Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-11
LnupoEN IrEMs.-Therc was very large

| IOUDOCN lTEMS.-Ihcrc was very large
ATTENDANCE at. august Court," in Lecsburg
on Monday-thc crowd being estimated at
5000 of all ages, sexes and conditions 1t was
unuuestionabIy the largest gathering witnessed
| there since the war, and fully up, in all its
appurtcnances, to an August Court in Lou
doun, in the Golden time" A noticeable lea
turc in tho day proceedings was, that notwitl.
standing the immense crowd, tue feast OF
melons and the flow OF spirits, there was never
seen better behavior. There was no bostrrous
and proane swearing-no Gghtioe, and not
| dozen drunken men on the streets, and only
one or two arrests by the police.
Geo. w. Hummer has been appointed Con-
stable in Broad Run Township, vice K. IL.
| Palmer, who failed to qualify. Lin the first
district, VIM L. Barrett has been appointed
Assistant Commissioner Ut Revenue 10 II.
| Bronaugh and in the second district, David
p. Gulck and Jonah Iavenncr assistants to
Norbornc Bcrkcly, Commissioner OF Revenue.
The grand jury have found bills Of ndct
ment against Jas. w. Darr Tor assault and
battery with intent to kill; against Chas. Darr,
for shooting against Michael Bramer tor as
sault, and against Mary f., JAS. H., anu VIM.
N. McVcigh, for permitting nuisance in the
town of HiiIsborough, being Il house IL
falling condition. The court will probably be
in session all week.
Co.. Jas. II. Burton has sold his handsome
residence in Loesburg, to Washington Ball,
ESD, for $4,000 MIR. Ball designs opening
first class Female Seminary.
Jas. S. Odcn, Esq, on Monday last qualified
as Notary Public for Loudoun county.
MIR. W. g. Wynkoop, living bear Mt.
Gicad, met with severe accident on Satur-
day last. 1t seems tina the was engaged thrcsh.
ing wheat, and by some means got his loot ell
tangled with the machinery, ty which it was
so horribly crushed as to endaneer his ic.
The Cot Show at Crclcsille came IF on
Saturday last, and was complete success.
MIR. Owen Hamilton having offered a $50 sad
die for the best colt sired by his horse Gen.
Taylor,-35 or 40 Of the best colts ever seen IN
this county, were collected to compete tor tic
premium. The judges were DR.. Alpheus Glib,
son, Co.. T. L. Humphrey, John ldco, Jonah
Nixon, and John Gregg. The premium was
awarded to A. II. Rogers, though many OF tho
colts showed such style and beauty that one
might we'll congratulate himself, that he was
not Judge to decide between them. Gen.
Taylor was bred in Kentucky took the first
premium at the Louloun Agricultural Fnlr
for general utity-and is noble horse. HIS
owner, Mr. Hamilton, has certainly donc much
to improve the breed Of horses iii this county
and deserves the patronage OF all lovers OF
fine stock.
AT an informal meeting Ct Il portion Of the
citizeus of Icesburg last Saturday evening, 1t
was determined TO petition the Common Enun
Gil OF this town, 10 submit to 4 vote OF the
people, at an eorly day-thc question "l Il
Corporation subscription OF 5000 10 the
North Loudoun Turnpike.
Col. John w. Fairfax, who recently sJ!d
"OakhilI.' his fine estate near AIils, has FUR
| 81, il,,t rnI II l., Il
about one mile itom LccsburE, known as
"BeIlgrove," which adjoins Morvcn, the sum
mer residence Of Coz. s. The tract contains
about 163 acres, and was sold Tor : 900. 1t
is beautifully located, aud will make what
Col. +. designs ia most delightful country
residence. -L0u10m Mirror.
TIE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. i eli
respondent OF the Richmond Dispatch has the
following particulars Of the dreadIn! railroad
accident on the Chesapeake and Ohio road ::
The railroad track crosses a deep ravlur, at
the bottom of which IS the lltile stream called
Jerry's Run, eight miles from The White Sui
phur Here it is designed TO have an Immense
fill, $50 feet high. C., the permanent track
will rest upon an cmbankmcnt $50 feet above
Jerry's Run. But as it required but I@o
years to make this gill the company temporarily
re: orted to Il trestlc work about Too feet
below the elevation OF the permanent Track. -
This is approached by sharp grades. - pass
which requires two engines Great cauIinn Is
used en- this part, ard It WIS b. Ic?rd ~ be IL
sale from accident as any part OF tn: road. -
The accident happened, however, not on the
trcstlc-work, but on the ascending grade, five
hundred feet west nf it. At The lni"t wl:rra
he car ieIl the steep side ni The IiiiI has Il
deep cut into it from the top 10 The ml,uth 81 IA
| fun fer 40
which raSscd along Jclry's Run, a"d
which, being stopped up by the c!:iLanFlncnt,
the company opened this tunnel Tor is Gccon
mediation. The lace If this cut il Of solid
rock, and the track is UPON It's cd GO. rs III
| ameter is not the length OF Il car. Therefore
the car must have started in its ta end fore
most, and it waI brIkcn in two. and ,haI
rested on the other when it fell it is supposed
that the foremost end struck int sn i" the
| cut, and that the other iuDcdiatc!y struck the
opposite side, thus causing it 10 break III the
middle and to hescend 10 the crushed manner
it appeared. Those Inflated passengers who
were in the halt which first descended were
crushed to death.
ATTEMPT TO THROW a TRAIN FF.-lrs
terday afternoon, as the down mail train was
approaching Richmond, and had reached a
point about two miles this side Ut Hanover
Court house, it ran into an obstructnn on the
track, which afterwards proved to be all iron
rail- Fortunately the COW catcher threw it of
and no damage was done to the train. Alter
going some distance further the engineer
discovered, on straight stretch OF the road,
three other similar distractions and large sill
lying on the track about fifty or sixty yards
apart. The train was stopped before reaching
fIop, l..
Leech'S Crossing, The conductor, Captain Rich
ardsun, arrested two negro Boys who bad been
seen but short lime before coming down the
road. He questioned them in relation tn the
facts, but the larger hoy, whose name is Alex
ander Woody, denied any knowledge OF the
affair at all. lie then took the smaller one,
Andrew Thomson, in the baggage car, and
there the little scoundrc admitted that his
mnanion had done a!l The work; lhuL the