Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Chas. S. Morris, Norfolk broker,
died suddenly yesterday.
VIM. y. Barley, of Petersburg. was
drowned at Willoughby Lake, VT, on
Saturday.
The large store at Boyce recently oc-
cupied 10y Chas. l.. Estep was burned
on Sunday morning.
The President yesterday refused to
pardon Peyton Connerway, sentenced
to three months and fine in Virginia for
violation of the revenue laws.
The barn and granary of col
ored man living in Page county was
struck by lightning on Sunday and the
building and contents burned.
A wind storm at Madison Courthouse
Sunday blew down the steeple of the
Presbyterian church of that village and
did some other damage 10 property
there.
Norman Harvey, assistant cashier OF
the Norfolk and Western freight Office
at Lvnchburg, was drowned yesterday
while bathing in the james river, just
above that city.
The officers of the Virginia State Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Society claim
that the exposition to be held i'll Rich
mond during the month of October next
will be the most successful entertain
ment of the kind ever undertaken by
the society.
The Washington and Roanoke Land
and Improvement Corporation, incor-
porated under the laws Of Virginia, has
filed bill in equity in Washington
against l.. Walter Weed, to cancel
credit on certain stock, and for o per-
sonal decree for 81 $685. 333 3d.
Messrs. James Alfred and Ezra Bng-
ham, two Norman elders, were i'll
Fredericksburg Saturday. They stated
that they would probably be there
about week, when they will leave for
Louisa county to continue their work.
They have been preaching in Spotsyl-
vania county for some time.
A tournament was held yesterday at
Page Brooke, the country seat Of Mr..
Herbert H. Page, near Boyce. Mr..
Truxton Boyce crowned Miss Juliette
Colt. VIM. Page Carter delivered the
charge to the knights and made the
coronation address. A brilliant ball
was given at night in the hall of the old
residence, which was attended by a
large number ofguests.
The Lewis flour and corn mill, and
about $50 acres Of land adjacent there
to, on the Rapidan river, in Culpeper
county, has been purchased by Mr..
Ward, of South Carolina, for $l2, 900
cash. This same gentleman has an op-
ton on the water-power at Fredericks-
burg for sum approximating $4,000,
which will, no doubt, be taken up be-
fore the lst of September.
The store Of Capt. Wesley knight, at
Coal Landing, in Stafford county, on
Aqua Creek, was burned to the ground
Sunday morning at l o'clock. No in
surance; loss $1,000. The front door,
which had been locked by Capt. Knight
the previous evening, was discovered
open, before the walls of the building
fell in. The fire was evidently of in
ceudiary origin. No clue. however,
yet. 1t is supposed the store was rob-
bed and then set on fire.
An attempt was made last Thursday
to burn the tenants house on the farm
of Mr.. Yes. Chancellor, near Spotsyl-
vania Courthouse. The house was &C.
cupied by a white woman named Susan
Fairchild, and her conduct in relation
to some of the colored men of the COM
munity has been such as to cause great
indignation, but the good people of the
neighborhood reprobate any such
measures as INDUCED in by the parties
who attempted such harsh treatment.
On Sunday evening the barn OF Mr..
B. B. Bowman, who lives across the
river from Edinburg, was struck by
lightning and destroyed, with the con-
tents. The loss is 81, 800. The new
barn on the Luthern Church farm,
lions, was struck by lightning and
burned. The crop OF wheat and hay,
together with all the agricultural i'm
plements, were destroyed. The storm
in the valley was very destructive
one. The hail destroyed the corn and
vegetables. The rain fell in torrents.
DR.. Garland P. Moore, postmaster at
Cape Charles, was arrested Saturday
by Z. S. detective, on account Of al
legged shortage in his accounts of more
than eight hundred dollars, and the Of
flee was turned over to bis bondsmen.
DR.. Mooreiwas put in charge ofthe local
authorities, who have him in custody.
Saturday night he attempted to commit
suicide by taking an overdose Of NOR
phia, and it was with great difficulty
that he was kept alive. He is now
doing better. Several years ago he
had an unfortunated affair with a
young lady Of Northampton county,
whom he subsequently married, but she
afterward moved to q distant State.
He was appointed postmaster at Cape
Charles shortly after Mr.. Cleveland's
second term began.
BIG FIRE.-Twenty acres of lumber
piles, containing about 25,OOO,00O feet
of lumber belonging to the Sheylin-C Car
penter Lumber Co., situated on the
west bank of the river, within q quar-
ter of mile of the center of the city of
Minneapolis, were totally destroyed by
fire yesterday afternoon, with loss Of
fully $3.50, 900. In addition to this, the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad roundhouse, immedi-
ately adjoining the yards on the south,
was burned, together with 2l freight
cars and the valuable Pintsch gas plant.