Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-11-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.


died yesterday at his residence in that
place OF pneumonia. He was sixty
years of age and native of Hanover
county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eggborn Obannon'
relict of Walter ObannUD, died yester
day at her residence near Boston, in
Culpeper county, aged about seventy
five years.
DR.. Leroy T. Nash, aged 80 years, q
prominent MUSICIAN of Norfolk, died at
the sanitarium OF DR.. Gwatbmey, yes
terday, after an illness of several weeks.
with typhoid fever.
Never in the history of Prince Will
liam has such large apple crop been
grown as the farmers are harvesting
this fall. Great demand for barrels
makes shipments slow.
Mrs. W. R. Garnett. of Caroline coun-
ty, died yesterday alter a short illness.
aged sixty one years. A husband aod
five children survive her. Two OF the
latter are critically i'll with fever.
Destructive mountain fires have ruin
ed much valuable timber along the
Loudoun end of Bull Run Mountain.
The fires originated from the careless
ness OF coon hunters in leaving camo
fires not extinguished.
The marriage of Miss Louise Augusta
Glass to Mr.. Fontaine D. Johnson, IT.,
took place on Thursday at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Blair Bapister, in Lynch
burg, The ceremo y being performed by
Rev. T. M. Carson, D. D.
Rev. DR.. Waylsnl Francis Fisher,
pastor of the Fourth Street Baptist
Church, in Portsmouth, was married in
Lynchburg on Thursday to Miss Annie
Fleetwood Scott, daughter of Mr. and
Mr.. J. A. Scott, of Campbell county.
Mr.. Edwin E Garrett, prominent
lawyer OF Lsesburg and attorney for the
Commonwealth, will wed on We'd
nesday, November %, Miss Agoes,
daughter of the late Anthony Dibrell,
cashier OF the Loudoun National Bank.
It's practically settled that Governor
T, ler's name will go before the demo-
cratic caucus for the nomination for
United States Senator. There will be
about $50 members Of the caucus. The
Governor has abou. twenty-five voter
awoug them be can count upon.
Gov. Tyler has committed the sen
tence Of Richard Williams, sentenced 10
be hanged at Newport News November
"a for The murder of James E. Newman
10 life Imprisonment. Williams did
DOT seem to comprehend the act OF
clemency. 1t is believed that his mind
IL unbalanced.
The Berryville Milling Company will
next week Get in operation the large
steam roller mills situated near the
lepo,, and which were formerly known
as the t. Lovett Company Roller Mills.
The mills have been equipped with
machinery of the most approved type
aud will have capacity OF 100 barrels
of -four per day OF II hours.
In his message to the Legislature
Governor Tyler will have some things
to say about the use OF money in Vir.
GINA elections. This subject has been
commented on before, and the Governor
will call the attention OF the General
Assembly to the increase of the custom
He will probably recommend that 9
law shall be passed requiring candidates
to make a sworn statement of their
election expenses.
The proposition of delegate-elect
Foikes to appropriate 100000 for g
great State exposition to be held IN 1901
does not meet with favor as far as TAX
ing money out Of the State treasury is
concerned; otherwise it is most popu'
lar scheme. There are some who be.
lieve the State can get up the exposi'
ton without going down into her pock
cts for a cent. But these people have
no plan to offer as yet.
Work upon the Berryville water.
works plant is progressing rapidly, the
reservoir which will hold the water,
and which is situated on the top of tht
Blue Ridge Mountaio about seven miles
east of Berry willie, has been completed
and half mile of new pipe laid; this
with about four miles of piping already
laid will leave gap of two and a half
miles, which will be put in the ground
as fast as the pipe can be delivered.
The newly-elected democratic execu-
tive committee of Loudoun county met
10 Leesburg on Monday and organized.
The mem bers present we're D. Bruin,
s. D. Leslie, George T. Ford, John R.
Hutchinson, M. M. Fadeley, F. M.
Lake, Sterling Murray and J. M. Mar
tin. Delany Bruin was reelected as
chairman, and George T. Ford was
chosen as secretary. The committee
adopted a resolution that hereafter no
member shall be allowed to be repre-.
sented at any meeting of the committee
by o proxy.
Yesterdays meeting of the Virginia
State Christian Endeavorers at Lexing-
ton was devoted to the reports of the
officers and to junior work. The
morning was devoted to the reports of
the State secretary, which shows a
membership of 10000 in the I'll socie-
ties in Virginia, of which 1876 are senior
and 25 junior branches. VIM. R. Ken
uedy, of Lexington, the president. de-
livered his annual address, dwelling
particularly upon the advantages to be
derived by the Christian Endeavor
from active co operation with the off,
GERS of the United Society at Boston.
The closing exercises OF todsy's session
will be an address by Hon. William l..
Wilson, president of Washington and
Lee University.
The accident which caused the death
of Mrs. Annie E. Hundley in Richmond
Thursday by the explosion of lamp is
also responsible for the taking away Of