keys and
drove him oil
Capt. Larrsean, OF the Ninth n. G S. n
Y, extended yesterday an Invitation through
Gov Lee and Col. SpottsN God, of the First
Virginia Regiment, to the latter regiment to
visit New York on the occasion of the cele-
bration of Washington's centennial iosugn-
ration, and be the guests OF the Ninth Rsgi.
ment. The Governor and Col. Spottswood
accepted the invitation and abont 400 of the
First Virginia will march with the Ninth on
the 30,h Of April next.
AT the meeting of rel ublican clubs 10 Bal,
tjmore yesterday the committee on creden-
tale were called on TO settle quabbe be-
tween two delegations from Virginia. The
delegation Of the State League, headed by
w. c. Elan, and the Monumental Repubi
can Club, coored, OF Richmond, presented
the names of four delegates, and demanded
seats in the convention. In order to satisfy
the latter a proposition was made seating
three of the League delegates, and allowing
the representatives of the colored clubs to
name the other two. This the latter re
jected, and the committee admitted the en-.
tire league delegation. The committee re.
ported to-day that the contesting Virginia
delegations had been haTmonizad and ad-
mitted as unit. Among The vice presi
dents is A. w. Harris, of Virginia.
ExEcUTIvESEssIoNo FTBE SENATE The
Senate went into executive session yester-
day afternoon, when Mr.. Riddleberger made
an Intellectual effort TO secure action on the