Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.

ALI of Capt. John S. Wise's engage
ments for spesking in Virginia have
been cancelled, as he will be in engaged
in the canvass in other States.
Rev. John A. Preston, D. D., died at
Lexington last night of typhoid fever.
He was pastor of a Presbyterian church
in Charlotte, n. c., and was distin-
guished preacher.
The large barn on the farm of Mr..
John E. Koontz. about six miles south
of Luray, was destroyed by fire on Sun
day morning between and 3 o'clock,
loss about $500.
Mr.. Alexander Potts, of King George
county, has been selected as chairman
of the democratic committee of that
county to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of DR.. V. o. Caruthers.
The old ]. NJ. Forbes farm, midway
between Warrenton and Fauquier
Springs, owned by B. F. Cockrill, has
been sold to Mr.. f. r. w. Barker for
$1,000 cash. Mr.. Barker is young
Englishman.
Mrs. Virginia f. Caruthers, wife of
Mr.. Thomas Caruthers, died at the
residence of her brother-in-law, MIR. h.
L. Bennett, at Clark's Gap, on Satur-
day, in the 55th year of her age. She
lived in Cumberland county and WAS
on visit to Loudoun.
A large and valuable COW barn, 100
by 80 feet. on the dairy farm of Mr.. r..
S. Vandevanter, on the Potomac river,
in the eastern part of Loudoun county,
was consumed by fire about 2 o'clock
last Sunday afternoon. There were six
ty to seventy tons of hay in the build
ing. The barn was insured in the Lou
doun Mutual Company.
At the Washington annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, held at Shiloh, Charles county,
Md, recently, a resolution was adopted
expressing profound gratitude for the
efforts put forth by Governor Lowndes,
of Maryland, Governor O'Ferrall, OF
Virginia, and other officials against
mob violence, and asserting that the
right of trial by jury should be accord
ed to every citizen, white or black.
Yesterday being court day at Lees
burg, the Court House was filled in the
evening with an attentive and enthusi'
sstic audience, which listened for three
and half hours TO political addresses
by Hon. John F. Rixey, candidate for
Congress in this district; A. A. Lips
comb, elector on the democratic ma
tional ticket; Judge ]. B. McCabe, and
on the part of the republicans by Cap
tain ]. Henry Rives, of Albemarle
county.
J. E. WINNER, who killed young
Thalheimer by cutting him with his
pocket.knife in Richmond few nights
since, to avenge, as he declared, the
ruin of his daughter, was bailed in the
Hastings Court yesterday, giving bond
for 50, 900. The case creates intense in
terest, and the WINNER family, who
are poor, have been looked after by
sympathetic friends. The family of
the dead young man have employed
counsel to prosecute WINNER.
A letter from Richmond says ::
"The democratic leaders claim that Mr..
Bryan will receive the biggest majority
given any presidential candidate since
the war. The free silver sentiment in
all of the rural districts is perfectly sat-
isfactory to Chairman Ellyson and the
members of the executive committee.
The detection ofgold democrats, they
undertake to prove, will be more than
overbalanced by gains of republicans
and the return of democratic populists
to the party this year. The leaders Of
the latter side, the democrats believe,
will not be able to keep their followers
from supporting the regular Bryan
electoral ticket and the platform which
their influential men assert is largely
modelled after their own declaration OF
principles"