Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-07-03
By Yesterday Evenings Mails.

KILLED BY LIGuryING-NARRoW ESCAPE
OF OTHERS We learn that two negroes be-
longing to A D. Fuqua aud W. B. Bland,
esus.. Of Nottowey, were killed by lightning
ON Saturday, last, about miles from the
Court House. Oar Informant says that seve-
raj other negroes Of Judge Nash, In Powha-
tan, had a narrow escape from death by the
same cause They were at work IN beid
when the storm came up, and Immediately
made for Al old barn close by for shelter,
when they were stopped by their master,
VITO directed one of them to 80 back for his
saddle-banket which dropped from his horse
some distance off An instant after, the
barn was struck by lightning aud complete
" demolished The short delay alone saved
the negroes from certain destruction.--Pe-
terSJHry Dem
The CoAL-FlELD RoAp..-It will be seen that
q meeting of the stockholders Of the AleIan-
dria, L9udoun and Hampshire Railroad will
be held 10 Alexandria. Thursday the 22d lost.
The appropriation made ct the last session
of the Legislature subscrlbes three f'ths
of $500 900, oDe-balf TO be paid 10 1885.
and the otuer in SO. Tnis is as much as
was reasonably expected from the State
for the present, and every thing now
depends upon the decisive action OF indi-
yidu.s, corporations and counties along
the line Of this great work OF improvement.
Their cooperation, with the assistance al
forded by the State, can ensure the construc-
ton OF the read TO Winchester, within two
Or three years, after which its completion to
the coal fields Of Hampshire, and to a COD
nectiOn With the Baltimore and ONO Road
will be vigorously prosecuted, and certainly
achieved No stone should be left unturDed
to accomplish this desirable result, and az
matters relevant to 1t will be discussed at
the meeting of the 22at. it should be borne
in mild BY ali c0Lcer ned - WncheSter Rep.
CRorS-The Charlottesville Exponent says:
We are now 10 the midst of harvest, aud
arc glad to learn that the yield will be better
than many bad supposed it would be. The
wheat crop is more than an average one
Farmers are pr0verbiaily croakers, and a
crop is never Judged rightly till it is gath
cred We believe that -Four will not be eI-
travagansly high, and yet that farmers will
obtain good and fair prices"
The Rockingham Register says The far
their harvest. The hay crop has been gene.
rally secured. We understand that il is very
fhc. The wheat crop, although affected TO
some extent by the fly, rust, and scsb, is ne
vertheiess good one, and exceeds, by far,
the yield Of last year. The corn, 80 far,
looks quite fine, and with a continued good
season, will make an excellent crop.
Mrs. Elizabeth GLADDEN., the aged grand.
mother of Col. A. Ii. GLADDEN., died at her
residence 10 the Fairfield district on Tues.
day at the age Of loo years. Mrs. GLADDEN.
was married about the time Of the outbreak
Of the war of the Resolution, and was quite
ia I'd ihar with many OF the scenes which CO.
Cured in South Carolina during that dark
period.
Messrs. Conway Robertson and Jas. Al
fred Jones, Of Richmond, have been selected
as counsel for Petersburg in conducting the
suit of Moore VS. the City, recently decided
with an award of IS 900 for the plaintiff, to
be carried before the Court Of Appeals.
The Warrenton Whig says:-Dr. Samuel
B. Fisher has sold bis house aud eight or
ten acres of land adjoining town for $4,000
= Mrs. Gassal.
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