Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-05
Virginia News.

Norfolk capitalists have formed a
5000, 900 company for the purpose OF
cultivating Is, O00-acre tract of land in
eastern Virginia and Carolina to grow
grapes for wine manufacturing.
A competition for State champion
ship golf trophy will be held on the
links of the Norfolk Country Club on
November 25th and 26th, directly fol-
lowing Thanksgiving Day. The Alex
andria Club will participate.
Some of the Imperial Opera Com
pany's members are in Richmond with
out money. The manager had dlfil-
Guilty with one of the employees, and was
fined ten dollars by Squire Lewis at a
midnight session of his court Saturday.
The box Office receipts were attached to
recover salaries alleged to be due.
Can't. Henry B. Harnsberger died at
his home near Port Republic Saturday
night. He was in his eighty-ninth year
at the time of death, and was as active
as most men 80 years younger. During
the war Captain Harnsberger was a gal
liant Confederate soldier and afterward
served several terms in the legislature.
"A crusade has been inaugurated
against the socal-club evil in the sub
urbs of Norfolk. In South Norfolk
Saturday seven proprietors OF these
places, which are alleged to be nothing
better than Sunday barrooms, were cited
for their appearance to answer the
charge Of selling liquor without license.
Miss Jane Cecilia Wise, daughter of
William n. Wise, "a prominent official
of I.oudoun county, was married at her
fathers home, in heesburg, Saturday
evening at 7 O'Clock, to DR.. William
Dunn Powell, OF Harrodsburg, Ky. The
bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Helen V. Wise. The ceremony was per-
formed by DR.. J. W. LuptOn, pastor OF
the Presbyterian Church.
A mass meeting ofdemocrats was held
in Fredericksburg Friday to reorganize
the party, and the United States Sena-
torial question played prominent part.
There were two factions in the meeting,
composed of the followers OF United
States Senator Martin end Governor
Montague, who,, it is believed, will OPP
pose Senator Martin for reelection. 1t
soon became evident that the friends Of
Martin were in the majority.
C. E. Walthall, an aged plasterer, OF
Oak Grove, Chesterfield county, disem
boweled himself with a pcnkDife Satur-
dav. He was found on the floor OF the
barn with terrible cut in the wall OF
his abdomen and the entrails lying on
the floor. He was suffering in great
agony from an old hernia and declared
that he did not believe anybody could
fix it and he thoughthe would cut it Off.
He was operated on that afternoon with
slight hope of recovery.
Robert L. Mcintyre, of Dumfries,
who was arrested Friday in Baltimore
on the charge of violating a conditional
pardon made by Governor Montague, on
Saturday, agreed to return to Virginia,
and was accordingly turned over to
Sheriff Roxebaugb, of Prince William
county, who later left with his prisoner.
Mcintyre had served 10 months OF three
wear sentence for shooting at his brother
and being generally disOrderly in the
vicinity of Dumfries Postofice, where he
lives
With eight wounds in his abdomen
and six in his right arm, Frank Sattle
hight, who beat his wife to death near
Cape Henry two months ago, was
captured yesterday and taken to Nor
folk He has slight chance of recovery.
Since he Drained his wife with monkey
wrench at their home in Seatick, be-
cause she went to Virginia Beach to
witness sham battle, Sattlethight has
been fugitive justice from and success
fully defed arrest until he was brought to
bay yesterday morning at his fathers,
home on Little Neck Inlet by Sheriff
Ackiss aud posse.