Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The seventh annual Congress of
Scotch. Irish of America, will be held 1T
Lexington from June 20 to %, in-
elusive.
The upper portion of the building
occupied by the Peoples National
Bank, in Lynchburg, was burned yes
terday. For time serious tire-Was
threatened.
Col. Thomas Verneilson died yester-
day in Portsmouth, in his fifty-fourth
year. During the war he served GAL
lantly in Grimes's battery. He was a
prominent Pythian.
Four frame houses on Chelsea Hill
in Richmond were destroyed by fire
this morning Some of the occupants
were compelled to make hasty exists in
order to save their lives.
Mrs. Jonathan Martin, residing near
Deep Creek, Norfolk county, was fatal
ly burned Tuesday night by falling in
IN open fireplace. She was seventy-fiye
years old and very feeble.
John Lindsay, perhaps the oldest
butcher in Virginia, died at his home on
the Brook road. near Richmond, Tues
day evening. He was native of Ok
ford, England, eighty-two years old,
and came to Richmond si1ty-three
years ago last Christmas.
Mr.. Peter Vivian Daniel Conway, Of
the banking house of Conway, Gordon
& Garrett, and Miss Lettitia Y. STAINS
bury, daughter of the late John L..
Stansbury, both OF Fredericksburg,
| were married yesterday evening at the
residence of the brides mother, in that
city.
The will of the late Tena Nelson, of
Stanton, has been filed in Washington
and after naming Rev. Walter 81:
Brooks as executor, divides money and
bonds between sister of the deceased,
Ella Diggs, of Nelson county; Matilda
Mickey, daughter, and Robert Mick
ey, grandson, of Staunton.
The old colonial house at Mantus,
King and Queen county, and once the
residence OF Carter Braxton, one OF the
signers Of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and at present owned by DR..
Charles Gresham, was burned to the
ground on Tuesday. The mother OF
the late Virginius Dabney was born IN
this same old house.
A preliminary conference was held
in Richmond yesterday by representa-.
tives of the populist, republican and
prohibitionists. looking to an agree
ment upon plan to amend the Vir-
ginia election laws. The conference
adjourned without reaching definite
agreement and will take up the matter
at a future conference.
The King George county jail was
burned to the ground yesterday morn
ing. When the fire was discovered ii
was too late to save the building. 1t is
thought it was fired by the inmates,
Ed. Kennedy and James Harvey, who
are now held under guard awaiting the
action of the grand jury. The loss is
about 30, 500. There is no insurance.
| DR.. S. K. Jackson, one of the Oldest
and most prominent physicians in Nor
folk, was arrested there last night on
the charge of attempting an abortion
on Mrs. q. Butland Monday, from
which she died. The operation took
place in the Office of DR.. Jackson, and
The patient expired while being operat,
ed upon. The prisoner was bailed ip
the sum of LOCO.
The banquet of the Richmond Chap
ter of the University Alumni Associa-
ton, which will be held at the Com
monwealth Club in Richmond on
April 10, will DE the largest and the most
attractive ever given there. Several
distinguished speakers will be. present,
and the toasts will probably be "Vir-
ginia," Thomas Jefferson" "Univer-
sity of Virginia" and college Ath-
letics."
Fire broke out yesterday evening in
the cadet barracks of Bethel Academy,
Fauquier county, and, the wind being
high, was soon under such Roadway as
to render the game fight of the cadets
futile. Three cottages and the gym
nasium were utterly destroyed. BY
the most desperate effort further spread
of the flames was checked. These
| buildings will soon be restored. The
property was partially insured. There
is still ample room for the cadets.