Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-26
Virginia News.

Da1ville, now "dry," will vote
again on the Eqaor quslt,on Thus
day.
The Virginia Health Department has
begun a vigorous 6ght against the hook
worm.
The timber and mineral exhibition oil
Virginia a! jamestown will be shown
permanently In Richmond.
ElJlh Ronss, colored, was sleclrocut.d
In the penitentiary In Richmond yester-
day for baylng killed negro near Nor
folk last year.
Mrs. Mary J. Btothert,n, widow Of
Thomas Broiherton, died at the home Of
her SOD, Walter Bioiheit)D, near Berry,
vile, yett rjay.
Herbert W. Jett, OF S1ff,rd county,
and Miss Ella Dillon, Of fredericksburg,
we're married In that city Sunday
night
John Lloyd OovingLon, 81 Yesrs old,
one OF the most prosperous farmers Of
Oulpeper county aud highly respected
ciIlzsn died ct his home yesterday.
Bspjimin 7. Pitts, msnaeer Of the
Fredericksburg Opsrs House, and Miss
EIearor HugbI,tt, pianist OF the same
place, left there Sunday and vent to
Rockville, Nd, where they were mar
ried.
| Mr.. Jas. E. Yst,s. OF Fauquler ctu1.
ly, states that in the prices of live stock
at the present time and Ia the years OF
1861 there Ia practically no difference.
10 1866, be sold hogs at 1856 per hun.
dred weight aud cattle at 1926.
Elijah Reuse, one of the negroes who
escaped from the Norfolk uaty jill
some time sgo, and was recaplured, wss
elecirocuted at the panilentIsry in Rich.
! mond yesterday morning In expIstiou
Of his crime Of killing snother negro at
Norfolk last year,
When the stork Visited Mrs. William
Rife st StsuntoD, 'yett,rdsy, 1t left four
children In the Rife home, tu. to the
distress Of the parents one Of the little
Wis tors died almost on arrival. The re.
naming three, two boys aud girl, are
doing well, as Is the mother, who Is 80
years old. The Rites have three other
children, the elde,t years ofsge.
Capt. Daniel Arlington, a prominent
educator OF Danville, aud for q ru nber
OF years professor Of Greek aud mstbt-
mates at Nswbury College, South
Carolina. died yesterday morning at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Billimore,
where he had been undergoing treatment
for several weeks.
Fire st Winchester early yesterday
destroyed the boarding house OF hrs.
George FlorS, and psuic enta I'd among
lbe boardeFs. Dressed only 10 their
night clothes, men and women ran into
the street with what belongings they
c,u'd carry. Miss Mary Nell, 80 years
old, who was found unconscious the
door of her room, wss rescued by o. s.
Vernon. The building was saved BY
Gremen,
Acting, as ne claims, Ia self.deiense,
Harry Thorpe, 80 ytars old, stabbed
David Garter, 35Jears o'f, 70 dtah With
penkniie OF which the blade used is
bat az inch In length. The trouble oe-
CURED at tenant hl uIe on the farm OF
n. I. Depauw nesg Hsymsrket, Prince
Willism county Garter had bu. one
hand, having large book suspended
from The elbow, aud Thorpe says the
former attacked him, trying to strike
him With toe heavy hook Thorpe fed,
was pursued aud pressed, and drew the
knife, itlbbing bis asssilsrt jIst above
the thigh, sevtriDg large artery, which
caused the death OF the man Ia few
i mcmsnls, before medical aid could ar
rive, Thorpe is in all awaiting e