Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-01-11
Virginia News.

Mrs Annie IawTnRon Taylor the wife
oiMf Thomas Taylor, died at her home,
Spring Hill, near Casanova, on the 9Th
inst.
At Luray, ga, yesterday, Charles
Good WAS convicted OF the murder Of his
sweetheart, Mis- Fannie Stroop, and
sentenced 10 be hanged March 3 for the
crime
The large plant Of the Creeuleaf John,
son Lumber Company, OF Norfolk and
Baltimore, situated in Bsrkley, was al
most entirely destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. The fire originated in the
dryklin.
1t ia reported that Major Smith has
sold his farm Of over six hundred acres
in the Bethel neighborhood of Fauquier
county to Mr. II. a. Toulman, OF Spring
field, O., at something above sixty
dollars per acre.
Mrs. Helen s. Barry died Wednesday
a. her home in Leesburg aged rs years.
Mrs. Barry was a native OF New York,
but forf0me years had made her home
With her son. Charles L. Barry, OF
the Leesburg Inn.
At the examination yesterday at
Boydlon of Charles Powley and
Percy Martin, charged with rObbing a
Seaboard passenger train near la Cross,
Powley was released and Martin WAS
held for the grand jury.
Charles Edgar Collins, Of Frederick
county. and Miss Edith Pearl Braith =
waite, daughter CT s. H 3raithwaite, Of
Cross Junction, we're married in Win
chester Yesterday afternoon By Rev. G.
| T. Potter, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South
The sheriff OF Augusta county has
levied on all property OF the Stanton
Horse Show Association at the fair
grounds, and advertises it for sale to sat
isfy an execution in his hands for COL
lection in favor of the National Valley
Bank, OF Stanton
At the last meeting of Fairfax county
supervisors Messrs. N. ID. Hall, NJ. f.
Church, Franklin Williams, jr., Il.
Walton Moore, &. r. Donohoe, and j.
8. Pearson were appointed committee
to prepare and have printed an hlsiori-
cal account OF the county, &c, for use
at the jamestown Exposition, at a cost
not TO exceed $500.
Wheu the ramaius Of John 8. Miller.
who WAS buried four months ago, were
disinterred at Norfolk, yesterday, for re
moval to anothercemetery, the discovery
was made that the grave had been en-
tered By ghouls and the body robbed Of
two diamond rings and other jswelry
which, in accordance with Miller's &c
centric deathbed wish, had been buried
with him.
Unable TO bear the disgrace of term
in the penitentisry M. Fivel, 50 years
old, committed suicide al the Norfolk
city jail Wednesday night By cutting his
throat with a penknife. He was Junk
dealer, who bad accumulated comfort
able fortune. He was charged Sith
purchasing goods be knew had been
stolen, and was sentenced to year in
the peuiteniisry.
Miss Gladys Shelton. the young Won
an who was attacked in Amherst county,
Monday afternoon, was unable to go 10
! Lynchburg yesterday afternoon, accord
Jog TO arrangements, on account OF
temporary change for the worst in hei
/ - "a =. al
will 60 20 Lynchburg today. When
she can zee the i've negroes now in jsil
at Rustfurg, they will be carried before
her for naturalization. Sheriff Beard
and other Amherst county officials cIain
they have the ms5. but It ia known thai
they are still searching Amherst county
Tor another negro