Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-05-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rev. H. B. Lee, jr., assistant rector
of Christ Episcopal Protestant Church,
Winchester, has accepted call at Fairfax
Court House. He is son of Rev. ii.
B. Lee, of Charlottesville.
Four prisoners escaped from the Rich.
mond city Jail early Thursday night by
way of the coal chute. They were
TRUSTEES, and had the run of the Jail, do
ing cleaning, cooking and odd jobs about
the building.
The local option election held in Din
widdie county Thursday resulted in q
victory for the "drys." Between 500
and COO votes were polled. A large num-
Der of negroes voted and cast their ballots
with the ''wets. "
Fire at West Norfolk yesterday MORN
ing destroyed six houses owned by B.
Newgass. The damage will exceed $l2,
900. The entire town was endangered,
and the fire fighters were hampered for
lack of apparatus.
Hon James Hay, Representative from
the Tenth district of Virginia, has ap-
pointed Mr.. William BuchOng, son of
Mr.. E. NJ. Buchong, Appointment farmer
of the Woodstock vicinity, cadet to
West Point Military Academy.
Before crowded audience in Rich
mond last night Joseph Jefferson an
nounced that reports concerning his leav-
ing the stage we're erroneous. He de-
clared his health was excellent, and I'M
til it failed him he would not retire.
For The last twenty years or more the
church and charitable institutions OF
Petersburg have been supplied with city
water free of charge by the city. AT
meeting of the city council yesterday
evening it was determined that after the
1st of June next there would be charged
the usual water rates.
Rev. Thornton Whaling, d. d., pas
tor of Lexington Presbyterian Churc b,
has received from Rev. p. Frank Price,
missionary at Kashing, China, a gayel
to be presented to the General Assembly
of the Southern Presbyterian Church for
its use during its session at Lexington
this month. The gavel is of lockwood.
Mrs. J. f. Booth, of Marlboro,
Frederick county, died Thursday aged
20 years She leaves a husband and
eight children. She was a daughter of
the late Hugh Purves, ofGlasgow, Scot
land, who settled in Woodstock, and
who, according to an old family record,
was descendant Of one Of the old Scot
fish kings.
The Circuit Court of Loudoun county
which is in session in Leesburg win
Judge G. f. Nicol on the bench, has
been occupied for three days with the
trial of the case of Seaton VS.. Woodward,
administrator This case involves the
genuineness of the signature Of bond of
81, 100 alleged to have been executed in
1888 by Mrs. Eliza A. Woodward and
payable to Mrs. Eliza A. Seaton, both of
Fauquier The jurymen were unable to
agree and were dismissed yesterday even
ing.
Two masked men went to the home Of
William Sloan, a wealthy farmer in the
western part of Scott county, Thursday
night and decoyed Sloan to the door by
telling him his daughter, who lived
nearby, was i'll. When Sloan came out
the miscreants confronted him with
pistol and a shortgun and forced him to
go through the house and hand over
several hundred dollars in cash. The
other members of the family were threa-
tened with death if an outcry was made.
After the robbery the intruders disap-
peared.