Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-02
Virginia News.

Mrs NJ. NJ. J.feries, aged 90, died ct
the home of her son W. L. Jsffties, near
Culpeper. yesterday, OF old sge.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Morris, o.
Washington, aunou zee the engagement
of their daugtt,r, Psge Walker, to Mr..
Fred. o. 3. Rnntsr, OF King George.
The wedding will take place in jane.
Another FIRE, believed t, be of incer-
diary origiD, destroyed the home Of Mrs,
Sarah O. Roorkc, near Whitehall, Fr-d
erick county, Saturday evening, t,g, ter
with nearly sll tas contents, entalllng 3
loss of 81, 500.
Douglas Edmonds, a prominent farm.
err OF upper Prince William comfy, vas
fcuad dead in the barn, On his farm near
GreenWlcb, Saturday. His death wsa
doe to spoplexy. He bad 40 family, bid
wife having died some years ego leaving
no children.
John O. Bailey died saddenly at the
home of his brother, James 7. Bailey, at
GordonsVille yesterday, aged 50 years.
The deceased lived only few moments
otter tae death OF bis wife. Ha is gu
viyed by brt ther aud sister, James L.
B iley aud Miss Mamie Bliley, Of Cor :
louisville.
Stuck by an automobile belonging 10
Thomas Cover, jr., of Philadelphia, Viii.
liam BATHS, a tarmtr of Boyce, CLARK
ccu.ty, had his right thigh broken and
was irjured internally ON Saturday.
B tis was driving mule team, which
took fright at the automobile, whirled
around and thr:w him under the touring
car.
j. NJ. Campbell, formerly Metho-
dist minister, vas convicted in thesRich.
moud police court on Saturday Of binding
and gaggiug his fourteeu-year-o!d cod,
and taen hoggug him in the most brutal
manner inns gioable. Justice Ofutch6eld
6oed Campbell 800 and sent him to jail
for six months.
Miss Priscilla Koogler, II years old,
who fell into supposed trance at lC
O'Clock last Wednesday night in Harr!.
sonturg, wss pronounced dead Saturday
by two medical experts, and yesterday
morning, with her burial in the q1iei
Little country churcbysrd a! Pleasar
Grove, Rockingham county, Harrison.
burg's myst.ry and sensation came to an
end.
| B. E. OogbilI. who was charged witt
miss ppropri. ting SCI, 600, In connection
with sp alleged o0eldrswn account, from
the failed Bank OF Mecklenburg, We:
arqu!t ed on Ss'ur lay by special jury
from Norfolk. Overly, the cashier, WHIT
It Is charged; permitted overdrs~u &C
counts In the bank, Is now serving
two years In the penitsDtiary. By agree
| ment, the case against W. L. Olack,
jointly indicted With Cogbill, was sub
| mitted 10 the same jury. Olack VEL
promptly acquitted also.
Col. James B. Richmond, GS years
| Old, president of the Poop e's N, tioDa
| Bank. OF Gate City, aud one OF The mos
prominent men in southwest Virginia,
died Saturday night at Johns Hopkins
Hospitl), Bilimore, where he had been
suffering with combination of it tas.ina
tr u5les. Colonel Richmond Was al a..
| torney st Law snd q member of the Vir
ginia bar. lie served In the Confederate
army and was sl.o a member of the las!
Ooustiiu ional Convention Of Virginia.
Beginning today the retail liquor
license for Harrisonburg went up from
$500 to 81, 200. The action of the town
council WAS unanimous, and ell seven Of
the Hsrrisonburg liquor dealers applied
for renewal of license and secured It,
| Harrisonbu is the only "~et" spot In
the Valley oil Virginis, and aimee Stsu1'
ton voted "dry" last summer has been
doing an immense shipping business
There has been talk OF neH liquor houses
being opened In Rsrysonburg, tu:so fal
! none bas naterialized.
At 9 80 o'clock iast night in Lynch
burg DR.. Wsugh ssaed the following
bulletin as to Senator Daniel condition
Senator daniel has slept more than s
| hours during the past "A hours, Hi;
condition is about what il has been foi
the last several dayP, except that he is
| stronger than he VAS. Tiers bag not
been any improvement in his mental
condition Gudug The last few days, bui
1t Is hoped that mo.e qleep and leas de-
lir um will bring about SD improvement
In lba. direction iu a short Time"