Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. Martin Cahill, a well.known
citizen of Fredericksburg, is dead.
The farming outlook in the Kappa
hammock valley is very promising.
Two hundred new houses are in
course of erection at Newport News.
Mr.. Robert R. Hill, venerable and
prominent citizen of Petersburg, is
dead.
A Richmond family had narrow es-
cape from death few days ago from
eating stale cream puffs.
In a sermon in Richmond Sunday
Rev. Or. Moses d. Hoge denounced
sensational and political preachers.
The new gunboat Nashville made a
successful preliminary trial trip to the
Capes from the Newport News ship
yard yesterday.
Rev. ]. y. Fair, who has accepted a
call to Savannah, Ga, preached his
farewell sermon as pastor of Grace
Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Sun
day.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, consul general
to Cuba, is expected to return to Vir-
ginia in June. 1t is positively amour
ced that he will not be candidate for
governor.
A mad dog bit Mrs. Grinnell, who
lives few miles south of Wytheville,
Sunday morning, and before the dog
could be killed he bit some half dozen
other dogs in that neighborhood.
George p. Prescott Long, prominent
tobacconist of Richmond, died at the
home of his son-in-law, Col. B. Taylor
Cue, in Henrico county, yesterday, at
the advanced age of seventy-eight
years.
Culpeper is experiencing consider
| able difficulty in procuring candidate
for the Mayoralty. Attempts have
been made to induce several prominent
citizsns to run, but no one so far is dis
posed to assume the reins of Office.
| Claiborne Epps was elected by the
joint council of Richmond last night to
succeed his father, Charles II. Epps
city sergeant of Richmond, who died
last week. The Office is one of the best
paying in the city, and there were nu
merous aspirants.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com.
pany has reduced its rates to Sc pei
year at Staunton, the rate TO go into ef
feet if q sufficiently large number ofsub
scribers can be secured to justify the re-
duction. This is understood to be an
effort to drive the Mutual Company out
of business.
The proposition to place Washing
toms remains in a mausoleum beside
the remains OF Grant has aroused vic.
lent opposition in Richmond and else
: where in Virginia. Governor OFFER
rail- in letter to the New York Herald
is positive in his opposition to the mere
suggestion of such a movement. He
says Virginia would oppose it by force
of arms if necessary. New York is
said to be anxious to have the remains.
The Richmond State says: "The
committee in charge of the work of the
Association for the Development Of
Richmond Trade have met with SO
much encouragement in providing for
the running of excursion trains to Rich
mond this season that the probability is
that the committee will cease its labors
the money collected to he returned
and the association go out Of existence,
unless decided interest and enthu.
sasm is aroused"
A young white man named Moore
Was on trial before magistrate at
Aurelian Springs, near Norfolk. on Sat
urday on warrant sworn out by Miss
Crowley. While the trial was progress
ins the young woman drew a pistol
from her pocket and fired point-blank
a. Moore's head. The ball took effect
in the scalp. Miss Crowley was in the
act OF shooting again, when some one
wrested the pistol from her hands. 1t
| appears that the couple were engaged,
aad young Moore did not appear to be
in hurry to have the marriage cere-
mony performed, and wanted to be re-
l-ased. The young woman had nerve,
and had him arrested, and then, losing
control of her feelings during the trial,
attempted to take his life rs stated.