Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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county and circuit courts of Gloucester
county, died on Sunday.
DIR. ]. A. Otey, father of Mrs: ].
Hampton Hoge, and one OF the Oldest
citizens of Montgomery county, died at
the home of his son-in-law, R. NJ. Pat
terson, in Philadelphia, recently.
The Black Horse Camp of Confeder-
ate Veterans of Fauquier has made its
arrangements to attend in full force the
Confederate reunion in Richmond on
the 3Oth of June.
Accomac, Nelson and Brunswick
counties yesterday elected silver dele
cations. Returns from Saturdays
primary in Rockbridge, give the silver
delegates two majority.
Major R. A. Mcintyre, principal of
Bethel Military Academy, having
bought the property known as the
Fauquier White Sulphur Springs, will
move the school there before next ses-
sion.
The contract for the erection of the
FIVE buildings to be erected at the Uni
versity of Virginia-the rotunda, AGA
demical building, physical labratory,
and ler.house-has been let to @. h.
Langley & Co., of Richmond, for about
100000.
Mrs. William Malone and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. McGill, registered at the Ar
lington, in Washington, yesterday.
They came up from their home at Pe-
tersburg, aud will remain several days,
visiting friends before going to a resort
to spend the heated term.
At the democratic meeting in Wash
ington yesterday anti.silver resolutions
were adopted though the silver men,
owing to the election having been by
districts, have majority of the dele
gates. Wise elected compromise del
egation and the Page delegates are I'M
instructed.
An election week ago In the
town of Orange, to authorize the board
of trustees to issue bonds to the amount
of 81, 900 for the purpose of paving the
streets of the town was carried,
there being % for and s against issuing
bonds. Under the charter only males
who owned property in their own right
were allowed to vote.
Republicans are trying to make cap
ital out of the fact that the sons OF two
leading Virginia democrats we're in at
tendance upon the republican conven-
ton lately held at Staunton. One was
son of Lieutenant Governor Kent,
who was there as delegate. The other
was Charles T. OFerrall, jr., who, it is
said, was present only as a spectator.
The recently Incorporated Southern
Improvement and Terminal Company
met in Norfolk yesterday and elected
the following officers: Levi Woodbury.
president; c. F. Norment, vice presi-
dent; John Callahan, general manager;
A. T. Britton, general counsel; Odell 5.
Smith, treasurer, and D. j. Callahan,
secretary. The above, together with
Mr.. James E. Clark, of Washington,
D. c., and Mr.. D. ]. Callahan, of Nor
folk, are the directors for the first year.
The incorporators, under this charter,
are all officers of the Norfolk and Wash
ington Steamboat Company, and own
its controlling interest.
A letter from Richmond says the
State convention which meets at Staun
ton one week from next Thursday will
probably declare for Senator Daniel for
Vice President. All the Senator
warm supporters about here are heart
lily in favor of this. He is said to
he willing to have his name put
up for the second place on the
ticket. In the event that the delega.
ton is instructed for Daniel he will
hardly be made delegate to Chicago.
In Rappahannock county, of the
eleven delegates to the State conven-
ton eight are for silver. Of the TWEEN
two delegates chosen for the congress
ional convention, sixteen are for S. S.
Turner, four for Marshall Mccormick,
and two for James Hay. In Pittsyl-
vania county all the districts elected
free-silver delegates to Staunton and
passed strong 16-to-1 resolutions.