Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Richard r. Farr has been appQnied
fourth class postmaster at Fairfax.
Mr.. E. B Ellicott, Of lower Eau
ouier county, well-known ex-Conied-
crate soldier, is dead.
A report is current that the Southern
Railway purposes to remove Its shops
from Monroe TO Charlottesville.
In barroom fight at Thacher, satur-
day night, james Little, OF that town,
was shot and instantly killed by Frank
Butler, colored.
A marriage license was issued : in
Washington on Saturday to Harry }.
Steele. Of Fairfax, aud ETA G. Rogers,
of West Falls Church.
George Keith Taylor, for many years
clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals
of Virginia, died suddenly at his home
in Richmond on Saturday night.
The Norris Peters nine, of Washing
ton. were defeated on Saturday evening
by the Alexandria Athletic Club, Oh the
old fair grounds, in this city, the score
being 7 to 3.
The Loudoun county democratic
executive committee has ordered the
holding of a primary election for the
selection of candidates for county and
district offices on August 20.
On Saturday in the neighborhood OF
Gogginsville, Alex Hodges, q young
man, fatally shot John W. Hall. 1t is
understood that Hall was drinking and
quarreled with Hodges and threatened
his life. Hodges is In custody.
Albert Elzey, who for a number OF
years was the keeper of the toll gate
above Snickersville and who had charge
of the Loesburg and Winchester pike
from Round Hill to the Shenandoah
river, died last week at an advanced age.
He left considerable estate.
Mr.. George Keith Taylor, for 25 years
clerk of the Court of Appeals died Sat
uro ay night at his home in Richmond,
aged nearly 70 years. He was native
of Hanover county. After the civil wal
Mr.. Taylor was elected clerk OF the
Court of Appeals, to succeed Judge G'
L. Christian, about q years.
Prussian military authorities are be-
coming alarmed at what they term the
degeneration Of the German youth, many
of whom have weak hearts, 1t is be-
lieved that overwork, irregular exercise
and immodcrate and too early used o.
tobacco and intoxicants is responsible
for much of the trouble.
The fourth of a series Of tragedies
within the related Hauseman and EDglt
families in the northeastern section o.
Philadelphia ended early yesterday
morning in the death Of Frank Engle
from the effects of injuries due to brick
thrown by his 1S-year-old brother
Nathaniel during a quarrel.
| At Shenandoah on Saturday, Just be
fore noon, an infant child of james
Foltz and two little tots of Henry Sulli
van. the eldest not more than three
years of age, were burned beyond recog
milton in Sullivan house, which they SCI
on fire in their play and was burned oyel
their heads. The three children were
alone in the second story of the house
and had locked themselves up in a room
1t is believed that they were playing
with matches.
A dispatch from ClintwoOd, the count,
seat of Dickinson county, tells of the
fatal shooting at the Association Grounds
six miles from there, Saturday, of j. NJ
Maggert by son of G. A. Willis. The
elder Willis and Maggert engaged in q
dispute, and young Willis shot Magger
in the side. A general shooting followed
and twenty shots were fred without eff
feet. Willis is an ex-sherif Of thu
county. He was later wounded while
resisting arrest by Officer Hall. Both
sides are said to be greatly wrought up
and further trouble is feared.