Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. M. S. Bispham died on Sunday
at h,r home in Fauquier county, near
Remington.
There now seems to be no doubt OF
The fact hat Governor O'Ferrall IS am
H%srirant for Hon. John w. Danleis
seat in the Senate.
Mr.. Moses Green was thrown from
his buggy in Warrenton on Sunday by
his horse running away and was badly
hurt, u of his arms being broken.
The marriage of Miss Garnet Pendle-
ton, of Faueuier, and Mr.. VIM. Writ,
of Westmoreland county, took place In
the Episcopal church at Warrenton to-
day.
The Nrginia Sun, the organ of the
populists in this State, has again made
It's appearance in Richmond. 1t as
serts that the move To Alexandria did
not prove 81 success, and hence the re-
turn to the capital ofthe State.
Mr.. Jas. A. Taylor, of this State, was
yesterday appointed chief of division
of bookkeeping and warrants in the
Treasury Department at a salary OF
1000 per annum. He was promoted
from q clerkship in the Posvuifice De-
partment, where he received $1,000.
Mrs. Belva A Lockwood vas in Rich
mond yesterday on a matter OF business.
Mrs. Lockwood explained that while I'M
der the decision of the Court of Appeals
she was privileged to practice law in
Virginia. she had not yet been sworn
in as an attorney. She will do so, how
ever, to-day, before Judge Wexford, OF
the Circuit Court.
The democratic senatorial convention
for the Twelfth district, composed OF
the counties of Frederick, Clarke, and
Warren, met at Berryville yesterday to
name q candidate for the unexpired
term of Senator Thomas w. Harrison.
Thos. D. Gold, of Clarke, was nominal
ed, the only other candidate being w.
E. Carson, of Warren.
Messrs. John A. Higgerson and How
ard NJ. Dryer, capitalists, have spent
some time in the Fredericksburg sec.
ton recently investigating the proposed
Northern Neck Railroad. They have
held a meeting with the incorporators
of the proposed road and been over the
whole route from the bay to Fredericks-
burg in a vehicle. These gentlemen
are much pleased with the route, with
the people, with the soil and general
surroundings, and will return to Fred
ericksburg before their departure North.
The prospects for building the road are
regarded as good.
MIR. Ham Cownes, Of Falmouth, Stat
ford county, was recently robbed of
$40. Mr.. Co@nes is almost. q hermit
and is q miser. He seldom goes out
and rarely has anything to DO with any
one. He was supposed to be very poor,
and recently allowed his house to be
sold for delinquent taxes. After the
robbery became known an investiga.
ton revealed that Mr.. Cownes had
$1,000 and may be more, concealed in
his house, and that be also had money
buried in his garden, and that during
q recent flood a sudden rise in the river
had washed away S275 buried. There
is no clue to the robber.
Rudolph Kinzley was saudbagged at
the gate OF his residence, in StauntoD,
Saturday night at 1870 o'clock. MIR,
Kinzley runs a butcher stall in the city
market, and Saturday night is his sup.
posed-to-be good night for trade, and
the party expected good money: II
was raining hard, and MIR. Kinzley's
umbrella helped to break the force Of
the blow of the sandbag. Mr.. Kinzley
ran and cried murder. The unknown
party shot at him twice and made off
He was not recognized. Another citi.
zen, q coal dealer, reports that he was
attacked Saturday night and robbed O
over a hundred dollars. Both events
were in town, but near the corporate
limits.