Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-16
Virginia News.

Charlea WigiDgto1, Of Stafford COUNTY
and Miss Virginia Shelton. Of Prince
William county. we're married IN Fred
erickburg yesterday
George English so years old, diet
yesterday at his home, near stafford
Court House, from the effects of a stroke
Of paralysis. He was q Confederate
soldier.
Judge G. +. Nicol Is spoken OF as th'
Judge who will sit in the case o; Com
mUnwealth ya. the Strotbers In Cutpepel
county. Judge Grimsley will not heal
the cas- on account Of hi relationship
TO Mr.. Bywaters.
The Adams and Southern Express
companies have agreed TO reduce rates il
Virginia from to rs per cent, and ever
more in some cases, provided the Unitet
States Express Company will come inlt
the arrangement
Miss Helen Nixon and Ralph lee,
the two young clippers whose plans were
frustrated by the prompt action Of To-
spector Boardman in Washington Mon
day afternoon, hsye returned to their re
spective homes ut Ashland, In charge OF
relatives.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the jamestown Exposition
in Norfolk yesterday afternoon it ws'
shown that between IS, 900. 900 and g.,
900, 900 will have been invested in thu
enterprise by the time the gates err
thrown open on April %.
One hundred and twenty-five police
meu we're yesterday instructed by Chief
Louis Werner, OF Richmond, to pursue q
crusade, IN the interest of the public
health and cleanliness, against the hati
of expectorsting in the streets, in car
and public places.
Ennis Powell, OF SpOttsylyaria county
and Miss Nora Allen, of King Oeorgt
county, we're married q few days ago a
Fletehet's Chapel, in the latter county
Rev. G L. Holiday officiating. Nils
Florence Allen was the maid Of honor
and Hugh Gift, Of Alexandria, best man
Forty three candidates have success
fully passed the State bar examination
and are now qualified TO practice law in
this State, among them Cassius Mon
cure Chichester, fredericksburg; FL
lerbe w. Carter, Fredericksburg; j. w.
Rush, Fairfax; Virginus Il. Shackel
ford, Orange; Robert W. Stump, Fair
fax; H Lewis Wallace, Fred ericksburg.
Messrs. Davis K Davis, Washington
patent attorneys, report the grant this
week to citizans of this State of the 70!
lowing patents: spottswood q. Foster
OF Fredericksburg, governor; Daniel G
Graham, of Pulaski. railway-iie; ThomaI
F. Jones, Ct Guinea, fence-post; Azure
Illus w. Mahon, OF Richmond, com
bined turn designating apparatus ant
c)in-c0unier.
The State Board of Agriculture, which
met in Richmond yesterday, took up two
items OF considerable interest. The first
was the appointment OF manager ioI
the Slate test farm 10 succeed G. Ii
Hamlet II, G, Marshall. Of Charlotte
county, was selected for this position.
Hamlet was not candidate for re-
election. The second WAS the immi
grafton movement. Commissioner o.
Agriculture Koiner read his quarterly
report on the work OF that department,
showing that decided advance had beer
made in the immigration movemsni.
The grand Jury In tho Campbell Or
cult Court yesterday recommended that
John w. 81. Clair, County Treasurer
be removed from Office because OF failure
to pay proper regard 10 the law as 10
making reports, because he does not give
proper notice as to times and places fixed
for collection OF taxes; because he ha:
not used due diligence in collecting tsxeI
and because he docs not keep bis Office
at the county courthouse but in a re-
mote lection OF the county. Judge Banks
dale has taken no action on the repor