Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

John NJ. Hardy, senior member OF
the firm of J. VI. Hardy & Son, OF
Staunton, died on Tuesday night.
Hon. R. II. Cardwell, the Court OF
Appeals Judge-elect, was last night the
guest of the Hanover bar at Hanover
c. H., where handsome banquet was
given in his honor.
1t is reported in Fredericksburg that
clue has been found to the Schooler
murder in Stafford county. 1t is also
now reported that two persons were GER
tainly connected with the crime.
The last term of the present Court of
Appeals met in Richmond to-day
Quite a large docket will occupy the
attention of the court. The new court
Judges begin their term on the first OF
the new year.
Sixteen hundred men are now on the
nav roll of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company, a
greater number than has been at the
plant for long time. 1t is said that
this number will be increased by 300
this week.
OR. Hale, of Northumberland, COM
mander of the bugeye Annie May, was
arrested by oyster inspector Chandler
Saturday for illegal dredging in Cur
rioman bay. Hale gave bail in the sum
of 5000 for his appearance at the next
term of Westmoreland County Court.
The body of an unknown white man
apparently abont seventy years old
was discovered floating in the canal in
Richmond yesterday. No marks OF
violence were found on the body, and
the drowning was either accidental Or
suicidal. The body was subsequently
identified as that of John Fink, a tailor.
The committee appointed by the
grand encampment of the G. A. r. to
investigate the charges against Phil
Kearny Post, of Richmond. finished the
investigation yesterday. Their report
will be made to the grand encampment
at the next meeting. No intimation OF
It's contents has been given out, but
members of the post express themselves
as satisfied that the result will he favor
able to the post.
Captains Mushbach, Keller, Scruggs
and Heath, of the 3rd Regiment, Tar
rail, Higgins and Tomlin, of the 4th
Regiment, and Holt, of the End Regi-
ment, have been ordered to assemble
in Richmond on December 9th and
organize as a general court martial for
the trial of such persons as may be
properly brought before it. This court
Is ordered presumably to hear the case
of Lieutenant Halstead.
In the Corporation Court at Char
lottesville yesterday leave was granted
Mrs. Mamie T. Waldrop to change her
name to Mamie Thompson Christmas,
which was her maiden name. also that
of her two children to Christmas. On
the 9th day of December, 1898, decree
was entered in that court by which an
absolute divorce was granted the Pc
titioner, Mrs. Waldrop, from her hus-
band, Rev. E. l.. Waldrop.
J. r. Washington, sheriff of West
moreland county, arrived in Washing
ton yesterday to identify and take pos
session of Thomas Lewis, negro, who
was arrested by Officer Kimmell, q few
days ago, for soliciting subscriptions for
the building of mythical church in
Westmoreland county. Lewis has not
vet been arraigned in court on this
charge, and as Sheriff Washington says
he is wanted in Westmoreland county
for horse stealing, he will probably be
turned over to him.
William Winbush snot and killed
Tom Tate in Bedford county Tuesday
night and made his escape. The two
negroes quarreled over a colored girl,
and Winbush laid in wait for Tate and
shot him through the head. He then
took the body and carried it to the
murdered mans home and laid it in
the yard, after which he fled, and has
not vet been heard from. The Tate
family seems to be unfortunate, as the
father was shot and killed while assault
| ing white man named Barksdale,
some time ago.
4 letter from Richmond says Col. In
gerSoll had large audience to hear his
anti Christian lecture Monday night,
despite the advice ofseveral ministers
on Sunday to their congregations not to
attend. He is an entertaining speaker,
but those who heard his lecture
do not regard it as at all convincing.
He was especially severe on the Catho.
lies, many of whom were present to hear
him and who are quite indignant. He
paid more attention to that church than
any other. The Catholics were rather
uncomfortable while he was on such
tender ground, but when he launched
out in his ridicule of the other denomi
nations they laughed as much as any
body else. He advocated the passage
of national law requiring an annual
inspection of every nunnery in the coun-
try, to ascertain if the nuns are salts
fed with the lives they live. He limited
that the morals of the nunneries might
not be found as good as they are sup
posed to be. He referred to the minis
try in very belittling way.
JUDGE KE1TH.-Judge James Keith
closed his services as Circuit Judge in
this county and district to-day. He
was elected to the position before he
was thirty years old and was for
long time the youngest judge in the
State. During all the years that have
passed since then he has increased in
wisdom and in the affsctionate regard
Of the lawyers who practiced. in his
courts, and in the general esteem of
the people. As a judge without preju-
dice, an as an able jurist he will be
greatly missed from the bench in the
district, but his loss will be greatest to
those with whom he walked every day
in the paths made pleasant with his
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