Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. ChaS. Schooler died IN Warren
ton on Saturday.
r. r. Morrison, aged II years, died
in Spotsylvania on Monday.
The Grand Encampment of Virginia,
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows,
met at Old Point to-day.
The postoffice in Leesburg was broken
into last night and robbed of two hun
dred dollars worth of stamps.
n. c.. Manson, ST., father of ex-Mayor
Manson, of Lynchburg, diei in That
city on Sunday, aged seventy-fve years.
The fight to have taken place la
night between Buck Taylor and Henry
Cheshire did not come oil, Cheshire
FORGETTING the stakes-$l0.
The libel placed on the schooner
Madeleine Cooney yesterday was remov-
ei to-day, and the vessel released, the
captain having decided TO pay the dis
satisfied sailor.
At mass meeting of the democratic
party of Caroline county, held at Bow
ling Green yesterday, delegates favor
ing the denomination of Congressman
w. 4. Jones were elected.
AT Martinsville yesterday the Henry
county democrats held a meeting to
elect delegates TO the congressional
convention. The delegation is solid
for Hon. Claude A. Swanson.
On Sunday morning Mr.. George
Schleicher committed suicide at his res
idence in Richmond by shooting him
self through the brain with revolver.
B ID health caused him to take his life
Mr. Schleicher was sixty-livc years old
aud q native of Germany.
GOV. O'Ferrall says he thinks the
Presidents proclamation in regard to
the strikes an admirable document and
that the President had kept within the
constitution and laws. He said that in
the John Brown matter the President
had good precedent for his action.
Judge Turner, of the Circuit Court,
has decided that the provision in the
charter of Front Royal prohibiting the
granting of license to sell intoxicating
liquors within two miles of the bound
aries of the town, unless the applicant
for license should have certificate
from the Town Council permitting the
same, is constitutional. So Riverton,
which is in wet district, but which is
less than two miles from Front Royal
is now a dry town.
The uncompleted water works of
Berryville were sold on Saturday
About $4,000 of the company's bonds
have been Sold or otherwise assigned,
and the bondholders, through Marshall
Mccormick, became the purchasers of
the property at the price of $500 1t
is not definitely known whether the
purchasers will complete the works or
not, but the impression is that they will,
as already Sl1 900 have been spent in
laying pipes and other work.
The Young Mems Christian societies
of Mount Vernon Place and Morton NJ.
E. Churches South of Washington paid
Il fraternal visit to the Y. NJ. C. S. of
the NJ. +. Church South Of this city last
night. An address of welcome deliver
ed by Rev. T. Z. Carson, the pastor of
the church here, was responded to bv
the President of the Mount Vernon
Place Y. NJ. c. S. The remainder of
the meeting was wholly social, and
every one present heartily enjoyed it.
Now that the Pullman works are to
be removed from Chicago, Alexandria
or some of the surrounding new towns
can offer desirable sites.
The probibitionists are now in full
possession of the Norfolk city govern
ment. Major W. E. Foster declines to
accept the position of chief of police of
that city. The action ofthe prohibition
authorities in discharging yesterday
sixteen white men from the street clean
ing force and putting like number of
negroes to work in their places has
caused considerable indignation in the
community. This movement is evident
ly o part of the plan that has been
agreed upon by the prohibition leaders
to secure the negro vote of the State
for their congressional candidates. Its
effect there will be to solidify the white
vote for the democratic candidate.
The Southern Planter for july has