Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-05-14
Virginia News.

six years, died on Friday at his home
in Westmoreland county.
William E. Hoffman, for number Of
wears treasurer of Berryville, died sud
denly Saturday, aged &c years.
The Supreme Council Of the Royal
Arcanum will meet 10 its twenty-ninth
annual session at Old Point, May 10th.
Col. and Mrs. Granville Gaines, Of
Warreuton, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Mary Foster Gaines.
to Joseph A. Bell, of Charleston, s. G.
"Carter Hail." one of the Oldest and
most historic of the fine estates in Clarke
county is now owned by Eben Richards,
vice president of the Mexican Central
Railroad.
Because of drunkenness and rowdyism
by outsiders the Society of Friends
announces that it will not this year hold
its usual snnual meeting in historic
Hopewell Church, near Winchester.
After hearing evidence in the case Of
George Andrews, a motOrman and mar
ried man, on the charge OF criminal as
sault on little Ida Bayne, 10 years old,
Magistrate Lewis, OF Henrico, Saturday
sent the man on 10 the grand jury.
The board of directors has agreed IA
change the name of the Virginia Female
Institute at StauntOn to "Stuart Hall.
The action of the board will have TO be
ratified by the Episcopal Councils Of
Virginia and the State Corporation Com
mission.
The Norfolk Ledger says a movement
is on foot to bring To Norfolk next year
national congress Of deaf people.
Robert Bell, of Alexandria, is interested
in the movement and he has cOmmuni.
Gated with the exposition company Ia
enlist its cooperation.
Mrs. Bethel Claude Deaton, OF Greens.
boro, n. c., is in Richmond searching
for her husband, who, posing as single
man, Saturday night eloped with Miss
Mary Bradley, formerly of Fredericks-
burg, to whom he had been paying at
tenlion for some time. Mrs. Deaton,
who is the mother of a yesr-oId infant,
il in destitute circumstances.
The case against Milton II. Jones, Of
Baltimore, who is employed on the
steamer Calvert, of the Maryland, Della
ware and Virginia Railway Company,
plying between Fredericksburg and
Baltimore, who was charged with the
abduction of Mabel Nash, l4-year-old
girl of Fredericksburg, about a month
ago, came up in the Corporation Court OF
that city Saturday. On motion OF the
commonwealth attorney q nolle pro-
seoul was entered and the case dismissed.
State Senator J. G. Noel, the republic
can lealer in the recent legislative SEES
sion, has DECLARED himself a candidate
l,r the republican nomination for Con.
gress against Colonel Slemp in the Ninth
district. Former Attorney General
Ayres, OF Big Stone Gap, will probably
run on the democratic ticket. Mr.. Noel
was recent aspirant for United States
marshal for the Western District of Vir-
GINA, and his friends claim that he was
knitted by Sleutp in favor of S. Brown
Allen.
A com mltee of the Central Trade aud
Labor Council of Richmond called on
Chairman DOherty, of the city demOcra' :
ic committee, Saturday, with request
that he announce to the democratic COM
mittee the resolution passed by the coun-
Gil providing for all printing given out
by the city committee to be done in
union offices. aud that the goods bear
the union label as far as possible. AS
the general election law stipulates that
nothing but the names of the candidates
shall be on the ballots, the city commit
tee will not be able TO comply with the
renuesl of the council