Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Beach birds are unusually plentiful
along the Currituck and Princess Anne
coast.
There is movement on foot for the
establishment of a private dry dock at
Norfolk.
An enterprising Pittsburger will es-
tablish works at Norfolk to manufac-
ture paving blocks from fbering grass.
Mrs. Mary Goodwin, wife of Rev. R.
A. Goodwin, rector of old st. Johns
Church, Richmond, died in Wytheville,
on Sunday afternoon.
1t is feared that the corn, sweet po-
tato and tobacco crops of King George
county have been so seriously injured
by the drought that not half crop will
be made.
A large barn on the farm of William
Hotopp, near Charlottesville, was des-
troyed Saturday night by fire, together
with fifty tons of hay and four hundred
bushels of oats.
Ex!Paymaster D. B. Sayre, o. S. N,
surrendered to the government author
tiles at Norfolk yesterday and will be
sent to Boston to serve court martial
sentence of two years for embezzle-
ment.
In Fauquier county B. F. Cockrille
raised POP bushels of winter oats on
twenty-one acres of land, or over fifty
eight bushels to the acre. At the price
of winter oats last year this would have
paid $3.50 an acre for the land.
A little child 1S months old, son OF
Mr.. Joe Fines, living at Farley Vale, in
King George county, on last Wednes-
day was scalded so badly by having a
tea-kettle of boiling water turned over
on him that death resulted in short
time.
At Heathsyille last week the case OF
the Commonwealth vs. Albert Vehei-
meyer, charged with being one of the
murderers of T. civilians, the assist.
ant lighthouse-keeper at Smiths Point,
in February last, was continued to the
next term of the court.
Mr.. w. G. Crenshaw, of Orange
county, raised 1000 bushels of wheat,
has $50 acres in clover, It's acres in fine
corn, so stacks of hay, 5000 bushels OF
oats on the Hawfeld farm and 5000 on
the Pleasant View place and 100 acres
more of corn on the latter farm.
The indications now are that the
democrats of Richmood will nominate
the five members of the House of Del
egates to which Richmond is entitled
by a legal primary. If this is done, it will
be the second legalized contest cf the
kind ever held there. The law author
izing such primaries was enacted at the
last session of the General Assembly.
Subscriptions were taken up in
Richmond Sunday in the colored
churches to aid in defraying the
expenses incident 10 an attempt
to secure new trial for Mary
Barnes, Pokey Barnes and Mary Aber-
nathy, three negro women convicted
with Solomon Marble, of the murder
of Mrs. Lucy Pollard in Lunenburg
county.
First Lieutenant Davis Price, First
Artillery, U. S. A., has been selected to
fill the position of commandment OF
cadets of the Virginia Military Institute
vice Lieut.. S. d. Rockenbach, Tenth
U. S. Cavalry, recalled to his post.
Lieut.. Price will be appointed by the
Secretary OF War in time to assume
command at the opening of the insti-
tute, September 4.
1t is expected that many of the coun-
ty conventions to be held for the nomi-
nation of the democratic members Of
the Legislature will make some declar.
alton on the proposition to amend The
Walton election law and possibly in the
silver issue. The Malone so-called
''fair-election party will make their
proposed radical amendments of the
Walton law the issue in this campaign.
A. Crawford, alias A. Moore, who
was arrested Saturday night in Rich
mond, charged with obtaining 81 from
Rev. DIR. Moses d. Hoge on false pre-
lenses, was yesterday arraigned in the
police court and sent to Jail for thirty
days. DR.. Hoge appeared as witness
against the accused. This was the first
time this distinguished divine had ever
appeared in the police court as wit
ness.
Barbara Gentry, q woman of good
family, who led life of bad repute,
died Saturday night from cancer in a
house on Cumberland street, Rich
mond. There was no one with her
but her little adopted daughter, Bessie
Hope, a child she picked up in the
street. The "dead" wagon from the
almshouse came and took the body
away. The remains were turned over
to the anatomical board
A row, growing out of a dispute over
cards, led to the murder ofSam Martin
by John Hill near Norfolk yesterday.
The men were old enemies and at the
first hot words passed they both drew
their pistols and commenced firing.
Martins three shots missed Hill, but
his adversary fred six bullets into his
body, killing him instantly. After kill
ing Martin, Hill made his escape,
and exchanged shots with and then
eluded the posse after him.
CONFEDERATE REUNIoN.-At the in
vitation of Major F. II. Gaines, the an-
nual reunion of the association of sur