Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The tree-mall delivery system was III
augurated in Winchester yesterday.
The democrats are claiming clean
sweep in congressman next Tuesday.
A pension of $72 per month has been
granted to Annie Y. Lee, of Delaplane.
The Baptist Ministers Association,
of Norfolk, proposes to make fight for
a stricter observance ofSunday in that
city and in Portsmouth.
Rev. George T. Gray, 8 minister OF
the Lutheran Church and chaplain OF
the Virginia Agricultural College at
Blacksburg, died last Saturday.
While hunting in Spottsylvauia coun-
ty on Monday Mr.. Nal. Pritchett, was
badly shot in the shoulder by gun in
+; the hands OF Mr. Dabney Wheeler, being
accidentally discharged.
Mr.. Joseph Dewar found hens nest
on his farm, near Berry's Ferry,n Clarke
county, that contained over 100 young
chickens, and nearly 200 eggs. Seven
hens were setting on the nest.
The first twenty miles of the Rich,
mond, Petersburg and Carolina rail-
road, between Petersburg and Ridge
way, has been built, but there is hitch
in the plan in building the road TO
Richmond.
s. L. Hobson, the discharged con-
ductor, who recently broke the nose
and otherwise assaulted Mr.. George E.
Fisher, the general manager of the
Richmond Electric Railway, was yes.
terday in Richmond sent on to the
grand jury. The attack was without
provocation.
Mrs. W. G. Matthews was found dead
yesterday in small garden attached to
her home in Lynchburg. She had been
absent from home for some time. and,
after search, her Oldest daughter
found her lying near the garden path,
with her face buried in the ground.
Death had been caused by heart trouble.
Governor Tyler will leave Richmond
to. night for Savannah to visit the
Fourth Virginia regiment. He will be
accompanied by General Fitzhugh Lee
and several members of the Governors
staff. Mrs. Tyler and the Misses Tyler
will also accompany the Governor.
During their stay there the Governors
party will be cordially entertained by
the Fourth regiment and it's friends.
The Business Mems Association, of
Norfolk, last night appointed q COM
mittee to inaugurate the movement to
make the arrival of the former Spanish
cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa in those
waters a gala occasion. Visitors are
expected from all parts OF the coun'
try, and preparations will be pushed to
completion to make the event men,
orable one.
Mr.. William A. Little, who has just
returned from New York, where he
had busidess connected with the Vir.
GINA, Fredericksburg and Western
Railroad (Northern Neck), says he is
confident that the English capitalists
who had expected to take the bonds of
the railroad, but declined to do SO
when war was declared, will carry out
their original intention and furnish the
money to complete the road, which
was commenced last spring.
Gov.Tyler will look into the merits OF
tire cases of various soldiers of the 4th
regiment who are applying for dis
charges, and in the event of being able
to arrange with the War Department
to have men from the Second and
Third regiments to take their places, he
will endeavor to have them discharged.
General Lee is understood to favor this
plan. There are some men in the other
Virginia regiments who desire to re-
main in service. There are many in
the Fourth who are staying in against
their will.
Abraham G. Gordon, former we'll
known resident of Frederick county,
died in New York city Monday night,
aged ffty.fve years. For the past few
wears he bad been in the employ Of
Charles Broadway Rouss, the New
York millionaire merchant. This is
the second death of employees of Mr..
Rouss from the Winchester section
during the past week, the other being
NJ. Morgan BrannoD, who was found
dead near Stephensons last Thursday,
only short distance from where MI.
Gordon lived.
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