Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-16
Virginia News.

The Upperville Horse Show held
Thursday and Friday is SAID to have
been one of the best ever held in this
State.
The legislative committee which in
vestigated affairs at the Eastern State
Hospital, williamsburg, will make ma
ority and minority report.
Announcement is pade of the engage,
ment of Miss Lena GraysOn Fiighngh,
daughter OF w. d. Fllzhugh, OF Engle-
wood, Loudoun county, to stephen &.
s untz, of Vienna, Fairfax county.
Miss Leila G. Timberlake was married
Thursday evening TO Mr.. John A.
Thomson, son of DR.. and Mrs. Angus
tus Thomson, of Summit Point, Jefier-
son county, w. va. The ceremony
took place at Sherwood, the home of the
BRIDES uncle, T. w. Timberlake, in
Warren county.
Mate bless, the pioneer hackney stall
lion Imported from England by Mr..
Henry Fairfax, of Aide, Loudouu
county, has been purchased by the Cow
anbank stud of Alexander MorsoD, in
Scotland. Matchless was the sire of
many noed hackney horses, and in his
prime was the champion of his class
Mary Manchester Wright died Tues
day al the rrsidence of her son, h. H.
Deeble, in Washington. She was the
relict of Roberl Wright, of Fairfax
county, whose death occurred less than
a year ago. "Wednesday the remains
we're taken to Vienna, where funeral
services were conducted in the Presby.
lerian Church.
A herd of valuable cattle was driven
from a field on to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad track near Winchester Thurs
day night and eight Of the herd were
ground to pieces by passenger train.
With terrific impact the train plowed
into the cattle aud just escaped being de-
rallied. Walter Slime and his brother,
owners Of the cattle, attribute the out
rage to enemies.
The steeple and front wall of the Bap-
list Church at Salem fell with crash
soon after the congregation had dispersed
Thursday night, the occasion being the
installation of Rev. q. L. Corbett as
superintendent OF the Baptist Orphan
age. The church was built nearly forty
years ago, and was supposed TO be very
substantial. Rotten mortar is assigned
as the cause Of the collapse.
In the mayors court of Lynchbug,
NJ. B. Binkley, a druggist, charged with
assauting his wife on the night OF
April IS, was discharged upon her sworn
statement that they had quarreled, he
had slapped her, aud that she had jump
ed out of a window to the street pave
ment below. Mrs Binkley said her hus-
band was not responsible for the injury
she had received, which came very near
causing her death.
John X Smith, OF Purcelvile, has
purchased the Jonathan GoOdin farm
pear that place, for $50 per acre. The
Holmes farm, owned by John r. Smith,
located near SilcOtt Springs, Loudoup,
containing $50 acres, has been purchased
by Robin Written, of Washington
Va, for s., 500. The William
d. wheel farm, containing ll2 acres,
located near Lovettsville, has been sold
TO Charles E. Spring for 1895 per
acre
A big democratic msss-meeting at
Petersburg last night celebrated the
Fourth Congressional district committees |
of Maj. Francis X. Lss-
sller's nomination for Congress without
opposition. Major I4assiter's name was
greeted with tremendous cheering, fol-
loved by big welcome 10 Gov. swan
son, who vas on the Stage with the demo-
cratic district and city committees, and
many well-known Fourth district demo-
Gratis. Major Lassier made an address,
expressing his gratitude for the honor
Gov. Swanson also spoke.