Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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sity OF Virginia, will take long va
cation because OF i'll health.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Marshall, aged 80
years, widow OF NJ. II. Marshall, died
at her home, near Palmyra Saturday.
Perry Newly, colorcd, captured a
carrier pigeon on south Washington
street today. A ring around one Of
the birds legs bore the inscription
IS. A. 1880"
Edward NJ. Daniel, son OF the late
Senator John w. Daniel, has just given
the contract for the publication OF the
principal addresses OF his late father,
which we're made during his long pub
lie career.
As the result OF the differences over
the transfer OF the Marion Female Col
Ieee. a Lutheran institution at Marion,
from that place to Salem, the Rev.
John G. Perry has resigned as president
OF the college.
Jack Hurley attacked Mrs. Jennie
Cassidy on the street in Norfolk yester-
day and cut her throat from ear to ear.
Hurley was pursued by crowd and
followed into house where he used
the knife on his own throat. Both are
10 a critical condition. IL is said Hur-
ley was actusted by Jealousy.
A home wedding was solemnized at
"Wayerly," the home Of the bride, at
King George Court House, Saturday
evening at O'Clock, when Miss Marie
Reid Doherty became the bride OF Mr..
Thomas Lomax Hunter, OF King
George. Rev. r. G. James OF the
Methodist church, the brides pastor,
performed the solemn ceremony.
The plans for a 5000, 900 reinforced
concrete bridge over the James river
connecting Lynchburg with Amherst
county, have just been finished by the
municipal engineering department., and
they will be submitted to the street
committee today. The bridge will
DO 1851 feet long, with approaches
aggregating 800 feet, and it will be &C
feet above water.
Rev. Noah Malone, iree-wilI Bap
list evangelist working among thC
mountain people near Roanoke, was
held up and beaten into insensibility
by highwaymen Saturday night. III
was robbed OF $23. He is unable tC
give the police any clue as to who as
saulted him. This is the second tint
he has been robbed by highwaymet
within Is months. His condition il
critical.
A bullet crashed through window
into the headquarters OF the Anti-Sa
loon League, passing directly over thu
desk OF Rev. j. ID. McAlister, genera
secretary OF the State League, in Lynch
burg, yesterday afternoon. He ha'
been there, aiding in the direction 0
the dry" campaign since it opened
Friends OF the secretary fear this wa
an effort to assassinate their leader.
The news that the Valley Turnpike
Company has asked the Corporation
Commission to consent to the com
panys' increasing the number OF toll
gates by placing additional gates with
in half mile OF towns has aroused
considerable interest in that section
There is considerable opposition to th'
tollgates as they now stand, and it i
expected that determined fight will b'
put up against increasing the number
Senator George B. Keezell, OF Rock
ingham, who has accepted an appoint
ment as treasurer Of his county, ha
resigned his membership in the stat
Senate, effective January l. The sena
tor has served for many years, and hl
friends still hope that he will he agai'
a candidate in next years elections
aud will miss no session OF the legisl9
ture. The governor. who returned u
Richmond on Saturday morning from
the meetings Of governors at Frankfor
and Louisville, will accept the rssina
ton.