Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

morning. Nearly all the goods were
saved.
Mr.. w. n. Hixon and Miss Annie M.
Wright, of Aide, were married at the
Baptist parsonage in Middleburg, on
Tuesday, the 26th ult.
In Lynchburg yesterday Robert ii.
Pannill, charged with aiding and abet-
ting Walker G. Hammer in embezzilDg
money from the First National Bank
of that city, was released on Slo,ooo
bail.
Miss Halle Early died at her home
in Lynchburg yesterday morning. She
was the daughter of the late Samuel
H. Early, and niece of General Jubal
A Early.
There has been some excitement at
Clifton Forge over the arrest of Arm
stead Carter, colored, on charge OF at
tempting to criminally assault six,
year-old white child.
Wallace Graham, proprietor of the
Saturday Night, a weekly paper pub
lished il Norfolk in connection with
his large job printing house, committed
suicide in that city last night by taking
poison.
The republicans of King George have
nominated the following county ticket:
For Commonwealth Attorney, w. A.
Rose for Treasurer, F. ". Payne; for
Commissioner of the Revenue, William
Grigsby for Sheriff, J. A. Billingsly.
At meeting in Richmond last night
of all of the board of directors ofthe
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
it was decided to lay the cornerstone OF
the monument in the spring of 1896.
Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie Davis ar
rived there last night.
The farm of the late Garrett Wynn
koop, situated near WOODBURY., in Lou
doun county, was recently sold to MIR.
Geo. w. Holmes, for 1920 cash, being
SIS per acre. The Warrenton Virgin
ian says: This land would perhaps
have brought $50 an acre fifteen years
ago.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Miss Win
ME Davis arrived at Richmond last
night and will remain for a few days.
The ladies went to Richmond to be
present at the interment in Hollywood
of the remains of the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis, removed there from Mem
phis.
Miss Lizzie Townson, granddaugh-
ter of Capt. Thomas Towson, former
ly of Stafford county, and grand-niece of
ex-Gov. Smith, was quietly married at
Stafford Court House yesterday to Mr..
James R. King, merchant of Quanti-
co, Prince William county. Rev. l..
Fox officiated.
At Charlottesville yesterday the H.
foot sewer ditch, which was being con-
structed, caved in, burying four color
ed laborers beneath mass of earth. A
relief party rapidly worked to extri-
cate the men, and three of them were
taken out alive. George Whitney was
dead, his skull having been crushed by
the cave-in.
Recently there was meeting of citi-
zens of King George county who are
interested in the enforcement Of the
"local option law which resulted in
the organization Of law and order
league. The following officers were
elected: Rev. John McNabb, presi-
dent; Rev. W. w. Oven, vice presi-
dent; Rev. w. G.. Bates, secretary; MIR.
Allen Smith, treasurer.
The Orange Observer says "Con-
struction of the Virginia, Fredericks-
burg and Western Railroad, which will
run through Orange, will begin about
the middle of April, anil it is expected
that the first hundred miles will be
completed from Fredericksburg to the
bay within six months. Rockingham
county has subscribed $4,000 to the
enterprise"
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, one of the
civil service commissioners, in speaking
Yesterday about the apportonment of
appointments made from Virginia said
"Virginia has 500 clerks, drawing
1866, SlS.24, while the number of APP
pointments to which she is entitled of
the II ,746, in an exact apportionment
according to the population of the
eleventh census 1S90 would be only
81.
Mai. Kretz, chief of the appointment
division, Treasury Department, has
prepared list showing the amount of
| money each State receives as the result
of it's citizens being employed in the
Treasury. He places the total of sala-
ries paid at 81, 766, 1885. The follow
ing is the showing for Virginia Popu-
lation, 1856, $50; excepted and unclas-
sifed, 62-$8O, 279.40; classified, 155-
s13O,3S4. Total, 217-S190, 663.40.
FISHING IN LITTLE RIvER.-The
case of Augustus Grimes, charged with
n saino in ;tt1a r;,,ar or a