The Afro-American., 1896-02-15
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was indicted and tried in the County Com
! Of Alexandria, Judge Chichester. and bein
found guilty was sentenced to be hing q
Friday the 9Th day Of December: A motto
lot new trial was made and oTeffdled. Th
Indictment was brought In BY the grand idr
! IN he the morning. By noon Hawkins was place,
at the bar and pleaded not guilty. specia
commonwealth Attorney Leonard Marbur7
conducted the prosecution, and NJ. M: Davis
young lawyer, appeared for the defence
Ihe criLle was proven and conviction and
sentence followed before o'clock in The
Hfternnegh
Il fire. evidently Of an incendiard origin
was discovered about O'Clock in the morn
ing in the office Of DR., W. V. Cox. at New
Martfnsville and in an hour nearly $1,000
worth of property had been destroyed. The
office had been closed and the room in which
the fire started had no fireplace nor light
The fire destroyed tss building occupied by
DIR: Cox, owned ~ Miss Mary Burrows, d
two-story brick building. owned and occrz
| pied by Reich Bros. general stores tie large
| frame residence Of Montgomery Burrows, the
Economy Building, owned by Mrs Gockayne
Of Modndsvtlle, and the ONCE and residences
Of Mayor Snodgrass. The mayors office
contained all the U N records, which were
destroyed
large number of farmers and horse
owners from all over the county of Prince
William met at the town hall in Manassas
and organized what will be Known as "Thd
Prince William Horsemen's Association;''
for the purpose Of holding an annual horse
show at Manassas where awards of merit and
suitable premiums will be given to horses:
mules; ponies. &c, which shall be considered
by competent judges to be the best of their
particular class. The object of the show will
be to improve the stock and grade of horses
In the county and furnish place where the
best stock of the country can be seen and
where exchange and barter can be carried on
by those desirous Of buying and selling. A
president. Mr., W. A. buckley, and secretary,
Mr. L: A. Iarkin, il, Mers elected. and
Judges appointed as follows: ": W. Kim
cheloe; Brentsyille, and Capt. JAS: +: Herrel
and John I. Goodwin; OF Manassas. 4 com
hittee of arrangoments was named: consist
e. G. Meredith, and committee to solicit |
members, Lee McRae, Buekland; Henry |
Reid, Brentville; D. J. Arlington BuckhaIl; |
W. A. Buckley, Gainesville, and Thomas H.
Lion Manassas.
One hundred and fifty cords of wood be- |
longing to parties residing In the neighhor-
hood of Puddle Dock. Prince George county,
have been destroyed by woodland fires. In
consequence Of the almost unprecedented
drought the streams are all drying Up and
the Appomottox river is lower than it has
been since 1881.
The barns and stables of Fletcher Hitch
cock, in Dinwiddie county, twelve miles from
Petersburg were destroyed by fire with
large quantity of provender and peanuts. Mr..
Hitchcock also lost two threshing machines
and carriage and buggy, The loss is quito
heavy.
J. H. Lipscomb and W. A. Carter had
difficulty In the machine shops of Bass,
Brown Lee, Danvile where both were EN-
ployed. In the melee Carter shot Ltpscomb
-hree times with pistol the balls taking
effect in the abdomen. Lipseombe is dan
will die Carter has been arrested. Lips
'ombe is about hfty-fye years old and Carter
about twenty-three
Lafe Adkins and Virgil Staley. brothers-in-
aW, are two Well-known young men, who
we near Centreyille, Wayne county. Adkins
larried Staley's sister last March and all
ave been living in the same house since,
hey have been at outs foralOng time and Ad. :
ms was at the barn hitehing up for a drive. '
hen Staley Wentout and fired two bullets /
trough his body. Adkins died at noon. {
alley has left the city. 7
Mr.. J. K. Harrison, a brakeman on I
eight train of the Norfolk and Western t
abroad, was killed near Rural Retreat.
ne of his regular duties was to open I
witch. When it was discovered that the ]
7ltch was not in proper position another &
ember of his crew was sent to see what 6
as the matter. On his way he discovered c
e lifeless body of the unfortunate man I
ing on the track, the wheels of the car j
wing cut him in twain from the shoulder v
the opposite hip. The cause of the acci- tt
MT is not known e
A bad poisoning affair occurred at Adel-
ia Hotel, in Huntington, and as a result IL
? hostelry, which is among the best in the r.
y, resembled a hospital 1t is supposed o. o.
be from food eaten at supper. Those in &
ritical condition are: Homer Smith. of m
int Pleasant, proprietor of Phoenix Hotel; IL!
T. W. Bowers, of Wheeling, travelling for cl
ccus Bros, of that city; G. Baker, com. L
reial man Of New York Many others h(
re very sick during the night, but we're tJ ~
e to be up in the morning There are in
le hopes Of Smith recovery. X
'nly rs per cent. of the orders for coal re- PPfe
red by the operators in the Paramount re- -
n could be filled last week because of lack d;
ars to take it away. For some months az
mining has been at a standstill, but the hi
water in the Ohio has caused heavy de- gr
Id from Cincinnati and other towns along tn
river, and the operators are discouraged hH
ause the rolling stock of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad is powerless to accommo-
the traffic
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