Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-06
VIRGINIA NEWS.

son Brown in the Amherst and Nelson
Senatorial contest yesterday.
Charles 81. Simpson, for thirty years,
prominent feed dealer in Richmond,
died there yesterday, aged ffty.si1
years.
Rabbits, squirrels and wild turkeys
are said to be numerous In the Fred
ericksburg section. cartridges, too,
have greatly increased in numbers.
O. M. Roberts, we'll known young
lawyer of Lynchburg, was indicted yes
terday by the. grand jury of the Cor
poration Court on charge of forgery.
Alexander Carter, seventy-two years
old, committed suicide at his home near
Port Royal yesterday, by cutting his
throat with razor. He had been III
f)r some weeks.
Mrs.Lucy Brent Page, wife of F. w.
Page, librarian of the University OF
Virginia, died at Charlottesville Mon
day night. She, was Miss Beale, OF
fredericksburg.
The second annual fair of the Nor
folk Driving Club and Fair Association
began on the Mariner grounds, near
Norfolk. yesterday, and will continue
to the 18th inst.
A small farm of twenty.three acres,
formerly part of Mullen Hill tract,
near Shiloh, King George county, was
sold at auction on Saturday last to Mr..
T. G. Payne for S3l.
G. Herbert Carey, of Charlottesville,
aud Miss Sophia P. Wilson, daug hter Of
Capt. Clifford Wilson. of Bedford coun
ty, were married this evening at ST.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg'
DR.. John A. Cunningham, president
of the State Female Normal School, is
critically i'll at his home at Farmville.
There is but little hope expressed by
the attending physicians for his re-
covery.
The Hoffman interests won at the
annual meeting of the stockholders Of
| the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
Company in Portsmouth yesterday, in.
| volving the control of the Seaboard Ali
Line system.
| Senator Daniel arrived in Richmond
yesterday on his way to King George
county, where he will speak tomorrow
He had conference with Chairman J
T. Ellyson and othet democratic ad.
ers on subjects connected with the cam
paign.
Rev. J. II. Gibbon, who has accepted
the charge of the Episcopal churches al
Spotsylvania Court House, Dumfries
and Aqua, has arrived in Fredericks
burg and will soon enter upon his
duties. Mr.. Gibbon will make Fred
ericksburg his home.
Hon. J. Hoge Tyler will arrive in
Caroline next Friday and spend few
days at the home of his sister, Mrs
John Washington, near Woodford's
% Monday, October IL, he will speak
at Bowling Green, the county seat
Caroline is his native county.
Alexander 81. Gullmeyer, young
farmer of Henrico county, committed
suicide at his home near Richmond
yesterday by blowing out his brains
with revolver. He lost his father re-
Gently and subsequently, had another
bereavement, and these, with business
troubles, preyed upon his mind.
The Shenandoah County Fair prom
Uses to be the largest ever held on theil
grounds. 10 addition to the usual ex.
hibitiop, Pawnee Bills Wild West, com.
posed of Indians, cow boys, Me1icans
&C., will appear every day of the fair
The fair will begin on Tuesday, o.
tober 10Th, and continue until Friday.
Excursion rates on the railroads.
Miss May Bonner Loving and Mr.
Charles Thomas Norman we're quietly
married in Richmond yesterday, the
ceremony being performed at the resi-
dence of the groom. The illness of the
groom made necessary complete
change of programme-the original in
tention being to have the wedding take
place at the Church of the Holy Trinity
with elaborate detail. 1t was decided,
however, that rather than postpone the
day, the change should be made, and
the ceremony was performed at the
bedside of the groom.