Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-01-04
Virginia News.


Perry B. Johnson has been appoinie
postmaster at Bethel Academy, Fsuqui r
county.
The Valley of Virginia was last night
in the grasp Of binding snowstOrm
A high wind carried the snow 10 huge
drifts, paralgziDg local traffic and de-
laying trains.
a statement received yesterday by the
State Auditor shows that the total jury
expense in he trial at Charlottesville,
of j. Samuel McCue was 81, S56.09 1t
was necessary to summon 1853 men before
a jury was obtained.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, president of the
jamestown Exposition Company, is in
Washington to arrange date with
President Roosevelt for the reception
of the committee to be sent from Nor
folk TO invite the President to visit
that city.
Mrs. Emma l.. Garrett. widow of the
late Gen. Thomas Stuart Garrett, of the
Confederate army, sustained painful ac-
cident Saturday at her home, Spy Hill,
King George county. She made amisstep
and fell heavily on the floor of her room,
and very seriously injured one of her
hips.
A fatal accident occurred to Samuel o.
Craun, a manager of the Robert Neville
farm, near Upperville, while telling a
tree on Thursday. Mr.. CraUn was struck
by limb, which crushed bis skull and
inflicted internal injuries. He was I'M
conscious until his death, which occurred
on Saturday evening.
Capt. Hugh C. Preston, aged forty
seven years, a prominent citizen of east
Radford, died yesterday, ofheart disease,
alter a long and painful illness. Capt.
Preston was a son of Col. James S.
Preston, who commanded the Fourth
Regiment in the Stouewall Brigade, aud
also served as a captain in the Mexican
war
A petition in bankruptcy was pre-.
scented in Richmond yesterday by Jacob
Levinson, clothing, dry goods and
notions, 209 Sycamore street,
Petersburg. His liabilities are placed at
81, 563. IL ; his assets Sc, 409. "a, Of which
81, 723.3 Ais claieed as exempt. Most
of his creditors are Richmond firms
No receiver has been appointed.
Joseph Sale and John c. Rodd, two
young white men, were tried in the Cor
poration Court of Lynchburg yesterday
for having on the night of November
3Oth waylaid and robbed in the lower
part of town j r. CAMPBELL, a Nelson
county farmer They were found guilty,
and given i've years each in the peni-
Tertiary Their counsel moved for a
new trial.
Miss Lille Detwiler, daughter of Mr..
aud Mrs 5. H. Detweiler of Clifton,
Fairfax county, and Mr. w, d. Buckley,
of Fairfax, we're married Wednesday
night last at the home of the bride s
parents at Clifton. DR.. w. H. Edwards
of the Presbyterian Church performed
the marriage ceremony, which was at
tended by friends from Alexandria and
elsewhere.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant, this
week, to citizens Of this State Of the
following patents Jesse F. McNiel, of
D05ley, for a miners dinner-bucket /;
William W. Mercer, of Norfolk, for
trolley Thomas E. Nininger, of Amster-
dam, for a cooking stove or range /;
Joseph 4. Reams, of West Norfolk, as
signor of one half to T. X Parrish, of
Richmond, for a barrel. cover fastener :;
Charles X. Elliot, Of Richmond, for a
building construction Jennie V. Haw-
kins, of Richmond, trademark for
hair grower ana restOrer.