The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-10
1e Three (' Gentlemen 1!| Anxious topresldsl
the Democratic State Convention
SUDDEN DEATH OF: A CHICKEN THIEF
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tile stnfes-A Woman Dies sss,9,5nfS1S
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,r1s:''g sla,rri''ngo OF Their Daughter -Htiy,A
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Especial Dispatch to The Nisgf iarlsS,s
Richmond, IVA j JIllys O. 7asss

Richmond. Va, July 8. 1887 Sss
There are three candidates III the feds
already for the honor OF presiding pReIsl
the Democratic ccny ention ut Roanokes
as temp9raEy en- ,21 = chairman. They
Isaac Diggs, OF West Point; AMI Hon.
Greenlee u. Letcher, OF Lexingto tons
Friends Of these gentlemen already
have interviewed members Of the STATS
COMMITTEES In behalf Of their Tespe eotiYa
: :faVorites. The committee will meet ;fid
Roanoke the night before the conventioIais al
to make its selection. u sti.33sE5
State Senator B. i. Buchanan :s o.
Smyth county, will decline 10 be q ca,t1-8
didatc for reelection. The conventions
has been called to meet in August &tfS,
nominate his successor. Smytl is irl tie
district with Washington In the latter1
county the Democrats are divided into
two factions, and eacl1 would rather tlesS
feat the other than to beas the Republic
cans. NIr. Buchanan is perlnps n the
youngest member OF the Senate sSts.
The announcement Of ae Major Afann,
Page that he will not be a candi date for
the Democratic nomination for LteGten-s
ant Governor occasioned some talk IN ps,s5S
litlcal circles o-day. It came so1ne ~ hatl
as a surprise to most people. Those DEM
ocrats who desire 70 place 4 PopiIlis on J
the ticket will now naturally turn tu
AIR. j. Thomas Goode, OF Neck lenhufg.S
or TO Captain u. r. Cooke. Of Buolsing-.
talked OF, too, but he Is q neighbor soof3
Major Tylers, and Tyler may head thsi
ticket. ats5 Sl y i q sSs.
Major John Page, Of Hanover, who has;
been Ill for some time, and probably WiIIs
not recover, Is n fine type of&the old;
Virginia gentlenlan.' He Is the father
Of DR.. Thomas Nelson Page. b IIajprs
rage lives on his fine old plantation and
Is beloved by all who know him. The
last Episcopal Council was the first irli
n 1, /, ~.
ana special prayers for his recovery were
olfered He is about eighty years old
1T was the Major who g. few years ago
headed committee Of i citizens 3 and;
drove the lMormons from Hanover cpltn.j
L 5ty..Iss M l u Ks Is bf G 5ssstss
Information was received Here, -fo.aaV
or the killing OF a negro chicken thisT
III Charles City county. N1r. Phillip Rol-s
iihson, a. farmer was awakened Tues
uny night by noise in his hen house,
lie went out with gun in hand HesS
neeDed through an opening, and seeing
q form fired at It. The man, Nv hose
name was Jesse Ellyson, died ALMOST IN
stantly. No further particulars Wero1i
| learned. 81 il 4 ttf5SSfsFSNi
a fatal case or lockjaw was reported
| mere to-day The victim was Mrs. Wall
nurga Sorg, of Marshall street. Last
Friday nail entered her foot Not jlin..
| til Tuesday did symps soms of lockjaJy ar3,-zs
pear. Drs. D. ]. Coleman and Lewis Gu
,,ooslci diu al WITHIN their power to save
her life, but the patient died ct noon
she was most estimable lady. and sWas
the mother. of several grown childryn. s. SSEssstt
Mr. and Mrs Matthew Cross, Of Hen-
rico, speak Of taking steps to have tl1,efr
daughters marriage to Frank b. $SanlueI
annuIled. They are consulting lawyers
Lily Cross, who was under age, elopett to-
weldon this week with young Samuel. i g58
a little stir has been created In MIL tarySs
circles over the order issued by Colonel
n. G. Jones for the arrest Of CaptainS
i3oIsieuX, Crawford. and Hayarty L for
their failure to send in reports. There q.
some talk Of asking for a court martial
for these officers q sffSE 81 ssssis7}},