Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

I Vot SarV o. the 'OlQ SGOuo OhuiCu,
near Stanton, will be celebrated to-
morrow and Thursday.
/ Charles L. Carter, one of the most
successful farmers of Amherst county,
died on Sunday, aged 81 years. He Is
survived by niue children.
| Experts from the north have been
summoned to Lexington to ascertain
the cause of typhoid fever, which has
necessitated the closing of the Virginia
Military Institute.
The engagement has heen announced
of Miss Bessie Lee, of Hanover county
to Mr.. Patrick Cardwell, son of Judge
J. 81. r. Cardwell, q member OF the
Virginia Court of Appeals.
Two buildings connected with the
Charlottesville Wooden Mills and used
for storing chemicals. drugs, waste,
etc., were totally destroyed by fire Fri
day morning. Loss, about 5000.
| w. E. Grigsby and John Cawood, OF
King George, both republicans, have an
nounced their candidacy for the legisla
ture from Stafford and King George
counties against Henry L. Garnett, the
democratic nominee.
The Beazley property in o'sylvan.
ia county, containing over th"us md
acres, adjoining the White Hall and
Randolph gold mines, was sold yester
day at public auction. A. T. Embry
was the purchaser at S., $50.
st. Paul's Episcopal church Richmond
will invite in all probability Rev. Will
| liam E. Evans, to become the successor
to Rev. Hartley Carmichael, D. d. Mr.
Evans is now rector of the leading Epis
copal Church. at Columbia, S. @.
1t is stated that proposition is to be
submitted TO the Virginia Legislature
the coming winter by a New York syn
dictate to purchase all of the States
oyster grounds. Tho syndicate is com
posed of capitalists of large means.
Mrs. Leslie Palmer Leigh, daughter
of Colonel W. q. Palmer, and wife o
Mr.. E. G.. Leigh president of the South
ern Grocers, Association, died while
asleep at an early hour Sunday morn
ing at Mr.. Leign's summer residence
near Richmond.
Nominations have now been made il
all the cities and counties of the State
and the candidates have to file their no
tees not later than next Wednesday
There will be more new men in the mex
legislature than 10 any that has met il
recent years. Of the 100 nominations
for the House the democrats have pu
up but twenty old men.
At Roanoke yesterday M. II. Claytol
announced himself an independent can
didste for the State Senate, in opposi
ton to Edward Lyle, the Democratic
nominee. Mr.. Clayton is the presen
State Senator from the Roanoke dis
trict. He is democrat. He will have
as running mates John L. Hannah, o
Roanoke. county, an ex.representatlve
and G.. w. Crumpacker, OF Roanoke
county.
The democrats of Southampton coun
ty, in mass meeting yesterday, adopted
resolution indorsing the action of TIT
county committee in refusing to abide
by the action of the State central com
mittee in recognizing Senator Boykir
over Mr.. Stands. This action yester
day adds greatly to the complications
in the Southampton Senatorial district
1t is certain now that there will be s
free fight between Boykin and Stands
Grand. Commander of the Confede
rate Veterans of Virginia, Stith Boil
ing, of Petersburg, appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen to represent the
Grand Camp of Virginia at the funeral
in Winchester, this afternoon, of the
late Grand Commander ]. ]. Williams
First Lieutenant Grand Commander
R. L. Maury, of Richmond; Second
Lieutenant Grand Commander Thos
w. Smith, of Suffolk; Third Lieutenant
Grand Commander James Macgill, o
Pulaski; Inspector General T. G. Nor
ton, of Staunton, and Past Grand Com
mander William A. Smoot, of Alexan
dria.
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