Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The smallpox is rapidly abating at
Staunton.
Mrs. NJ. Grigsby, of King GEORGE
died last Saturday.
Mr.. c. R. Nicholas, a we'll known
jeweler of Charlottesville, died on sun
day.
The cornerstone of the new Masonic
Temple at Staunton will be laid L hurs-
day next.
The Culpeper Exponent announces
its purpose to suspend publication lor
the months of June, July and August.
Mrs. Margaret Harman, OF Stauntop,
widow of Gen. VIM. II. Hartman, VINO
was killed in the last year OF the war,
died yesterday.
The postofice at Shade, Fauquier
county, has been ordered removed two
miles west of the old location; John u.
Warner, postmaster.
Right Rev. Bishop Rupert Seiden-
busch, o. S. B., DID,, of Minnesota,
died in Richmond yesterday morning at
st. Mary's Benedictine priory.
Ex.JudgeL. L. Lewis, who was sue
cessfully operated upon in Richmond
few days since for serious ailment, is
in most favorable condition TOR q
speedy recovery.
About ten thousand people attended
the annual meeting Of the Dunkards
near Richmond on Sunday. After ex-
hortations by number OF ministers,
the foot-washing began.
Ground was broken yesterday for the
building of the new Jail at King George
Courthouse, Mr.. P. B. Purks, contract
or. The site is to be changed from the
old one to near "Somer's" old style on
the public lot.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs. Jere G. Garnett to the mar
riage of their daughter, Lucy, to MIR.
John 7. Lightfoot, at Crooked Run
Church, in Culpeper county, on Tues
day, June IL.
The case of Rev. A. ]. Reamey, a
Baptist preacher of Onancock, and his
wife, against the Pilot Publishing Co,
of Norfolk, and Rev. Sam Small, for
$4,000 for libel, was begun in Nor
folk yesterday.
General William II. Payne was er-
roneously reported in some OF the pa
pers to have attended the Confederate
monument unwilling in Chicago. DE
remained at his home, Warrenton, be-
ing unable to attend.
Maj. VIM. A. Shepherd, for twenty
five years professor of chemistry al
Randolph Macon College, at Ashland,
: was stricken yesterday afternoon at .
o'clock with cerebral apoplexy, and
died Immediately, in the grocery store
of Ford brothers. where he was pur-
chasing some articles.
Captain Martin Stricken, who re-
J sides on the Shenandoah river, near
Maurertown, died at his home on Satur
day of heart disease. He was about
si1ty.eight years old. Captain Stricken
was Confederate veteran, having CON-
handed Company B, Thirty.third Wiz
} GINA Infantry, Stonewall Brigade.
Mr.. ]. Taylor Ellyson, president Of
the Jefferson Davis Monument fund.-
SAWS that he expects the contributions
to the monument will be very con
siderable this month. Collections were
taken up to-day for this purpose all
over the south. Mr.. Ellyson, however,
has not received reports of the results
of this work.
The fast mail on the R., F. and P. R
R., which arrived at Richmond little
after midnight last night, dashed into
one of the heavy four-horse wagons of
the Wallace circus at College crossing,
lust west of the freight depot, in that
city, badly injured William Kennedy,
the driver of the wagon, smashed that
heavy vehicle into smithereens, and
the engine and coaches were partially
wrecked.
Houston Trevilian, twenty-three
wears old, former student of William
and Mary College, and son of Captain
Treyilian, steward of the Williamsburg
Asylum, Committed suicide at Ford's
Hotel in Richmond some time between
twelve and one o'clock yesterday after
noon by cutting his throat with razor.
he arrived at the hotel yesterday and
registered as 81. Treviian, Williams
burg. Va.n Sunday night he was OBJ.
served to be under the influence of
liquor.
The Town Council of Falls Church
met in special session Friday night.
DR.. J. B Gould was elected mayor pro
tenn. The object of the meeting was to
hear the report of the committee on
the purchase of stone crusher. The
purchase was directed to be held in
allowance until the next meeting of the
council, when it was hoped there would
be full attendance of the members.
The ordinance in regard to frecrackers
was so amended as to make it an Of
Tense to fire them off on any street in
the corporation, as we'll as within fifty
feet of any building, and the sergeant
was Instructed to strictly enforce the
ordinance.
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