Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.

DR.. Mexican, of Herndon, who at
tempted suicide in Norfolk on Tuesday
by taking bromide, is better to-day.
At Norfolk yesterday, Mr.. R. p.
Byrd, of Winchester, testified for the
defense in the Massey-Pilot libel suit.
In the Police Court of Charlottesville
yesterday Messrs. G. M. Brand and
Hansford Wills were arraigned on the
charge of assault and battery. Both
were fned..
DR.. Burke Chrisman, proprietor OF
the Massanutta or Taylor Springs, died
suddenly of heart disease at the Revere
Hotel, in Harrisonburg yesterday. de
was sixty-eight years of age.
Edgar Philips, the Caroline county
man who murdered his wife near Dawn
on Tuesday, was not lynched Thurs
day. as was anticipated. 1t is thought
he will die from the wounds inflicted
upon himself.
Miss Katie Mansfield was found early
Thursday morning in an unoccupied
room at her home in Newport News,
hanging from the wall by rope. She
was almost lifeless when found. A
quarrel with her lover and i'll health is
given as the reason for attempted sui
eide. She may recover.
Mrs. Sallie Davis Shepherd, aged
| ffty-four years, relict of the late Wal
ton Shepherd, died Thursday at her
residence in Staunton. She was
daughter of Mrs. Isaac Twyman, a
prominent citizen of Madison county,
and was closely related to the late
President James Madison.
Father T. ]. Wilson, who for some
time has been in charge of st. Mary's
Catholic church, Fredericksburg, left
| Yesterday for Norfolk, where he will
assume charge of the Church of the
Sacred Heart of that city. He will be
succeeded by Father Jas. Kenetck,
now assistant pastor of st. Mary's
Church, this city.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company have distributed q large
quantity of rails on their road running
through Anacostia, and it is under
stood that the entire line from Bladens.
burg, Md, to Shepherds, opposite this
city, will soon be relaid with as heavy
steel rails as are used on any part of the
system.
DIR. o. A. Crenshaw, a well-known
physician of Richmond, was in the Pc
| lice Court yesterday charged with
shooting at and wounding Wilbur Mer-
Ger, the little son of DR.. Charles A.
Mercer, who he thought was stealing
apricots from his yard. The boy was
not much hurt and the doctor was sent
on to the grand jury.
The democratic county committee oil
Loudoun will meet in Jeesburg on
Monday, July 9Th, for the purpose Of
arranging for the selection of candl,
date to represent Loudoun in the next
House of Delegates, and also for float
er delegate from the counties OF Lou.
doun and Fauquier, to be voted for al
the general election in November.
A desperate hand hand fight oc.
Cured in the Office of the Swiss laun'
dry in Washington yesterday afternoon
between Charles o. Weston and Thos
Hall Marshall, former partners, each o.
whom now claims the sole right ano
title to the business. Marshall had
several men to lend assistance in the
battle, while Weston fought single
handed and alone.
Mrs. J. B. Smith, of Haymarket
Prince William county, jumped from q
rapidly-moving cable car at Twenty
first street and Pennsylvania avenue,
northwest Washing oh yesterday. Hei
head strnclz the pavement with great
force, but she escaped without any
other injury than severe scalp wound
Mrs. Smith came from Haymarket yes
terday to visit her sister, Mrs. A. M
Tubman, who is quite i'll.
The employees of the Anacostia Bail
way company in Washington went out
on strike yesterday morning because
President Henry a. Griswold refused
to raise their wages to ST. so for twelve
hours work. The stride was inaugu-
rated shortly after o'clock in the
morning by lifting cars across the
tracks at Four-and.a-half street, near
Missouri avenue. For the remainder
of the day the road was completely
tied up.
The case of the Virginia common.
wealth vs. G. W. Irvine, indicted on
several counts as being party to the
robhing Of the Bank of Lexington OF
$4,000 by overdrafts through comm.
vance with his business partner, Chas.
M. Figgatt, the defaulting cashier of
the bank and now fugitive from JUS
tice, came up in the county court at
Lexington, yesterday. Senator j. W.
Daniel, Hon. ]. Randolph Tucker and
Frank T. Glasgow represent the ac-
cused.