Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The cotton factories around Norfolk
are prospecting and are running full
forces.
The large flour mill of Capt. r. J..
Hancock, situated about twelve miles
south of Charlottesville, on Hardwar
river, was totally destroyed by fire at
one o'clock Saturday morning.
Mai. A. J. Birdsall, formerly super
intendent of the National Cemetery at
Fredericksburg, and lately occupying
the same position at Hampton, died on
Saturday at his residence at the latter
place after long sickness.
In Fredericksburg on Saturday even
ing while connecting pipes in deep
sewer which had just been dug on Han.
over street Ira l.. Turner, a plumber,
lost his life by the caving in of the
earth. A colored man who was in the
trench with Turnt., escaped.
A sensation was caused in Ports
mouth shortly after midnight on Satpr-
day night by the appearance of a man
on the street entirely nude. At the
station house he gave his name IS
Elmer King, of Kansas, and told a
story of outrageous treatment. The
man who had been loafng around the
gas works had been covered with tar
and grease. In this condition he had
to make his way nude through the
streets to the police station. His assail-
ants have been arrested.
n. J. Farmer, sexton of the Lynch
burg burying ground, was arrested on
Saturday and bailed for his appearance
before the Police Court to answer the
charge of unlawfully disinterring tt e
body of Ella Jameson, the white VIC.
man who committed suicide on We'd
nesday last by drowning. The woman
was buried at the city's expense Fri
day, and that night the body was dis
inferred, packed in q vinegar barrel.
and sent to the Southern depot fol
shipment to the University of Virginia
The annual report of Railroad
commissioner j. c. Hill, of Vir-
GINA, has just been issued. 1t shows
that the reports from all companies in
dictate gross earnings of 10000 6l7.2
for the fiscal year ending June 80 last
The commissioner says that the road.
in the State are in good physical con.
dition, aud compare favorably with the
general average of the country. The
operating expenses of all of the roads
were S37,S49, 1868; interest, 50,
0564 The average gross earnings pei
mile were 1914.
The Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry
| Company of Lynchburg has received
a telegram from Atlanta Ga, informing
them that the water board of that city
has awarded them the contract for fur
nisbing their supply of cast-iron pipe
| for 1897. This contract will amount to
about 1000 tons, besides large quaint
ty of special castings. The company
have recently secured contracts fol
large quantities of pipe for Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and New Britain
Conn, for delivery in 1897, and they
are Just completing a large shipmenl
to Concord, n. H. These contract:
have been taken in competition with
the largest pipe foundries in this conn'
try.
Some Irregularities having been dis
covered in the office of City Auditor w
A. Noble, OF Roanoke, in the issue o
warrants on the treasury, his resigna
ton was on Saturday night handed tc
the mayor and transmitted to specia
meeting Of council that night. 1t was
accepted and James McFall, chief o
the fire department, was elected to fiji
the vacancy. The finance committee
was also empowered to employ experts
to examine the books Of all the city Of
fcers. City officials say the Irregular
ties, as far as discovered, are not ola Sc
rious character. The chief irregulari
ties, as far as known, was the drawing
OF warrant for months salary ahead
Of time.