Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-23
Virginia News.

Miss Pendleton aud Stuart y. Gay,
the Clifton Forge "Romeo and Juliet, "
were buried together in one grave.
James T. knight, merchant and farm
err of Armel, Frederick county, died
Sunday, after lingering illness, aged
fifty-one years.
Mrs. Emma Steadman, widow Of Mar
shall Stesdman and daughter of the late
John and Sarah A. Towner died in Lees
burg on Saturday.
Mrs. Martha Grim, widow of David
Grim, died Sunday at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Lewis Legg, in Wlnches-
ter aged sixty-seven years.
The Leavell Vehicle Company OF
Fredericksburg has made al assignment,
liabilities about s., 900. Lack OF capital
was principal cause of assignment.
w. d. Cardwell, member Of the
houee of delegates from Hanover county,
and speaker Of the house, will not be
candidate for reelection TO the house.
The stockholders of the Northern
Neck Agricultural Association OF North
cumberland county have decided TO sell
at public auction their fair grounds,
near Heaihsville, in that county.
la the County Court OF Loudoun on
Saturday Clarence Murrsy. indicted for
assault upon William Edmunds at
Glesdsville, LoudouD county, last fall,
was adjudged to be guilty, and senIen.
ced to spend one year in Jail and pay
$3.50 fine.
DR.. and Mrs. William P. Mcclure,
of Winchester. have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Leila Moss,
to Lewis Huntington Hyde, of New
York city. The wedding will take
place in Christ Protestant Episcopal
church, Winchester, the middle Of June.
For the past several nights earthquake
shocks have been felt in various towns OF
the lower Shenandoah Valley. AT Mid
dletown, Strasburg, and Mount Jackson
persons claim to have felt articles OF
furniture rocking, and experienced the
sickeDlng feeling which accompanies the
trembling OF the earth.
IL was announced 81 The navy depart
ment yesterday that James Il. HUT, OF
Porism outb; Richard IT, Meade, OF
Amelia; William Paul 8. Watson, OF
Dsuville, and Francis Marion Collier,
Of Big Stone Gap, had been designated
by the secretary to stand the entrance
examinations for admission to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. which will be
held July is.
Tie large brick residence, known as
the old COakley house, on the Warren
ton road, 10 Stafford, occupied by Mira.
Maggie Love aud her sister, was burned
to the ground Sunday, together with con-
tents and $945 belonging to Beverly
Armisiead, an old colored man, who had
put It away in the house. The occupants
we're not at home when the fire broke out
aud the origin is not known.
Mrs. T. X. Barksdale, wife OF a Nor
folk and Western Railway engineer. yes
terday held n pistol over John B. Gron-
way. young man OF Roanoke. while
her husband applied cOwhide strenu-
ously to Gronway's back. Tho whipping
took place in the Eagles Home. into
which club Barksdale had invited Gron-
way, saying that he wished to speak TO
him privately. Bsrksdale claims that
GrOnway had made derogatory remarks
about his vile. - 3s1
At Ellington yesterday II X. Early,
n merchant, had a hearing before megis-
trates on the charge of killing John
Grossman, a Southern Railway telegraph
operator, there, Sunday. Witnesses tes-
titled that bad blood had existed for some
time between the two men, and that
Grossman followed Early Sunday aud
threatened him, whereupon both fred
five or six shots, Grossman being killed
almost instantly. Early was wounded
ia the leg. At the close of the testi
mony Commemorative Attorney Muir
rells conceded that case of selfdefense
had been made out and the magistrate
dismissed the case.
The coroner's jury at Danvile investi-
eating the death of Ellen Elliott. a ne
gro woman, who was killed by a crowd
of white boys, while she was masque-
rading in male attire, returned verdict
yesterday that she came TO her death at
the hands of Joe Bsugh, Oscar Meath
erly, John b. Talbot and Tom Walker.
All of the above named are now in Jail.
The ages Of the boys range from fifteen
to twenty.one years The assault ap-
pears to have been provoked by the boys
throwing rocks at the woman, who then
cursed them. Their defense will be that
the woman fred twice at them before
they closed in on her and beat and cut
her to death. She was dressed In men
clothes foe the purpose of spying on one
OF her admirers.