Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Robert Clark, well-known
citizen of Petersburg, is dead.
A farewell dinner was rendered to
Col. W. Gordon McCabe in Petersburg,
yesterday. He will remove to klch-
mond.
It begins to look as though the next
House of Delegates would be composed
of fully three. fourths of new members,
most of them are inexperienced legls-
lators.
Mrs. Laura Lee Simpson, wife of
Lieut.. Simpson, q. 8. A., and daughter
of the late Col. W. F. Lee, OF Shop
herdstown, died at Newport on Wed.
nesday.
Mason Raines, charged with killing
James Riley, was tried IN Stafford
Court this term, and verdict of five
years in the penitentiary was rendered
yesterday.
Mr.. s. 8. Thomas, of Clarke, was
yesterday nominated for the House of
Delegates by the democrats of Clarke
and Warren counties at the convention
held in Berryville.
The verdict of the coroner's jury
which investigated the killing of Joseph
Callahan and family and Miss Eva Nc
Brayer. at Lawyers, several days ago,
holds the railroad company responsible
for the accident.
Mrs. Efie R. Gately, daughter of
Mr.. r. W. Favill, died at the home of
her father, "Wayside, near Fredericks-
burg, Wednesday evening of gastritis,
after an illness of three months. She
was % years old.
James A Mcconnell, for many years
prominent citizen of Roanoke, died
in Altoona, Pa, yesterday. He was
general foreman of the Roanoke Ma
chine Works for several years and
served FIVE years in the city council.
Capt. C. c. Taliaferro, who was nomi-
mated in last Thursdays democratic
primary for the House of Delegates
from Orange county, was quietly mar
ried Wednesday night at his home near
Mason's, to Miss Mary 8. Wilkinson.
The question of the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues accompanying the Gov
ernor to the Atlanta Exposition is be-
ing agitated. Should the command de-
termine to go, Virginia will have about
500 troops at the great show on the I'd
of October.
Frederick Hobson, q Southern Rail-
way clerk, in Richmond, was knocked
down by slowly moving train yester-
day. With wonderful presence OF
| mind he fattened himself out between
the rails, and escaped certain death.
The cars passed over him, and, though
he was badly cut and bruised, his in
juries are not fatal.
The Henrico county convention yes
terdsy nominated Addison Maupin as
democratic candidate for the House OF
Delegates. There were stormy scenes
and W. A. Smith called ex- chairman
ofthe democratic committee Mitchell a
d. liar, whereupon a fight ensued.
W. II. Sands tried to part the men.
His motives were misrepresented and
Sheriff Solomon got into the scrimmage.
A general fight in the convention was
narrowly avoided. Maupin succeeds
Binford.
The proposition to subscribe $50, 900
OF its bonds to the Virginia, Frederieks-
burg and Western Railroad was not
carried 10 the county of Stafford, as
heretofore supposed. A careful can
vass CT the vote showed only some five
hundred and ninety-four votes in favor
of the proposition. This did not in:
clude majority of the registered
voters OF the county, and under the law
the majority of the registered voters
must vote in favor of proposition to
subscribe to works of internal improve
ment in order 10 carry it.