Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

IQ6 6leCCrlC SCr6et CATS fdu lol 1uo
first time in Stanton yesterday. Inc
system proved successful.
There seems to be no doubt that the
unit rule will be adopted by the men,
bers of the State democratic convention
at Staunton.
Little Mamie Bowler, daughter of
Mr.. William Bowler, at Iceland, Stat
ford county, while playing with pts.
toll Sunday, accidently shot herself
through the hand, inficting painful
wound.
1t is thought that Capt. W. b. Fowle,
whose nomination as collector of reye'
nue. for the western district of Virginia
was rejected by the Senate, will be con-
tinued in charge of the Office as first
deputy.
At the district meetings held in
Clarke county on Saturday to select
delegates to the State convention the
free silver forces were in the majority,
sending solid delegation in favor OF
that issue to Staunton.
Friday was Confederate Memorial
Day at the Old Chapel, in Clarke coun-
ty, and large crowd turned out to do
honor to the memory OF the Confeder-
ate dead. An address was delivered
by Major S. J. G. Moore.
Senator Stubbs, who is president OF
the board of the D. D. & B institution,
will hold meeting of his board in
Staunton on Friday, when applications
for superintendent and other officers
will be opened and considered.
Charles Stephenson. colored well
digger, was overcome by gas and died
10 the bottom of well on R. B. Chat
fms property, near Richmond, yester-
day. He was engaged in making a
we'll deeper, and had to blast granite.
Capt. Warner Ludlow Briscoe COM
mitted suicide in Kansas City, Mo-,
Saturday last. He left a letter saying ::
'This is my own act. kill myself be-
cause I can't get work to support my
selfand wife" He was Virginisn.
1t is said in Richmond that the delay
in Consul General Lees departure for
Cuba was caused by negotiations for
permission for him to visit the insur-.
gent camps in order that he might make
clear report of the situation to his gov.
| eminent.
The engagement of Miss Bessie Scott,
daughter of Major John Scott, OF Up
| perville, and Mr.. Charles Fsyette Ball,
| formerly of Warrenton, now working
with the Armour Company, of Chicago,
is announced. The wedding will take
place June 24th at Upperville.
Gen. VIM. B. Taliaferro, of Glouces.
ter, has been appointed grand Masonic
marshal and Mr.. j. Thompson Brown,
of Richmond, assistant to the grand
marshal and chairman ofthe committee
on arrangements for the Masonic part
| in the Confederate reunion at Richmond.
Major Mercer Waller died on Satur-
day at his residence at Williamsburg.
Deceased was about sixty-four years OF
age. He was never married, and lived
life of companionship with books, and
in the social amenities which charac-
terized the gentry of the old school in
Tidewater Virginia.
Felix A. Carey, well-to.do farmer,
living about three miles south OF Ash
land, committed suicide Monday by
jumping into we'll on his farm. He
was missed and search discovered his
body yesterday. He was believed to
be mentally upset, and remarked that
he did not expect to work any more.
Mrs. Emily Arnold Whitehead, wife
of e1-Mayor John B. Whitehead. Of
Norfolk, died yesterday from a stroke
of paralysis, aged 60 years. A short
while before her death her daughter,
Miss Emily Arnold Whitehead, was
married to Rev. Edward Watts Gam
BILE, the ceremony being performed at
the death bed by Rev. A. S. Lloyd.