Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-12-08
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Capt. Il. II. George and wife, of Car
oline county, recently celebrated their
golden wedding.
A. Summerfeld. proprietor of the
Boston Shoe House," of Danville,
made an assignment yesterday. Liza
bilities SIS 1000.
Rev. Robert Gilmore, of Brunswick,
Ga, has been called to fill the pulpit OF
the Third PRESBYTERIAN Church, OF
Stanton, and of Olivet Chapel, near
that city.
The funeral services over the body OF
the late Alfred Henry Byrd, who died
in New York last Sunday, were held
yesterday in the Church of the Incar-
nation. The body was taken, after the
funeral services, on special car to Old
Chapel, Clarke county, where it was
buried to day.
The Richmond Chamber of Com
merce last night adopted a report pro-
vidiug for an industrial bureau. and
making an appropriation of $4,000 q
year to pay capable man whose duty
it shall be to set forth TO capital the adj
vantages of Richmond as place for
profitable investment.
Yesterday afternoon Samuel Glover
Crane, a we'll known flrmer of Pittsyl-
vania county, was killed by Southern
Railway passenger train near his home,
about seven miles from Danville. Crane
was sitting on the end of long curve.
The train from this city came around
the curve and before the engineer could
stop his train, the cylinder head struck
Crane, breaking his skull.
DIR. o. F. Taylor, we'll known den
fist, and formerly superintendent OF
schools of New Kent county, was found
dead In bed at the home of James Watts
yesterday. DR.. Taylor seemed as well
as usual when he retired last night, but
when % Messenger was sent TO call him
yesterday morning there was no re-
spouse. The door was opened and the
densist was found to be cold in death.
At the Gray's Armory in Petersburg
last night the A. P. Hill Camp of Con-
federate Veterans, of that city, formal
" received life.sizs portrait of Gen.
William Malone, which was presented
BY Hon. Richard B. Davis and receiv-
ed by ex Governor W. E. Cameron, OF
Virginia, both of whom served under
the command of General Malone, and
shed blood on historic fields. The por-
trait is the work of Virginia artist,
and will adorn the walls of the camp.
With the object of preventing reI e
tition of the riotous scenes, which
characterized the November election in
Berkeley, when the polls were captured
by political fiction, the sheriff of Nor
folk county, with twenty-fi five deputies,
J went there yesterday to do duty at the
{ town election. The anti-iusion party
issued an address, claiming that the
town had been invaded by the minions
of the machine, but counseling their
| followers to remain quiet. Only few
arrests were made for interference, but
there is interss feeling.
The south bound train on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, which was due
at Lexington at 9:35 a. N, was wrecked
Monday morning about three miles
east Of there. The passengers were
shaken up, but no one was hurt. There
were twelve passengers on board, among
whom was DR., James A. QuaIles, pro-
fessor of political economy at Wash
ington and Lee University. The wreck
was caused by truck on the front Car
jumping the track. The train was made
up of five freight cars and two passen.
ger coaches on the rear. One car was
badly wrecked. The engine did not
| leave the track.