Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. George Gould embarked on his
yacht at Norfolk yesterday for shoot
ing trip on Carolina grounds.
A carload of corn contributed by
farmers of Norfolk county was sent 10
the Nebraska sufferers on Saturday.
The wife of Mr.. Page Finney, near
Hicks's Store, Spottsylvania county,
gave birth to triplets one day last week.
Eight new cases of smallpox are now
reported among the Indians at the set
Element on the Pamunkey. The In
dians are very destitute.
Ex-Governor William E. Cameron is
now in Tallahassee, Fla, where he has
been spending some weeks with his Sis
ter. He will return to Virginia the lat
ter part of this month, when it is ex-
pected he will permanently locate.
At Fredericksburg on Saturday
Judge Wallace granted an injunction 10
restain the sale of the CELEBRATED Bridge
water Mills, which were to have been
sold Saturday under mortgage for
$4,000. Philip Carpenter, Of New
York, is plaintiff in the injunction suit.
1t was said in Washington Saturday
that the work Of erecting monument
to mark the birthplace of Washington
at Wakefield, seventy miles down the
Potomac, will be begun by Messrs.
Crawford and Company, the contrac
tors, whose design was accepted by the
State Department. as soon as the river
opens sufficiently to allow supplies to
be carried to the site.
Willie Hunt, young man about
twenty-five years of age, was arrested
by the Stafford authorities on Saturday
for the murder of Peter Schooler. who
was killed on December II. Hunts
examination was postponed, on motion
of the Commonwealth, till the 14th,
and he was committed to Jail, being
unable to give bail. The evidence
against him is strong but entirely cir
cumstantial He was sent to Freder-
icksburg for safe keeping.
1t is said that the republicans are do
ing but little toward organizing for the
State campaign of next year. One of
the most prominent members of the
party in Virginia and gentleman who
for years has been on General Ma.
homes executive committee, is the au
thority for the statement that the latter
is willing for his party to forego all
legislative nominations next year.
They consider that it is more impor-
tant to secure q Legislature which
would repeal the present election laws
than for the republicans to attempt to
run candidates of their own.
1t is not generally known thatia gen.
tlcman who was once president of the
Court of Appeals was an unsuccessful
candidate for crier of the court and il
brarian. He is Judge Joseph Christian,
who served on the bench of this tri-
bunal from about 1871 to 1883, and af-
ter the death of Judge Moncure was
president of the body. Judge Christian
was prominent in Virginia politics be-
fore the war and was in his young days
great stump speaker. He has been
rapidly declining during recent years.
Along with several other good men he
was defeated by Mr.. Chas w. Turner,
of Manchester.
An unknown man fell from the bridge
or off train going north, at Aqua
draw Friday night. He was rescued
by MIR. w. 3. Stewart and Mr.. James
Woodward, the bridgekeeper, assisted
by Conductor Wright and his train
crew of the south bound freight. After
persistent efforts to save him, which
proved of no avail, he died. A coroper's
jury was impanelled and found he
came 10 his death by falling from the
bridge. A letter was found on his
person, addressed to Darius 3. Perry,
Newport News. His body was buried
at the north end of Aqua creek bridge.
He was evidently a sailor beating his
way north.