Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-02-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Virginia Bankers Association
will convene in Richmond on Wed.
nesday.
The frozen bodies of four colored
men were washed ashore near Smiths
Island life-saving station yesterday.
They are supposed 20 be the crew OF
wrecked oyster boat.
The Petersburg Iron Works Company
have got contract from the United
States government for 1900 six-inch
stells, seacoast defense, TO be delivered
during the next six months.
Fire was discovered il the lower floor
Of the Winchester Carriage Works
shortly after o'clock yesterday even
ing and before the flames were ex-
tinguished over $1,000 damage had
been done.
Mrs. Bette Broaddus, widow OF Mr..
A Broaddus, died at her home in Luray
Sunday night. Mrs. Broaddns was
daughter of John Lionbtrger, deceas d,
of Lursy. Mr.. Broaddus, died sudden
ly last June.
Rev. James +. Armstrong, secretary
OF the Baltimore conference, Methodist
Episcopal Church South, Stauntor,
says that the conference has been cor
daily and unanimously invited to hold
its session in Stanton April ..
Mr.. Peter Knoxville died at his home
in Stafford county Saturday night, after
an illness OF two months, aged fifty tive
years. He was soldier in the federal
army during the civil war and at the
time of mis- death was pensioner.
The post office at Air Point, Roanoke
county, Was broken open and robbed a
few night ago. Several dollars in silver
and stamps were taken By the thieves
besides @ gold watch and a sack con.
tanning about 900 pennies. There is
no clew.
Among the deaths which have occur
ed in L 1udoun recently were Mr.. John
T. Ross, Mrs. Frank Pellitt, Mrs
Thomas Monroe, Mr.. Enoch Fenton,
Mr.. John Pancosst, Miss May Donohoe,
Mrs. Phineas Slack. Mrs. Levi Wyn-
koop, Mr., Albert Gray and MIR. Spencer
Marcus.
The watefszof the James river reced-
ed nearly the entire day yesterday, but
last night they were again rising,
though slowly. The melting Of the
snow in the country is the cause Of
this, SIS the water from the extreme
upper portion of the streams IS now
reaching Richmond.
H. Clay Chambliu, one of the most
widely known men in Virginia, was
adjuged insane yesterday, and was sent
to an asylum. His fine estate. whit.
by" in Ches' crfeld, has produced
some of the finest horses on the Ameri-
can turf, and he is known to every
prominent horseman in the country.
Mention was made yesterday OF the
death of Captain G. Shirley Harrison at
his home, at Upper Brandon,
on James river, last Saturday.
His death Was the work OF bis
own hands, as on Friday last he took
isudenum. and then shot himself with
a pistol. No cause is assigned for the
act.
John Il. Smyth, colored, former min
lister TO Liberia, is now at the head OF 8
negro retormAtoiy in Richmond, and
has appo aled to the Governor to turn
over to him the youthful colored crimi-
nals in the penitentiary. The superin-
tendent of that institution reports that
there are seveuty-four negroes there
under the age of twenty-one years.
The Prince William county demo-
cratic executive committee met at
Manassas yesterday and selected March
25 as the dag for the spring primary. A
resolution was passed, providing that
the successful candidates should deirsy
the expenses of the election. Thus far
there has appeared no opposition to the
following officers, who have announced
themselves as candidates for re cleo
ton: J. BIT Thornton, Commonwealth
fattorney; Z. Nelson, clerk of County
and Circuit Courts; Westwood Hutchl
son treasurer, and ]. P. Leachman.
sheriff
Comment has been made upon the
small militia force in Virginia, the fig
ur4s at the Adju:ant Generals Office
showing only 446. Virginia, it appears
from Adjutant.G General Corbip's reports,
is far ahead of many other Slater. Ida
DO, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, North
Dakota and Oregon report less num-
Der of troops than Virginia, while Ar
kansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia,
Mississippi, Nevada, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Utah and Vermont have
none at all The total organized militia
of all the States as compiled by General