Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-06-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rev. G.. r. d. Collins, pastor OF St'
James NJ. Z. Church of Roanoke, cut
a finger and the thumb off his left hand
Saturday night in beheading chicken
with an axe for his Sunday dinner.
Charles Shaw, the notorious burglar
whose case created such q widespread
sensation about eight years ago, was
released from the Virginia penitentiary
Yesterday and left that country last
night.
A. L. Kemper, a produce merchant
of Wytheville. and his wife and four
children were poisoned and made very
i'll on Sunday by eating toadstools.
They were gathered through mistake
for mushrooms.
Rev. r. A. Goodwin, who for the
past four years has been the rector OF
St. Johns Episcopal Church, Peters
burg, rendered his resignation last
night at a meeting of the vestry of the
church to accept call to Old st. Johns
Episcopal Church in Richmond.
J. Moss Ferguson, well-known
young man, jumped from the trestIe on
theChesapcakc andOhio road just below
Lvnchburg Sunday night to get out OF
the way of train. He struck his
head on the projecting timber, broke
his skull, and died shortly afterward.
A poll of the Fitz Lee troop at Lynch
burg since the rejection of Lieutenant
Seav's commission shows at least two
thirds of the troop to be in favor of i'm
mediate disarmament. 1t is almost
certain that the troop will go under.
Much Indignation is expressed by Seay's
friends and they say his case was preju-
diced.
The College of Physicians and Sur
gcons in Richmond last night decided
10 locate both the college and the city
hospital, which they propose to estab-
lish. on the site of the old Pinel Hos
pitaI, west Broad street. The present
building will be enlarged for the hos
pilal and Il handsome college will be
built on the ground.
The L. s. Circuit Court in Norfolk
Yesterday confirmed the sale of the ia,
nous Chamberlain Hotel, lately made
to several bondholders in the company
The latter have obtained a new charter
under the name Of the Hampton Roads
Hotel Company, to whom the court
has turned over the property. The
new company will complete the hotel
Immediately.
At Carriers creek on Sunday deter,
mined attempt was made by n hundred
men to lynch the negroes, Taylor and
Courtney, who murdered Capt. Frank
Cooper at Deal Island several days ago
The officers however, got away with
the prisoners to Somerset county, Md
Before leaving the Jail at Lancaster
Courthouse, Taylor made a full COMES
sion in writing. He claims that the ia
tai blow was struck by Courtney.
An important suit, that of DR.. A. NJ
Henk ell and wife VS.. the city of Staun'
ton, was instituted in the Hastings
Court of that city on Saturday. The
object Of the action is to enjoin the col
lection by the city ofabout $500 assess.
ed against the plaintiff for paving the
street in front of his residence, on
Main street. On the result of this &C.
ton depends the question of the insti.
tuition of numerous other suits by other
property owners for assessments for the
same Improvement, aggrcgating more
than $4,000. Other assessments on
other like improvements could also be
recovered. The plaintiff has in his
from opinions of the Court of Appeals
in the similar cases of Chamberlain VS.
Norfolk City and McCrowell VS.. Bris'
tol.