Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VlHUlNlh Me- y.
The Italian government has purchas-
ed 1900 hogsheads of tobacco in Peters
burg.
Second Lieut.. Holmes Conrad, jr., of
Winchester, OF the ooh U. s. Volunteer
Infantry. has resigned.
Mrs. Cornela Wickham Taylor,
widow OF Walter Il. Taylor, died a.
her home in Norfolk on Tuesday in the
SSth year of her age.
The vestries of the several Episcopal
churches in King George county have
extended call to Rev. Mr.. Turner OF
Anne Arundel county, Maryland.
Mr.. James G. Black well died at Rae
residence of his sister, Mrs. Harriet 3.
Monkey, near Greenwich, Prince VII
liam county, on Monday, aged "a years
1t is stated that a new proposition
will be laid before the legislature this
session looking to a settlement with
West Virginia of her part of the ola
debt.
The Lexington postmaster has re-
ceivedinstructions the from first assist
ant postmaster general TO establish G
sub station at the Virginia Military In
stitute.
A convention of Pulaski and Giles
county democrats yesterday nominated
David S Pollock for the House, and in
structed aim to vote for Governor
Tv1er for the Sanata .
Charles Mcfarland, q well known
Young married man OF Winchester, was
sentenced to six months in jSl al,
Berryvile in the police court on two
charges of larceny, yesterday.
Tuesday was the 18th birthday
of ex.Unittd States Senator Robt.
E. Withers, and in celebration OF the
happy event reception Was given at
his beautiful and ever hospitable sub
urban home in WytheVile.
The Boykin and the anti Boykin fac
tons, both in the Senate and the House
contests in Isle of Wight, last night sub
mitted their cases to the chairman Of
the State committee in Richmond for
reference and decision Of that body.
Local insurance agents met in Lynch
burg last mig ut and formed State .lsso-
citation, with l.. w. Childress, of Nor
folk, president; W. L. Dechert, OF Har-
risonburg, vice president, aud George
D. Dey, of Norfolk, secretary aud trea-
surer.
DIR. William Shipper, of Petersburg,
has received notice of his appointment
as medical examining officer for Peters
burg of the Forty-eighth United States
Volunteer Infantry. DR.. Shipper was
for four years surgeon in the Unlied
States army.
Three prisoners were taken to Char
lottesville from Wsrrenton yesterday
for safe keeping. There are two white
men and one negro. The charges against
these two men are indecent assaults.
They have been in jail at Warrenou
for some weeks.
The State of Virginia will soon ed
vertise to expend 100000 in the pur-
chase of her bonds. 1t is likely that
one or two more purchases may be,
made this year. The money for this
investment comes from the surplus in
the treasury, which the law authorizes
for now in this way.
Samuel Ritter, one of the Oldest citi.
zens of Frederick county, died vester.
day, aged eighty.four years. During
the civil war he served in the Confed-
crate army as member of Capt. VIM.
NJ. Nelson's Clark county infantry,
and was seriously wounded at the first
battle of Manassas. He never fully re-
covered from the wound.
The plant of the Norfolk Flour Mill
ing Company was totally destroyed by
fire last night. The plant of the Hy
gienic Ice Company was endangered but
the fremen succeeded in combining the
flames to the -four mills. The loss on
the plant will reach $4,000, with SO,
600 insurance. Eigh thousand dollars
worth of stock, insured for $1,000, was
destroyed.
A fatal shooting case occurred at
Grassland, Orange county, Tuesday
night. Two cousins, George and Long.
street Martin, we're stopping together
in the formers storehouse. About 10
o'clock Longstreet got up and went out
of the house. When he returned
George, thinking it was burglar, fired
his pistol twice, both balls taking effec!
in his cousins left arm and right should
er, resulting in death an hour later. De-
ceased was about 80 years old. Coro-
nel Holiday deemed an inquest unoe-
cessary.