Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-18
Virginia News.

A large ice manufacturing and colo
storage plant is to be erected at Berry
vile.
Lewis MinnigerOde, 81 years old,
member of well.Enown family, died a.
Lynchburg, yesterday, after long i'll
mess.
Jacques V. Quick died on Wednesda!
from heart disease at the home OF BIZ
son, DR.. Julius V. Quick, Of Fall
Church, with whom be had lived FL
many years. He was eighty years old
A. W. Gill, prominent farrer o
Stafford county, while walking along tb'
main road Wednesday evening, re-
turning from a visit to his sister, Mrs
R. T. Flstford, near his home, dropped
dead of heart trouble. He was 81 years
old.
John r. Colyin died suddenly ut hi
home in Culpeper county, last night.
He WAS once superintendent of schools
for Culpeper county, in which office be
served with marked success as an adj
vanced educator aud a man OF high
character.
Before an audience which taxed San
ger Hall, in Richmond, to It's full cspsc'
ity, United States S-uator John W.
Daniel and Attorney General William
A. Anderson made ringing speeches last
night in opening the democratic CAIN
psign in Richmond.
Adolphus Msrmaduke and Mrs. Hen
rietta Ashton, both of King George
county, went TO Fredericksburg We'd
nesday and were united in marriage 81
the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. j.
Fl Henderlile, pastor OF the Presby-
terrain Church.
Five carpenters who we're at work on
the plant Of the United Cigarette Ma.
chine Company at Lyncbburg, narrowly
escaped instant desih about noon yes
terdsy, when they we're precipitated to
the ground, a distance Of twenty-five
feet, by the breaking of scaffOld upon
which they we're working.
Mrs. Alice KILLER was given judg-
meDt in the Circuit Court of Sheusn-
doah on Wednesday against the South
ern Railway Company for $500, for
injuries received oneyesr ago, yester
day While driving over the company's
tracks her buggy WAS demolished and
she was severely injured.
A fire, which threatened the destruc-
ton of the horseshoe factory of the Old
Dominion Iron and Nail Works st Rich
mond early yesterday morning, was dis
covered by Night Waterman Hubbard,
who turned 10 an alarm iu time to save the
building, with only about 81, 600 damage
to the roof and machinery.
Miss Florence Bruce, Is years old,
is dying at st Viucenps Hoop tal, Nor
folk, from the effects Of carbolic acid,
taken at her home, yesterday, with
suicidal intent. Il is the second ct
tempt of the girl to commit suicide with
in the last month. She would not say
what prompted her efforts to end her fife.
Mrs. J. r. Charters, of Berea, Stat
ford county, has a turkey hen that laid
IA eggs the first of the season, aud then
went to setting. Mrs. CHARTERS placed
the IA eggs under her, with ten hen eggs
additional All of the eggs hsiched and
IS of the turkeys and 8 of the chickens
were raised. The turkey has since gone
to laying again and has laid 70 eggs 30
far.
Charles Fl. Sharpe, superintendent OF
the waterworks of the city OF Manchester,
and Matthews Horton, secretary TO the
water commissioners, are out OF office,
both having been requested yesterday to
tender their resignstious. The cause for
the uDususl request on the part OF the
commissioners was the discovery Of
discrepancy of 5000 in the accounts of
the department.
A most distressing accident occurred
near OsrnstioD, King George county,
Wednesday, by which Bertram Bsher,
youth OF about sixteen, lost his life.
He was aiding in preparing lumber for
sawmill, when tree cut By two men
fell, crushing him to death. He was
the only son OF Mrs. Delilsh Bsher and
graudson of the late w. II. Fl. Oawood,
of King George.
Mrs. Gszslia Weinfeld, Sc years old,
wife of Louis Weinfeld, Of Norfolk,
remarked to her husband, as he got
home at IL O'Clock Wednesday night,
that she never felt better in her life. A
few minutes later she said: "Louis, |
am sick" The husband led her to the
window, asking what wss the matter
with her. She replied, 81 am dying"
and in that instant expired in bis arms
At the meeting of the Falls Church
town council Monday night, the de-
cision OF Capt. M. d. Hall, division su-
Of schools, t. the effect
thst woman lie Ineligible to hold the
position of q school trustee was received.
The council recently elected Miss Gun
dry to the position. Mr. Hall returned
the oath OF qualification and directed
the council to fill the vacancy without
delay. The council deferred taking any
action, and the matter vent over.
Declaring that railroad must give
all shippers The same transportation
treatment, whether it owns all OF only ]
part of the cars ii csrries, the Uuiled |