Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-25
VIRGINIA NEWS.

man of Farmville, died suddenly We'd
nesday.
The Clarke county horse show will be
held August 18th and 18th. Entries
close August 2nd.
DIR. Fl. C. welaey died yesterday at
his home in Shenandoah City, Page
county, aged As years.
Peter Brickley, the oldest citizen OF
Scott county, is dead At his home at
Fort BIackmore, aged 100 years. Each
of his parents lived to be over 100 years
old.
A steamship line between Norfolk and
the Island of Cuba is the latest enter
prise. and on August | regular SER
vice will be established. Col. William
Lamb, of Norfolk, is one of the pro-
moters Of the enterprise.
A man who registered at the Carter
House, Charlottesville, as Clyde A. Hen
derson, of New Orleans, but who after
ward gave his name as G, w. Pritchard,
was arrested in Charlottesville yesterday
on the charge of passing worthless checks.
kilograms have been received from Char
lotte's chief of police, asking that Prit-
chard be held, as he was wanted for
obtaining money under false pretences.
Robert Isham, Of Norfolk, aged about
twemty-four years, was instantly killed
Yesterday morning while working on
pile-driver at DarIings oyster house, in
Hampton. The cord holding the ham
mer broke, and the huge piece of iron
fell striking the pile and spintering it,
piece of the timber striking Isham on
the head and crushing it in, at the same
time breaking his neck.
The special grand jury inquiring into
reports of bribery and corruption In the
Richmond government has brought an
indictment against ex-Alderman John
NJ. King. He is charged with accept
ing 5000 from contractors Gasser, Vein
Drum. and GUIDE for his influence in
securing contracts for them. Mr.. King
promptly surrendered himself and was
bailed. The grand jury adjourned until
Monday, when the investigation will be
continued.
The marriage of Miss Virginia Ran
dolph Charrington to Lieut.. Col. Gerald
Keith Matchett, took place yesterday
evening in St. James Episcopal Church,
in Warrenton, Rev. G.. w. Nelson Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. w. II. X. Pen
dleton. The maid Of honor was Miss
George r. Charrington, sister of the
bride. The bridesmaids were Misses
Lily Hill, Mary Carter Randolph, Mary
Hicks, Lucy Stone, Jane Carter, and
Landon Hicks. The best man was +.
Estley Cooper. The ushers were Julian
Hill, Robert P. Page, jr., John Hill
Carter, Norborne Robinson, jr., John 5.
Gaines, and John Stone. The bride is
the daughter Of Mrs. Mary Randolph
Charrington, of the famous Virginia
Randolphs, and her father, the late
Percy w. Charrington, came from dis
tinguished English ancestry. The groom
is an officer in the British army, station
ed at Cairo, Egypt, where Col. and Mrs.
Matchett will reside for the present.
J. R. Greenway, the Chesapeake and
Ohio cashier, who had been missing
from Norfolk since Saturday, July II,
is in Henrico, Jail where he was
placed because of a desperate effort he
made to kill himself. Greenway's
mind is unbalanced, aud he nearly sue
ceeded in his attempt at suicide.
When arrested on Tuesday by the coun-
ty authorities, who did not know until
yesterday who he was, lie was in a
pitiable state, mentally and physically.
There was an ugly cash in his throat,
and the agonies of his delirium told the
story of his dethroned reason. His
friends assert that his condition is due
to excessive tea drinking and indulgence
in soft drinks, of which cocoa is the
principal ingredient He was an ex-
cessiye tea drinker and, after working
late in his Office, he would frequently,
after reaching his, room, brew large
pot of tea and, before retiring, consume
it. These things, it is said, had un-
strung his nerves and the effect of them
had been noticed for some time.