Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. L. Wellington Broaddus, Only
daughter of Mayor and Mrs. A. +.
Rowe, died yesterday at her home IN
Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Heintzelman, widow of Gen.
Heintzelman, died recently in Clarke
county where she had gone with her
daughter for short stay.
Mr.. Charles E. Nicol has announced
himself as candidate for the General
Assembly from Prince William county;
Col. Edmund Berkeley, has declined
to be candidate for reelection.
The board of the Chesapeake and its
tributaries will meet in Richmond on
September 5, to elect the successor OF
the late Commander Seth Foster, OF
the oyster police service. Half a dozen
applicants are in the race for this va
cancy.
The contest for the United States
senatorship is now engaging the atten-
ton of politicians. The friends OF Gen
Fitzbugh Lee, Mr.. Tom Martin, Gen
Hunton and Governor Mckinney are
all keeping sharp lookout for the
democratic legislative nominating con-
ventions and primaries.
The handbook of the Governors o.
Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina and
Virginia has just been issued. 1t is an
unpretentious work of 50 pages-nol
more than one-fourth the size of a SINH
lar work recently printed under the
direction of the Virginia board OF agri
culture.
Mr.. VIM. Rollins, of "Douge," King
George county, has purchased of Mr.
George Turner the magnificent estate
known as ''Nanzatico," on the Kappa
hammock river, about twenty miles be
low Fredericksburg. containing SOC
acres, for the sum of 49, $50. This is the
third large farm Mr.. Rollins has pur
chased in recent years.
An unknown white man, aged abou
sixty-five years, was found murdered
Saturday morning in Chesterfield coun
ty, near Temples Crossing, on thu
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
His skull was crushed, and he was ly
ing near the railroad track, with hi!
head resting on a coat 1t is believed
that he was first murdered, and ther
placed near the track to give the i'm
preston that he had been killed by s
passing train. There was nothing on
his person to lead to his identification
On his left arm he had tatoed in Indian
| ink "John," and also a star with 81,
points. He was last seen in company
with some tramps. The verdict Of the
coroners jury was: THAT the man
was murdered by some party or par
ties 10 them unknown" This is the
third murder that has been committed
in Chesterfield county during the past
twelve months.
The contest over the five places or
the bench of the State Court of APP
peals is attracting the attention of poll
ticans. There are a dozen or more
well-known men named for these re-
sponsible positions. The Valley furn
ishes three candidates in the persons
of Mr.. r. r. Barton, Of Winchester
Judge Vim. Mclaughlin, of Rock.
bridge, and Mr.. George NJ. Harrison, o.
Staunton. The Southside presents the
names Of Col. John w. Rely, Of Hall.
fax; Judge Mann, of Nottoway, and
Judge Hancock, of Chesterfield. The
The Southwest vii lhave Messrs. Buch.
anan, of Washington, aud A. II. Phle-
gar, of Montgomery. The Richmond
part of the State is represented in the
race by r. H. Cardwell, of Hanover,
and by H. r. Pollard, of Richmond
city. Despite the protests to the con,
trary the race for the senatorship will
have an important bearing in determin.
ing some of these judicial contests. 1t
will be impossible to prevent combina-
tions in these struggles.