Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A letter from Culpeper says: Spring
chickens are in abundance. The mar
ket is fairly active at s cents pound.
Rev. Everard Meade, evangelist for
the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has
been called to Pohick Church, Fairfax
county.
R. b. Rawlings, of Charlottesville,
has given his interest in the Albemarle
Female Institute to the Baptist Church
of Virginia.
NJ. Eisemann, retired merchant of
Charlottesville, died on Saturday, aged
Al years, of paralysis. Mr.. Eisenman
was born in Alsace.
The Culpeper Colt and Horse Show
will have music furnished them at their
exhibition on August 18th and 18th by
the Stonewall Band of Staunton.
Mrs. Pollock, relict of the late Rev.
Mr.. Pollock, OF Fauquier county, and
mother-in-law of Mr.. c. P. Janney, OF
Leesburg, died yesterday at Warrenton.
James E. Young. colored, aged six.
teen years, is in Leonardtown, Md,
Jail, charged with attempting felonious
assault on white girl, aged nine years.
At the primaries in Culpeper county
on Saturday DIR. McClannahan, of Bran
dy, defeated Mr.. S. M. Newhouse, of
Ri1eyville, for the democratic candi-
dacy for the House of Delegates.
At meeting held recently at Old
Point, of the board of visitors of Will
liam and Mary College, Rev. Beverly
Tucker, OF Norfolk, was elected to fill
the vacancy made by the death of Raw.
Dr.. Barten.
Gloucester county on Saturday elected
delegates to the State convention in
structed to vote solidly for the renomi-
nation OF Mr.. ]. N. Stubs for the State
senate. Mr.. Stubbs is one of the Oldest
senators, having served continuously
for II years.
George Woodson, 10 year-old white
orphan boy, suspected of attempt
ing to wreck passenger train on the
Southern railway, near Red Hill, Abe
marie county, on the morning OF the
18th of July, was arrested on Saturday
and confessed to having placed the OBJ
struction on the track.
The sales of loose leaf tobacco on the
Danville market for the month of July
amounted to 3,105,379 pounds, and for
ten months of the tobacco year from
October to date, Al, 1920, 493 pounds.
These figures exceed those for the same
period OF last year by 6,031, 10 pounds,
and are the largest Gales that market
has ever known.
Rev. DR.. James 1. Vance, formerly of
this city, but now of Nashville, Tenn,
preached yesterday at the First Pres
byterian Church, Baltimore, and will
conduct the services in that church dur
ing the month. While in Baltimore
DR.. Vance will be the guest of his
brother, Rev. Joseph A. Vance, and
will probably visit his friends in this
city.
G. B. Chandler and R. K. Revil, the
contractors who were arrested in New
port News Friday on warrant sworn
out by R. w. Newman, the lumber
merchant, charging them with larceny
in not paying mechanics lien, were
tried Saturday night before Justice
Brown, and were discharged, the court
ruling that the offence did not come
within the meaning of the law.
Information from Stanton says that
Mrs. M. c. Hall will be retained as
postmaster at Warsaw. Mrs. Hall was
appointed by President Cleveland in
1893 on the endorsement of her
brother, Congressman Jones. She is
now strongly endorsed by Mr.. Abner
| Mckinley, brother of the President;
Hon. John R. Dos Passos and others,
and it is more than likely their in
fuence will prevail with Postmaster
General Gary.