Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-10
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Edward Jordan and n. B. Moore.
prominent citizens of Norfolk, are dead
By order of Governor O'Ferrall the
flags on the Capitol at Rich mond were
placed at half mast yesterday on &C.
count Of the death of ex-Gov. Kemper.
Mrs. Lucretia Slaughter, widow Of
the late Franklin Slaughter, died at
the home of her son-in-law, MIR. @. h.
Tackett, in Fredericksburg yesterday
Chas. Broadway Rouss. of New York,
has presented the Union Fire Company,
of Winchester, with $1,000 to be used
in building a new hall and engine
house.
The habeas corpus case of U. Grant
Corkran, who is in jail charged with
being implicated in the murder of Sallie
Dean, in Caroline county, Md, has
been postponed till next Tuesday.
The wife of J. Ferd Williams and a
young man by the name of Veamyer
are under arrest at Heathesville, Nor
cumberland county, for the murder
of ]. Ferd Williams, who was thought
to have committed suicide in that
county about five weeks ago.
A short time after the launching Of
the steamer Newport News at Newport
News yesterday, Timothy Desmond,
aged fifty, carpenter, employed at the
ship yard, fell dead while sitting talk
ing to comrade. His death was due
to the excitement incidental to the
launch.
Patents were issued yesterday to the
following from Virginia John E. Cor
sa, assignor of one-fourth to F. M. Fill,
Alexandria, car coupling. Hugo Fisch-
er and A. Rickenbacher, Lynohburg,
machine for concaving razors. Henry
Hawley, assignor of one-fourth to w.
P. Hill, Culpeper, knockdown box.
General Lawler, grand commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and his staff will arrive in Richmond
to-day and will be banqueted tonight.
Thursday the department encampment
will be held there. The old city hall,
which is owned by the Grand Army of
the Republic, was decorated yesterday
in honor of the event.
The State board of dental examiners
met in Richmond yesterday morning
for the usual examination. Present ::
DR.. ]. Hall Moore, Richmond; DR.. g..
r. Heirst, Winchester; DIR. D. n. Rust,
Alexandria; DIR. E. P. Beadles, Dan
vile; DR.. ]. V. Haller, Wytheville.
There is a class of sixteen applicants
before the board, among whom is a
lady from Pennsylvania.
The University of. Virginia Alumni
Association, of Washington, has issued
invitations to the annual dinner to be
given there April Is, in honor of Thos.
Jefferson, the founder of the university.
Among the invited guests are the Presi-
dent and the Cabinet, the board of
visitors and faculty of the University,
the Governor of Virginia, and some Of
the distinguished alumni holding chairs
in neigboring colleges.
Col. Asher W. Hartman, who COM
manded the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry
during the late war, died in Richmond
yesterday after an illness of about two
weeks, from typhoid fever. The de-
ceased was one of the FIVE brothers who
were pioneers in the conduct of the
stage business in the valley, Southwest
Virginia and West Virginia years prior
TO the war. After the close of hostili-
ties he and his brothers were largely
engaged in railroad construction in this
and other States. His remains were
carried to Staunton last night, where
the funeral and interment will take
place to-day. The deceased was life
long democrat,