Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A. n. Bernard n prominent and
wealthy citizen residing ntar FRED
er.cl,sburs, died suddenly Saturday.
Mr.. Phillip Rowe, an employee OF the
government printing Office, died at his
parents residence, in Fredericksburg,
yesterday, of typhoid fever.
Rev. Thomas B. Creath, aged 80
wears, the oldest Baptist minister IN
Virginia. and probably the oldest
clergyman in the State, died on Satur-
dav in Sussex county.
The Virginia league of democratic
clubs. of which the Hon. Jefferson NJ.
Levy Is president, will send out gen
eral invitation TO members throughout
the State to attend the Inauguration CT
TIr. Cleveland.
Rev. VIM. P. Gray, Baptist clergy
man of Greensville county, died last
night at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore, from kidney affections. He
was forty-fve years old and leaves a
widow and seven children.
Mr.. Holtzclaw. the contractor for the
construction of the Mt. Vernon build
ing ut Chicago, for Virginia, has per-
fccted all arrangements for the COM
mencement of the work, and the
plans for the structure have been ac-
cepted by the exposition authorities.
The democrats of Culpeper had a
large celebration on Friday night. The
streets were blaze of fire. every house
was decorated, and the thousand or
more men in line presented a fine spec
tacle for so small town. The Month
cello Band, of charlottesville, furnished
music.
The First Presbyterian Church in
Norfolk was flied to overilowing at
each service yesterday. the occasion
being the celebration of the two hum
bred and tenth anniversary Of the or
ganization of the church. Rev. Pey-
ton II. Hoge, D. D., of Wilmington.
y. c., and Rev. w. w. Moore, d. D..
of the Union Theological Seminary,
were among the speakers.
The Staunton Ne,cS says: "The effect
of the several decisions in favor of de-
!inquent stockholders and against the
South Clifton Forge and West Iron
Gate Land Companies rendered in the
Circuit Court Of Augusta during the
week. is to relieve them from the pay
mcnt of the amounts due on stock sub
scrbed. The defendants took the
ground that the companies had not full
filled the promises made in their pros
pectuses."
The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg ippeai says: Ex-Attorney-
General Rufus a. Ayers will be cam
didate for the democratic nomination
for Governor. lie will so into the con-
t,~t it is said, determined to win if
poSsiDie. His friends in southwestern
Virginia are "..cady organizing in his
behalf and the DEMOCRATS of Wise. the
county Of his residence have already
endorsed him. He cannot hone. how
ever, for solid support in lie south
west, as it is pretty certain tL,t J.
Hoge Tyler will aspire to the same 10
sition, and ii is not unlikely that Hon.
r. C. Kent. of NVythe, Will be Il candi-
date.
The second auditor will not be able
to determine what proportion of the
State debt yet remains to be forwarded
until all the bonds presented by the
Olcott committee have been compared
with the books in that Office. The i'm
preston is that the outstanding bonds
will amount to something like $4,000,
600. The sum is the difference between
the amount funded by the committee
and the ascertained debt. less the
amount of bonds lost or destroyed. a
small percentage of the securities have
been lost, burned or in some way
placed where they can never be reach
ed. This amount IS comparatively
small.