Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

One thousand head OF cattle and over
10000 bushels of grain are exported
weekly from Newport News.
In Richmond last night Mr.. Irwin
Weisiger was elected President of the
Virginia Navigation Company, vice "A.
r. Drewry, deceased.
z. w. Huffman, of Newport News.
has been elected by the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, ma or of the First
B ttalion of the First Regiment. He
wilfappoiat his staff at once.
The opening day of the Shenandoah
Valley Agricultural Society at Win
chester yesterday was spoiled by .
heavy rain. The attendance was 500
and a ! The events were declared I'll
| james Helmore, aged sixteen, OF
Rockbridge county, fell on the driving
belt at the plant OF the Midvale Mining
Company last Saturday and was drawn
into the fly-wheel and instantly killed.
Edward r. Latham died very sud
denly at his home, Llangollen, New
Brunswick, n. j., on Saturday from
hemorrhage OF the lungs. He was Doru
in Virginia and was son of Robert W..
Latham.
D. Crawford Bell, the young clerk of
the Hotel Warwick, at Newport News,
who mysteriously disappeared from
| there on last Wednesday, was seen in
| Winchester on Friday and Saturday by
several persons.
Frank Gordon, Familiarity known as
Doc" Gordon. eied at Newport News
yesterday. He came from New Kent
county and was a brother OF Col. w.
w. Gordon, the Richmond lawyer,
who played an important part in the
settlement OF the Virginia debt ques-
ton.
Thieves entered the Southern Rail.
way freight Office at Culpeper early
Yesterday morning. They rifled the
cash drawer and tore open the CORE
| spondence desk, but only secured 81 80
/ in nickels and pennies. The thieves
we're frightened oil by the night watch
man making his rounds.
a charter has just been granted to
the Berryvile Milling Company. The
officers of the company are &. 5. West
on, president; a. w. Dickson, treasur-
err, and William E. Reed, manager.
The capital stock of the company is
$4,000. The company has bought the
mill formerly owned and operated by
the Z. L0vett Company.
The charter OF the Fremont Polytech.
mic School was recorded in the office OF
the Commonwealth in Richmond yes
terday. The charter provides for the
maintenance of school Of instruction
| in applied science and industrial arts,
ia or near the city of Alexandris, for
> colored people, The president is O..
| Wyman Fremont, of Washington.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
| Company, of Bristol will put the Bristol
! ron furnace in operation within few
days. This furnace has been improved
and added to until its daily capacity is
200 tons. The iron furnace at Big
Stone Gap has just gone into the hands
of its receut purchaser, E. l.. Harper
& Co, for the Union Chain and Steel
Company, of New York.
Gov. Tyler has appointed Judge H.
a. w. Skeen, OF the Wise County
Court, to the judgeship of the Seven
teeDth Judicial Circuit, to succeed
Judge w. T. Miller, resigned. The
Governor will not appoint u successor
10 Judge Skeen, but has designated
Judge r. r. Kane, of Wise county, to
hold the terms OF the County Court
until the General Assembly meets and
selects a judge.
An exciting runaway occurred during
the Wallace circus parade in Richmond
Yesterday. The brake chain to the
heavy band wagon broke on steep
gsaie, and the horses plunged down
the crowded street. Two OF them
broke away while the others were
stopped. AT least dozen persons were
Knocked down, and Emmett Manning,
aged eleven years, had his head badly
cut. II cost nesrly thousand dollars
to settle up the damages Of the run
away.
Charles Mcfarland, a youth of Win.
chester, was arrested in Berryville yes
terday charged with larceny. He was
witness for the defense in the case OF
the Commonwealth against Martin No
Ian, who is on trial in Barryville
charged with theft. After being on the
witness stand Mcfarland got into the
attorneys buggy and waited for them.
1t is charged that he employed his time
in stealing three lap robes and hat
from buggies standing along the street.
lie was lodged in jail.
The case of Henry G. King against
J. N. Watkins and others, involving the
title to the Robert Morris grant for
half million acres of land in Virginia
West Virginia and Kentucky, which
has been on trial for over three weeks
in the United S ates court st Abingdon,
vas decided yesterday in favor of the
plaintiffs. Some of this land has been
occupied for many years, and in West
Virginia includes the site of town.
The decision will dispossesS many
| people. The title runs back to the days
| of the Revolution.
CORNERSTONE LAID.