Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-01-22
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Mrs. c.. B. ChesIey died suddenly
Tuesday night at the home of her son-in-
law. w. T. Leitch in Fredericksburg.
Mr.. Robert G. Morton, a prominent
and successful business man, died yester-
day in Richmond of heart disease, aged
81 years.
Mr.. George w. Thayer a prominent
citizen of Loudoun county, living near
Belmont died on Tuesday from pneu-
monia. He was aged about sixty-two
years.
Miss Martha Anne Lundy and Stuart
Cooke, both well known young Rich
mond people, eloped to Washington yes
terday and we're married. Miss Lundy
is only II years old.
Mrs. r. H. Hudson, of King George
county, who was stricken with paralysis
some weeks ago, died yesterday aged 60
wears. She is survived by a husband,
two sons and two daughters.
DR.. Stone, who had the remarkable
record of having continued in active prac-
tice as a physician in one locality for 90
years, died on Tuesday at his home at
Garrisonville, in Stafford county, aged 81
years.
The State Board of Agriculture is in
session in Richmond auditing accounts
and attending to other routine business.
All the old fertilizer inspectors were
reelected including w. c. Waite OF
Culpeper for the Eighth district.
Cards have been issued announcing
that the marriage of Miss Fannie Hamil-
ton Fox, daughter of the late +. II. Fox
of Leesburg, to Mr.. j. Deering Fauntle-
roy, of near Lynchburg, will take place
February II at high noon at the bride s
nome at Evington, Campbell county.
Rev. r. r. Jones, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, colored, at Roanoke,
Yesterday refused to hold funeral services
over Rufus Moore, colored, because a
white undertaken had charge of the
body. Jones said as the whites have
drawn the line on President Roosevelt $
negro appointments, the blacks Will
draw the line against whites.
Mr.. Hillary Burch, for the past thirty
two years prominent merchant Of Clarke
county, and proprietor of the well-known
summer resort Goshen, located near
Bowles postoffice, in Clarke county,
died at his home yesterday after a six
week illness from stomach trouble. lie
was the father of Rev. f. NJ. Burch now OF
Philadelphia, and who is well-known in
this city.
Complaints of loss of sheep by sheep
killing dogs are being made by anumber
of farmers in the Fredericksburg section,
and raisers say the sheep breeding industry
will not become popular or profitable
until rigid dog law is enacted and en-
forced, which will provide for payment
of damages to hocks out of the dog-taX
fund. In the Northern Neck few days
ago a flock of l6 sheep owned by one
farmer was attacked in the night by dogs
and of the sheep were badly injured, 3
of which had to be killed.
A reconciliation has been effected be-
tween G. F. Kelley, formerly of Roanoke,
and his wife, who recently had him and
James F. Duncan, a prominent attorney,
arrested in Norfolk on a charge of assault
which charge was dismissed. Mr. Kei-
lep is a son of A. NJ. Kelley, of Virginia,
late a member of the International Court
at Cairo, Egypt Mrs. Kelley was FORM
erly Miss Dorothy Dafron, a profession
al dancer. The couple separated In
Roanoke in July. Mrs. Kelley, about
two weeks ago she went to Norfolk.
When she met her husband in Duncan
Office she attacked him and had to be
elected from the Office by Mr.. Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley are now living to
gether.
Prof Richmond K. Meade died
suddenly on Tuesday near Boyce just as
he entered his carriage to drive to the
home of his sister, Mrs. Frances Whit
ing. As he had been in bad health for
sometime, it is thought that the ex-
ertion incidentto getting into the carriage
brought on a fatal attack of heart
trouble. Professor Meade was 81 years
of age and son of the late Francis
Meade and a grandson of the late Bishop
William Meade, of the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese of Virginia. AT the first
battle of Manassas Professor Meade
lost his right arm; but on recovering
he again enlisted in the Confederate
service. Since the war Professor Meade
spent much of his time as an instructor
in school near Berryville.