Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

News vicinity yesterday doing much
damage. Especially to crops.
Mr.. Blackburn Smith, having enlisted
in military company in Harrisonburg,
has resigned as mayor Of Berryville.
Frank G. Miller, Seventh district of
Virginia, has been appointed cadet at
the Militsry Academy.
1t is said that the governments may
use the Hygeia and Chamberlip, at
Old Point, tor hospitals if the war is
prolonged.
The Congressional Executive Commit
tee, of the Sixth district, has been call
ed to meet at Lynchburg, on May II,
to nominate candidate for Congress.
Dir. Samuel Maddox died near Sandy,
Rappahaunock county, April 20, aged
90 years. He was the first man to haul
a threshing machine across the Allie
ghauy mountains.
Mrs. William Snellings, an aged and
wellknown lady, of Stafford, residing
about four miles from Fredericksburg,
died Wednesday night. She wss about
20 years of age.
1t is stated on good authority that
the recent heavy gales caused consider
able damage to early trucking on both
sides of the lower Rappahannock river,
especially in the newly set tomato
plants.
The new stone wall in front of the
cemetery, at Lexington, where Stone
wall Jackson lies buried, has been COM
pleted. 1t is substantial and hand
some piece of masonry. The wall is Of
blue limestone quarried there.
Col. w. F. Wickham, chairman OF
the State republican committee, has
called that body to meet in Richmond
May 10. The executive committee will
| meet on the same date. Matters re-
garding the fall campaign will be dis
cussed.
The suit of Edna Wallace Hopper
against DeWolf Hopper for divorce,
| was disposed of yesterday in the Su-
perior Court OF California, decree be-
| ing granted in her favor in twenty
minutes. This makes the third time
Hopper has been divorced.
Charles Lands, an employee of the
| Houck Tanning Company, at Harrison
, burg, fell into q tank of boiling oil
while at work yesterday and was
scalded SO badly that he died at noon.
He was young married man, about SO
years old, and leaves vile and two in
FAINT children.
Terrific hailstorms visited nearly
every portion of Virginia Thursday and
yesterday and caused much destruction
to crops. 10 Rockbridge the stores
were very large and so heavy that the
wheat is believed to have been de
stroyed, and the stones were piled iu
places by the wagon load. At Apo.
mattox the stones were large.
DR.. A. NJ. Brent, OF northumberland
county, has in one Of his patients re.
markable case of vitality. She is an
old lady, past eighty six years of age
and is now recovering from an attack
of grip and pneumonia, Her name is
Mrs. Patsy Wheeler. she has her
second sight and is cutting her third
set of teeth.
Stamp Deputy J. M.!McLaughlin, al
Lynchburg, has been kept busy for
several days past issuing stamps to
manufacturers of tobacco, who will
use them on stock already made up
The tobacconists claim that no matter
what the tax may be they have nothing
to lose by such course, and that il
may result in considerable gain. Stamps
| for several hundred thousand pounds
of tobacco nave been sold.
A terrific windstorm struck Roanoke
yesterday morning. The First Presby-
terian Church suffered damage to the
extent of several hundred dollars.
Trees were torn down all over the city
The residence Ct J. G. Rawn was struck
by lightning, but the damage was slight.
A street car was struck and woman
passenger was badly shocked. She is
in critical condition.
At meeting of the Lynchburg city
council yesterday, $4,000 was APP
propriated for the erection of new
public high school building. The coun-
Gil adopted q resolution declaring it to
be the sense OF the council that city
hall should be built at the earliest
practicable moment. Plans for the new
ball made some time ago call for a
building to cost about Sl25,000.
The annual contest of the Virginia
State Intercollegiate Oratorical Associ-
alton occurred last night at Richmond
College. Eight institutions were rep
resented. The gold medal was won by
D. S. Burleson, OF the University of
Virginia, who took for his subject 1.-THE
Destiny of the Notwithstanding Peo-
ple." The institutions represented
were Emory and Henry College by r.
A. Stewart, Richmond College by Geo.
P. Bagby, William and Mary College
by r. R. Claiborne, Washington and
Lee by G. F. Myers, University of Vir-
GINA by D. S. Burleson, Hampden-
Sidney by Barksdale Mamlet, Ran
dolph- Macon by S. Mop. Janney and
Roanoke College by Redford Bond.
THE BAPTISTS.