Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Miss Virginia Jones, aged 20 years,
daughter of Mr.. Richard Jones, OF
Charlottesville, died in boarding house
in Lynchburg on Saturday.
The Prince William democrats will
hold mass meeting on Monday, June
1st at Manassas, to elect delegates to
the State and Congressional conven-
tions.
A fire at Danville yesterday evening
destroyed the big dry goods store OF
]. Goldsmith, of Baltimore, and other
property, entailing a loss estimated
at $4,000.
Mr.. J. r. Payne, of Fair Oaks, and
Miss Sudie Coons were married on the
Goth inst, at the residence of the
BRIDES father, Mr.. J. e. Coons, at
Springfield, Culpeper county.
General John Echols, receiver and
general manager of the Chesapeake.
Ohio, and southwestern Railroad, died
at Staunton last nights at the residence OF
his son, State Senator Echols.
Colonel John Lewis Peyton, who was
sent to England during the war to pur-
chase arms for the Confederate army,
died at his home, at Staunton, Satur-
day. He leaves wife, one sou and q
large estate.
The trial of Harry Chapman, for the
killing of Henry Pendleton, at Rixey-
vile last August, was ended in the
County Court of Culpeper on Saturday,
with prompt verdict by the jury for
capital punishment.
J. K. Taggart, general manager of the
Virginia Coal and Iron Company, was
killed in one of the company's mines
near Big Stone Gap, Saturday, by the
premature explosion of a blast. Twelve
others were injured.
Mary Mcpherson, young married
woman of Portsmouth, died on the Sea-
board Air Line train on Saturday while
en- route to Suffolk. Death resulted
from excitement incident to railroad
travel, to which she was not accus-
toned.
Memorial Day was celebrated at
Warrenton on Saturday. The exercises
were opened with prayer by Rev. DR..
Garner, and poem was then read by
Mr.. Eppa Hunton. 1t was written by
Miss Fannie Mari, whose brother was
the first soldier who died in the cause
of the Conf ,de racy. Colonel R. A. Nc
Intyre delivered and address.
Mr.. William Ryan, of Richmond, col
lector of internal revenue for the east
ern district of Virginia, will accompany
General Fitz Lee to Havana, and will
remain in Cuba for few weeks. Mr..
Ryan is the grand representative of the
Grand Lodge Of Cuba, "near the Grand
Lodge of Virginia." and Masonic digni-
taries in Havana have extended
pressing invitation to pay them visit.
He expects to attend the June meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Cuba.
Shenandoah county on Saturday
elected solid sound money delegation
to the State convention and passed res
olutions endorsing the administration.
Harrisonburg, in Rockingham county,
also elected gold delegates. The county
districts elected o majority ofsilver del
egates. Lexington, in Rockbridge
county, elected q majority of gold del.
egates, and Natural Bridge district
sends sound money delegation. Two
of the districts in the county held local
option elections and the vets carried
both by good majorities. Fauquier.
county elected delegates to the Staun-
ton convention, majority of whom
are in favor G. unlimited coinage OF sill
yer. a hard fight was made In some
of tins district meetings and the silver
men won by small majority. The
delegates to the congressional conven-
ton will not be elected until July. The
democrats of Amelia county adopted
resolutions endorsing free silver on a
basis of 16 to and the action Of Hon.
John w. Daniel in the United States
Senate.