Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-07-25
Virginia News.

A marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday TO Thomas d..
Ball and Cora V. Hunt, both of Eau
quier county.
The will of the late Louise K. Whit
more, wife of Henry r. Whitmore, ct
st. Louis, makes her SOD, Charles Null
ken, of Boyce, Clarke county, sole bene-
iciary. The estate is worth probably
$50, 600.
Doctor Tolson, while blowing corn on
his farm, in Stafford county, recently,
struck an object with the pillow and went
back to examine it. He discovered an
iron pot containing 500 in gold and sill
yer coin.
Edward Echols, former lieutenant
governor OF Virginia, and now State
Senator from the Staunton district, has
been declared the nominee for reelection
by the democrats. No one else qualified
to enter the primary.
The wedding of Miss Mary Fletcher,
Of Upperville, to DR.. Albert De Kalb
Parrot, Of KinstoD, N. O., was celebrat-
ed Tuesday morning at Z o'clock 10 the
parlors Of the Nurses Home, No. 1904
west Grace street, Richmond, Rev.
DR.. j. Calvin Stewart, Of the Church Of
the Covenant, officiating.
New York capitalists have secured an
option on 5000 acres Of land in Rap
pahannock county. A mining expert
it. He found on one part of the property
vein OF copper of twelve feet. The
men will probably form company and
capitalize the property at 81 900, 900.
Conditions at Pine Beach," was the
subject which was discussed at Free
mason Street Baptist Church Norfolk,
last night. Mrs. X. w. Barrett made
some startling disclosures concerning
evils existing in Norfolk and elsewhere.
Mrs. Barrett has charge of the work
among young women at the Exposition.
The women who are raising funds
with which to place costly monument
over the grave Of Theodore Estes, who
was shot and killed by Judge Loving on
suspicion that he had wronged the latter
daug are meeting with much sue
cess, as contributions are being received
from all parts of the State and country.
Not only is there an ice trust in Rich
mond, which is now being investigated
by the grand jury, but there Is good
reason to believe that the fuel dealers OF
the city have an understanding by which
they fix prices. II there is not an agree
ment, it is wonderful fact that they
manage to name the same pricss to all
customers in the city, and no one will
undersell the other.
At Lynch's, in Campbell county, early
yesterday morning. the house of Mrs.
Sue Hogan, a widow, was entered by a
negro, who choked her, assaulted her
and fed. A posse was organized and
several negroes were arrested, but Mrs.
Hogan failed to identify them, and all
but one, "Sel" Collins, who lives in
Lynchburg, were discharged. He will
have hearing next week, Mrs. Hogan
being too i'll to appear in court.
The dredging machine Jack, belong
ing TO a Baltimore firm, has completed
the work Of deepening the water in Oc-
coqusn creek. Under government con-
tract the Jack has completed channel
several thousand yards long, from the
mouth of the creek, through a mud and
sand bar, so that vessels drawing six feet
of water can get in and out of the creek
at all stages of the tide, with the possible
exception of an extremely low tide caus-
ed by fall or winter Northwestern.
Frank Campbell, young unmarried
man, son of William Campbell, well
known farmer living near Leesburg
was accidentally killed yesterday
afternoon in a peculiar manner while
lhresing wheat on the Norris farm
about three miles east of Leesburg. He
was working on straw stack, but came
1cwn to get water just as one of the
loaded wheat wagons was pulled up to
the machine. As he passed by the
wagon Wade Farmhouse, who was on
top, threw fork to the ground. One
of the prongs struck Campbell, fractur-
ing his skull and penetrating the BRAIN
Death waa alnost instantaneous