Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-10
Virginia News.

Snow fell in the Blue Ridge noun
tains yesterday.
Mrs. Jane Hunton, widow of Thomas
f. Huntpn, of Prince William, died last
Sunday at the home OF her daughter,
near Manassas.
The union labor voters of Richmond
will decline TO go TO the polls in the
coming primary unless the ballots to be
voted bear the union label.
The third annual meeting of the Vir-
GINA State Farmers Institute will be
held in Roanoke on July 10, II and IL.
No effort or expense will be spared to
make the programme superior to those
of previous meetings.
Mr.. R. E. Lee, of Fairfax, will
present fulI-length portrait of his illus
lrious grandfather, Robert f. Lee, Ia
the county OF Westmorelsnd, the birth
place OF the great Confederate leader.
II will be hung 10 the courthouse.
Yesterday afternoon at s O'Clock, IN
the Baptist Church. at Front Royal,
Rev Amos Ceary, of Bristol, Tenn,
and Miss Julia Wharton Jackson, only
daughter of John K. Jackson, were
married by Rev. w. F. Fisher, of Alex
andria.
Elijah Dick, a farmer of Frederick
county, died yesterday at his home, near
the Morgan county, w. Va line, aged
81 years. Six Sous. FIVE OF whom were
At his bedside when The end came, and
FIVE daughters survive him. He was
twice married.
Fire last night practically destroyed
the entire stock of the Thomas Low
furniture concern, 10 Roanoke. The
blaze had gained considerable headway
when discovered. 1t was caused, it is
believed, by crossed electric wires. The
loss on the stock is 1922, 900.
Incendaries Tuesday night set FIRE to
a new bank barn on the farm Ct Mrs.
| Elizabeth J. Sherman, at Charlottesville,
Frederick county. The barn and lis
contents including large amount OF hay,
corn, and Iced, several farming nipple
ments and vehicles, aud ten sets of har-
ness, were totally destroyed, causing q
loss of 81 800, with insurance of $500.
Eight months ago an incendiary fire at
the same spot destroyed Mrs. Sherman =:
barn.
While running at high rate of speed
4 passenger train aud q wrecking car OF The
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company
c.lIided head-On between Tanners creek
aud Atlantic Park yesterday afternoon,
injuring four persons aud severely shak'
ing up and bfusing number of others.
The wreck car had been dispslchel from
the car barns to work on deraied cal
At Sewels Point aud through misun'
drrIanding of orders took The wrong
track, meeting fast express just before
Atlantic Park WAS reached.
Farmers and fruit growers will be
gralifed to learn that Commissioner G..
w. KOiner, of the Department OF Agri-
culture, cOntrsdlcts the report recently
current that the seventeen. year locusts
are headed this way and will be hert
this spring. In reply to M inquiry
Commissioner Koiner writes! "There
are 40 locusl- due, according to the re.
port of the National Department of Ag
ricullure, in the valley until 1919, wher
they will run through the valley from
lIarpers F,rry Ia the Tennessee line.
Al special meeting in Richmond
Yesterday the trustees of Hampden-Sid
ney College accepted u proposition made
by james T. McAllisIer, OF Hot Springs,
tn guarantee SO, 500 a year toward the
EXPENSES of special department foi
training writers for newspapers and mag
szjnes and of books. The new depart
meDt will be pu; in operation al the
opening of the next session. in the au.
lumn Of this year, and will mark de.
pariure in college work, aud be an ex-
pertinent likely to be observed with in
lerest by the whole world.
Messrs. Davis and Davis, Washing
ton patent attorneys, report the grant
this week to citizens of this State, OF
the following patents William h.
BoscheD, Of Richmond, trunk; William
T. Coalton, of Barton Heights, assiguor
to American Tobacco Company, Newark,
n. j., cigarette machinei James De
Haven, assignor of one halt t. Il. w.
HigdJn, of Roanoke, non-retil liable
bottle; Joseph A. Reams, If West Nor
folk, assignOr of one-half to I. X. Par
rish, of Richmond, dough-mixing ma
chine, and Layinia d. Richardson, of
Fredericksburg, pocket sSh-receptacle.
James F. Breeding was fatally shot at
Delton, Pulaski county, Tues iay night,
while robbing the postoffice and Nunn's
store, in which the pOstotfice is located.
DR.. Bruce Clark discovered the burglar
at work and summoned General Bryson
and Num- TO help catch the robber Bry
son vas armed with shOlgun and was
stationed outside, with instructions TO
shoot anyone that ran from the building.
Clark opened the door and Breeding
dashed out Bryson fired both barrels
of his guu, the contents taking effect in
Breeding's chest and head. Some post
age stamps aud quantity of merchan-
disc were found on his person Breed
ing lived near the postoftice. He was 20
years OF age.
Odd Fellows.