Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-09
VIRGINIA NEWS.

A meeting was held at Leesburg yes
terday to elect delegates to the confer.
ence in Richmond on Wednesday and
resolutions were adopted favoring the
movement.
Rev. W. B. Haislip has withdrawn
his resignation of the Baptist church's
pastorate in Leesburg and will remain
to the qualification of the people gen.
orally Of that town.
The new contract for making the
Leesburg and Point of Rocks turnpike
road has been awarded to Mr.. J, Brad.
Beverley, of Winchester, and the work
will be pushed to completion.
The farm of Capt. Pat McCaull, near
Mt. Poney, CuIpeper county, was sold
on Saturday last by John S. Barbour,
trustee, to Duncan & Rixey, for Sll
per acre. 1t contains $50 acres.
Governor Tyler has advised Gov
ernor Lowndes, of Maryland, of the re-
lease of the oyster prisoners in Acco-
mac and asks for the surrender OF
others who are accused of dredging I'M
lawfully.
Rev. DR.. J. B. Hawthorne, of Nash
vile, Tenn, has accepted the call re:
Gently rendered him to the passionate OF
Grove Avenue Baptist Church, Rich
mond, and will take up the work the
first of September.
The large brick building on South
street, Petersburg, owned and occupied
by the Southside Manufacturing Com
pany, manufacturers of crates and fruit
baskets, was destroyed by fire last
| night. Loss SOS, 900.
Grant Reid, colored, hailing from
Pittsburg, who was arrested on a
| charge of numbering his wife and Peter
Carter, his wife's father, in Madison
county some time ago, has been tried,
found guilty and sentenced to be hung
Newport News was visited yesterday
evening, shortly before seven O'Clock,
by a violent hailstorm, which worked
considerable damage about the city, es'
pecially to windows, trees and flowers.
The hailstones were unusually large,
some of them being of the size OF crab
apples.
Seven colored girls were put at work
yesterday in the Manchester Shirt and
Overall Factory. At once the three
hundred white girls quit work and
went to the office in body, demand
ing the discharge Of the colored en-
| ployees. The colored employees were
dismissed and the white girls returned
to work.
The Chesapeake and Ohio steamship
Rapidan, which sailed from Newport
News yesterday for Liverpool, carried
what is believed to be the largest cargo
ever shipped out of the Virginia capes
, There were IL 900 tons of cargo, dead
weight, in her hold. On board was 8
thoroughbred Kentucky stallion fol
Sir William Furness, OF Furness, Witty
! s; Co., West Hartlepool, England.
Mr.. J. Chaplain Smith died at the
Baltimore Hospital last evening from 8
fracture of the skull. He fell on the
stone steps OF his boarding house, No
334 st. Paul street, on Thursday night
Mr.. Smith, who was fifty.six years o.
age, was native OF Loudoun county
and son OF Mr.. Benjamin P. Smith
who was wellknown lawyer Of
Washington. He served in the Con-
federate army, and was member Of
the Seventh Virginia Cavalry, Colonel
Henry Dulany.
a number of ladies were in the Rich
mond Police Court yesterday to testify
against Jim White, negro, who was
under arrest the third time for annoy.
ing ladies on the streets. Sunday
night while two girls were going home
a short distance from church, the
negro jumped out of the shadow at
them and followed them, when they
ran. Once before citizen was looking
| for him with double barreled shotgun,
and his prompt arrest saved his life.
The police justice expressed regret that
the law only allowed twelve months in
jail, and gave that penalty, and stated
that he would accept it as contempt OF
court if any lawyer sought to get the
punishment reduced.