Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Ashby Carter, o youth about is years
of age, was drowned on Saturday while
bathing in the Kivanna river, near
Charlottesville.
Mr.. ]. S. Eggborn, of Culpeper, has
the heaviest crop CT wheat ever raise d
in that county. 1t is estimated at AZ
bushels to tbs acre.
The assessment of lands in district
No. Q, Stafford county, for 1890 was
1896, 1876. 80; for 1895, 1881 ,2S4. 96-de-
crease, $64, 911. 43. The decrease in the
county is about sl03 600.
The trial of Ball, who killed Bo.
dine. comes off tomorrow in the Prince
William county court. The case OF
Hensley vs. Reaves will also come up
this week. This case is one of assault
and battery.
At Harrisonburg yesterday the first
spike, silver one, was driven in the
tracks of the Chesapeake and Western
Railway. The grading of the road has
been completed for seven or eight
miles. Notwithstanding the rain q
large crowd was present.
Further testimony was taken for the
defense in the Massey-Pilot libel suit at
Norfolk yesterday. The proceedings
were dull. Clerk McGilvary was
on the stand all the morning and
was rigidly cross-examined, but moth
ing ofinterest to the public was elicit
ed from this testimony.
A train loaded with watermelons from
the South was partially derailed at
Glen Allen, on the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac road on Satur-
day. A number of the melons were
demolished. The congregation of q
negro church nearby feasted themselves
on the fruit that was broken by the &C
cident.
The feet of old single-turreted moni-
tors, which since the close of the wal
have been anchored in the James river
just below Richmond. arrived at Nor
folk yesterday in tow of two tugs
They will be repaired at the navy yard
when they will be taken to League Isl.
and yard, where it is the intention Of
the government to establish q rendez
vous of all its ancient craft.
A meeting of the citizens from
Prince William and Loudoun counties
was held in the courthouse. at Manas
sas, on Saturday evening to agitate the
matter of establishing national bank
there. The national bank of Leesburg
subscribed one half the required cap
ital, and the balance was made up by
gentlemen of Prince William. Mr.
Robert Portner, Mr.. Henry n. Lynn
and Judge G. E. Nicol subscribed
largely.
The clerk of the Falls Church school
board has just completed the census Of
school children between the ages of five
and twenty-one. The returns show an
increase of fifty-fve over the last cen
sus taken five years ago. This increase
will add about $50 to the school fund
from the county and State. The to-
tai number listed is: White males, 116
females, ia. Total, white, 230. Col
ored males, IL; females, 16. Total col
ored, 33. Total white and colored, 263
]. Kenney Detwiler and Miss Alice
Rubbish, of Augusta county, were mar
ried on Baltimore and Ohio train
while it was standing in front of the
Staunton station yesterday. The couple
had marriage license, but III the short
time before the train was due they hac
been unable to find minister. Just as
they boarded the train they saw G
minister. There was but q minute tc
spare, but Rev. ]. D. Donovan, by using
the double ceremony, tied the knot anc
pronounced the benediction, just as the
train was pulling out. 1t was the quick
est marriage on record.
Capt. Thomas A. Blackford. son o
DR.. BENZ. Blackford, of the Western
State Hospital, Staunton, is prominent
" mentioned IS commandant of the
Virginia Military Institute at Licking.
ton, to succeed Lieut.. S. d. Rochenbacb
U. S. A., who has been ordered to joir
his regiment at Fort Leavenwortb
Capt. Blackford is graduate of the
institute and for several years has been
commandant at the Kenyon Military
Academy in Ohio. His many friends
in Virginia would be glad to see his
appointment by the Board of Visitors