Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-07-07
Virginia News.

The third annual meeting OF the VIZ
GINA State Farmers Institute will be
held at Roanoke next Tuesday, We'd
nesday aud Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Porter, a native of Loudoun
county, for many years resident OF the
Louise Home, in Washington died Thurs
day at that institution, aged 80 years.
The Virginia apple crop, it is said,
will show not more than 20 per cent
of red fruit this season, while the green
varieties will drop as low as from 0 to
5 per cent
Sergeant Frank B. Blunt, who was
seriously wounded in the sham battle at
Chase City the Fourth, is now resting in
comparative case at the Retreat for the
Sick in Richmond. tt
Mr.. George Lee, a well known Clarke
county farmer, and Mrs. Carrie Barr,
formerly of Frederick county, we're mar
ried Thursday at the parsonage of the
baptist Church at Berryville.
The railroad "Y' at Front Royal
sill be rearranged and an effort will
be made to do away with the sharp
curves which have been more or less re-
sponsibe for a disastrous wreck or two
at that place.
The large planning mill belonging
to Printz & Son, located near Stonymanj
Page county, was totally destroyed by
fire Thursday night together with about
100, 600 feet of lumber, entalliug 8 loss
about S., 600
Mr.. Joseph Button, the newly elected
insurance commissioner OF Virginia, will
AK the Court of Appeals tor msuda-
mus to compel the Corporation commits
SION 10 administer the oath of Office and
accept his bond.
The State corporation commission yes
terday concluded its freight rate hearing
50 far as the Southern Railway is con-
cernei, with the testimony of COmptroll.
er Plant. The hearing of the protest of the
Norfolk and Western read will be taken
up Monday.
Shocked at the appalling death rate of
Richmond, as shown by nstionsl stats
tics on the subject, the newly elected
health board Of the city will issue an or
der requiring the fumigation of carriages,
hearses and other vehicles used at all
funerals as a preventive against possible
contagion.
Prof. Noah K. Davis, who for 81
years has filed the chair of moral philos-
ophy 10 the University of Virginia, will
accept the invitation of the Carnegie
foundation to become beneficiary, and
his resignation ~ head of the school OF
moral philosophy will soon be laid be-
fore the visitors of the University.
Superintendent Eggleston puts the
number of new high schools established
this year in Virginia at $50. He says
the school fever is sweeping over the
State and the greatest need at this time
is capable high school principals to
take charge of them. He is greatly
elated at the growth of the movement.
Thomas G.. Moncure, aged 70 years,
died Thursday evening at the home Of
his sister, Mrs. Thomas Wallace, in
Stafford county, OF heart t.ouble. He
WAS a son of the late Judge R. G. L
Moncure, of that county. He served
the CoDfederacy in the Ninth Virginia
Cavalry. His widow, one daughter and
one son survive him.
P. V. DeGraw, fourth assistant post
master general, has Issued Il Statement
concerning the number of new free
delivery routes that have been estab-
lished throughout the United State
during the last year. In the ten con-
gressional districts of Virginia 1859
petitions for new routes have been
referred TO the department. OF thi-
number 749 have received adverse re
ports. On July /, 1905, there were
in operation in the State 79l routes,
and $50 on July |, 1906.