Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-07-24
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oke. by shooting himself In The bead With
revolver. IT, NJ Briboker. neiSnoor.
heard the shot and went a. once 20 Dase
house. where be found him lying uncon-ci-
Gus on the door with bullet wound In his
forehead and a revolver at bis side He was
sixty-seven yenrs old and had no relations
II this country except his brothers family. \
az Harrisburg. IA 4 note was found on I
the foor signed VI. Dase. which rad. Bury /
ne In a pine box and place on the hiil and 4
20 preaching" The verdict % the coroner's /
jury was in accordance with the above facts I
The deceased had been very despontent tor f
some time.
George Saddler a young farmer ~ Che .
teraeld county. was attacked and beaten a.
most % death. AZ the tirne oi The assault +
Saddler was asleep In hi- wagon. His a.
sailants. 70 f. alleged were colorcd men.
Saddler and sorae other ccrntryrnen had
brought produce GO town O. sell aai were
spending the night under she'd several
colored men have been arrested. charged
With The assault
AZ the request of citizens 81 Alexandria
county Representative Rixey. q this dis
trict. H. making an effort O. secure such
action ca the part of the United States gov
eruweut a. viii devote the COO or more acres
q the Arlington track now unused to eN-
Ierimcnta farms under the control ct the
Agricultural Department.
Among the projects suggested In AleNal-
tria county Is an extension ~ the washing
ton. Arlington ana Fails Church Electric
Railway trom Arlington Co. seminary HiA
near Alexandria the crossing at -Four Mile
run % De made near Nauchs station. 10 Il
not known how soon ln effort Will De made
90 put this project into execution
Etr. Claron J. Noel. one II the oldest ana
most highly respected citizens q Wythevule.
e. dead. Mr.. Noel came @ Wythevilic
young man from Charlottesvile Va. where
he bad married Miss Mary Clyne. lie held
many Offices ~ trust In wythe county. After
the war he opened drug store IN Wythe-
Vile. and conducted Il with success aud
profit for many years. until he retired from
active business some nfteen years ago. he
leaves widow and three children-Mr.
Walter Noel Mrs. John q. Brown and Mrs.
John wiiliams-and host ~ friends. AR
Noel was seventy-nine years % age az his
death
Luxe Edwards. Eho had just been SEN
tenceI "a the penitentiary for three years for
burglary. and Wesley Johnson, for the same
ofiense who was serving out a sentence OF
one year both negroes made their escape
from the Roanoke jail anu a. yet have not
been captured. They sawed the bars ~ the
cell In two. and once inside the corridor.
window on the third door. from which they
easily descended 70 the ground. The station
keeper was notified that the prisoners were
escaping. but when he got 20 the rear "a thu
jail they had disappeared
The Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany sent al the available crews % the Flat
Top coal regions in order - get out as much
coal from THAI section possible before all
the coal miners there had joined the strike.
l Charles payord died IN Elkton ~ consump-
: tion. aged sixty-nve years. he WAS a native
b OF England. For many years he was en-
: gagged In the shoe manufacturing business II
: Philadelphia but moved 70 Elkton aoou
: ifteen years ago.
y {. NJ. Bryant the forger. escaped from
{ JAIL at Charlottesville, accompanied by
= white tramp who had been placed IN the eel
: With him Three Of the upright bars. whicl
= were two inches square. were sawed out
j. leaving al aperture OF about by Il Inches
l. Bryant was arrested In the Peoples Nationa
Il Bank In April last. charged with forging
J. negotiable note purporting T. De the note q
! j. A. Farley son, OF DOylesville. for sex
\ eral hundred dollars. His trial came on o
n Wednesday. June %. the jury returning
verdict % guilty and fixing his punishufeu
at ten years in the penitentiary. He wa
~ kept Ia the Jail pending an appeal. Nothin
- Is known Of Bryant except thai he swindle
"a number OF people in and near Chatham
- before coming 70 Albemarle. where be gaV
20 the name 81 Bryant and OF J. L. Brooks an
- c. B. Hayes.
- The residence Of f. A. Marshall on Trea,
= we'll street IN Berryville. was discovered
m be on fire. The hook-and-ladder con- pan
IA and citizens responded promptly 70 n
= alarm. and every effort was made 70 SAY
n the burning building; but chiefly because
!. the scarcity Of water. the hremen being el
n, tirely dependent upon wells and cisterns q
No the supply. the building was entirely col
30 sumed. Almost all OF the furniture an
% other contents Of the house were saved, ar
= there being insurance upoo the buildin
he Mr.. Marshall's loss will not be very heavy
IL Is learned THAI all OF the railroads 20
connected By the Belt Line around Port
mouth and Norfolk. have subscribed 10
capital stock and will have rePresentati'
Up In IT, board OF directors. The Pennsylvan
has been trying ever since II originated q
q enterprise 10 get the other roads interests
al pecunisrily, and its efforts have been So