Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-09-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The nlaning mill, box and barrel lac
tory OF John l. Underwood, at Smitn-
field, burned Monday night.
Mrs. Ann Mercer Slaughter, widow
of Philip Slaughter, died at Mitchell's,
Culpeper county, yesterday, aged VI
years.
The output of apple brandy from the
counties of Nansemond, Isle of Wight
and Southampton will be much below
the average this season, on account Ct
the scarcity Of apples.
Mr.. Vireinius Newton, president of
the First National Bans, of Richmond,
and Miss Mary Barksdsle were married
yesterday morning in the Chapel of
Holy Trinity church 10 that city, by the
rector, Rev. J. ]. Gravatt.
Loudouc has lost three valuable citi-
zens by death 10 the last ew days
Messrs. John II. Orrision, aged 40;
Eppa Beach, aged about %, of Hamil-
| ton neighborhood, and Charles Spring,
of Leesburg neighborhood.
IL is again said in Richmond that
Governor Tyler will not convene an
| extra session of the legislature for Nc
vember 10, as originally intended. but
| will call the body together nm W. d.
| nesday, January 2, to arrange Tor the
| constitutional convention.
The Virginia State Flremen's Con.
| vention was called to order in the hall
OF the House OF Delegates in Richmond
| at 2 o'clock this afternoon and ad-
dresses OF welcome were delivered by
Mayor Taylor and others. The big
| parade will come off tomorrow.
A warm discussion was had yesterday
at the fret session OF the Portsmouth
Baptist Association at Suffolk in regard
| TO retaining as church members men
| who manufacture or sell intoxicating
liquors. The association seemed against
liquor but did not decide whether
a man could make or sell it and still
be a church member.
The Grand Lodge Of Virginia,
Knights of Pythias, through circular
from Grand CHANCELLOR Cunningham
calls upon the subordinate lodges OF
| the State to contribute to the relief OF
their brethren in Texas, who were
sufferers from the recent disaster.
There we're FIVE lodges, and some eight
| or nine hundrdd members Of the order
, in Galveston.
Walter Goodwin, said to be from
Vienna, Fairfax county, who had been
in Jail iu Washington almost two
months awaiting trial by jury on a
charge OF stealing a watch belonging to
| Harry Meeks, was taken into court yes
terday and permitted to withdraw his
demand and plead guilty to the charge.
He was released on his personal bonds
and sentence suspended.
A race riot seemed imminent for
awhile on q G. & O. train yesterday
afternoon al PembsrtoD, 10 Goochland
county. Two negroes, who were leav'
ing the train at that place, got into q
dispute with the conductor. A fight
ensued, and one OF the negroes attempt
ed to use Winchester. The company
of fremen from Lexington there took q
hand, and serious trouble was avoided
only by the train pulling out hastily.
The escape of Topeka Joe" from the
city Jail in Richmond, where he bad
been placed for safe-&eeping on the
charge of robbing the Peninsula Bank,
at Williamsburg, of 50, 800, was investi-
gated yesterday by the grand jury OF
the Hastings Court. 1t resulted 10 two
Of the gusrds-Michael Roach and VIII
liam Colins-beiDg indicted for negli-
gence, and the Jail being pronounced
entirely unsafe,