Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-01-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

oShh -AiiSh Shepdah, PSpaa"A
young man OF Canton, Ohio, and Miss
Nettie Belle Burton, of Fredericksburg,
were married there last night at the
home of the brides uncle, T. j.
Walker.
Lakeland Lodge OF Masons OF Roa-
nokc yesterday decided to build at
once modern home in the heart OF
the city at cost OF $40, 900. The
structure will be four stories high and
tire-proof throughout.
Alexander Stuart Jones, OF Frede-
ricksburg, and Miss Laviolette Pavne,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Payne, of Culpeper county, were
married Wednesday at Lael Baptis.
Church, in Culpeper county.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Borah
reported favorably the resolution
providing for the election OF senator:
by direct vote. Mr.. Burrows refused
the request OF Mr.. Beverage to fix Q
date when the Senate may vote on the
Lorimer case.
A. very pretty wedding was solemn
lied at Front Royal Wednesday al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. H.
Dovell, when Miss Annie X. Doyell
became the bride OF John E. OVERLY,
Of Danyille. Rev. W. F. Locke, OF
Martinsburg, w. Va, otticiated.
Goose Neck" farm, in Caroline
county, belonging to the estate OF the
late Colonel r. II. Dulaney. OF Lou
doun county, was sold at public auction
this week and purchased by L. ID.
George and George Tiller, at the hand.
some price OF 100000.
The farms in Westmoreland county
known AS River View" containing
forty acres; 'Bloomburg," 100 acres
Beaver Dam" and Sunset View
1871 acres. belonging to the late Mrs
Bernace F. Hart, of Stafford county
have been sold to Johanna L. Schmidt
Of New York, and brought handsome
prices.
Belated information from Cifax
Bedford county, brings news OF The
accidental shooting near there Sunday
of Mary, 9-ycar-old daughter OF Hugh
Hawkins, by her G-year. brother
Hugh, jr. The child died Monday
The father of the boy taught him re-
Gently to explode caps on. a shotgun,
and Sunday the boy placed one on the
pun to show his sister how it worked
The G. r. Johnson Lumber Com.
pany, operating in Virginia. North
and South Carolina, was forced into
involuntary bankruptcy in Norfolk yes
tcrday and u rcceivership created. This
was followed by u petition in inyolun'
lary bankruptcy, filed by Charles R.
Johnson, head Of the company, whose
liabilities and assets OF the lumber
company have not been ascertained.
Mitchell T. Neff, formerly OF Har.
rison burg, but now Of Charlottesville,
has resigned his position as an instruc
tor in the University of Virginia, il
order to take position with the lega
department Of the Southern Railway
with headquarters in Washington. Tht
vacancy has been filled by the election
Of Ira FIory, of Harrisonburg. Mr.
Florv is a recent graduate OF the Uni
versity OF Virginia.
A dispatch from Bristol last nigh
announced the sudden death OF Mis-
Bonnie Powell, daughter of JOSEPH
Powell, OF that city, in Knoxville,
where she had been sent to prevent
her marriage to Harry Fleener, 0
Bristol young man. Fleener, the dis
patch says, was informed that the girl
who is only 13 years old, took poison
with suicidal intent, and desired his
presence. He hurried to Knoxville
expressing the hope that Miss Powell
might live to become his bride.
Charles Morgantield, the former
train robber and convict, has signed
n contract with a theatrical manager
to deliver his lecture on prisons and
prison conditions throughout Virginia.
Evidently believing his disfranchise-
ment and political disability vii
handicap him in his contemplated
tour OF the state to denounce Virginia
penitentisry methods, Molgan6eld
called at Governor Mann's Office yes
terday to be restored to full citizen
ship. NIorgan6eld did not see the gov