Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-07-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Gov. Mckinney says that if he can
he will 20 to the Chicago Fair on Au-
gust 9, Virginia day.
The Richmond State yesterday with
drew from the typographical union.
throwing five union compositors out OF
employment.
HI. Boggs, prominent attorney,
formerly of Spottsylvania county, was
committed for lunacy at Charleston,
W. Va, on Wednesday. He is VIC
tim of opium.
Mr.. Joseph D. Coghill, of Caroline,
lost several head of very valuable cat
tile last Monday night. They got IN
his field of sorghum and died from the
effects of eating it.
James Vass, of Culpeper, has filed an
application for appointment as speclhi
agent of the treasury at the Seal Islands,
and H. C. Coons, of Culpeper county,
wants to be an internal revenue agent.
The body washed ashore at Metomp-
kin few days since was Yesterday
identified as that of Cicero Harrison
Case, the old man who disappeared
from the steamer Guyandotte:, Inc
remains were identified by his dauSh-
ter, Mrs. Wallace.
Mr.. John Hattersly died suddenly at
the Albemarle soapstone quarry yester-
day morning. Deceased was native
of New Jersey and was largely interest
ed in the extensive soapstone works, sit
uated near North Garden, in Abe
marie county, and of which he was
manager.
coax Grove" the home of the late
Mrs. Fannie l.. Chancellor, which was
purchased by Mr.. Yes. Chancellor
short time ago, was on Wednesday
purchased by Mr.. Sydney Bradford, OF
Norfolk, for the sum of $4,000. The
farm is situated about two miles and
a-nalf from Fredericksburg on the
plank road.
Mr.. Lee w. Wallace, of Stafford
county, was arrested yesterday by a
deputy United States marshal and
aken to Richmond to answer before
United States commissioner to charge
of perjury. The warrant alleges that
in applying for United States mail SER
vice he made oath that he had been a
citizen of Virginia for ten years pre-
vious.
In the United States Court at Nor
folk yesterday Pauline Johnson was
tried for violating the pension laws
and acquitted. The case against Ma
tilda Elliott and William Ward were
continued until the November term.
Judge Hughes stated from the bench
that he thought that the government
had very weak points in its evidence in
the cases.
A colored woman was taken i'll in
Campbell county Tuesday and sent for
a colored quack doctor who lives in
the neighborhood, who gave her po-
ton of boiled herbs, and she died yes
terday. White physicians say she was
poisoned, and the colored people are
now hunting for the quack, and it is
believed that they will lynch him ii
they catch him.
The English brig Darma arrived in
Lynn Haven inlet early yesterday
morning with yellow fever on board.
Three of her crew are down with it,
and during the voyage from Havana,
where the vessel had been, the captain
died from it and was buried at sea.
The vessel was bound for st. Johns,
New Brunswick, but could not proceed
for lack of sailors.
Rev. DR.. John Leyburn, pastor
emeritus of the Associate Reform
Church, Baltimore, died yesterday in
Waynesboro, at the age of eightysix.
The pastor of the church, Rev. DR..
Wayland d. Ball, died only month
ago. DR.. Leyburn was born in Vir-
GINA and pursued his theological
studies at the Union Seminary after
graduating with honors at Princeton.
Capt. Hugh R. Garden, of the Olcott
committee, of New York, was in Rich
mond yesterday in conference with the
board of sinking fund commissioners
with regard to trasferring the new State
bonds. A little over S10,0O0009 of the
SIG, OOO,0O of these bonds have been
signed and are ready to be delivered.
Captain Garden did not bring with him
from New York the Sl6,C00,000 manu-
script bond which is to be turned over
to the State when the printed ones are
received.