Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-31
VIRGINIA NEWS.

biSuOp 0TauOciy, VI tnO hothoui7S
Episcopal Church, is quite sick at his
home in Ashland.
It is expected the Richmond, Peters.
burg and Carolina Railroad will be
connected with Petersburg this week.
Advices from Charlottesville state
that General Rosssr's condition grows
steadily better daily.
Mr. John W. Mcpherson, aged sew
enty.three years, died at his brothers.
residence near Leesburg on Monday.
The new pier erected by the Old Do
minion Land Company at Newport
News will be opened to the public to-
morrow.
Mr.. Samuel Ach, an aged citizen of
Newport News, died suddenly at the
Hotel Ivy shortly before II o'clock
Monday night of neuralgia of the heart.
Mr.. VIM. H. Hardy, jr., and Miss Ida
S:rosnyder, of Winchester, were mar
ried yesterday evening at the residence
of the brides father, Mr.. B. Stro-
snyder.
A dwelling house on the farm of Mrs.
B. Nooman, in Clarke county, and &C.
cupied by Mr.. Royal Afford and family,
was discovered to be on fire about 9
o'clock last Monday night.
Prof. ]. H. Latane, lecturer at the
Johns Hopkins University inIBaltimore,
has been elected to the chair of history
and economics in the Randolph. Macon
Woman's College, Lynchburg.
At Trinity Episcopal Church at
Staunton, yesterday morning, Miss
Esther Menefee, daughter of the late
Captain Menefee, of Saunton, was mar
ried to Lieutenant Carter Braxton,
Company K, Second Virginia regiment.
The recent horse chow in Leesburg
resulted in deficit, and meeting OF
the stockholders has been called for
Saturday to provide for said deficit
and to consider the question of wind
ing up the affairs of the association.
The Virginia democratic State COM
mittee will meet in Richmond tomor.
row evening. All the congressional
nominees are expected to attend. The
headquarters of the committee will be
opened there in few days, with Score.
tary Button in charge.
Mayor Peasants, of Petersburg, re
ceived a letter yesterday from A. S.
Patten, of Bipghamton, n. Y, inform
ing him that movement is being
started there to erect at Petersburg or
Spottsylvania battle monuments to
, New York regiments and batteries,
who were in the northern army
corps, after the style at Gettysburg.
The third annual exhibition of the
Prince William horse show began at
Manassas yesterday with an attendance
of nearly three thousand people. The
list of entries was very large, while ami
mails were of very high grade, among
the winners being horses which have
been awarded premiums at the Wash
ington, Culpeper and Upperville horse
shows. Several riders were thrown
and one named Goodwin was painfully
hurt. Among those who won prizes
were Robert Portner and ]. D. Hooe.
Governor Tyler writes from Radford
that he will return to Richmond to-
morrow. His son, Hal, whe had been
so i'll with fever, is now well enough
for the Governor TO leave him.
1t is said that two Virginia regiments
may be mustered out of the service, land
while it is known that the Third will BIZ
one of these, the officers of the Second
and Fourth are uncertain as to which
of these regiments will be discharged.
Ooe of the first things to engage the
attention of the Governor upon his re-
turn to Richmond will be matters re-
lating to the military-the mastering
out Of part of the Virginia troops and
the reorganization Of the volunteer ser
vice ofthe State. There seems to be
some apprehension that one of the Vir'
ginia regiments in the Seventh army
corps may be mustered out and not 20
with Gen. Lee to Cuba. This is borne
out by telegram from Col. Baker, Of
the Second regiment, calling attention
to the fact that on account of seniority
in the service, the first to volunteer
and being in the best condition, the
second is entitled to the right to repre-
sent this State in Lees army in Cuba.
- The twenty.ninth annual convention oil
the Medical Society of Virginia met at Vir'
| gnis Beach last night. An address was de-
| livered by Dr. II. E. Jones, of Roanoke.