Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

I Colonel John Lewis Peyton, OF Staun-
ton, suffered stroke of paralysis yes
terday.
The Norfolk truckers have COM
menced shipping Strawberries and there
will be a rush this week.
In the Office of Internal Revenue in
Washington, Preston Boisseau, OF vlr-
GINA. has been promoted from s640 to
a S72O position.
Mr.. David Sterne, an aged and we'll
known citizen, of Petersburg, died at
his home Friday night of apoplexy. lie
was native of Germany.
Mrs. Brown, wife of Deputy Clerk
w. w. Brown, of King George county,
died recently. She was daughter oil
Captain John F. Dickinson.
George White, of Fauquier county,
cut down bee tree several days ago
from which he took barrel of honey
and four young coons.
MIR. George E. Grymes, old of the
oldest and most widely known citizens
of King George county, is critically
ill, and his recovery is considered doubt
full.
Colonel Williams F. Wickham will be
married on next Wednesday to Miss
Annie Old, daughter of Major Charles
Old, of Powhatan county, at Grace
Church, that county. No cards.
| About 100 men attended meeting at
Roanoke Saturday night, at which a
silver club was organized, with the
avowed purpose of capturing the twen-
ty-seven delegates to the State conven-
ton from that city.
Senator Henry Fairfax shipped from
Leesburg Saturday handsome pair OF
half-bred hackneys by Matchless OF
Londesboro' to Mr.. A. j. Drexel, jr.,
of Philadelphia, which he had recently
sold him for 5000.
The general officers of the Old Do
minion Steamship Company have been
inspecting the wreck of the steamship
Wyanoke, at Newport News, and have
decided that she can be raised. The
work will probably be done by the Mer-
rift Wrecking Company.
Lightning struck the @. & o. passen-
ger train from the west while standing
at boswell station, about 2:3O o'clock
Saturday evening. The engineer was
stunned SO that he had to be taken into
the train and revived. He was not
seriously hurt. None of the passengers
were hunt, and the train was not de-
layed.
John Daleach, notorious colored
robber, was fatally wounded in Nanse.
mond county by Thomas Arts, 10 years
old, who caught the thief in BURGLAR
| GUS act Citizens near the scene of the
shooting have presented Arts with a
suit of clothes and new silk hat as
tokens Of their gratitude. He has not
| been arrested.
Just before adjournment ofthe House
of Representatives on Saturday even
| ing upon the unanimous report of cleo
tions committee, No. 8, R. T. Thorpe,
| republican, was declared to be entitled
to the seat in the House from the
Fourth Virginia district occupied by
W. r. Mckinney, democrat, and he was
sworn in by the Speaker.
Some twenty-five or thirty prominent
club men of New York, Baltimore,
Washington and Richmond gave Mr..
John Chamberlin q dinner at his new
hotel at Old Point Comfort Saturday
night, which was very elegant affair.
The service was presented by Colonel
Frank, commandant at Fortress Mon
roe, and Capt. Davis, of the army, and
Capt. Schley, commanding the flagship
New York.
The only two banks in Bedford City
recently closed their doors, and rumors
of public scandal have been rife. 1t
was discovered that though the town
was borrowing money to meet current
| expenses that there was over s., 600 on
deposit to its credit in the Liberty Say
ings Bank, the chairman of the town
| finance committee being director in
this bank. The court directed that an
expert accountant examine the books
of the bank. Saturday the officers re-
fused to submit the books to examina-
ton, and the judge summoned the
grand jury to meet next Tuesday to
consider the case. A bad state of affairs
is expected,