Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

flhGlNIA MEND.
Capt. A. B Guigon, of Richmond, has
been appointed general counsel for the
State Board of Pharmacy.
Miss Emma V. Hawthorne, of Peters
burg, committed suicide in the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum, at Williamsburg, yes
terday.
J. B. Colbert, dry goods merchant, of
Fredericksburg, made an assignment
yesterday. Liabilities about $1,000; as
sets unknown.
At Wytheville yesterday Gen. Jas.
a. Walker, OF that town, was nominal
ed by reclamation by the republican
congressional convention for the Ninth
district. Mr.. Walker will make a
strong candidate.
Mrs. Nettie Offutt, widow of the late
Nicholas Ofutt, of Rockville, Md, died
in Leesburg, where she had been visit
ing for the past week, yesterday. Alrs.
Ohutt was Miss Edwards, of Loudoun
county, and was an estimable lady.
In the trial Of Conductor Goodman
at Covington yesterday several c. 4 O..
Railroad officials testified to his high
reputation for truth. The evidence is
now all in, and arguments began to-
day. 1t is now the general belief that
Goodman will have the benefit of a
hung jury or receive light sentence.
Rev. j. r. Jones. the beloved pastor
OF the Episcopal church at Front Royal
and of Meade Memorial church at White
Post, who was recently stricken with
paralysis died yesterday at his home in
Wildwood, Clarke county, in the 67ch
year of his are. He will be buried ia
the Old Chapel in Clarke county, OF
which his father was rector seventy
years ago.
In Orange yesterday Ethel N. Lee,
the six-year-oli daughter of Mrs. L. 4.
Lee, while visiting at the residence OF
her uncle, George Sitter, accidently
shot herself through the head with an
old pistol, which she had found some
where about the house, and which had
not been used for years. She died soon
afterward, all efforts to save her life
proving futile.
As heretofore stated in the GAZETTE
the Loudoun county grand jury found
bills of indictment against John P.
Townshend, alias Charles L. Harrison,
who obtained $1,000 from Mr.. John
Arnold, of that county, by the "bunco
game The accused did not appear,
and his bail of $1,000, which had been
deposited in bank there at the time be
WAS released when first examined last
spring, was forfeited. This is the last
Of the ''green goods" case, which caused
so much excitement at the time.
On Sunday morning, near Carter's
Bridge, Albemarle county, a young
man named Hicks had occasion to visit
neighbor named Clements, taking his
gun with him. He found Clements
asleep, and jokingly said, "If you doot
get up I'll shoot you" Clements re-
Piled GAIL right. 1 can shoot, too, y
reaching for his gun and, pointing it at
Hicks, pulled the trigger and sent the
whole load into Hickss eye. He had
used his gun Saturday, it is claimed,
and had unloaded it. Some one else
had subsequently used it and he didn't
know it was loaded. Hicks vas killed
instantly.
At Roanoke yesterday Major Peter
J. Otey, of Lynchburg, was nominated
by the democrats of the Sixth Virginia
district as their candidate for Congress.
The resolutions adopted reaffirm in
general terms the Chicago PLATFORM
indorse every effort made by President
Cleveland and a democratic Congress
to carry out the pledges of the party to
the people; declares for the free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and sill
yer at the earliest practicable moment
upon a basis which will secure the pari
ty of the value of gold and silver dol
lars, and congratulate the party and
the country upon the adjustment of the
tariff question. 1t is believed that the
republican convention at Lynchburg
to-day will nominate Col. John Hamp-
ton Hoge, of Roanoke.