Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-14
Virginia News.

Mr.. Eli Janney and Miss Mary Eliza
beth Catlett, both of Frederick county,
we're married yesterday IN the Methodist
Church, Bruce-town.
Miss NJ. Evelyne Cook, aged about
81 years, daughter of the late Samuel
Cook, of Willow Brook farm, Warren
county, died yesterday.
Among the Senators and Representa-
tives who have naval appointments at
their disposal are Senator Martin and
Representative H. l.. Maynard.
Eggs sold in Fredericksburg last week
at 81 to %. There has been a tumble
of cents. The highest prices now paid
by the merchants of that city are Y to
&c.
The Board of Supervisors of King
George county have closed the season for
cartridges to take effect Wedn esday,
December 10th. The law will be rigidlY
enforced if any person is caught killing
birds.
Cards have been received from Win
chester, announcing the wedding on
December 7, at Great Fails, Mon, OF
George fairfield Conrad, son of w. y.
Conrad, the muIti-miiionaire copper
and cattle king, and Miss Katherine M.
Kennedy, daughter of John A. Kennedy,
of Great Falls.
Eluding the watchful eye of her guard
| Goll ni
Relief, Frederick county, and an beiress
to fortune OF $25, 900, e!oped to Ha-
gerstown Tuesday with Ollie Wise Car
yer, county man, and was married In
that city. The couple returned to Win
chester yesterday. ~ t;.t
After hearing the case of the Common
wealth, against Wrenn, involving the
possession of Confederate muster rolls
and pay rolls, in the circuit court of
Richmond nearly all day Tuesday, the
jury brought in verdict to the effect
that the papers were the property OF the
Commonwealth, but recommended that
the defendant be paid something for
them.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week. to citizens of this State, of the
following patents: Robert f. Akin
son, Norfolk, disk harrow and leveler;
Franz Won Kiigelgen and G. o. Seward,
Holcombs Rock, decarburizing; Frede-
rick Oliver, Portsmouth, press Hiram
NJ. Roudabush. Penn Laird, device for
use in poultry culture.
The State BOARD of education in Rich
mond yesterday morning concluded its
Investigation of the school census and
found that only three counties showed
irregularities Buchanan, Dickinson
and Henrico. The board approved the
action of the department in reducing the
census in the Two former counties 10
per cent. and ordered that the local
boards of those counties be so Informed
and given opportunity to explain the I'M
usual heavy census given.
Fright is the cause assigned by the
physicians of the City Hospital in Rich
mond for the death of James Neville, a
small boy IL years old. Neville was a
witness to the tragedy on south Pine
street Monday night, when Samuel War
riner killed his brother in-law, Leo Lee,
with a shotgun. When the boy saw the
hood flowing from the terrible wound
in Lees breast he was taken first with
Mysteries, then commissions and finally
became unconscious and died at the
City Hospital Tuesday night of nervous
shock.
Augustus Walker, whose home is near
Woodstock, Shenandoah county, was
taken to Winchester yesterday by
Deputy United States Marshall j. w.
Rhodes and given hearing before
United States Commissioner A. j. Tav
enner on the charge of completely in
the postoffice robberies at MaurertowD,
Shenandoah county, last summer. Walk
er was released on $3.50 bail for his ap
pearance at the United States Court at
Lyuchburg on March 10. The prisoner
is S5 years old and is veteran OF the
Mexican war.
1t is understood that formal charges
against Collector of the Port of Newport
News j. f. B. Stuart have been forward
ed to the committee on commerce of the
United States Senate, and it is expected
that formal investigation will be de-
manded before aEy action shall be taken
by the committee in reference to his con-
frmstion. In addition to violations of
the civil service laws, it is alleged in the
charges that the collector is incompetent
to perform the duties of the Office, and it
is asked that special committee be APP
pointed to investigate the charges and be
empowered with authority to summon
employees of the Office to testify. Under
the rules of the department, employees
cannot volunteer to testify, but may be
summoned for that purpose.
Beware This means death to you
at 10 clock" This was the message
that greeted Joseph Marsala, one of the
weathiest and most prominent OF Rich
monds Italian residents, yesterday
morning when he went to his Office 1t
wa inscribed in a1abored hand with
lead enci on the blade OF a stilettO,
fashioned out of soft pine wood. Marsala
found the threat dangling before his
eyes when he opened his store yesterday
morning There was considerable APP
prehension until ~ O. clock had passed,
without the threatened fatal visitation.
A sharp watch was kept for suspicious
looking persons, but no arrests we're