Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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the Grant monument in New York.
Ex-Judge Edmund Waddill thinks
the federal officials in Virginia will be
permitted to serve out their full term.
The residence of Mr.. Frank Settle,
near Laurel Mills, Rappahannock coun-
ty, was destroyed by fire Saturday
night.
The trustees OF the Leesburg Acade-
my have appointed Miss A. d. Johns,
of Bedford City, to succeed the late Prof.
Graves in the Leesburg Academy.
At Charlottesville yesterday the jury
in the case of Harvey Bell, charged
with the murder of his wife, returned a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
MIR. Robert H. Martin, secretary
treasurer of the Columbian University
in Washington, has rendered his resig-
nation to accept position as business
manager of the ErangeL and the treas
urer of Rev. II. III. Wharton's young
ladies' college at Luray.
The will of DR.. Norval w. Little, a
native of Newmarket, who died Feb
ruary 18th, was probated in Baltimore
Thursday. Following out request in
his last testiment, the heart was taken
out and replaced, to be sure of death,
and the remains were then cremated.
Mr.. Henry M. Marshall, ST., aged 81
years, highly respected gentleman OF
the old Virginia type, died on Februa,
nv 9th at the home of his son, near
Markham. He once owned Fairfield"
the beautiful place now owned by MIR.
James E. Yates, and was large slave
owner.
The announcement from Danville OF
the death Of Mrs. Marie Louise Boisslcu
adds another to list Of remarkable
mortality in that family, five having
died in two mouths and four in twenty
days. She was the wife of w. G. Bots
sieu, revenue commissioner, who died
Monday.
Yesterday William f. Right, of Nor
folk. who was employed on the i'm
provements to the Dismal Swamp ca
nal, near Wallacetop, accidentally fell
into one Of the cutting machines which
was at work excavating the dirt and
before the rapidly moving knives could
be stopped he was crushed to death.
N. G. Aaron, who occupied q room in
the Vert Building, in Roanoke, mar
rowly escaped cremation yesterday. lie
was awakened at O'Clock by the plas-
tering falling and found the whole room
in blaze. He rushed out and gave the
alarm, and after damage TO the amount
of 5000 had been done the flames were
checked.
a definite reply has been receive
/ from Hon. William J. Bryan accepting
the invitation extended to deliver The
final address before the two literary So
cieties of the University of Virgins
during commencement week. Mr.
Bryan has given as his subject, "Jeller-
son Still Lives" and will deliver the
address on Tuesday evening, June 10
Mr.. Thomas A. Davis, of Henrico
county, met with singular accident
yesterday while out hunting. While
standing, resting his fowling piece on
his foot, the huntsman's dog brushed
by him and touched the trigger. The
weapon was discharged, shooting
off one of the mans thumbs and injur.
ing him about the face.
General Daniel Ruggles, well-known
in the United, States and the Coined
crate armies, and who constructed the
defences around Aqua creek and Pcto
mac river in the Pawnee days, OF the
beginning Of the late war, is critically
i'll at his home in Fredericksburg. He
was born and reared in Massachusetts,
but came South when the war broke
out and cast his fortunes with the Con.
federacy.
A 3-year-old child of Matilda Halsey,
colored woman, of Bedford county,
met death in a peculiar manner on
Wednesday. The child was playing in
a field ofstubble, when some Of its com
panions, running from the house,
placed Goals of fire in the dry grass.
The field was quickly swept by flames,
and in a few minutes after the smoke
cleared away the child was found burn,
ed almost to crisp.
A letter from Richmond says: a num-
Der of big republicans have been in the
city for day or two in conference with
Messrs. Waddill and Allan. Among
them are Park Agnew of Alexandria,
Senator Flanagan Of Powhatan, and
Mccoy of the 9th district. 1t is thought
they have been discussing the matter
of the distribution of federal patronage
and no doubt it has been decided who
shall ill many of them.