Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Richmond Locomotive Works
expect to get the contract to build five
t%orpedobcat destroyers.
The torpedoboat Winslow is at Nor
folk. The boat has been visited ~
many, who have had the spot on which
Bagley was killed pointed out
to them.
Matte, the 10 year-old daughter of
and Mrs. Hugh Gunnell, living near
Vienna, was burned to death a few
days ago while engaged in starting q
fire with coal oil.
Mrs. Frank Jenkins, who resides near
Winchester, has disappeared. Her hus-
aand can assign no cause. A thorough
search of the neighborhood has been
made, but no clue found.
Lloyd Daubigne, a member of the
Virginia Dabney family and a son Of
Mr.. Virginius Dabney, who once lived
at M%iddleburg, has been invited to sing
10 the Wagner opera in Germany.
Private ]. A. Larkin, of Company K,
Third Virginia, regiment, and Miss Ella
E. Bryant, Of Westmorelaud county,
were married at the Methodist parson-
age in fredericksburg yesterday.
Mrs. Mile Ellis Strobe, wife of Prof.
Il. A. Strobe, late head master OF Ken
more school, died at Amherst Depot
yesterday afternoon. Prof. Strobe, who
has been in declining health for q
year or more, ism a dying condition.
Lieut.. Hugh Hinde, of Co. c, 2nd
Virginia regiment, has been appoint
ed inspector of the guard and po-
lice officer of the Second Virginia regi-
ment at Camp Cuba Libre. Lieut..
Hinde was the first editor of the Staun-
ton News. He was educated for the
English navy. He came to America
about 10 years ago and married q Vir-
ginia lady. His friends wish him luck.
Richmond was visited yesterday after.
neon by g terrific thunderstorm.
Lighting struck the roof of the Venable
street Baptist church and tore two holes
in it, and shattered a chimney, doing,
all told, about $500 damage. The in.
terror of the church was not damared.
The peal OF thunder which followed
Immediately upon the flash was terrific
and ~deafening, though no n was
shocked.
Mr.. G. F. Blackburn, Appointment cit.
izen OF Stafford county, died of a fever
yesterday morning at his home in Gar
risonville neighborhood. He was fifty
years old, and though quite young
during the civil war, CALAMITY served
in the Confederate army. He married
a sister of the late Colonel Thomas
Waller, who was for many years treas
urer of Stafford county. She and four
children survive him.
The republicans OF Culpeper held a
meeting on Saturday to elect delegates
10 the Congressional convention to be
held in this city August 31st. Louis l..
Whitestone was elected county chair
man and Lucien D. Winston, Edgar
Waylaud, E. J Eggborn, Fayette Fitz.
hugh, B. F. Eilinger, G. B. Hughes,
and Robert P. milestone, were the
delegates chosen. These delegates
we're instructed for Lucien D. Winston,
for State committeeman.
1t is believed in military circles that
ut least one of the Virginia regiments
will be mustered out of service in a
short while. AS a very large percent
age of the men of the Third have sig.
ni6ed their desire to return to Their
homes, and as their command is sep
arated from the Seventh Army Corps,
which will go to Cuba to do garrison
duty, it is thought the Third will be
ordered out of service. The regiment
will be ordered to Richmond. The
camp will be pitched at some point that
will be chosen by an officer who will
go on ahead of the regiment.
Rev. j. D. Thomas, pastor Of the
Presbyterian Church at Berryville, died
suddenly yesterday evening of apo
plexy at the residence of Mr., Morrison
at Shenandoah junction. He was ap-
parently in good health, and q few
minutes before his death was sitting on
the porch reading q newspaper. He
was about sixty years of age and leaves
a wife and family, who reside at Berry
Vile Mr.. Thomas came into the Wiz
chester P~resbytery last spring, at
which time he received the call to the
p~astorate at BerryviIle. He was
formerly a member of the Westminis-
ter Presbytery Of Maryland, and had
a charge at Sykesville.