Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.

,r ASSOCIATION. The fourth annual
A. :~ of the Virginia University Alumni
m''s, ..ton of Alexandria, w., was held last ss
ASS ps -, the Office of Mayor kemper, NO. 90
Il!n.' strapt The attendance was unusuaiy
hos S a;snr evidence of the undlminlshed To-
large, s., hv her sons In this vicinity 10 tne
tersst ,. If the University Charles 5 Taylor,
Reludo .nr occupied the CHAIR, and n. hempef
ac Ths minutes of the last meetings were read
u ..nnroyed, after which the Char announced
. ana tbs first business IN order was the elec-
,;nn If officers for the ensulog year, Whcreup9n'
~. H. slsct1u was had with the following result
G l! ". D Stuart, President; t. ). String
s SIp, lst Vic, President; John 5. Black
inrn u do, X. kemper. Secretary and Treas
nrrr L. Kent, George Mason, Y. II. Stuart
snd 5, c. Neale, Executive COMMITTEE,
On motion of Capt. w. ID. Stuart, the tol-
lowinp persons were elected members OF TINS
Association Judge Z. f. Sinclair, OF Manas-
cas-. aud Rev. VIM. DinwIddle aud Stuart
Marye, of Alexandria.
Mr., Keuper reported that he had received
= letter from Col. Chss. 5. lcnahle, OF the
University of Virginia 10 relation to the expeu-
ses Of the "semi centennial celebration, next
June, and asking what proportion thereof tins
Association could contribute. After hearlog
the report. on motion ofC. Il. Stuart, a COM
mittee Of three, consisting OF Y. r.. otuart'
Edmund Burke and h. kemper, was appoint
ed TO wait upon the members and solicit con,
tributioDs in aid OF the "seml-centennla!..
There being no further business the AsSocla,
ton. after free Interchange of views IN regard
TO the adoption Of some plan for awakening a
~ nJs ntAN a.
iourned subject to the call OF the President TO
hear from the Committee on Contribution.
The LATE HERMIT "A correspondent OF the
Washington Star, writing from Fails Church,
gives the following account of the death OF the
late Elijah Potter, known as the hermit, at that
place, uotico Of which has heretofore been
published in the Gazette:
elijah Potte; WAS an old man of feeble health,
and mad nothn tut his place of 81 acres, which
he purchased from Mrs. Lucretia Merry, in the
spring of 1870 He came from Saratoga county,
New York, and has relatives living there now.
He WAS believer in the seventh day, which ne
strictly observed, and for which he chose TO live
in the isolated way in which he did; but no was
acquainted with all who lived in this vicinity,
and there was hardly day passed that he did
not visit some Of his neighbours He Was found
about z o clock on Wednesday, January 18Th,
Ind the next morning the coroner 8 jury brought
in verdict of death from natural causes ne
having burst blood vessel from violent cough
ing to which he was sub, Get. He did not freeze
to death, as was publish. he had plenty OF
wood and provisions that would have lasted bin.
two or three weeks, at least The last that was
seen of him alive was ON Su lday, the 10th, when
he was visited by Harvey Thyson, who carried
him basket of provisions. He had eaten hall
8 loaf of bread and some sausage, which, with
some other circumstances would 90 to sho"
that he died on Monday He was much re-
spected BY his neighbors, who treated him so
kindly and helped him SO that he suffered for
nothing"