Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.
John James Walsh died at Manassas

Mr.. Theophilus Powell died on Sun
day at Clifton" in Spottsylvania
county, aged SO years.
1t is said that all the stock-$20, 900
has been subscribed for with
which a national bank will soon be
started in Culpeper.
1t is reported that the Southern Rail-
way has issued orders for the construc
ton of large coal piers at West Point, at
the head Of York river, and will make
that place q big coal shipping point.
The business men of Richmond hope
to induce Col. James D. Brady, the
newly appointed collector of internal
revenue, to continue the Office in that
city, but it is probable that he will re-
move it to Petersburg.
There is q sentiment in some sections
of the Safe in favor OF amending the
constitution 80 as to elect county and
city school superintendent by the peo-
pie instead of the ate board of educa-
ton.
The primaries held in Northampton
county on Saturday to nominate dem
ocratic candidate for foater in the
House of Delegates for Accomac and
Northampton counties resulted in CIV
ing DIR. Charles Smith, the Incumbent,
a good majority.
There is said to be movement on
foot to effect an understanding among
the friends of the seven candidates for
attorney al by which the Domi-
nation for that Office will be made i'm
mediately after that for Governor at
the Roanoke convention.
George Williams, aged twenty-one,
son of Alfred Williams, prominent
farmer of Roanoke county, was racing
horseback from the field yesterday
when one of the horses jumped in front
of the animal Williams was riding,
throwing him Oft and falling on him,
killing him instantly.
Jas. Corder, jr., a young man, resld-
ing at Ragtown, few miles from Win
chester, died at his home yesterday
from the effects of peculiar accident
received on Friday. He was gathering
hay with horse rake, when one OF the
forks broke, piercing his abdomen, and
inhicting internal injuries from which
he died in great agony, as stated above.
After many months of digging and
labor, valuable vein of coal has al
last been found in what is known as
Cox's shaft, lear Glover Hill, Rock
ingham county. Mr.. w. ]. O'Neal, the
Superintendent, has had force of 30
or IS hands at work for some time past
and has Just struck a. coal bed. 1t l.
thought that large force of miners
will be put to work in the shaft at once
Colonel William Preston Johnston,
president of Tulane University, New
Orleans, has notified the board of trus'
te. of Washington and Lee University
that he will be present and take part 10
the exercises at the Inauguration OF
Professor William l.. Wilson as presi
dent of Washington and Lee Universe
W on the 18Th of September.
DR.. John Roy Baylor died at the St.
Claire Hotel, in Richmond, yesterday
evening. He was son of MIR. John
BAYLOR, and was born about seventy
five years ago near the ancestral home,
New Market" in Caroline county,
which estate descended to him through
four generations, being a grant to his
great great-grandfather from George L.
Judge Hughes, of the United States
Circuit Court, in Richmond yesterday
entered an order, in pursuance Of the
mandate of the Circuit Court of APP.
peals, Diminishing the libels against the
steam tug Gendale. The case will be
remembered as one instituted against
the owners of the tug by P. B. Evich
for the drowning of his son in James
river.
Mel. Daniel who was in Richmond
last night gave as his opinion that the
democratic convention at Roanoke
would indorse the Chicago platform as
a whole and emphasize the free silver
plank. He thinks the party will carry
the State by an increased majority, re
gardless of what opposition tickets are
put in the field, Senator Martin, con-
ours fully in the opinion of his senior
colleague on these points.
Steps toward bringing the Grand
Army encampment to Richmond in
1899 were taken at a meeting held by the
Young Mems Business Association of
that city last night. A committee was
appointed to take charge of the n after.
Plans were put on foot, too, to raise the
SIS, 900 that will be needed to entertain
the army of survivors of the Union
forces. There was some discussion over
the question of how to provide for en-
pertaining the colored posts.
David Dainger6eld, powerful ne.
gro man, of Chesterfield county, and
Edward Moody, apother negro of stall
wart form, of Manchester, were shot
aud seriously, the latter perhaps fata.
ly wounded yesterday afterday after
noon at church picnic at boswell, the
station of the junction of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and the Richmond,
Fredericksburg, and Potomac railroads,
by joe Hill, desperate and notorious
negro of Richmond.
"Uncle" Stephen cambridge, an aged
and well-known colored man of Win
chester is dying. He is the oldest per-
son, certainly in that section, and posi-
bly, in the State, having been born lis
years ago. For over eighty years he
was slave in the family of the Con-
RAIDS, the ancestors OF ex. Solicitor-Gene-
raj Holmes Conrad. He will be long
remembered by the people of that Sec
ton as type of faithful, honest, 10y
al. and Industrious colored men of the
q nta ha1lum daua wh0 are now hecOm.