Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-04-20
Virginia News.

The president Yesterday nominated
the following Virginia pos!msst re:
Charles P. Nair, Clifton Forge; John
NJ. G;ifiu, Fredericksburg.
Snow and sleet fell Ia the Shen andoah
Vslley yesterday, bu. melted rapidly,
and experienced fruit growers say the
crops are not endangered, as clouds
hanging over the valley will prevent
ftost.
Governor Mann has comuutsd to lille
iuprisonp EFT The sentence of Angelo s.
Hamilton, OF Lynchburg, who in Jaue
lss. shot aud killed Mrs. Sallie Hicks
while coming from dance.
Messrs. Davis & Davis, Washington
ptt,nt attorneys, report the grant this
week to cit;z ,us OF this state OF the fol-
lowing patents: Ohas. a. Blake, Ros-
noke, Eupporting-band for trousers aod
other garments; Holmes O. Harrison,
Buffslo Junction, cRr-replacer; George
V. Hughes, Dorchester, loading device
Marion Taylor, SUDAN, gun lock.
Announcement wss made in Lynch
burg yesterday that Senator Daniel, who
has been seriously i'll at Dayto Fla.
for several weeks, will be brought to his
home In LyDchtu'g Monday morning.
The patient, who has improved somewhat
10 the past few days, will leave DsytoDa
on Sunday.
The board OF supervisors for Oulpepel
! county, acting In accordance With the
law of the, last general assembly em-
poweripg them to do 80, yesterday ap.
propriated $1,000 for the pu pose Of
aiding In the erection OF monument on
the public sqoare or elsewhere in the
! county seat to the memory OF the ON.
federste dead OF that country.
Brysn's "Cross of Gold" speech,
| which made the "Boy Orator of the
Platte" famous, has been stolen from
| the State library, In Richmond. I. was
KEPT In the handsome volume of the
| worlds bes! oratons, and the theft was
| discovered by Librarian McIIlWsine, whc
has established close 1atch to discover
| the thief.
By vote OF 7 to 0, slt,r two: Incur
| session con.u ned in reading The naj ority
! and minority reports and In srgameut t,
the board of visitors of the Virginia
Poly t:chnic In: t;tn.e yesterday, In Rich
mond, dismissed the charges brought
| against President Psul B. Bar.ingsr, by
tie welfare committee of the Alumni
| Association. The minority report VIE
rel tt d by the same vote.
George c. Whit, a young married
| man, charged With sedut tiop, was ar
ranged yesterday before Bail Commits.
soner Tarner, 10 WarreutoD, and bailed
In s., 900 for his appearance April %.
Two young girls, daughters OF two prom.
iuent families living 10 miles from War
lton, are the aecusers. White former.
IL was on the police force in The Distract
of Columbia, tu: on account OF h'f
health was placed on the retired hit,
The R. F. & P. Z. r. will ignore the
new state law which goes into effect on
June 18Th mex! whereby The common.
! wealth may assess taxes against /! ss
road operating Sunday trsios. The at'or-
ney general is preparing to take The matter
| into court aud bitter bnttle will follow.
The r., F. IL F. r. F. is linble under the
aew lsw 70 The payment OF nearly $l0O,,
900 taxes this year. Speaker Z. E.
Bird will be associated with the lt!or-
ney general for the etate.
The food ia the streams in s0uthside
Virgins, following the heavy rains OF
Sunday, has caused much damsge. e.
pecislly to bridges, scores OF which have
been washsd away. On Monday after
noon BrsdIey's bridge, over Swift creek,
i1 Chesterfield county, seven miles from
Petersburg, structure 200 feet long,
wss swept to des!rut ton, aad lats Mon
day nicht Bfaoder's bridge, over TIE
same stream, a more important and
costly bridge, weIt down. Thompson's
large g.ist mill, on Swift creek, was un
dermined and partially carried away.