Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-17

, VIRGINIA NEWS.

Mr.. William L,Dge, well-known
baker. and the oldest Odd Fellow in
Fredericksburg, died at his home there
yesterday evening after several week.
illness, in the seventy-fourth year OF
his Iage.
Mr.. o. /. Boissesu, OF Dinwiddie, has
sold to T. B. Vest 5000, 900 feet of lum-
Der on the stump 10 that county in the
neighborhood of the county courthouse.
The price paid was s. per thousand
feet, stumpage.
The large tanning establishment OF
F. p. Cover & Son, BrOwntown, fifteen
miles north of Luray, which for more
than a quarter of q century has been 10
active operation, has suspended work
on account of the bark supply having
become exhausted.
Mrs. E. Il. Bateman of Suffolk on
Thursday became the mother of trip
lets, two sons and q daughter. The
mother and two of the infants are doing
well. The father, who ia 45 years old,
! was at IA married to bis first wife, aged
ID.
A conference was held in Baltimore
yesterday between representatives OF
interests identified with the proposed
beet sugar industry at Fredericksburg
and Bartlett, HAYWARD & Co. with the
view of building q plant at Fredericks-
burg.
Bishop CRANBERRY will dedicate the
new Methodist Episcopal church. a,
White Post, Clarke county, Feb. 25th,
at II q. m. The choir of the Front
Royal NJ. E. Church South will furnish
special music for the occasion.
1t is said that the entire pine lumber
interests of Virginia and North Caro-
lima have been pooled. DR.. J. o
White, of Camden, n j., is reported
to have been the promoter, and TO have
contaminated the deal at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel, New York, Thursday.
In the Chancery Court 10 Richmond
yesterday the proceedings for an in
junction to restrain the Old Dominion
Building and Loan Association from
forming trust company and praying
for receiver were continued for TEL
days, during which time it is thought
an agreement will be reached.
By deed recorded in Norfolk yes
terday the Norfolk and Southern Rail-
road becomes the owner of the Norfolk,
Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad
for $4,000 aud other valuable COL
siderations, the nature of which is not
stated. The move is regarded as cor
solidation of the Vanderbilt railroad
proprties in that section.
The twenty-tbird annual convention
OF the Virginia Y. NJ. c. A. at Hamp-
ton, at Newport News yesterday elected
the following otficere: President, T.
N. Terry, of Lynchburg; vice presi
dents, Simon Seward, Petersburg: H.
L. Schmelz, Hampton j. 4. Rogers,
University of Virginia secretary, p. l.
Smithers, Roanoke; assistant secre-
taries, Messrs. G. G. Leatherman, Roc.
noke College, B. l.. Morris, Richmond,
and J. s. Vawter, Blue6elds. W. Va.
Thomas Turpin, the fiftee '-year-old
son of c. Turpin, and one of the two
boys who were shanghaied aboard the
Italian bark Ammonia at Newport News
four months ago, returned to that city
yesterday on the Chesapeake and Ohio
liner Rapidsn, having been rescued by
United States Consul Howard at Cadiz,
Spain, after a demand made by the
Secretary of State on the Italian gov
erDment for the safe delivery of the
boys on their arrival on the Ammonia.
John Shores. the other boy, whose par
ents also live at Newport News is ex.
Dected to reach New York today from
Liverpool on freight steamer, aud
will return there on the first Dominion
Liner.