Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-01-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.


ty, died Tuesday. He was about ninety
years OF age, and pioneer of Culpeper
county.
Mr.. Moore Crump, one Of the oldest
pioneers OF Culpeper county, died Mon
day. He was 10 the. eighty h.eighty ear
OF his age.
Mics Eliza French Forbes, daughter
OF Capt. Frank T. Forbes, died ct the
home OF her father, 10 Frederic ksburg,
on Tuesday.
Mr.. O. A. Cannon, an ex-Confederate
soldier aud well-known farmer nesr
Leesburg, died Tuesday after an illness
OF several weeks.
Capt. Harry Olsen, q crab fisherman
OF Santa Barbara. CAL, was adrift on
the ocean IL days before he was picked
np. His companion was drowned.
The most OF the Richmond saloon
keepers propose to join the Sunday
o observance League 10 their efforts to
stop the sale of liquor on the Sabbath.
Mrs. Bette PsndletoD, widow of the
late James Pendleton died yesterday at
the home OF her brother, w. L. Jonee,
10 Spottsylvapis county, OF paralysis,
aged sixty.6ve yerrs.
Mr.. William L. Slater, head OF the
old wholesale grocery house OF Slater,
Myers & Co., died Tuesday night at his
hume In Richmond, after q long illness.
BE was sixty.four years old.
The Southern Railway is preparing
to build track from South Orange to
q point near Montpelier station, In
| Orange county, In order to avoid the
numerous curves and heavy grades be-
tween those two points.
Simon Block YES married ct Beth
Ahsha Synagogue 10 Richmond yes
terday evening to Mics Sadie Whit
lock, the daughter OF Millionaire Philip
Whitlock, OF Richmond. Rev. DR.. Il.
| N. Calish ofioisted.
Phoenix Lodge No. SO, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. AT Cnlpeper, has
offered a reward of $500 for any infor-
nation leading 10 tDe discovery OF
Charles II. Newhouse, dead or alive, In
Baltimore or lie immediate vicinity.
The famous old stone bridge on the
Valley pike, near the Fisher Hill
battle-ground, is being replaced by an
iron structure. The bridge was par
italy washed out last summer by high
waters and it was deemed expedient
to rebuild 1t.
| Sturgiss E. Jones. ex-msyor OF koan'
oke, committed suicide yesterday by
jumping into the Ohio river at Hunt
liuetoD, w, Va. He left Roanoke sew
eral months ago to practice law 10 New
| York city, and nothing is known as To
the cause of self destruction.
The engagement otClarles Il. Hur'
kamp, the we'll known horsemsn o.
Fredericksburg, and Miss Marion
Elliot Murchison, daughter OF Colonel
Kenneth NJ. hutchinson, formerly o.
Wilmington, N. O., now OF New York
is announced. The ceremony will take
place in New York 10 April.
Mr.. Raleigh Trsvers Green and Miss
Lucille Dove, both of Culpeper, were
married at the home OF the bride yester'
day evening at 6 o'clock. Rev. Fred
erlck G. Ribble, rector OF 81 Stephens
Church, at Culpeper, performed the
ceremony. Mr.. Green is editor and
proprietor OF the Cdlpeper Exponent
Miss Agnes Hsrwood Nelson, daugh'
ter OF Mrs. Eleanor Warner Nelson, Of
Rapidau, Culpeper county, was married
| Tuesday evening to Mr.. 8. Wilson
Marshall, a lawyer, formerly OF Ports
mouth. but now of Dallas, Texas. The
ceremony was performed at 81. Michael
and All Angels Protestant Episcopal
Church. BAl!imore, by the rector, Rsv.
DR.. @. Ernest Smith.
Miss Lille Jones and Mr.. Lee Hecht
of Norfolk, eloped to Elizabeth City
N. O., yesterday. They caused the sec
ond surprise 10 orthodox Jewish circles
within the week, Miss Jones being
GENTLE. The marriage Of Miss MoriIz
a Jewish belle, to Gentle had mol
ceased to excite comment. Mr.. Hechi
is very wealthy. his father being the
head Of a big wholesale dry goods es'
tsblishmsnt.
1t has been determined by the De.
partment of Public obstruction to hold
only two Peabody Institutes next sum-
mer one ct Tappahannock, the other
the school OF Methods, at the Univer.
slty Of Virginia. The faculty and
other details OF the Tsppshsnnocs
school are not yet ready for publication
but will be given out later. All gen
eral arrangements for the School Of
Methods are about complete.
The city of Manchester will be fur
uished electric lights for the next i've
years without cost. This is due to RI
valry between two electric companies
The Richmond Passenger and Power
Company which now has the contract
and ownes all the car lines In Msnches
ter, met all competition by agreeing to
increase the lights to 40 per cent. and
to furnish them Eve years without cost.
The bids were opened last night.
Mr., John Kerfoot Soutber, OF Wash.
ington. and Mics Mary Langhorue Tay-
loe, of Charlottesville. were married
yes erdsy afternoon 10 Christ Episcopal
Church Charlottesville. The ceremony
was performed by the rector Rev. Harry
B. Lee, assisted by Rev. John S. Hans
brough, of Orange, Va, and the Rev.
A. z. Aspinwall OF st. Thomas Church,
Washington. The bride Ia q daughter
OF Mrs. George E. Tayloe, Of Charlottes-
vile.
Joe Hgginbothsm, the negro who as
saulted add attempted to murder Mrs..
Weber In Lynchburg on Saturday
morning last, is now suspected OF being
the perpetrator OF bold and sensation
al robbery at the Home and Retreat 10
that city on Christmas night. Apart