Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.


Henry 3. Brown, of the firm of Bill
ker & Brown, died at his residence 10
Stanton yesterda ny.
Rev. ]. S. Allison, of Portsmouth,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, it is
said, will accept the call from West.
minister Church, Baltimore.
William e. Boisseau, commissioner
OF revenue and one of the most pro m
inent citizens of Danville. died of pp eu-
monia yesterday, aged Sc years.
Charles Mcbride, to have been hung
on the 10Th for the murder of A. b.
Crawford on the night of January I'd, in
Henry county, has been granted new
trial
Local option elections were held in
the Gate City and Fulkerson districts of
Scott county Saturday, and resulted in
majority for the drys of 13S in the
Gate City and 60 il the Fulkerson dis
trict. This makes the entire county
dry.
Rev. w. e. Hart, of the Stockton
Street Baptist Church, Manchester,
divorce. He took the ground that the
church should not recognize any of
the separations unless they are granted
for the scriptural cause,
Carlos A. Twitchell, who shot the
negro youth, Paul Davis, for running
his daughter, was Yesterday allowed
bail by the Police Court of Richmond.
The amount was pl'lced at 81 600. The
shooting occurred in the Henrico coun-
ty courthouse yard. The negro Davis,
it is now thought t, will recover.
Willis Shitllett was killed by bis
nephew, SOD ofthe late James Knight
yesterday at Smith Morris's stillhouse
near Hucksf cps grocery, in Green
county. Tf 10 fatal blow was given with
stone. watch broke Shiillett's head
after whic j, it is said, the victim wa.
rolled int a fire and terribly burned.
Mrs. n. E White died at the resi-
dence 81 her sister, Mrs. Nelson Head,
in Lee sburg, on Saturday, of pneu
mon'ts., aged sxty-three years. Mrs.
Whit Q was daughter of the late JOSEPH
NJ ca d, of that county, and widow
Major Stephen B. White, of Montgome
ry county, Md. Three children survive
her.
The announcement in Richmond last
night of the marriage yesterday in
Washington of Mr.. Robert Newell
Gron,ar and Miss Mary Carter Pace wa:
! great surprise TO the friends of thu
Your G couple. The bride is a daughter
of Mr.. James B. Pace. The groom is &
son of Gen. V. d. Groner, of Norfolk, 9
| vel l-known republican politician anc
business man of that section. The
young man was until recently student
I, at the University of Virginia.
The Ginter social function, (which take;
PLACE at the Jefferson Hotel in Rich
Inond on the night of the 18th, is to b'
! cotillon and not ball. This explain
| alton is made by the Major himself
| The dance will be given in honor o
Mrs. Oldfeld, OF New York. niece o
| Major Ginter. This gentleman furthe
| explains that the affair is in no sort o
way intended to be modelled after no
made to compare with the Bradley
Martin function in New York.
The representatives of all the princi
pal telephone lines in Virginia ant
North Carolina are in session in Rich
mond, looking to an organization to Sc
cure interchange of long-distanoe ser
vice. This virtually is in opposition tt
the American Long-Dstance Tele
phone Company, which is now seeking
franchises in several Virginia cities
1t is alleged to be the child of the Bel
Company. Contracts were let yester
day by the companies in session TO
lines connecting Norfolk, Petersburg
Richmond and Lynchburg.