Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

| from Virginia will attend the CONVEX
ton in Baltimore this week.
The Richmond granite cutters recon-
mend that the Jefferson Davis monu-
ment be built of James river granite.
Chief Engineer A. P. Robertson, of
the steamer Chatham, dropped dead on
board that vessel at Norfolk yesterday.
R. n. Boykin g. Co., manufacturers
of tobacco in Richmond, filed deed of
assignment yesterday. The liabilities
are estimated at $4,000.
The fourteenth annual meeting of
the Virginia Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton will be held at Blue Ridge Springs
to day, tomorrow and on Thursday.
William Foster, colored, q traek-hand
on the Southern Railway, was yester-
day knocked from a bridge between
Montreal and Arlington and badly
bruised.
] Mr.. Thomas Wright Lawford, form
erly British vice-consul at Baltimore
and member of the firm of Lawford and
McKim, died in Buckingham county,
yesterday.
Edgar F. Bruce, of Gordonsville. died
yesterday in his ffty.ffth year. Mr..
Bruce had been an engine runner for
many years on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad.
Thomas II. Barton, eldest son of
Judge w. S. Barton, died Sunday night
at his fathers home in Fredericksburg
aged forty-six wears. He was widower
and leaves two sons.
Despite the fact that all the saloons
in Richmond were closed Sunday there
were more cases of drunkenness before
the police court than for any previous
Monday in three weeks.
Mike Fox, tobacco grower. who it
is believed is not is in his right mind,
has been missing from Chatham since
July 1st. He is "a years old and has q
wife and several grown children.
tits said that Goodall, whose body
was found floating in the Joaquin river,
near Livingston, CAL, recently, and
whose death is mystery, was Vir-
ginian and superintendent of schools in
the town in which be resided.
A jury was secured at Keysville yes
terday for the trial of Mary Alternately
and Pokey Barnes for completely in the
murder of Mrs. Pollard. Marable went
on the stand and made an entirely new
statement. The trial will be concluded
to-day.
Rev. M. D. Hoge, of Richmond, an
nounces that he will Fill his pulpit every
Sunday during the summer, with per-
haps two or three exceptions. The
midweek services will be discontinued
during the warm months. DR.. Hoge
will probably absent himself from the
city during the week days.
Alfred I. Forbes, "a member of the War
renton bar, died suddenly Sunday after
noon. He attended morning service at
the Episcopal church. The deceased
was a native of Fredericksburg, but has
practiced law at Warreneon for many
years. He leaves widow, who was
the daughter of the late Gilbert Bas-
table.
Allen P. Walker, son of Gen. James
A. Walker, died at Wytheville yester.
day from the effects of gunshot
wound, received several weeks 40
while guarding the Crozier Iron Com
panys coal mines against the strikers.
He was accidentally shot by a fellow
guard. He leaves wife and two small
children.
The board of supervisors of Wythe
county met yesterday to take more
vigorous measures to stamp out the
smallpox, which has made its appear.
ance on Cripple Creek, in that county.
A negro brought it to Wytheville
several weeks ago, but the disease was
not thought to be smallpox at first.
More recently the victim died, and
seven we'll defined cases have since
broken out.
The case of Henry Olive, of Stafford,
charging Miss Lucy Bowie, of King
George, with stealing forty dollars in
money and twenty dollars in goods,
came up before Justice R. G. Fitzhugb,
of Stafford, yesterday and after the ex-
animation of large number of wit
nesses and argument by counsel, the
time consumed for all being over three
hours, Justice Fitzhugh very prompt
ly and wisely dismissed the warrant.
The Court of Appeals hos not yet
made report on the petition ofcoun-
sci for Philip N. Nicholas, the Henrico
murderer, who is to be executed in the
yard adjoining the county Jail ten days
hence unless the Governor interferes in
the meantime. The condemned man
was visited by his brother yesterday
and the two held long conversation.
Nicholas does not appear to have given
I'D hope for new trial, and is anxious
" expectant of hearing fayorably from
the appellee court.
a heavy windstorm passed over
Basic City late yesterday evening, do
ing great damage. The ]. G. Jones
brick building was completely demolish-
ed. The match and fabriqne factories
were greatly damaged, while two
story brick building was nearly de-
stroyed. No lives were lost. Heavy
transforms also visited Danville yester-
day afternoon. Lightning struck a
barn. tore the clothes from negro, and
burned him considerably, stunned an
other one, and knocked several mules
down that were in the barn. The
storm slackened up about $50, but
about z o'clock the rain came down
with renewed force, accompanied by
heavy thunder and vivid lightning.
Col. ]. G. Watts, of Tazewell, lately
United States marshal for the western
district of Virginia, and Gen. William
Malone were in Richmond yesterday
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