Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Major Henry Nef, prominent citi-
zen OF Rockingham county, ID dead,
aged eighty-seven years.
The State of Virginia last year pen
stoned / ,S45 ex-Conlederate soldiers in
sums ranging from $15 to 500.
Most of the coal and coke companies
in Wise county have been consolidated
under the name of the Toms Creek
Coal and Coke Company.
Col. A. S. Buford, of Richmond, has
received number of letters fayoring
his suggestion for congress of farmers
at Washington March 6
Charles l.. Todd, president OF the
Gallego Mills and well-known dealer
in grain, at Richmond, made an assign
ment last night. The liabilities are
named at $4,000.
Miss Grace Arents, niece of Major
Lewis Ginter, proposes to establish an
industrial school al Richmond for boys.
This lady is now in New York, where
she has been for several weeks.
Judge w. G. T Nelson, of Spotsyl-
vania county, died Wednesday. Judge
Nelson acquired quite reputation as a
teacher, and represented Louisa coun-
ty in the Legislature during the war.
Peter Hoover, q stalwart fisherman
and trapper, and Miss Mollie Baton, a
pretty girl of Richmond, have just been
married and startled oil on their bridal
trip in a row-boat. Their destination
was q scow boat, near Dutch Gap,
where they have taken up housekeep-
ing
Gibson Smith, youth of eighteen,
who had lived with his mother at Soul
fleburg, near Delaplane, met with a
fatal accident while fox hunting in the
foothills OF the Blue Ridge on Thurs
day. In taking hazardous jump his
horse fell, catching him in such pc.
sition as to dislocate his neck, produc-
ing almost instant death.
Judge Hanckel, of the corporation
court of Norfolk, yesterday decided
| that the action of the superintendent oil
the city schools excluding a girl from
the white schools, on the ground that,
he claimed, she was negress, was
iiual, and that The court could not, un.
der the statute, grant the mandamuz
asked, compelling her reinstatement
The case will 60 TO the Supreme Court
In the U. S. Court of Norfolk yester
day jury gave II. J. Flippin $4,000
for the loss ola leg while employed by
the Norfolk and Western Railway, near
Crewe Judge Hughes set aside the
verdict on the ground that it was ex-
cessve and the case was that Of Il lel-
low servant. Counsel for the plaintiff
moved for bill of exceptions, which
was granted, and the case will be APP
I, pealed to the Supreme Court.
The sale of Southwest Virginia Insti
tute building and grounds at Bristol has
been averted, the trustees of the insti
| tuition, assisted by DR.. NJ. T.. Broaddus
having raised $4,000 with which tc
pay of the immediate Indebtedness. Tc
| further advance tho interests of this in
stitution the members of the board Of
trustees have agreed to relinquish the
5000 in mortgage bonds held by
them. The only remaining indebted
ness is S25, 900, in bonds, held by Hon
James A. Gary, of Baltimore, and this
will not fall due for seven years yet.
The committee Of retrenchment and
reform, recently appointed by the Dan
Vile City Council to consider the cues
ton OF reducing city expenses by the re-
duction of salaries, &c, made its first re-
port to the council yesterday afternoon
The Office of the commissioner of reve-
nue. was made vacant by the death o.
the incumbentand there are dozen can.
didates for the place. This office pays
about 81, 500 to ST 900, and the commit
tee has been at work on this case for
several days and its report yesterday
afternoon pertained to the fees of that
office. The committee recommended
that the fees be curtailed in two re.
spects. The first recommendation
which takes about $500 oil the pay oil
the commissioner, was adopted. The
second recommendation, which compre-
hended n further curtsilment of about
| $500 more, was lost.