Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-28
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Msjor ]. Horace Lacy, of Frederick
burg. has Withdrawn as an independent
candidate for the House of Delegates.
The engagement is announced in
Richmond of Mr.. Clifford Randolph
Caperton and Miss Helena French Lee
troy.
AS result of the storm, Virginia
Beach presents scene of devastation.
The beach for six miles is washed
away and some damage was done to
the cottages.
Mr.. Carey P. Weston and Miss Susan
Whitehurst, daughter of Judge and
Mrs. F. M. Whitehurst, were married
in Norfolk yesterday afternoon by Rev.
B. D. Tucker.
Gen: Fitz Lee said in Richmond yes.
terday that he expected to remain there
until Tuesday 10 cast his vote for Tyler,
soon after which be will 60 to New
York and sail for Cuba.
Miss Frances L. Smith was married
to Mr.. VIM. L. thinner at Petersburg
yesterday. The bride is daughter Of
Mr.. L. P. Smith, of Waterford, Lou
doun county. The groom is q promi'
nent and wealthy tobacconist of Peters
burg.
Miss Leila Hippo, daughter of the
late DR.. J. A. Hippo, of Caroline, and
Rev. ]. S. Ryland, pastor of Bethany
aud Waller churches, Spotsylvania
county, and County Line, in Caroline,
were married at Bethany church on
Tuesday, Rev. Osceola Hippo official
ing.
A dispatch from Richmond says
Apathy is the chief characteristic OF the
campaign in Virginia. Registration,
which is the best thermometer of pc.
litical interest, was never so small,
and the vote next Tuesday will, per-
hsps, be the smallest in the history q
the State.
Reports received at the treasury de-
partment, in Washington, describe the
destruction at Cobb's Island by the
storm, and the peril of the life saving
crew. 1t is stated that the island can
no longer be used as station and that
what is left of the quarters must be re
moved to some other point, probably
farther south.
AS at present advised, Major VIM.
b. Sands and the other officers OF the
First regiment of the cavalry of the
Virginia volunteer militia will apply
to the Court of Appeals to test the va
lidity of the recent order issued BY
Governor O'Ferrall as commander.in-
chief, disbanding that regiment and
revoking the commissions of its Off
GERS.
The handsome home of Mrs. Salie
Garland Christian, ia Lynchburg, yes
, terday afternoon was the scene
of one of the pretti5st and most
novel home weddings ever seen
in that city. The contracting
parties were Mr.. James Bently Ford, a
well-known and popular young tobacco
mist, aud Miss Sallie Christian, the
lovely young daughter of Mrs. Chris
tian.
The first marriage to take place in
Jewish circles in Fredericksburg for
several years was solemnized Tuesday
afternoon when Miss Bessie Goldsmith,
oldest unmarried daughter of Mr.. B..
Goldsmith, of that city, was united in
the bonds of matrimony to MIR. Moses
E. Sheine, of Washington. The we'd
ding took place in the Opera House,
which was beautifully decorated for
the occasion.
Hon. E. G. Jordan, democratic nomi.
nee for the legislature, met with serious
accident Tuesday night at his home at
the Jordan White Sulphur Springs,
near Winchester, which will incapacitate
him from further participation in the
campaign. He had been called from
his bed to procure medicine for his
young son, and upon his return slumb.
led and fell down flight of stairs and
through a window, where he was pick.
ed up unconscious and bleeding.
At noon yesterday an interesting
double wedding took place at the new
and beautiful home of Hill City Lodge
of Masons, corner of Church and 18th
streets, Lyncbburg. One couple were
Mr.. julius E. Gutman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emanuel Gutman, of Baltimore,
aud Miss Sadie Moses, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. W. B. Moses, of Lynchburg.
The other couple were DR.. Jacob B.
Moses, of Chrestline, Ohio, son of MIR.
and Mrs. w. B. Moses, and Miss Elite
Alpha Heller, daughter of Mrs. L.
Lazarus, of Lynchburg. The ceremony
was very inpressively performed, in
the presence of a large assemblage OF
relatives and friends of the contracting
parties, by Rabbi E. N. Calisch, of the
Jewish synagogue, Richmond.