Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Duriny the prevalence ofthe storm & cdacs-
day night, young lady by the name @! Miss
SaiIie Jones, whilst sitting ~ an open window,
in FREDERICKSBURG. was SO shocked Ivy liltuiug
that she remained insensibc for over Ell hour.
At The same time dwelling house in the s2l.c
town was struck and soa Of. Mr lame-
jefferson was ti,rcwn int" commissions, which
continued Tor so"craI hoEr4
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extension 10 !: speedy cumHic'1".
S;rcc the middle Of May Superintendent
Strothcr has collected over 81 300 ter the hlrt
Of peniteniary conyios ut work on luoIc I'M
provcmcnts, and by October it Is cs'lmatcu,
that he will have collected over $1,000 more.
lie is cndcavorlng as rapidly as possible 10
make the institution self sustaining ~ putting
all ct the indoor convictS at remuncfa;lVc
labor.
Wednesday morning. the 21ti inst, just DC
fore day, a fred j. Hall. (whitel committed
for horse stealing: JACK Ross, Jim Furr, John
Walker, Bruce Green aud Scott Folks, alas
Robertson, (neerocs) committed for burglary,
made their escape from the jail, in Front Koya',
by cutting through the partition dividing Their
cell from the kitchen.
Mrs. Emily Lloyd, CT Lces5urg. lost lwo
little boys this week, from eating, it is supposed;
while picking black berries, the leaves or berries
Of poisoned oak !Ienry,thc youngest dad Oh
Sunday moruiog. and George on hlonGay- they
were six and uiuc years Old. They were II!
| but few day..
\ meeting Of the Stockholders ia the Rich
| mond and Uanviilc Railroad. will Ee held in
| Richmond or the 3lst OF August, 10 consider
the accentance of the act OF the Legislature au
! horjzing the Board Of Public Works u sell
the States interest in the road, AMI the Com.
pany to buy the same.
Ga last Tuesday, the barn OF Nr. 1ho!n3s
| Debavcn, residing on Back Creek, il Ercdor,
lex county, was struck by lightning aud burned
to the ground. 1t contained SEINE 400 bushels
Of wheat, quantity # hay, ard Other thlr 6
Of less value, all of which were Consumed.
judge Guieon, OF Richmond, is TO Mrdtr
writs cf election, returnabe on the lst luz
day after the lst Of November Iur municipal
officers in that city ln the mean time be Is
to appoint officers temporarily
The bankrupt business has IL co'nncnc'd
hriskly. The extension recently mao, ii VIII
be remem ocrcd, does not require - Ter ct"'.,
or any stated per cen, Gm Ith:S r'nila@'td
prior TO tic c'csc OF tie Sar.
The ;u,u!ali. OF Lyncibur- grocer Is Ihc
present census viii not reach 900 inc 1? p
u'ation # tie suburbs, il !, SITUATED, "! b"
!Gar!y or quite ~ iaG.,. -. "rr"'aii"n
proper
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Virginia by the iaw".S :G.d.riy -! !lu.Ltu,
| under the command If Kirk ant the a!rc-t o!
| Gunn in DanviiIc, has bccu rrc@l:~! At kIch-
moLd.
The Orange Virgniru says: -tu!Hcrcr has
been ;iiyil d into lnur wards ua'"r rs CITY
charter In one Ct these there are three T"!-
er,; Two Sic candidates Tor cico.
RerG. Eanderp!as in 'tinnoro,y charge u
St. Joscph's Cathoc) church. ii Ptier>turE,
died in that city about j oc,Cch Thursday
evening" alter comparatively i bic! i'iI'2:E
SCARLET FEVER CuRE.-lts Ills 'irc9G"H
and dreadful disease is unusual" HToTaic:I'. I
r:aY rot be iCopportunc to Sat" that an ci::l
naGL pi;sican claims to ROB il ct n&"y q; ~
terriers by prescribing for the ra::ca' "a';:!
lemonade, with iit:ie muc,!aRc, o. often "a; IS
desired, aud the application CT warmth - the
stomach He directs tina: g Goth be "Gur"
cu: Of hot water and lal on III" stomach, &C.
ncWing il as citcn az it c0o;>. WIN tbs iic;,i-
n!cnt be guarantees that ~ one in /. hua..Icd
cases will prove fatal.