Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Gen. G. s. Meem, formerly OF Sben-
andoah county, has tesn removed as
postmaster at Seattle, Wash, to make
room for republican.
Carl Nowlin, known as the king Of
moonshiners, was drowned by water
spout on Shooting creek, Franklin
county, one day last week.
Mr.. Henry Robert Whitening, of
Washington, and Miss Cora Carr .ngton
were married in Richmond on Saturday
evening at the residence of Mrs. A. Y.
Stokes.
Councilman Frank T. Glasgow has
been elected by the town council May
or of Lexington, to fill out the unex
pired term of the late Mayor Thos. E
McCorkle.
The farmers of Stafford county are
already preparing for large pickle
crop this year. Last season the grow
ers of that crop in Stafford county real
lied about $4,000.
a memorial is to be raised to Winnie
Davis, the Daughter Of the Confeder-
acy, in the shape of home for the or
phan ard destitute children and grand
children of former Confederate sol
diers. 1t will be established at Luray,
Page county.
Rev. DIR. NJ. B. Wharton yesterday
morning resigned his passionate OF the
Freemason Street Baptist Church, Of
Norfolk, to become co-pastor OF Brsnt-
lev Baptist Church, of Baltimore, Of
which his brother, Rev. DR.. Il. M.
Wharton. is pastor.
Oa Friday night Mr.. Walter II.
Aycock, of Warrenton, was fatally
burned by the explosion of hanging
lamp. The lamp burst just as Mr.. Ay-
cock was pulling it down, and covered
him with oil, which took ire, burning
him SO terribly that he died on Satur-
day morning. He leaves wife and
little daughter.
Danyille will, beginning April /, fur
nish gas to consumers at 81 per thou
sand cubic feet, with discount Of %
per cent. on all gas bills paid on or BE-
fore the fifth day of each month, thus
practically making the price of gas in
Danville Is cents per thousand feet.
The price of water has also been re-
duced 90 per cent.
& dispatch from Richmond dated
last night says there is freshet in the
James river for the third time in six
weeks. The river has been rising
there steadily all day, and the steam
chip warehouses and the lower floors
of storee in the exposed district have
been cleared of merchandise to escape
damage from the incoming water.
The Governor received yesterday o
letter from q young man in Illinois,
who wants Southern girl for sweet.
heart. He says he is only seventeen
years old and is financially 20. K"
He wishes the Governor to send him
the address of q Southern girl of the
'bluest Of blue blood" and who is
pretty. The youth says he Is looking
for trouble. He is very young.
The finance committee OF the Rich
mond city council has decided to
double the license taxes on retail
liquor dealers, physicians and dentists.
Physicians and dentists license are in
creasedirom SO to 800. The committee
next week will hear protests from those
whofeel sggrieved. Many saloon men
! are in favorof high license. They want
| to see the number of bar rooms reduced.
A fatal wreck occurred on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad, at Ada, yes
terday morning, killing Fireman Van
Lsndingham, of Roanoke, and brake
man named E. A. Graham. a tramp
was also killed. Several trainmen
were moro or less injured. Three
freight trains were wrecked. All were
coming east. The first train had stop
ped. The second broke in two, and
sections in their flight down the noun.
tain side crashed into the first train.
They were soon followed by the third,
which had not been tagged.