Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

III les earl w lilldllS, uauRutcL VI III &.
]. w. Williams, of North Garden, died
on Sunday of consumption.
Senator Thomas S. Martin, and Hon.
John F. Rixey spoke at Orange yester-
day to u large and enthusiastic audi
enca.
Mrs. Julia Snellings died at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. A. g..
Rains, in Stafford, Saturday, aged Is
years.
DR.. John R. Chappell, one of Peters
bure's best known physicians, died yts s
t.rday of paralysis, after protract' d
illness.
Rev. Robert W. Carter has resigned
the pastorate of the Richmond Hill
Presbyterian Church and has accepted
a call to the church at Davis, w. Va.
Mrs. Matte Patterson Christian
Thornhill, wife Of Rev. DR.. L. R. Thorn
hill, pastor of the cambridge street Bap-
fist church, Manchester, died yesterday
morning.
Sick soldiers who are in Richmond
on furlough are bitter against the sur
geons of the Fourth regiment, end de-
plore the fact that they must again be
placed in position where they will be
at their mercy.
Rev. ]. It. Zolley, of Herrisonburg,
was on Saturday called to the passionate
! of the Jefferson street Baptist Church
| OF Roanoke to fill the the vacancy oc.
casioned by the resignation OF Rev.
William Lunsford.
Rev. William H. Mead pastor Of st.
; Johns Episcopal Church, of Roanoke,
has resigned and will leave the city
about October Is. He has had two
calls, one TO a church in Accomac
county, and one to the chaplaincy oil
the University Of North Carolina, at
Chapel Hill.
Arthur Levitt, the young murderer
of Constable Beasley, who narrowly e.
capped lynching at the hands of the en-
| ragged farmers of Princess Anne county,
was yesterday given prelimi'
nary hearing in Norfolk. He was
sent on to the special term of the grand
jury, which will be convened to try him
next week.
Harry Frazier, for many years chief
engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, has signed contract with
Senator Calvin S. Brice, Of New York,
to 90 to Hong Kong and there assume
the position ofchief engineer of a large
railroad being constructed in China. Ii
is understood that Mr.. Frazler's salary
will be $4,000 a year.
Judge Waddill will appoint Mr.. Jos
2. Brady, son OF the collector of inter
nal revenue, clerk of the United States
District Court, at Richmond, on Octo
. Der l, and Mr.. Robert H. Talley, who
has been Judge Waddill's private secre-
tary for several years, will be made
deputy clerk. Clerk Henry Flegen-
J heimer has not been notified of the pre-
posed change.
At the triennial convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Ameri-
ca to be held in Washington beginning
Wednesday, October 3, and lasting
three weeks. Virginia will be repre-
sented as follows: Right Rev. Francis
M. Whittle, D. D., Richmond
Right Rev. Robert a. Gibson, D. D.,
coadjutor, Richmond; Revs. G. w. Mel
son, Cornelius Walker, D. D., l.. r.
Mason, w. NJ. Clark and Messrs. Jos.
Bryan, L. NJ. Blackford, John G. Will
liams and Joseph Wilmer.
Why ]. Penrose Carter, the Henrico
county merchant, shot and killed Chas.
F. Moore, the Manchester contractor,
still remains a mystery. Carter re-
fuses to talk in regard to the matter,
and except for the statement that he
was justified in the shooting, has been
dumb when approached in regard to
the affair. He is confined in the Hen
rico county Jail. Mrs. Carter visited
her husband in his cell yesterday, and
spent half an hour with him. She
broke down completely when she was
ushered into his presence.