Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-15
VIRGINIA NEWS.

]. L. Thompson & Co., furniture
dealers of Lynchburg, assigned yesteg-
day. Liabilities about 5000.
The recent sale Of the Sweet Chaly
beate Springs co Messrs. Payne x
Wyatt for $40, 100 was confirmed in the
Allegheny county court last week.
William Henry White, former res.
dent OF Fredericksburg and promi.
nent bank officer for many years, died
at the hospital in staunton on Thur-
day, aged seventy.four years.
E. J. Anderson, well-known citizen
of Caroline county, died at Bowling
Green on Thursday. aged sixty-two
years. He was only sick four days. He
leaves wife and five children.
The barge Coal King, Captain Mel
son, which has been drifting about ioy
several days off the Jersey coast, Was
towed to Newport News late YESTERDAY
afternoon by the tug c. w. Morse,
Within the past four days there have
been five attempted suicides in Norfolk.
The latest victim was Nellie Parrish,
who became respondent over love 81.
fair yesterday and took laudaaum. She
is in critical condition.
Charles Turner was tried in Rich
mond yesterday on the charge OF berry
implicated in the shooting Of ID. ".
Yates. last summer, while the latter
was out walking with his wife, and
was given six years in the penitentiary.
John Randolph Anderson, for
number of years deputy county court
clerk of Rockbridge, and proctor OF
Washington and Lee University for
ten years previous, died very sudden
ly at an early hour yesterday morning.
II is intimated that if the Stubs bill
is enacted into law that it may result
10 breaking up the Soldiers Home.
The argument can be used, it is claim
ed, that if the counties and cities are to
support the INDECENT soldiers there is TO
longer need to appropriate the money
to sustain this institution.
Governor Tyler has appointed auG
the Senate yesterday confirmed L. G.
Bourne, of G,ayson, and George "
Kinsey. of Rappahannock, members Of
the board OF visitors of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Asylum, at Staunton, to sac
coed General George ]. Hundley, of
Amelia, and r. S. Turk, of Staunton.
Conrad Geisen, a bookkeeper at tho
Virginia Brewing Company, in Roam
oke. was yesterday sentenced to two
years in tho penitentiary on the charge
of betraying Leths Hicks. The YER
dict was surprise to Geisen and his
counsel, and the latter promptly
moved to set the verdict aside, which
motion will be heard at an early date.
Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon.
sin. introduced bill in the House yes.
terday for the establishment OF a ma
tional military park at Appomattox
and for the erection of q peace monu-
ment at the spot where the agreement
to cease hosti!ities was executed. The
bill provides an appropriation of $780,
00Qfor this purpose. the purchase of
land not to exceed 1000 acres, and 10
include the Mclean farm.
Mr.. William HUMPHREYS, en- old citi-
zen of Fredericksburg, was found dead
in The main road between there end
Falmouth Thursday night. He had
been in Falmouth all day visiting his
daughter, and started for home about
six o'clock, apparently in the best OF
health, but it is supposed that he was
stricken with heart disease before he
could reach the city. Mr.. HUMPHREYS
was seventy.four years Old, and fought
during the war in Braxton's artillery.
he leaves ten children.
On Thursday night marine guard
named Freeman, doing sentry duty At
the Norfolk navy yard, was attacked
and SHOT by an unknown man, SUI
posed to be negro. Private Freeman
was on post near the south wall, when
he saw saw man, and after haltipg
him placed him under arrest aud STAR
ed for the guardhouse. Before they
had gone far, however, the man drew
a pistol, and turning around placed The
muzzle against Freeman's breast and
fred. freeman, though badly wound
ed, grappled with his assailant and
struck him with his bayonet. but owing
to weakness was compelled to let go
of him, and the negro made his escape.
At Brandy, Culpep county, on Thursday
Chas. K Johnson was fined 500 for selling
liquor wi hout license.