Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-09-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Dy Tue supreme OOuIt.
Miss Alma Herndon, daughter OF Mr..
Robert Herndon of lower tauquier
county, died Wednesday after brief ILL.,
ness, aged seventeen years.
Capt. W. J. Fulton, former member
of the Virginia Legislature and one OF
the most widely known men in his Sec
tion of the country, died at his home
near Mount Cross yesterday.
Mr.. John L. Royce, Of Shenandoah
county, and Miss Emma Hickman, OF
Bentonyile, Warren county, were mar
ried at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Hickman, Tuesday.
Miss Inez Radcliffe, daughter of James
f. Radcliffe, of North Fork, Loudoun
county, and Mr.. Harry I. Woodfeld,
of Washington, were married in the
Baptist Church of North Fork on We'd
nesday.
James Pritchard, aged twenty-three
years, a son of Postmaster @. W. Pritch-
ard, of Shenandoah, was run over
by a Norfolk and Western train at Berry
vile early yesterday morning and in
stantly killed.
Bishop Van De Vyver has appointed
Rev. Cyril De Muynck, formerly Of
Rock Castle, to work at the Cathedral
in Richmond Father De Muynck has
just returned after a long visit to his old
home in Belgium.
The finding of st. J. w. Barraud's
body in the canal at Richmond on We'd
nesday night develops the fact that his
brother, p. st. George Barraud, in whose
law Office he was employed, is absent,
and his whereabouts are unknown.
Miss Mary Thurston Smith and Mr.
Jean Caillouet, of Louisiana, were mar
ried on Wednesday at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. A. Magill Smith, parents of
the bride, near Markham. The bride
is a daughter of Prof A. Magill Smith,
of Winchester.
A brutal murder was committed yes
terday morning at Newsoms. About l
o'clock someone at raped the door Of
Peter Odom. Odom dressed and went
to the door. When he opened the door
a pistol shot rang out and Odom dropped
to the floor dead.
Mr.. H. Eugene Ritter and Miss A.
Blanche Weakley, both Of Frederick
county, were married in Winchester
last night. The bride is barely Is years
of age and was attired in short skirts.
She is daughter of Benjamin F. Weak
ley, who gave his consent to the marriage.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Smith, widow of Dr.
Benjamin NJ. Smith, of the Union Theo-
logical Seminary, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Addison Hogue, at
Lexington yesterday. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Rev. DR.. James Morrison,
of Rockbridge county, and was 80 years
old.
The following rural free delivery car
riers have been appointed in Virginia to
begin service October /: Leesburg 49,
John II. Verts carrier, James b. Mil
burn substitute, Route 1 Charles H..
Gilmore carrier, Charles A. Gilmore
substitute, Route 2. LOuisa-RObert
II. Powell carrier, Charles G.. Powell
substitute, Route l.
Mrs. Jane Maddux, 81 years I'D,
widow of James II. Madddx, died We'd
nesday night at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward Barker, in Warrenton.
Mrs. Maddux is survived by three
children (Mrs. Thomas Johnson, Mrs.
Edward r. Barker and James r. Mad
dux) and three sisters (NIrs. Walker, Of
New York, and Mrs. Davis and Miss
Cochran, Of The Plains.
Governor Montague yesterday APP
pointed Judge William |. Clopton, Of
the County Court of Chesterfield, to be
judge of the Corporation Court of Man
chester. This leaves a vacancy in the
county judgeship, but as the County
Court system has only a short time to
run before the new judicial plan goes
into effect, a judge may be designated
to hold this court, and no new appoint
ment be made.
There is danger of serious disruption
in the Sir Moses MontehOre congre-
CATION, one of the oldest orthodox Jew
ish congregations in Richmond. Some
90 members, headed by Samuel Stern,
have withdrawn aud leased a hall on
Broad street temporarily for holding SER
vices in celebration of the Jewish
holidays. The dissatisfied members
want to build uptown, while the older
ones will not consent to the move.
Mrs. f. r. Shenk and her daughter,
Miss Efie Shenk, of White Post, Clarke
county, had a thrilling escape from
drowning while crossing the Opequon on
the Wildwood road on their way to Win
chester yesterday morning. The river
was swollen, and when in mid-stream
their buggy overturned. Miss Shenk
was swept beneath the vehicle, but after
a terrible battle both ladies managed to
reach the opposite bank. The horse
swan out, but the buggy was smashed,
Worked up to frenzy through fin
cendiary speeches he heard at negro
meetings to raise funds in the interest OF
the fund to pay Capt. John 5. Wise and
James Hayes, colored, to contest the
new constitution, Charles Redd, young
negro, near Rices depot, decided yes
terday to make war on the whites. U.s.
ing club, he beat a young mulatto
whom he took for white man into in
sensibility. He was captured by con-
stable after several hours chase. He
was taken to Farmville last night a raw
ing maniac.
A Remarkable Record.
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