Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The old Exchange and Ballard
houses in Richmond closed yesterday.
These hostelries have been conducted
for more than half a century.
Walter Smallwood, freight brake
man On the Norfolk and Western Rail
road, was accidentally killed on Satur-
day seven miles south of Front Royal.
Rev. ]. J. Lloyd, D. D., pastor of
Grace Memorial Church, Episcopal. in
Lvnchburg, has declined the call which
WIS recently rendered him by st.
James's Church, Richmond.
Mr.. James N. Boyd was yesterday
elected president of the Planters Ma
tional Bank of Richmond. Mr.. Boyd
takes the place OF Mr.. ]. ]. Montague,
who succeeded Mr.. James B. Pace.
Mrs. Susanna Fullerton, widow of
the late George Fullerton, died yester-
day in Richmond, at the residence OF
Of her grandson, Mr.. George X. Boyd,
aged eighty.nine years. Mrs. Fuller.
ton was born in Ireland.
Mr.. John P. Pettyjohn, well-known
builder and contractor, of Richmond,
has secured the contract for building
the repair shops of the Southern Rail
road, at Salisbury, n. c. Mr.. Petty
John secured the contract at $50, 900.
The Virginia State Board of Phar-
macy met yesterday morning in the
Capitol building, in Richmond, to make
the necessary preparatory arrangements
for the examination of registered phar-
macists and assistant pharmacists which
began to-day.
In the U. S. Court in Richmond yes
terday w. J. Mcdonald was found
guilty of embezzling the money-order
fund of the postoffice at Union Mills,
Fluvanna county, of which he was as
sistant postmaster. A motion for q
new trial has been made, and pending
the argument the prisoner was admit
ted to bail.
Rev. DR.. Moses D. Hoge, pastor Of
the Second Presbyterian Church, Rich
mond, will visit Glasgow, Scotland,
early in June. The doctor will go
there to attend the Presbyterian Coun-
Gil which assemblies in that city. He
will be one of the leading speakers on
that occasion. DR.. Hoge will remain
abroad several months visiting on the
continent.
George W. Jones, who was convicted
at the last term of the Hastings Court,
in Richmond, for forgery, and sentenc-
ed to six years, is bigamist. 1t has
been discovered that he married in Au
gusta county and Prince Edward couu.
ty before his marriage to young girl
of Richmond. Each time he married
u lder his own name, but was not de-
tected.
The second trial of the first of the
noted Lunenburg cases, that of Solo
mon Marable, colored, was commenced
in the Prince Edward County Court
yesterday. Marable and two negro wo.
men are charged with the murder of
Mrs. Lucy Jane Pollard, in Lunenburg
county, June II. 1895, and all have
previously been tried, convicted and
sentenced to be hanged.
Ia the United States Court, Norfolk,
yesterday, Gsleb Goodman, master of
the tug Katie, which vas sunk in
Hampton Roads by the steamer New
port News, filed suit in admiralty for
the loss of the tug. He claims $4,000
damages, and the Newport News was
libslled 8hen che arrived in that port
this morning: The owners of the
steamer will no doubt furnish bond snd
the vessel be released.
Rey. ]. W. Daugherty, pastor of Full
ton Baptist Church, Richmond, was yes
terday stricken from. tho Baptist Min
ister's Association and the right hand of
fellowship of the denomination with
drawn from him. Mr.. Daugherty re-
Gently became imb4ed with the faith
cure and other ideas contrary to Bap.
fist faith, and broke away from his
former church and established the
Apostolic Church, assisted by soma of
the members of his old CONGREGATION.