Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-08-04
Virginia News.

Virginia News.
Elias Botligheimer, GO years old, q
we'll known business man OF Richmond,
died of peritonitis yesterday.
Mr.. Rolsn las England, of Stafford,
plowed up a nest of 40 moccssin snakes
Friday while preparing a turnip patch.
W. f. Lightly, former cashier OF the
New York, Philadelphia aud Norfolk
Railway, was yesterday indicted at Nor
folk. Lightly is short in his accounts.
Representative Harry l.. Maynard
and Congressional Aspirant J. Peter
Holland, Of lwo.cent peanut tariff fame,
had bot political debate at Isle of
Wight Courthouse yesterday.
The thirty-6rst annual temperance
and gospel meeting of the Prohibition
and Evangelical Association OF Loudouu
county, began at PurcellviIle today and
will continue until August ~.
The fifth annual session OF the Vir-
ginia State Farmers Insiitntion met in
Richmond today. There is large al
tendance OF farmers from all over the
State who report bumper crops for the
year.
Mrs. F. NJ. Oardice committed suicide
Sunday at her home, near Casanova, by
taking csrbOiic acid. Mrs. Oardice had
been in bad health of late, and had beer
a constant sufferer, which, in the end,
affected her mind.
Spontaneous combustion caused the
burning of the big barn on the Resney
eetate, in Clarke county, Sunday night.
The roof was blown off by the force Of
Inc INC explosion The less is- 81, geo. Z.
B. Jacobs is the owner.
James D. Reed, negro mail carrier
of Isle of Wight county, was killed ct
Zlni last week by Norfolk and West
I'd tain, upon which lie sought TO put
a mail pouch by throwing 1t into the
mail car. He WAS thrown 100 feet.
John Lent, a cripple, who shot and
wounded H. B. Horizon, at Portsmouth,
because Horton objected to Lent paying
attention to his daughter, will spend
three Yeas in the peDitsntisry, Judge
Balm yesterday overruling a motion for
a new trial.
Licenses to marry have been Issued in
Wtshingt ton to the following VIrginians
Henry M. EuStis, of Orlean, and Eva
NJ. Smith, OF Vienna; James l.. Dillou,
of Danville, and Margaret Richter, and
to John j. Poe and May o. Riley, both
of Rappahannock.
A duck called q water witch alighted
10 the yard of residence nesr Qusntico
recently. After running the children
out OF the yard and whipping a cat, it
struck out for Aqua c'esk, 1t having
been evidently in transit from Potomac
creek to old Aqua.
The owners OF Virginia Beach have
offered TO Gov. Swanson some 400 acres
of land for rife range and camp site
for State troops. The parties proposed
to give the land to the Slsts free of cost.
The fsrn is valued at $4,000. Gov.
Swanson favon the acceptance Of the
offer.
Near Concord, 10 miles east of Lynch
burg, Sunday night. Jack Lee, white, shot
and instantly killed Beverley Csrdwell,
colored, and MORALLY wounded his
brother, Samuel, who died yesterday.
The men, whites and blacks, had been
drinking hard cider and quarreled. Lee
was arrested.
At Cats City within less than q mile
OF where Clayton Sailing Was killed a
week ago, Will lawson WIS shot dead
Sunday night, aud Frank Dockery was
shot through the head. The murder re-
snlted from q game Of cards, Press
Baldwin is suspected of committing the
crimes, but he has not been captured as
yet.
The theory Is now advanced by DIR. j.
g. Trevilsn, chief of the surgical staff
of the City Home, at Richmond, that
Baby Vaughan was not pois )ned at all,
Oul luhl uehtu WAS uuc " ptouhiuo
poisoning, the poison being contained in
a can of condensed milk on which the
child was fed.
Rudolph Lswhorn, white, was brought
to Lexington yesterday by Constable j.
j. Campbell and lodged 10 jsil, charged
With criminal assault on q white woman
near Fordwick last March. He was
caught 10 Augusta county. Lawhorn
was tried In the Circuit Court of Rock
ridge about two years ago for the muir
der OF his vile and was acquitted.
The monitor Florida, recently fred
into and torpedoed for the benefit OF ma.
val science, has had her wounda repaired
aud Is again afOAl. She was taken out
of dry dock ct Norfolk yesterday. The
shattered armor has been removed from
the turrets and will soon be renewed.
When the vessel Is sgsin placed 10 ser
vice ii will be under the name Of Tslls.
hsssee, the name Florida being taken by
a new battleship.
Kennedy's La1stive Cough Syrup is e.