Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Sandy Walker died at her home
in King George county, last Friday,
aged 70 years.
Lewis Snellings, who is charged with
m uder of Archie Hart, nd who
was allowed bail in the sum OF $500 at
the last term of the SpotsylH ania coul :
ty court, has not rs yet given the re-
Quired bond and is still in jail.
Prof. Lewis Turner, q graduate of
the University of Virginia, who forty
years ago occupied the chair among he
faculty of Richmond College, died
Tuesday at his old homestead, in
Louisa county, aged eighty years.
Just at present Col. ]. Thomas Goode.
who was defeated for Congress in the
Fourth district by Mr.. Epes. is more
talked about for the third party nomi-
nation for Governor year than any
other person. Col. Goode, it is stated,
looks with favor upon the scheme.
Mr.. George H. Bagwell died Thurs
day, near Cherrystone, in the lower
part of Northampton, aged about sixty,
three years. He was the brother of
the late Gen. Edmund r. Bagwell, who
for many years represented Accomac
county in the Virginia House of Dele
gates. and was also near relative OF
the late Governor Henry A. Wise.
The friends in Richmond Of eX-Gov.
Lee say he will TO doubt secure South
American or some mission or other
rood appointment under Cleveland s
administration. The General is now
and has been for several years past the
president ofthe Rockbridge Company
He is also connected with one or two
other business enterprises in this State.
Ex-State Senator Henry A. Akin
son. of Richmond. was Thursday night
found by policeman on the canal bank
there utterly nude. The attention Of
some railway officials was called to Mr..
Atkinson coming down the street lead
inc to the canal and stopping on the
bridge. After reaching that point the
ex-senator devested himself OF his
clothes and dipped his foot into the
water. He was dressed and carried
home.
James Painter and two young sons OF
Peter C. Painter, Ernest and Harvey
who live in Page county, near Alma,
were Thursday bitten by a dog that
undoubtedly had rabies. The dog be-
longcd to the family, and bit and tore
himsclffearful!y before he was killed.
Much fear exists that other dogs have
been bitten and will give trouble. Mr..
Painter will take his brother and his
two sons to the maidstone near Mar
shall, in Fauquier county.
Richmond gentlemen who were
present at the dinner Of the Reform
Club in New York Saturday say Mr.
Basil B. Gordon, who was also there,
intended to urge Mr.. Cleveland to at
tend the coming banquet ct Richmond
There were halfa dozen or more Nlr-
ginians at the dinner of the Reform
Club. These. with Mr.. Gordon, were
to see the President-elect, and endeav-
or to prevail on him TO promise to ac-
cept the invitation which had been ex-
tended to him. No opportunity was,
however, presented during the evening
for carrying out this plan.
The act authorizing the funding OF
State bonds into new securities issued
under the Olcott settlement, expires Jan.
l. 1898. Bonds not funded at that time
will he left out in the cold. and can
only be accepted by an amendatory act
of the legislature, which will not meet
for u wear second Auditor Ryland
Yesterday received telegram from the
Homer-Lee Bank-Note Company stat
ing that they would express 10 him
last night 900 of the new 81 900 Nir-
ginia bonds. This will place the State
in condition to commence delivery as
soon as the bondholders' distribution
committee has completed its work and
the demand for the new bonds is made