Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-13
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Governor Lee, has decided to have the
Capitol building 10 Richmond painted q
warm, light gray.
There was heavy rainfall in the Valley
of Virginia yesterday, and it i5 feared the
wheat crop was badly damaged.
1t is said that S14 900 600 of funded Rid
dleberger IS have been exchanged for 000,-
600 new 3's, of which 500, 900 have been can
celed
Major ]. c. Hill, Railroad Commissioner
now we'll enough to be at his office in Rich
mond daily.
a new courthouse and postoilice have
! Just been erected at Harrisonburg at cost
of $40. 600. The building is Of pressed brick,
with marble trimmings.
The monitor Ampnitrte, now Mt League
Island, Philadelphia, will be sent to Norfolk
about July | TO be reconstructed at cost OF
| S500,000, a large part Of which will be spent
IN the employment of mechanics and labor
ers.
DIR. D. D. Miller, prominent physician
| of Rappahannock county died 1T his resi-
| dence near Sperr, vile on last Friday, after
an illness OF several months, in the 5Sth year
| of his age.
| 1t Is said that when the executive COM
| mittee meets in Richmond on the 19ah in.
stent o strong effort will be made to fix upon
| Tuesday, the 14ih day OF August, for the
meeting of the convention, though many of
the gentlemen who will be in Richmond on
the 19sh of June will insist on making it
week latar-!he DIST Of August
On Monday circuiar saw Sc inches in di
| ameter in The mills OF Il r Thomas, at Ray
nor, Isle of Wight county. while running at
the!rate of 650 revolutions per minute, and
cutting up On oak leg Is inches through,
suddenly burst into 10 pieces, scattering the
| fragments in every direction and wreckiDg
the mill. One of the flying pieces struck
Mr.. Thomas on the right hip, iDtlc1Dg q
painful wound, and another struck him In
| the right breast.
George Coffee, colored, under arrest at
Norfolk on the charge Of having set fire to
| the residence OF Rev F. @. Clarke, in Pfin
cess Anne county, by which five lives were
| lost, has made partial confession. When
arrested he stated that be knew that he had
| to die, and asked for time to pray. 1t ap-
! pears that Mr.. Clarke gave Coffee notice
that he had to move from his place, when
Coffee made remark that if he moved he
| (Mr. Clarke) would also coon be moved !"
AT the Dupkards meeting at Harrison.
burg yesterday divorce WAS one of the
things considered This question has been
before the order for about fifty years. The
sense OF the convention is against divorces,
hut they are not unanimous in this opinion.
Some think that for sufficient cause there
should be divorces, but that neither party
should marry again. The meeting voted
down the motion to encourage local option
on the ground that the general rules of the
Ill: nil
political events. The question as to wheSh-
or sister could, according to the Gospel,
represent local church at an annual coun.
Gil as delegate was decided in the negative.
A story of lively nature comes from Hol'
lies Baptist Church, seven miles from Odan-
cock, 10 Accomack county. Several days
ago two we'll known and respectable women
met in the church and one of them. pretty
brunette of about 25 years, who suspected
that her husband was too intimate with the
other who ia about 50, gave the latter
piece of her mind" In moment the older
woman struck the other powerful blow on
the Jaw and at the same time dexterously
inserted ope of her hands in the brunette's
dark locks, giving them pull that threat
ened to uproot them, scalp and all. Then
the Younger woman, wild with rage and
pain. proceeded to thump her opponent Wig
orousIy on the nose. By this time neither
was as pretty as sine had been. They were
pulled apart with their faces scratched,
bruised and bleeding. Both were promi
uent church members.
M. Dsroulede and The other Boulangista,
who were arrested at Angonleme on
Sunday for resisting the police, have been
released from custody pending further pro
Thar marn uarnnG that they |