Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Douglas Lowry, son of Robert Low.
ry, of Stafford, died near Brooke Sta
ton Saturday. aged 81 years.
Edward Allen Low, secretary of the
Lowmoor Iron Company of Virginia,
died in Brooklyn, yesterday.
II was reported in Petersburg yester-
day that Gen. Stith Boiling had been
appointed postmaster il that city.
Some of the business men of King
George are contemplating establishing
ferry near Comorn to point opposite
in Caroline.
Information was received in Rich
mond Yesterday from Bremo Bluff an
nouncipg the death of Judge W. 81.
Holman, of the County Court of Flu.
wanna.
A. r. Payne, of Spottsylvania, died
at the PittInan place Thursday night.
He was in the 77th year of his age and
served during the war in the 55th Vir-
ginia regiment.
Mrs. George T. Dent, an aged lady
of Stafford, died suddenly at the resi-
dence of her son, MIR. r. T. Dent, in
that county, Sunday evening, where
she had gone for visit.
Mrs. Fannie Carey Sledd, wife of
Rev. Robert N. Sledd, of Danville, died
yesterday. The deceased was daugh-
ter of Hon. Elijah Green, of Mecklen-
burg county, and was born in 1881.
The Richmond city democratic COM
mittee last night granted the petition
of Mr. 0. A. Hawkins for q recount Of
| the votes cast in last Tuesdays prima-
ries for commissioner of the revenue.
Governor Tyler has commissioned
Hon. f w. Saunders, of Franklin; W..
P. McRae, of Petersburg and ]. Aston
Cabell, of Richmond, members of the
Virginia commission on uniformity OF
legislation.
1t is estimated that at least fifteen
thousand persons will witness the
| launching of the battleships Kentucky
and Kearsarge, to take place at New
port News next Thursday morning.
Extra steamers will be run from Wash
layton and elsewhere for the occasion.
Lambs Creek Church, in King
George county. the title and legal own
ership OF which has been questioned
for some time, will be sold, it is said {,
by the Episcopalians to the Baptists,
WHO will repair the historic old edifce
and hold regular religious worship in it,.
A large force of hands was put to
work yesterday on the Virginia: Fred
ericksburg and Western Railway at q
point about two miles below Fredericks'
} burg, on the Pollock place, in Stafford
county. The work of grading is being
pushed forward south, toward the
Chesapeake bay.
Governor Tyler and family left Rich
mond Yesterday on the steamer Ches-
apeake, of the Virginia oyster navy.
Last night they spent at Norfolk. Tc-
day the party will 90 on to Onancock.
After visiting various points on the
Eastern Shore the Governor will set
sail for Lancaster county. He will
reach Newport News on his return
Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing in time to witness the launching of
the Kentucky and Keersarge.
Richard Henry Catlett, prominent
lawyer, capitalist, coal operator and
owner of extensive mineral lands in the
two Virginias, died at his home, in
Staunton, yesterday. He was treas
urer and adiutant of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute att the outbreak of the
war and was an associate of Coils Z.
Huntington in the reorganization OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He
was born in Fauquer county seventy
years ago, and was the son OF Robert
Catlett.
Judge Christian, in the Corporation
Court of Lynchburg, yesterday granted
an injunction restraining discontinued
faction of the Court Street Baptist
Church, colored, from interfering with
or disturbing the congregation of the
church or in any way injuring their
property. On Sunday the malcontents
endeavored to compel the pastor, Rev.
p. F. Morris, to retire from his pulpit,
and but for the timely interference OF a
policeman serious trouble might have
resulted. By the judges orders the
keys of the church have been turned
over to the city sergeant, who has been
directed not to allow services of any
kind to be held in the church until the
matter is settled.