Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-13

VIRGINIA NEWS

I Charles Carter, son of Mr.. Marshall
Carter, of Aide, died on Thursday OF
typhoid fever.
The Corporation Court, of Norfolk,
has decided the harbor law to De IN
constitutional.
Miss Sarah M. WoodsoD, who had
been the matron of the Richmond
Home for Ladies, died last night.
S.W. Smith and Thomas Fagar were
arrested at Newport News yesterday
on The charge of cOunterfeiting. Smith
confessed.
Mr.. George Schwind died suddenly
! Yesterday afternoon while seated in o
chair at bis home in Richmond. HI
was thirty EIGHT years old.
The story of the shooting OF Rev
Mills Rayford by a crazy negro named
John X. Kicks in Southampton county
and of the lynching of Kicks, is die
credited.
Cornelius M. johnson, one OF tie esi'
known passenger engineers in the ser
vice of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road, died suddenly of apoplexy In Rich
mond yesterday.
Mr.. Levy Deshszo. a we'll known citi'
! of Stafford county. died Thursday night
at his home near White Oak, aged eigh-
ty-four years. He is survived by bis
wife, nine children and thirty eight
grandchildren.
A goat ranch Is the latest industry 10
the vicinity of Winchester. Two Win
chester capitalists have purchased a
large tract, on which to raise goats for
their hides, which will be sold to the
large Winchester glove factories.
Mrs. Nellie 8 Cone, now living at
Happy Creek, Warren county, has
brought suit against her husband, Ray
mond J. Cone, for al absolute divorce.
Mr.. Cone ia q member of the milling
firm at Riverton and is deaf mute.
A large deer was killed few days
ago near Penols, in Caroline county.
Deer are quite mum rOus in the VII
derness and other parts of Spottsylvs-
MIA county this season. but they rarely
range as far down 10 the lower country
as Pencils.
A colored passenger with full de-
veloped case of smallpox was the cause
of nearly four hours delay TO the east
bound freight train on the Southern
Railway due at Suffolk yesterday. He
boarded the train before daylight at
Lawrenceville.
The remains OF the late Gen. Dabney
q. Maury arrived In Richmond this
morning, and the funeral services were
held from St. James Episcopal Church.
The body was then taken to Fred
ericksburg and buried by the side OF
his wife and children 10 the cemetery
there.
Clarence Long, An employe at the
depot at Strasburg was run over and
killed by freight train on the South
ern Railroad, at Strasburg, Junction
yesterday. He stepped from the Ca
'ose to the platform before the train
stopped, and mis- feet slipped from un-
der him and he fell back ward under The
tain.
Smallpox has broken out at Black
stone and that community is copsidel
ably alarmed. All the puolc schools OF
the place have been closed and many
of the students of Hoge Academy and
many of the young ladies OF the Black
stone Female Institute have left for
their homes. A meeting of the town
council has been held and steps taken
to prevent spread o! the disease.
The special grand jury of Northum-
berland county yesterday filed second
indictment against Charles w. Lewis,
the former millionaire oyster dealer ana
cauner, charging him with incendiar-
ism. He is charged with burning the
canning factory of l.. w. Courtney.
Henry Howard is indicted with him a.
40 accessory. Witnesses testified that
Lewis told them ne wanted the Cour-
ney factories out OF the way so that his
own factory might secure all the toms
toes raised in that locality. Upon n
bird count, for burning barn and con-
tents belonging to Congressman w. A
Jones, the jury could not agree and was
discharged and another impaneled
This jury is now hearing other counts
against Lewis.
1t is reported that in ,endisries are again at
work in Loudoun county.