Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-19
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Inc faculty u washington ana Lee
University at Lexington; has disbanded
the football team for the season.
/ The Virginia Baptist Association
will meet in Roanoke this evening.
Six hundred delegates are expected to
attend.
At Charlottesville yesterday in a
long drawn.out football contest the
University of Virginia defeated the Co
lumbar University of Washington 10
| to 0.
The fftieth anniversary of the mar
riage of Thomas Brown, postmaster OF
Hamilton, and his wife Elizabeth &C.
Cured yesterday, and the old folks,
aged respectively seventy nine and sew
enty six years, were given surprise
party by their friends and relatives.
Miss Willie Jeffries died on Friday
night, the 18th inst, at the home OF her
( niece, Mrs. Thomas Smith, near Au-
burn. in Fanquier county. She was in
the Oath year of her age. Her father,
Thomas Jeffries, attained the great age
of 100 years and 6 months, dying In
August, 1876.
Frank P. Jones and Anthony Knorr,
the two white janitors of the Richmond
customs house removed Wednesday by
Collector Brady, will make fight for
their restoration. These men were
displaced by two colored republicans
in clear violation, it is claimed, of the
civil service law.
1t is run pred in Staunton that tie
Valley Railroad, from Harrisonburg to
Lexington, has been bought by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and q
traffic arrangement will be to run
through passenger trains to Baltimore
via Strasburg, over the lines of the
Southern Railway.
]. w. Luke, of Berryville, the former
assistant cashier of the bank Of Clarke,
died in Winchester last night at the
residence OF his brother-in-law, ]. Few
Brown. He was about thirty-eight
years of age, and is survived by wife,
who was a grest-grandniece OF Chief
Justice Marshall.
The democratic county committee
held quite lengthy meeting at
Gloucester Court House on Wednes-
day. After a good deal of excitement
the supporters of Judge Taliaferro
withdrew and the committee declared
Mr.. Catlett nominated for the county
judgeship by majority of 81.
Robert Way, who was arrested some
Tina ago by Sheriff Kennedy, of STAT
ford, charged with being an accomplish
of Willie Hunt in the murder OF Peter
Schooler, of that county, in December
1894, was tried at Stafford G. II. on
Wednesday, and the jury brought in d
J verdict OF acquittal.
| Mr.. NJ. L. Welfey, of Washington,
who for the past year or SO has been
the owner OF the Berry Hill farm, near
Brandy, in Culpeper county, for which
| be paid So 500, has recently sold the
place to a Mr.. Baker. of Louisville,
KY, getting the sum of 81 900 therefor,
and thereby realizing a gain OF $4,000
on the sale.
Complete returns from the recent
elections in Virginia have been receiv
cd. The vote for Governor and Lieut.
Governor goes to the General Assembly
under seal. That for Attorney General
is as follows: Montague, ia ,976;
Lyons, 51,1S3; Kennedy, 4,64S; total
vote, 170,S97. Montague's plurality,
6 1893 Montague's majority over all,
50, 455.
Colonel James D. Brady, collector of
internal revenue for the Richmond dis
trict, notified the Richmond Chamber
of Deputies last night that q hearing
would be had in the Office of the com.
missioner of revenue to morrow on the
question of the removal of the district
office from Richmond to Petersburg. In
the light of the methods observed in the
removal of Mr.. Agnew's Office from
Lynchburg to Alexandria, this notice is
almost accepted as foregone con-
clusion that the removal will be made.
A strong fight will be made, however,
by the business organization toretain it
in Richmond. Petersburg is Colonel
Brady's home.
The COURT BEING TRIED.-The nine
members of the Marshall County Court
were put on trial yesterday afternoon
at Moundsville on charges of gross ex-
travagance and misrepresentation of
funds. The case is the most unique in
the history of West Virginia.
The court is charged with contract
ing for needless improvements and
changes in the courthouse and other
county buildings. The citiz.ns held
mass meetings and the investigation
they placed on foot was followed by in-
dictments against the court. Yester-
day, when the case was opened, it was
found that every lawyer, except one,
in the county. bad been retained to de.
fend the county officials. Several lead
ing attorneys from exterior points were
also engaged by the defendants.
The citizens are represented by two
attorneys, but they expect to prove
their allegations. Should there be con-
victions special election will have to
be held to create G new court.
A FARMER HANGS HIMsELF.-Mr. ].
S. Powers, well.known farmer, re
siding near Berryville, committed sui.