Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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and furniture house, with the entire
stock OF goods, were burned at Penola,
Caroline county, Wednesday night.
The Richmond Common Council last
night after an animated four hours
session, defeated the bill to SO amend
the charter as to have board OF
fipance.
Rev. Henry Grady Ferguson, of
Greenville, S. c., and Miss Ella Wer-
tenbaker, daughter of Col. @. G. Wer-
tsnbaker, were married in Charlottes-
vile yesterday.
William P. Moran, for nearly fifty
three years a clerk in the Navy De-
partment, died in Washington yester-
day, aged eighty-seven years. lie was
born in Norfolk.
Thomas Paine, of Richmond, was ar
rested yesterday at Belle Valley, near
Goshen, on the charge of seduction OF
"a young girl in Richmond. Paine was
taken to Richmond.
Prof. Moses Stein, the musical dire6-
tor of the Academy of Music in Rich
mond, was married there yesterday atl
ternoon to Miss Rosie Cooper. The
bride is au artist of reputation.
1t is understood that the Richmond
grand jury may investigate the matter
of how the Stubbs- Womack checks be-
came public property during the re-
cent investigation in Richmond.
Hon. Charles Sonnenberg, diamond
king and magnate of South Africa, and
the representative in Parliament of
four districts in Cape Colony. is at the
| Jefferson, in Richmond, with his wife.
The last assessment of property in
the State of Virginia shows the total
taxable value of the personal property
to be 500 .0S6, 42S. Of this the whites
own 500, 974, 022 and the colored So,
liz, 401.
The United States Express Company
having refused to pay license tax of
$40 TO the town of Lexington, Mayor
McCorkle yesterday imposed fine of
$500 on the company. An appeal will
be taken.
Miss Nellie Hill Flint, of Culpeper,
was married at st. Stephens Episcopal
| Church, last night, to James Lloyd
| Shifette, of st. Louis. The bride is
great.grandaughter of the late Cumber-
land George.
The committee on buildings of Rich
mond College yesterday determined to
erect a science building. Mrs. George
Smeltz, of Hampton, has written to
Richmond expressing determination
to give So, 900 to Richmond College.
] Judge Harrison, of the Twelfth Jr-
I dicial Circuit Circuit, arrived at Manas-
sas yesterday from Winchester to hold
7, special term of court for Judge Ncol.
The cases to be tried are thosein which
Judge Nicol is unable to sit by reason
of his having appeared as attorney in
them before his elevation to the judge
ship.
A Jail delivery occurred at the Wal
wick county prison at Newport News
about six o'clock yesterday evening by
q hole being cut in the Jail wall. Six
desperate negroes, ali serving sentences
ranging in time from six to twelve
months for felonies, are at large, and
the police of that and the surrounding
cities are in search of them.
Charles T. Green, for many years one
of the most prominent lawyers in the
Warrenton section of the Safe, died
Wednesday night of pneumonia. He
was also leading Mason and mem
Der of the Baptist Church. He leaves
oae child, daughter, who was mar
RED on the Sth instant to Mr. w. F.
Stone. She returned Sunday night
from her bridal tour, and was ignorant
of her fathers illness until she arrived.
Little Mary Whitehurst, aged three
years, met death by cremation in Nor
folk yesterday. The mother had
left her two children while she
went out to work. Late in the after
noon the neighbors were alarmed by
the chlldren's screams, and rushing into
the house they found the younger child
enveloped in famts. The other little
five year old girl in trying to extinguish
the flames was quite badly burned.
Tue other child died shortly afterward.