Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-05-04
VIRGINIA NEWS


Newport News will ipaupurate a cr9.
SADIE against immoral houses.
Mr.. DaingerAeld Shackelford died q.
his home, in Rsppahannock county
Monday, aged seventy.three years.
Princess Trouoertzkoi, who has been
spending the spring at her home, Cas-
tie Hill, near Charlottesville, is quite
sick.
On the oath of April Mr.. James Bsr.
bour Newman, of Orange county, cee.
brated his 95th birthday. His mother
was sister of Governor James Bar.
bour, of Virginia.
Mr.. Joseph Brady has been appoint.
ed clerk of the United States Dlsrie.
Court, at Richmond, to succeed Mr.
Henry Flegenheimer. Changes are also
liable to be made at Norfolk and Alex
andris.
Mr.. X NJ. Dickinson, of Prince Ed
ward county, died on Monday night
aged 5S years. He was a son of The
lste Hon. Asa D. Dickinson. for
many years judge of thu third judicial
circuit of this State.
10 fit of melancholia, CAUSED ty
protracted illness. Mr.. G. 3. Lane. yes
terday jumped from the second story
window of the house in which he IT.
sides, in Newport News, and was
dangerously injured. Some time so
MIR. Lane suffered stroke OF paralysis.
What may prove to be fatal assault
occurred yesterday evening in E4.t
Roanoke. L. J. johnson was bru,sIly
attacked by his office boy. Henry
Mickey. who struck him two blows on
the head with hammer. johnson Is
in q critical condition.
Benjamin Hottie and Thos. Dosh,
carpenters, were working on dwell
ing at Woodstock yesterday about
twenty feet from the ground, when the
scaiiold broke and preciptated both TO
the ground. Dosh sustained serious
internal injuries.
The Pitman suit against the Norfolk
and Western Railway Company for the
killing of Miss Julia Pitman by the cars
at RileyviIie, was again tried in the cir.
cult court, at Luray, yesterday, snd
the jury rendered a verdict for J 6tl
The former verdict was for J., so, ard
this was set aside by the court As being
against the law and evidence.
Lieut.. J. P. Barney, engineering
officer of the Richmond Blues
is trying to organize con-
pany of engineers for the vClln'
teer brigade recently authorized by
Congress. He wishes to get at least
$50 men who have worked on railroads
or in the shops, and electrical and Ne
chanical engineers.
The biennial session of the Supreme
Lodge OF the Order of the Golden
Chain was held in Richmond yesterday.
The attendance numbered about 30 Of
the officers of the Supreme Lodge, and
the States of Georgia, Pennsylvania
Virginia, Maryland, New York, Ter
nessee and Florida were represented
The convention will possibly continue
until Friday.
The democratic congressman con'
vention to nominate candidate ioi
Congress from the fourth district o.
Virginia. was held in Petersburg 49,. :
night The convention nominated hon.
Sydney P. Epes by acclamatioo Re-
alutions were adopted denounoing 'n9
unseating of Mr.. Epes in the naiIola
House of Representatives and pledglls
steadfast efforts to re-elect him.
An accident occurred at RichmoGu
late yesterday afternoon, which re'jI,
ed in the serious injury OF four lad'T5'
prominent in that community. Ms. %
E. Holt and Mrs. VIM. Hugh oven,
accompanied by their daughter, MISE
Eula and Alma. were out dryins
when their spirited horse took iFgLs
and dashed away. All four were thrown
violently to the ground. Mrs. no..
was probably fatally injured, but t!'
others will recover. The accident CT,
Cured on Broad street, waich VIZ
crowded at the time, and vehicles anu
pedestrians narrowly escaped lpjl9 4
from the runaway team.