Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.
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mond yesterday, aged 62 years.
Mrs. James Sisson died Wednesday
night at her home at Quantico, aged
60 years.
Men in Culpeper are still searching
for Miss Gibsons assailant, but with
out success.
DIR. H. w. Campbell, of Suffolk, has
been elected president ofthe State Den
tai Association.
Col. O'Ferrall secured majority Of
the delegates elected yesterday to the
State convention.
Capt. and Mrs. E. A. Goodwin, of
Petersburg, celebrated their golden
wedding yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Virginia Tabb, wife Of
Mr.. L. p. Tabb, died q few days since
at Martinsburg, w. Va.
Young Roswell Doggett, while hunt
ing near Brandy Station yesterday, ac-
cidentally shot himself in the abdomen.
Death resulted in a few hours.
Mrs. Harriet H. Wise died in Allan
tn, Ca, Tuesday. She was the widow
of Rev. Henry \. Wise, .ir., and daugh-
ter of Richard Barton Haxall, of Rich
mond.
A colored man in Norfolk yesterday,
beat his wife into insensibility and then
slashcd her with razor a score of times
because she went on an excursion on
which be had forbidden her to go.
The fast mail going south over the
Richmond and Danville railroad killed
colored mail carrier at Chatham, yes
to-day. The man had his mail bag and
hung it on the mail catcher and laid
down on the track to sleep. His name
could not be learned.
Mr.. William Stevens, living in Hart
wood township, Stafford county, at
tempted suicide Wednesday by sever
ing the arteries of his arm with a razor
When asked why he made the attempt
on his life Mr.. Stevens replied, 81 am
greatly troubled" He will recover.
In the county court of Prince George
yesterday Judge West rendered de.
cision in the contested election case Of
Brittou vs.. Temple, for the clerkship of
the county. The judge decided that
Temple was legally entitled to the Of
fee. Britton was at the last election
candidate on the third party ticket for
clerk, and Temple was on the demo-
cratic ticket.
Judge Waller r. Staples, who had
been selected to nominate Maj. Tyler
before the State convention, writes that
the condition of bis throat is such that
he will hardly be able to perform this
service. 1t may be that eX-Attorney
General r. A. Ayers will present
the acknowledgements name. Maj.
Charles p. Stringfellow will nominate
Col. Buford, but it is not yet known
who will present the claims of Con-
gresham O'Ferrall.
The Loudoun camp meeting will be
held this year at the Benton camp
ground, beginning August Is and con-
tinuing ten days. a large number of
seats have already been taken. Indi-
cations are encouraging for a large
meeting. For the accommodation of
the people Mrs. Jennie Priest, of Mid
dleburg, will have charge of the board
ing tent Special attention will be CIV
en- to ladies, and everything necessary
will be done to make the camp a sue
cess.
At meeting yesterday of the clear
ing-house association of Richmond it
was decided not to pay in currency
checks on balances existing at the close
of business that day for amounts exceed
$50 in the discretion of these institu-
tions. All checks, however, will be
certified as good and will be payable
through the clearinghouse the same as
currency. 1t was also decided that all
currency deposited in the banks from
this time should be paid to depositors
in currency checks at the discretion of
the depositor.