Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Miss Eta Faulkner, of Caroline
county, died suddenly Sunday.
Mr.. Arthur c. Humphreys, Spanish
vice-consul at Norfolk and Newport
News, has resigned his position.
The Virginia State board of fisheries
met in Hampton yesterday and appoint
ed oyster inspectors for the ensuing
term.
Ex-Slate Senator VIM. A. Little was
taken suddenly i'll at his home in Fred
ericksburg Tuesday night, and his con-
dition shows no Improvement.
Coley Beauchamp, prominent
young man of Northumberland, dice at
his homo in that county last Wednes
day from a cancer on his face.
MIR. Jacob b. Franklin, an ex-mem:
Der of the Lynchburg city council and
for many years member of the school
board of that city, died yesterday.
The large barn and courthouse on the
Chatham estate, in Stafford county,
were destroyed by fire, on Tuesday,
with four hundred barrels of corn, har'
ness, &c.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has granted the application for a
| writ of certiorari in the case OF the city
of Richmond against the Bell Tele-
phone Company.
AS result of congregational meet
irg of st. Andrews Episcopal church,
Mount Jackson, Rev. DR.. James Gram
mer reconsidered his contemplated re-
signation as rector.
At an election held on Tuesday in
Greenway district, Clarke county, to
| determine whether or not liquors
should be sold, the vets won by ma
jority of thirty-six.
Joseph Ware, q patient at the Central
State Hospital near Petersburg, struck
John Tabb, another patient, on the
head with scrubbing brush, last Tues.
day, inflicting injuries which caused
| death.
The decision of the Secretary of War
to take the soldiers for the invasion of
Cuba and Porto Rico from the South
Atlantic States points also to the ap-
pointment of General Lee as command.
er of the forces in the field.
The papers and petitions for the re-
moval OF the Custom House from Tap.
pahannock to Reedville, in Northum-
berland county, have been prepared
and will be forwarded, in few days. The
indications are that Northumberland
will win.
Mr.. L. A. Marsteller. well-known
citizen of Culpeper, residing near Rem
ingtoD, that county, died Saturday OF
dropsy. He was in the seveniy-htth
year of his age and leaves q widow and
several children. During the war he
served in the Eighth Virginia Regiment.
The board of visitors OF the Virginia
Military Institute yesterday confirmed
the decision of the court of inquiry in
the case of Cadet Halves. As the result
of the escapade that led up to the in
quiry three cadets, two from Peters
burg and one from Richmond, were al
lowed to resign.
There is some talk of Governor Tyler
and his staff going to the front in case
OF war. Governor Tyler says he can.
not tell now what will be done. Some
of his s;aff are anxious to turn out. A
room in the State library has been
turned over to the military officers for
| conference purpose.
The Virginia Coal and Iron Com
parry, which does large coal and coke
business in Wise county, operating five
hucdred coke ovens, has shut down,
owing to, it is said, general business
disturbances. Two hundred men are
idle as a result. A similar number OF
men are idle at Saltville, owing to sus-
pension in one department of the
Matheson Alkali Works.
Mr.. John L. Williams, president of
the Fair Grounds Company, Richmond,
has written the Governor offering the
use of the grounds of that company for
the mobilization of troops. The grounds
were used during the early part of the
civil war as camp of instruction for
Confederate troops. Later it were a
conscript camp, and thousands of old
soldiers have gathered upon these
grounds,