Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The large roller fur mill On Smith
river, two miles south of Mariinsyille,
was destroyed by fire early yesterday
morning.
Persons were yesterday granted to
VIM. Watts, Eastville, Northampton,
and to the widow and minors of
George Jordan, Philomont.
The labor organizations of Rich
mond are about to form a political
movement to place in the field o COM
plete labor ticket Cor the Legislature.
The democrats of Westmoreland
county have adopted resolutions in
dorsing Senator Daniels course in Con-
gress and favoring the free coinage of
silver.
Captain Alexander Higgins has ten
dered his resignation as captain of Lee
Rifles, Fourth Virginia Regiment, and
mlde application to be retired from
8 rvice.
The autumn race meeting of the Gull
pepper Racing Association will be held
at the old fair grounds on September 8
and 4. Six races are scheduled for
each day.
Capt. Geo. Desreaux. an aged and
highly esteemed resident of Stafford,
died at his home in that county, Mon
day night, after a brief illness. Capt.
Desreaux was a native of the Island Of
Jersey, but had been a residence of this
State since 1870.
The counsel for Mary Abernethy and
Pokey Barnes, the negro women con-
victed of the murder of Mrs. Pollard in
Lunenburg, will to day begin taking af-
fidavits in their case. Strenuous Of
forts are to be made to ecure q new
trial for the accused.
After some little delay the entire
right OF way for the proposed water
works has been secured for Culpeper.
The city engineer has made his official
report, and bids are now solicited for
the same, to close September Is, when
work will be Immediately begun.
Rev. James W. Morris, formerly of
Richmond, and now a missionary Of
the Episcopal church in Porto Allegro,
Brazil, has just retired to this country
on his regular leave. With his family
he is expected to join his mother at
Montpelier, Hanover county, for
awhile.
The genealogy of the Alexanders,
recently published in the New York
Herald, has brought out the fact that
the late Capt. Robert 81. Alexander, of
Fredericksburg, who was a direct de-
scendapt of Robert Alexander, of
Scotland, was by descent entitled to
the estates and title of Earl of Stirling.
a lot very desirably located, being
near the center of the town of Manassas,
has been purchased by the commission.
ers of the proposed national bank, and
bids for the erection of the building,
which is to be of the handsome Manas-
sas brown stone and brick, are being
solicited. The erection will be COM
menced at an early day and rapidly
pushed forward to completion.
The 18th annual fair and races of the
Loudoun County Live Stock Associa-
ton began at Leesburg Yesterday,
uuuer laNOTdUlo auspices. 1Ho ulopiay
of horses is by far superior and larger
than in former shows. On the whole,
the exhibition in all departments is
ahead of last year. Good racing events
are scheduled for each day during the
fair which will close tomorrow.
The taking of the account of Colonel
John G.. Watts against General Will
liam Malone was commenced before
Commissioners w. P. McRae in Peters
burg yesterday. Colonel Watts o n
sumed the greater part of the sitting in
describing, with details, the purchase
of various mineral lands in southwest
Virginia on account of himself and
General Malone and others. 1t was
thought some time back that this case
was settled on o basis of a satisfactory
note to be given by General Mahone
for Sc, 900, but the note was not deem
ed satisfactory, it is said, and hence
the proceedings before Commissioner
McRae.