Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Roanoke democratic club has
passed resolutions asking Gov. O'Fer-
rel to resign.
Bishop Penick, low of Baltimore,
has accepted the call to ST. Marks
Episcopal church, Richmond.
Sd. Liliepfeld, well known He
brew citizen OF Charlottesville, died
yesterday.
The cornerstone OF the new court
house at Lexington was laid yesterday
with Masonic ceremonies.
Mrs. Mary Dabney, wife OF Walter
D. Dabney, professor Of law in the Uni
ver:ity of Virginia, died yesterday after
short illness.
The limekilns at Shenandoah and
Toms Brook, in Shenandoah county.
we're destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night.
1t is understood that Gov. O'Ferrall
will be influential with President Cleye-
land in securing the appointment OF
District Attorney Lassiters successor.
The storm did not do much damage
in upper King George. but from the
Court House down it was very disas-
trous, though no one sustained seri-
Gus damage.
Mrs. Ann C. Wool, wife OF An
drew Woolf, esq, died Of paralysis
at her home near Rectortown on Wed
nesday night Of last week, in the 18th
year Of her age.
Capt. John S. Wise will canvass the
Second district in the interest OF his
brother, DR.. Richard a. Wise, who il
the republican nominee for Congress in
that district.
In all sections of the Shenandoah
Valley, adjacent to Lexington the re-
cent storm swept the country generally
and left in its track waste that has
seldom, if ever, been seen in that To-
cality.
Half Of the magnificent bridge of the
Norfolk and Western road that span
ned the north branch Of the Shenandoah
river at Riverton is lying on the bottom
of the river as a result Of the recent
storm.
The marriage of Mr. John Y. Button,
of Baltimore, to Miss Maud Duncan,
daughter of Capt. r. r. Duncan, was
solemnized Thursday afternoon at FL
lerslie. the handsome home of the bride,
in Culpeper.
The following changes in the fourth
class post-offices Of Virginia were made
yesterday; Bank, Essex county, G. W.
Samuel, appointed postmaster, vice J.
B. Bradley, resigned; Bobtown, Acco-
mac county, G. S. Mapp, vice A. c.
Campbell, resigned: Dry Fork Depot,
Pittsylvania county, K. Carter, vice ).
C. Anderson, resigned.
Mrs. Rosalie J. Anderson, of Rich
mond. has been awarded a verdict III
Chicago for S17,50O damages against
the North Chicago Street Railway Com
nany in circuit court. In the Worlds
Fair year Mrs. Anderson was injured
while attempting to board a car. She
sued the company for $4,000.
The rain of Wednesday caused the
most destructive food Shenandoah |
county has seen in 20 years. About 6 |
o'clock Thursday morning the river
was higher by three inches than in the
recollection of the Oldest people living
along its banks. Farms lying along the
river have been damaged to an amount
almost beyond conception. Many
bridges we're washed away.
An unlooked-for rise in the Potomac
river, bordering on Loudoun county. |
on Thursday and the day before, has
caused immense loss of property On the
island and river bottoms. Almost ev'
ery island from Point of Rocks to Sen
eca is under water, with fencing gone,
aud nearly total loss Of the unusually
large corn crops. Only one casualty
from the storm is reported. Frank
Wilson, colosed. who attempted to ride
across Goose creek, nea. Melbourne
Mills, was washed down stream, and |
both he and his horse were drowned.