Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-11-30
Virginia News.

Mrs. S. E. Pleasauts, mother of Mr..
Z. l.. Peasants, of Leesburg, died Tues
day at her home in Scottsville, Abe
marie county.
Miss Lucy A. Bigger, Oldest daughter
of the late John Bell Bigger, died yester-
day at the home of her mother, MRS.
Annie B. Bigger, in Richmond, after q
severe and complicated illness OF nearly
year.
Virginia ranks third among the States
10 furnishing the largest number OF cases
of hydrophobia. New York is hrst,
Pennsylvania second and Virginia third.
Norfolk and Newport News lead the cit
les of the State in furnishing the greatest
number OF cases.
Major R. o. Peatross, a prominent
lawyer and ex-member of the Virginia
legislature, died yesterday at his home,
in Bowling Green, Carolina county, aged
about rs years. he was Confederate
soldier and was a major of the Thirtieth
Virginia Regiment.
The granite pedestal for the monument
to General Hugh Mercer, to be erected
in Fredericksburg by the United States
government, at a cost OF about $25, 600,
has arrived from New York and will be
put in position this week. The bronze
figure will follow in a short time.
The Cooperative Education Com mis-
sion began its fall meeting of three days
at Lynchburg, yesterday. Addresses Of
welcome were delivered by Hon. Carter
G ASS and DR.. w. l.. Pickard. DIR. f.
A. Alderman, OF the University of Vir-
ginia, spoke on popular Education
Gov. ELECT Swanson yesterday filed
with the county clerk OF Chatham an ac-
count of expenses incurred during the
campaign; Postage, $3.50, printing, $97;
stationery s96; express, telephone, and
kilograms, $50; railroad fare, hotel bills
and other incidentals, 1904; expenses of
primary, go, $40; total $40, 494. Mr..
Swanson will leave for Washington
today.
Mrs. Emily Nelson Blackford, wife
Of DR.. BENJAMIN Blackford, superintend-
ent of the Western State Hospital, at
Staunton, died yesterday of pneumonia.
Mrs. Blackford was taken i'll last Thurs
day. Mrs. Blackford had been twice
married, She was born in Baltimore in
1S41, her maiden name being Emily
Nelson. Her first husband was Mr..
Byrd, OF Clark county, to whom she was
married in the first year of the civil war.
Her marriage to DR.. Blackford took
place in Baltimore, January 10, 1871.
A Confederate battle flag, captured
from the Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry,
in battle September IL, 1862, by the
Eighth Illinois Cavalry, under the com
mand of General John +. Farnsworth,
was returned with impressive ceremony
to Sergeant Harry Lee, the representa-
tive of Governor Montague, of Virginia,
at the Great Northern Hotel, in Chicago
last night. A number of members OF
both cavalry commands witnessed the
return of the old standard by Col. ID
J. Hynes, representing the Eighth IL
linois Veteran Cavalry Association.
George |. Worthington, ofSOuth Nor
folk, was taken TO the Norfolk County
Jail. in Portsmouth, yesterday morning
on the charge of being responsible for
the death OF his wife, Mamie b. Worth
ngton, who was burned to death. The
husband went home late aud when the
wife started to get supper for him he
snatched the lamp from her hand, it is
alleged, and allowed it to fall to the floor
and set her clothes on fire. he was not
in a condition to assist her and before the
neighbors arrived she was fatally burned.
He had nothing to say in defense of his
conduct when the verdict ofthe coroners
jury was read charging him with her
death.
When in the Mayors Court in
Petersburg yesterday morning the case
of A. w. Harris, a colored lawyer and
Deputy United States Internal Revenue
Collector, was called, he being charged
with stealing two bales OF cotton from
Arlington & Green and $42 in money
from J. C. Robinson, Commonwealth's
Attorney r. II. Mann offered another
warrant against Harris, charging that
Robert Trainer stole bale of cotton
from Arlington & Green and that Har-
ris procured, aided and abetted Trainer
in The larceny. The case was continued
until tomorrow morning and Harris
was released on bail 10 the sum of
$500 in the felony case and 5000 in the