Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Major John Foe, chief oil the police
department of Richmond, was on Sat-
urday stricken with paralysis.
Miss Annie Lloyd Moore, one of
Berryville's most attractive and popular
youth ladies, and Mr.. William Sanders
Mott. of Gloucester county, were mar
ried in Grace Episcopal Church, Berry
vile, on Thursday.
William Hooker shot and probably
fatally wounded H. D. Puryear, in the
latter's room on Broad street, in Rich
mond, Saturday night. 1t is supposed
that the trouble was over a game of
cards, although Hooker refuses to talk.
Edward Garner, confined in the
county jail, at Prince George, awaiting
trial for criminal assault, attempted to
escape Thursday night by setting fire
to the Jail. He found he could not es-
cape, and succeeded in putting out the
fire before much damage was done.
An observance of Confederate Me-
mortal Day was held at Lexington on
Saturday evening. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
delivered an address to large gather
ing. The tombs of Gems. Robert E.
Lee, Stonewall Jackson and other dis.
tinguished dead who are buried near
there were handsomely decorated with
flowers and flags.
S. E. Tucker, q well-known farmer of
Norfolk county, committed suicide at
mis- home Saturday afternoon while suf.
fering with melancholia, by shooting
himself through the head in the pre-
sence of his wife with whom he was
conversing in the parlor. He was As
years old. Besides his wife he is sur
vived by four small children.
Henry Newcomb, farmer of Prince
George county. was gored by bull and
almost instantly killed on Saturday.
He was taking the bull to pasture when
the animal broke loose from his chain
and ran OF, but suddenly wheeled
around and charged upon Mr.. New
comb, knocking him down and thrust
ing his horns into his stomach repeated
ly. Mr.. Newcomb leaves wife and
two children.
Every prisoner in the county Jail
at Newport News against whom felony
charges are pending in number
escaped some time during Friday
night. Their names are Ed. HARDWOOD
and Charles Julian (white), and Lemon
Price and Willie Smothers (colored).
They effected their escape by saving
three iron bars and removing bricks
enough from the thick wall at the Jail
to permit their escape.
: The Roanoke Machine Works Guards
which have been at Pocahontas since
the 9th of Nay, went home this morn.
ing. This leaves only small force of
troops there. 1t is a noticeable fact
that since the curtailmept of the force
many more of the striking miners from
Elkhorn throug to town., On the
streets yesterday were twoN leading
agitators, who were sent out Of the
State early in the strike.
Iu the United States District Court
in Richmond on Saturday the Richmond
and Danville foreclosure suit was ar
gued before Judge Golf by MIR. w. R.
Meredith for the American Book Com
pany, and Messrs. Willis B. Smith and
Henry Crawford for the railroad COM
pany. In the United States Circuit
Court-Judges Simonton and Seymour
the case of the Bonsack Machine
Company against Joseph B. Underwood
ct ais. for Infringement of patent was
partly heard.
The Episcopal Council of the diocese
OF Southern Virginia which closed at
Petersburg on Saturday evening elected
the following delegates to the general
convention: Clerical-Reyerends B. d.
D. of Roanoke; R. ]. McBryde, D. D. of
Lexington; ]. ]. Lloyd, D. d. of Lynch
burg. Lay-Colonel R. E. Withers of
Wytheville; Major G. M. Blackford of
Lynchburg; Judge w. W. Old of Nor
folk I; and Mr.. NJ. P. Burks of Bedford
City.
In sight between two colored men in Chi.
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