Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-11-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mrs. Mamie Jellis Latham died at
her residence in Lynchburg yesterday,
| aged 6S years.
The Virginia Conference, Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will meet in
! annual session in Danville November
l6. Bishop Fitzgerald will preside.
Mr.. Hugh smith, of Rappahannock
county, recently sold Is head of horses
a; auction and realized $4,000 for the
lot.
Messrs. DuVal & Robertson, the
we'll known lumber dealers, and the
oldest firm in Manchester, made an as
Segment yesterday. The liabilities are
about 1860.
Charles Russell Wyatt, young law
yer from Huntington, w. Va, and Miss
Sallie Sloan, of Richmond, daughter Of
Col. John Sloan, were married in Rich
:, mond yesterday.
Prominent republicans in the Rich
mond Congressional district are max
ing q fight against the anticipated ap-
point ment Of Mr.. Otis q. Russell to the
| postmastership of Richmond.
Adjutant- General Thomas Elicit, oil
the Grand Camp, Confederate Veterans,
has received a letter from Grand Com.
mander James N. Stubs respectfully
! accepting the resignation of Col. John
| Cussons as a member of the history
committee.
General William B. Taliaferro, OF
Gloucester Courthouse, is extremely i'll.
His sons have been telegraphed for.
General Taliaferro recently resigned
the judgeship of Gloucester county, and
his son was appointed to ell the unex-
.pired term.
T. A. D"rbv, member of the State
Senate of Florida, who is in Richmond,
looking after gold mining operations in
Goochland county, was thrown from a
horse yesterday evening and seriously
injured. His foot will probably have
to be amputated.
B. E. Hughes, vice president of the
Defunc. Traders Bank, of Lynchburg,
was yesterday found guilty of embez-
element, the other indicted officials be.
ing acquitted. DR.. Thomas E. Moor-
man, indicted in Lynchburg, for forgery,
was honorably discharged by the jury
yesterday.
The move to start large sugar beet
plant in Richmond seems to be certain
to result successfully. Mr.. James B.
Pace is at the head of this scheme and
is pressing the matter to rapid COM
pletion. The enterprise will have o
capital of something over 100000 to
begin with.
The movement to establish a mem.
orial in Richmond to the late Lewis
Ginter has assumed definite form. At
meeting last night a permanent Or
ganization was effected, with W. ].
Whitehurst as president and board OF
directors, consisting of some of the most
prominent business men in Richmond.
Mr.. Leonard Lyme, who lives near
Appomattox depot, was found yester-
Cay morning in his room badly wound
81 in his side and chin from the effec 8
of load of bird shot fred at close
range. How it happened has not yet
trapspired, as Mr.. Lyme was unable to
give an intelligent story of the shoots
ing. The young man is native OF
Lynchburg.
The trial of Newton Kibler, which
was set for November 3rd at Lrray,
has again been postponed-this time to
the 10Th inst.-on account of the physi
cal condition Of one of his counsel, Mr..
Marshall Mccormick, who found it
necessary to visit the Hot Springs, in
Bath county, in order to take rest from
the overwork his practice for the past
six or eight months has imposed upon
him.
The declaration filed in Norfolk yes.
terday by Oscar L. McClonan in suit
brought by him against w. G. Lowery,
of that city, created much surprise.
The plaintiff alleges that Lowery has,
by poisoning the mind of Mrs. Maud
McClonan, wife OF the plaintiff, against
her husband, has aiented her afIec-
tons, and he further charges that
Lowery persuaded Mrs. McClonan to
desert her husband on October 16, since
which time she has lived away from
him. No other charge is specified.
The plaintiff sues for $4,000 damages.
At St. Georges Church, Fredericks-
burg, yesterday evening the marriage
of Mr.. Alexander K. Phillips, of Wash.
ington, to Miss Mamie NJ. Herndon,
daughter of the late Charles Herndon,
was solemnized. The bride wore a
gown of white MORE silk, trimmed with
rare old lace, which had been worn by
her great-grandmother, Miss Pendleton,
nf Virginia, who became the wife of
John Penn, one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. Rev.
W. D. Smith oficiated. At the con-
clusion of the ceremony the wedding
party repaired to the residence of the
brides mother, where reception was
held. Among those present were Mrs.
DR.. Herndon and Mr.. John Herndon,
of this city.
W. B. johnson, Newark, O., says, Zone Min
ute Cough Cure saved my only child from dy-
ing by croup" It has saved thousands of