Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-07-25
Virginia News.

byterian Church at Clarksburg, Tenn,
has accepted the call 10 the Presbyterian
Church of Winchester.
The Reliance, snail tugboat belong
ing to Peter Bender & Son, Of Cape
Charles, blew up on Plantation Greek at
5 O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and was
totally destroyed. Mr. Bender aud his
son Fred we're painfully burned. The
cause of the explosion is not known.
John Burke, great nephew of Mrs. NJ:
j. Skinker, of Moss Neck, was kicked
by horse Sunday of last week and died
from the effects Thursday. After the
the horse kicked him he caught another
horse, and nothing was expected to be
seriously the matter, as he did not ap-
pear to be badly hurt until Thursday,
when he was taken i'll and died suddenly.
No one having offered as candidate
against Thomas H. Lion, of Manassas,
for reelection to the House OF Delegates,
be will be declared the nominee OF .he
democratic party. The republicans never
put up candidate for this position IN
Prince William county. Capt f. Mel
son will be reelected clerk of the CIR
cult Court at Manassas, a position he
has held for many years.
Col. Frank G. Thompson, internal
revenue agent, whose headquarters are
in Richmond and who had charge OF the
Second and Sixth Virginia districts, died
at Goshen Sunday. He was So years
old. Colonel Thompson left Richmond
Saturday to spend Sunday at Goshen
with Mrs. Thompson. He was then in
perfect health apparently. He was
native of Ohio.
Mrs. Edna Ferguson, wife of Mr.
Johu E. Ferguson, well-known rail-
road man, and herself well-known
throughout Richmond, died yesterday
afternoon from the effects of inhaling
gas. She was overcome by the fumes
from gas stove in the bathroom at her
home, No. 900 east Clay street, ard when
discovered was beyond medical aid. All
efforts to resuscitate her were unavaiing.
Harrison H. Russell, Of Leesburg,
formerly high sheriff of Loudoun county,
has announced his candidacy for the
House of Delegates in the Virginia egis-
lature, subject to the action Of the demo-
cratic primary election in Loudoun
county on August %. Mr.. Russell is
opposed by Messrs. f. NJ. Love, of Pur-
cellville, and A. B. Shreve, of Lucketts.
The nominee will succeed Mr.. John F.
Ryan, formerly speaker of the house.
A sensation was created 10 the north
ern part of Frederick county by the ar
rest and subsequent lodging in Jail Sun
dav night of Turner G. Collins
and Eliza C. Ware. They were
released on bond 70 appear August lst
f,r trial. Collins has young wife, who
is heartbrOken over his in6delity, and
the woman who proved so irresistible
TO him has a husband. She is about
fifty and her admirer is twenty years her
junior.
Mrs. Ila d. Henley, widow of Judge
r. L. Henley, of Williamsburg, died
Sunday at Sibley Hospital, Washington,
after an illness lasting about two weeks.
Mrs. Henley came to Washington to be
with her youngest son, who was operated
upon on June 29 for appendicitis. The
nervous strain to which she Was subject
ed during the convalescence of her son,
combined with an attack OF castro enter
tits, proved too much for her failing
! powers.
On Sunday evening lightning played
queer freaks at the home of Arthur Carl
an, at Whaleyville, near Suffolk. The
bolt demolished piano and other furni-
ture in the parlor. The1 it pierced
wall to bed chamber, where the bed
was torn TO pieces, and from there it
darted into the dining room and played
about the table, where Mrs. Carian and
two children were eating. The lightning
then passed through corridor to wood
house, where water bucket was splint-
cred. The only persons hurt was Nellie
Carian, Is years old, who suffered from
shock. A, piece of cheese was knocked
from her hand.