Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-11-14
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Capt. w. ]. Stevens, prominent
citizen of Orange county, is dead.
A fire at Fredericksburg yesterday
morning injured Shiloh (colored) Bap-
list Church TO the amount of 5000.
The engagement of Miss Sallie Archer
Bruce, of Richmond, to Rev. Arthur
Kinsolving, of Brooklyn, formerly OF
Virginia, is just announced.
The foreign missions committee OF
the Presbyterian Church South, will
send Miss Ellen Emerson, of Fred
ericksburg, as missionary to China.
Mrs. P. P. Kingsley, the aged wife OF
Rev. ]. G. Kingsley, living near Fred
ericksburg, fell down stairway Tues
day aud seriously, if not fatally, injur-
/ cd herself.
The Seventh Baptist Church, of Bal
timore, last night rendered a call to the
Raw. w. E. ]. Cox, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church at Staunton. to succeed the
Rev. 81. Allen Upper, jr., resigned.
Miss Leila Orrison, daughter of CIV.
Orrison, and Mr.. Henry Turner, of Biz.
mingham, Ala, son of ex-Judge Turner
aud nephew of Congressman Turner,
were married at Front Royal yesterday
evening.
John Gray, who was tried at Wise
Courthouse for forgery and given one
year in the penitentiary escaped with
four other prisoners from Jail Tuesday
by saving through the iron grating
over the window.
The decision to remove Union Theo.
logical Seminary to Richmond has Gre
ated the belief that Hampden-Sidney
College will be given new location
and an effort will be made to bring the
college to Fredericksburg.
Ward P. and Pervis Bloxham, John
Zimbar and Frank Shields, natives of
Cobb's Island, who were accused OF
numbering the Hudson brothers on
October 9th, near the life-saving sta
ton, were acquitted yesterday.
A meeting of the members of the bar
of Culpeper was held in the Office of
Judge D. A. Grimsley, of that town, on
Saturday last, for the purpose of paying
a tribute of respect to the memory of the
late James Barbour, and passed reso-
lutions in eulogy of his character and
genius.
The main building of the Randolph
paper box factory, at Richmond, caught
fire last night, and was totally destroy
ed. It is not known how the fire start
ed. The loss is estimsted at $3.50, 900.
There were over 400 girls employed in
the factory, who will be thrown out of
employment.
At st. Luke's Church in Norfolk
Sunday Bishop Randolph ordained two
candidates to the diaconate-Mr. Gam
BILE, formerly of Florida and now of
Norfolk, and Mr.. Vest, of Virginia.
They are from the Theological Semi
nary, near this city, and will, in q
{ few days, be assigned by the Bishop to
| ministerial work in the diocese OF
Southern Virginia.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg appeal says: 81 hear that
the silver men in the legislature, and
they will be largely in the majority,
will try to pass resolution soon after
the general assembly meets, condemn
ing the financial policy of the admins
tration and declaring for free coinage
at ratio of 16 to l. As long ago as
last June silver leader said this would
be done and that was one of the eX-
cuses of certain papers to get candidates
10 commit themselves on the currency
question. The silver people can GER
tainly pass the resolution if they choose.
The case of Henry F. Gibson, of Cor
donpille, charged with swindling the
Boston Euening Record out of S2.40 and
with attempting to swindle the ]. l..
Hill Printing Company, of Richmond,
~as tried in Judge Hughes's U. S. Court
in Richmond on Tues lay. Gibson was
found guilty of the first charge, but not
guilty of the second. His counsel stated
to the court that he was monomaaiac
on the subject Of running o newspaper,
and that he was insane on the subject
| of giving checks on banks where he had
no account, as in this case he had given
n check on bank which did not exist.
In view of the. facts his counsel asked
the court to suspend sentence, which
was granted Gibson wes bailed by his
father, MIR. ]. F. Gibson, in the sum OF
$3.50 for his appearance before the next
term of the court.
The Lunenburg cases were before
Judge Wexford, of the Richmond city
Circuit court, yesterday, on injunction
proceedings restraining the city SER
geant from delivering the prisoners to
the sheriff of that county. Judge
Wexford continue the cases for week
in order to allow the Court of Appeals
to pass upon the question whether the
prisoners can be removed to Lunen-
burg under judge Orgain's order. The
question of enlarging the writ of error
granted by the Supreme Court in the
cases of Marable and others so as to re-
quire that they should remain in Jail
in Richmond until their cases are dis
posed of, that tribunal yesterday with
held its decision. The action of this
court in the premises is expected to
dispose of the whole trouble growing
out of Governor O'Ferrall's order.
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