Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-07
Virginia News.

W. F. Mark, for many years so er-
gineer on the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail-
road, died suddenly ct Sirasburg yester
dsy evening.
The second annual convention oftl @
Virginia State DIirJmel's Association
will meet at MurPhy's Annex, Rich
mond, tonight.
Lewis Sheppard was struck and killed
by northbOund passenger train No. Al
near Noktsville, Sunday night. 5heP-
psrd was on bis way to church at Brls-
tow. Three men have been killed by
trains within the past week within 20
miles Of Manassas.
A pretty home wedding wss eelebrat-
ed at Calpeper, yesterday, when Miss
Fannie Grimsley was married to Mr..
Cadell Smith. The bride Is daughter
OF Judge d. A. and Mrs. Grlmsley and
the groom is business mHn Of New
York.
The grand jury of Frederick County
Circuit Court yesterday at Winchester,
indicted Thomas Sugar, well.kuOwn
distiller, for illegal sale of intoxicants.
Ssger was recently arrested by Sheriff
Purcell, but not until after desperate
struggle. John Fishel and Randolph
Himmelright were also indicted for the
same ofense.
Annie Ritter, q young white woman,
OF Winchester, was indicted for forging
a check, and Oven Fuller was yesterday
for assault on Henry Neville, an aged
inmate OF Parish farm. 1t Is alleged
that Fuller grabbed the old man by his
long, white beard aud beat him on the
head with sharp stone.
An eastbound freight train, in charge
sf Sam Pollock, and consisting OF about
95 coal cars, was wrecked yesterday
about twelve miles east Of Oovingtln,
blocking the esstbound track several
hours. rhe accident was caused by the
bursting of a wheel, which derailed
about twelve cars of coal and did con-
siderable damage to the track. No one
was hurt.
After lively fight with q big black
bear on Massanutten Mountain, in
Shenandoah county, Linden Allen, a
young man OF Mount Jackson, killed the
beast with a shot gun. Allen was SPUR
rel bunting when the bear spraDg out OF
the underground and attacked him, after
knocking over his dog with one OF its
paws. The bear was almost on Allen
when the boy fred both barrels into its
body. 1t weighed nearly 200 pounds.
Cadet Savage, of the Stlubton Mill
tSry Academy, is lying at hospital st
Stanton with serious injury which he
received in a Singular manner While
he was asleep in his rom at the acade-
my q fellow-csdet in an adjoining room
thrust a steel ramrod through the wall
and 1t ran into his eye by accident
Young Savage is from New York and
his father was summoned at once.
He may lose his eye.
A large frame structure called the
FONT Comfort Tavean, on Mill creek,
near Fort Monroe, burned to the ground
yesterday afternoon, the building being
uuoccupisd The loss amounts TO about
$50, 900 A stock company composed
Of well known people erected this build
log for the Jamettown Exposition period,
and during the exposition it was used
IS an annex to the Chamberlin Hotel
Herbert Burnley, the white man who
is on trial in the corporation court at
Lynchburg, today, on the charge Of
robbing the store of the ]. 2. Bell Com
psny 10 that city last July, is feign.
log insanity. Bornley has set fire to
his bed several times, but has either
extiuguished it himself, or it was done
by others In the Jail before any damage
was done. The man is charged with
stealing fountain pens to the value Of
some $500 or $500.
The second days events Of the Viz
ginia State Fair in Richmond we're run
yesterday in the presence OF tremeu-
dous gathering. Fauquier, Robert Ne
vile's steeplechsser, was killed at the
first jur'p 10 the Virginia State Fair
stseplechase, aud Jockey o. II. Brown
was badly hut. The horse, bay
gelding, took the hurdle, fell and an
other OF the racers coming on stepped
into the middle OF its head.
Awakened by the screams OF her next
door neighbor, Mrs. silas McCann srOse
to fad her home at Norfolk sblsze yes
tsrdsy morning. Gathering her three
little children she leaped through a win
dow of the second story to a roof over
the front porch and there, while the
flames aud smoke hid him from view,
they awaited for some one to save them.
W. W. Balance stood upon the porch
banisters, and, grssping the caves of the
porch, held himself with one hand and
lifted the woman and children to safety
with the other.