The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-01
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Commodore Maury is rusticating il
Abingdon. srfsft ..4,l III,
:. Snakes.are making their appearance il
Norfolk. So is Zeigler's best.
Two camp meetings will be held this
month in the county of Loudoun.
"a A fire broke out in Hampton last Friday
morning, destroying number of build.
lngs.
A car load of chickens, 1900 in humber,
passed through Lynchburg several DAYS ago
en- route to New York, from Bristol.
Four farms in Wythe were recently sold,
aegregating 100000. The prices paid were
$23, 900, $20, 200, $40, 900 and 81 900.
Gov. McMullin is in favor of reducing ex-
penses in the government of the State.
Guess he is a candidate for some office.
A wholesale clothing house has recently
been opened in Norfolk by a gentleman
from North Carolina. We wish him sue
sess. la ,i-flf ii 11fIfr5tf .,lE-a'l rfu
The Petersburg Progress tells the Dis
patch it will wish it the Progess) had kept
out the butchers association" What
sort of association is that?
A colored man, in attempting to run a
saw in mill near Thaxton's, Bedford
county, was caught by the saw, which sew
cred both legs near his body. VI
X They are agitating the question of having
o street railroad from Charlottesville to the
University, which would be about as un-
profitable as a daily paper there.
~ On Saturday last little boy, two years
cid, the son Of j. w. Raines, of Augusta
county, was scalded to death by falling back
wards into o kettle of boiling water.
The Daily Chronicle of Charlottesville
has ceased to exist, and will hereafter be
conducted as a weekly. We regret the ex-
pertinent prored a failure in so short a
time. - s'la13i 1ai.e3aaf ,h Q
Z The citizens of Bristol are the "go-ahead''
ones Of the State. Their organ, the Ne,cs,
can find but two tracts of land in the vicin-
ity of Bristol which cannot be bought at
fair rates.
Col. M. l.. Demalher, native of Lou
doun county, has the reputation of being
one of the most extensive travellers in the
world.y He has travelled both Europe and
America on foot, and upwards of $4,000
miles OF territory. ri u
!. The Lynchburg Republican pronounces
those who still prate about the white mans
party--sore heads. If this be true, the
Norfolk Virginian must be bald-headed and
scald-headed.
We don't exactly understand how it can
be, but upon authority of the Manassas
Gazette, we state that the stack-yaad of Mr..
John w. Mohler, near Centerville, together
with q threshing machine, was entirely con-
sumed, incurring loss of 81 900. The
must have burned pretty deep
down, and probably scorched on 'tother
side, to, cause such heavy loss.
The Bristol -Neacs says of General Ma
hone, besides owning stock in the Atlantic,
and Ohio railroad, in one Lynch
burg bank, one bank at Petersburg and in
a canal near Norfolk, he o,cns no stock an
That which he took in our last Legisla-
ture must have proved worthless. Just as
was dealing in worthless stock when he in
vested. 1t is generally believed the Gen.
owns little stock about this city; we do
not vouch for its truth.
The Ifaie hder says there is Radical
shoemaker in its county who is electioneer-
ing with considerable success with the col
ored people. That's nothing. We know
one who made quite success in the last
Legislature as talkist !; and that's not all,
he-mOre anon.
The Democrats in every section Of the
State are busily engaged selecting delegates
to attend the grand pow-wow to be held
here on the 30th of August. Little do the
dear creatures (the people, know to what
an eruption they are sending their friends.
The blessed, the immortal, the powerful
name of conservative" will be swallowed
by the old sea monster Democracy, when
the convention assemblies, never to again
Old Dan fuckers falling in the fire and
kicking up chunk was nothing compared
to the "muss" which will be raised when
the old hacks come together.
Fincastle has recently lost treasure by
the death of Mrs. Eve Teeny, an old and
highly respectable lady of that place. She
was beloved by all who knew her, not only
for the many virtues she possessed, but be-
CituSc VI ilcI ulitilnl}o dil.t HcNcI CcdSllS az
tentions to those who, by sickness or other
wise, were sufferers. She was more than
devoted grandmother, to whose Christian
teachings large family of relatives are in
debted for their walks among the virtuous.
She, probably, performed the task of closing
the eyes of the dead for more Of the de-
parted of that community, than any one
person. We knew her well, and can but
believe that she has been disrobed of the
mortal, only that she might wear the inn
mortality Of heaven. Peace to her ashes.
Will her friends and family, particularly
the daughter, who to us, was, in years gone
by, second mother, accept our heartfelt
sympathies for the loss of so kind friend
and affectionate mother?
ANOTHER EFFORT TO SUBDUE CUBA.
The new Spanish Ministry sets out briskly