Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-05-04
Virginia News.


]. s. CIothier, of Marshall. Fsuquler
county, has purchased the Oaufiman
farm. about FIVE miles north Of Leesburg,
for $50, 900.
A marriage license was Issued In
Washington yesterday to Cherries d..
EOglish and Mary A. Hollidge, both OF
Fairfax county.
Mrs. ]. f. Pope, sged about seventy
years, committed suicide yesterday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Greenwsll at Front Royal, by shooting
herself through the heart with shot
gun.
While on her way home from church
in Richmond Sunday night Mrs. Linda
King Preston, SO years old, wife Of Will
liam S. Preston, widely known busi-
ness msn, dropped dead on Grace street
of acute congestion of the lungs and
heart disease.
At Front Royal, yesterday, Will
Hughes, who was arrested few days
ago on the charge OF burglarizi ling the
wsreroom of the Southern Railway de-
pot, was sentenced by Judge Harrison,
OF the Circuit Court, to one year in the
penitenliary.
Representative w. A. Jones and Mr..
Harrison, of the U. s. engineers Office
at Washington, have been examining
the tributaries OF the Rappabaunock
river with view of having the govern
ment make needed improvements In the
wsy Of dredging, &c.
The Richmond finance committee
last night recommended to council an
appropriation of 81, 500, 900 for munich
pal improvements, which will mean the
issuance Of bonds to that extent. The
matter went over until the meeting on
Wednesday.
On the ground that the location
should be selected before the city sppro-
priated money, the Richmond Common
Council last night rejected the ordinance
providing an appropriation of $25, 900
in the budget OF 1910 for the purchase
of a site for the Confederate Memorial
Building. 10 order not to have 1t go
out that the city bad refused site, the
vote Was later reconsidered and the ordi-
nance tabled.
Reports received from the Deep Greek
trucking section OF Norfolk county esti-
mate the loss to growing crops by the
haiIstOrm of Saturday evening at $780,
00O. Practically sll crops bat potatoes
aud strawberries were cut of completely.
Much damage by frost is also reported
from the Lynchburg and Roanoke Sec
tions aud other sections. Indeed dam.
aging frosts prevailed pretty much
throughout the state.
While the streets Of Stanton were
crowded at 6 o'clock yesterday evening
D. A. Kiugan, jeweler, attempted to
shoot James A. Wehn. The bullet
went up and hit street sligo and Kin.
gan was quickly disarmed by brother
Of Wehn, who was near. Kingsn's wife
Is suing for divorce and he has $lO,-
900 damage suit against Wehn charging
him with being responsible for the dis
ruption Of the family relations.
A terrific wind and hail storm PASSED
Sunday evening over the villages Of
Oourllsnd and Selby, near Petersburg,
doing an immense amount OF damage.
The storm covered an area OF 2 miles in
width aud 8 miles in length, and some
of the haiIsiones we're as large as tur-
key eggs. Window blinds and windows
of every residence 10 Selby on the west
side OF the street were broken and many
houses unroofed. A number OF barns
aud other outhouses we're leveled 10 the
ground, and large forest trees were torn
up by the roOiS. A large amount Of
damage was done to orchards and truck
ing farms.