The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

One night last week, weazel killed
eleven geese belonging to a gentleman of
Loudoun.
The Methodist conference convened in
Norfolk yesterday, and will continue its
session during this week. ea
Rev. DIR. Sears will address the citizens
subject of public education.
"A fire occurred Monday in Norfolk,
completely running, by water and fire, the
junk store of John w. Knott.
Hon. John Goode is employed as
counsel in the great railroad case, represent
ing the interest of Norfolk in the suit.
Miss Jeanne Patterson, of Mississippi,
will entertain the citizens of Leesburg to-,
night with one of her choice readings.
Petersburg is SO near stand still that
its town clock is still and motionless. Buy
some Yankee grease and set her going.
The steamer Arrow was disabled yes
terday in the Potomac near Fort Washing
ton, and is now lying in a disabled condi-
ton.
Officer Mcdonald, of Norfolk, was ac-
cidentally shot on Tuesday by a young man
named Lash, who was arrested for breach
of the peace.
The U. S. Circuit court, now in ses-
sion at Lynchburg, has restricted argument
of counsel in the Tyson suit to two on each
side. Sensible.
The people of Hillsboro', Loudoun
county, are greatly excited over the dis
covery of gold quartz in strata of rock
near that town. ~
Charlottesville is still rejoicing over the
election of the 9TH. Why, we have even for
gotten an election was held at all. Good
reasons for it, too.
Alexandria must have the meanest
thieves in the world, lot of them having
stolen, on Tuesday last, a parlor stove.
Can Lynchburg beat that? n
1t is in contemplation to run a new
line of steamers between Richmond, Nor
folk, Baltimore and Boston, under the au-
spices of the Old Dominion line.
1t is contemplated in Petersburg to re-
duce the license tax on amusements from
$l0 to So. Dear enough at that, unless
better patronized than they are here. .s
"A young lady of Fluvanna, whose
lover refused to swear she was the only
one he loved, knocked him down with the
family bible she proposed to swear him
upon.
The Democrats of Charlottesville have
subscribed to start barber-shop for a col
orcd man who voted their ticket. Wonder
if their subscriptions were paid in counter
felt money.
A little child of Mr.. W. H. Thornton5
who lives near Manassas, accidently fell in-
to pot of boiling lye on Wednesday last,
and was so severely scalded that it died the
following day.
The Norfolk Day Book pronounces as
absurd the report that the colored people
of Portsmouth had any idea of creating q
disturbance by going to Norfolk in search
of the fireman.
john Moon, hand employed on one
of the freight trains of the Atlantic, Missis-
sippi and Ohio railroad, was killed Tuesday
night at Burkeyile by the cars which he
was engaged in shifting.
The Petersburg Lader says !" the ma
jority by which the Conservative party has
carried the State, will not fall short of
100000" Part of which was counter
felt, as Ben Scott knows.
"A new paper, called the Augalsta
Ne,cs, has recently been started at Waynes-
boro', Augusta county. We are sure we
like the pluck of the proprietor more than
we do the first appearance of the Ne,cs.
John W. Davis, driver, engaged in
raising sunken steamer near Norfolk, was
seriously injured by the breaking of heavy
spars, part of which struck him on the
back. His injuries are not considered
fatal.
We bet Bob Fortune, of Charlottes-
vile, was drunk and fell of the carriage he
was driving, when he swore some colored
men made an attack on him. One Ku-Klux
tale we may swallow, but when they come
so thick, we can't stand 'em.
The killing of Policeman Wilson, of
Portsmouth, has created great excitement
there and in Norfolk, the papers Of the lat
ter city expressing fears that the colored
people Of Portsmouth contemplated crea-
ting disturbance with the Norfolk fire.
men. We are glad to announce tho rumors
incorrect, and trust the colored people will
commit no rash act, but quietly endeavor
to ascertain the murderer of Wilson.
On Tuesday last, two coaches at
tached to the downward bound mail train
on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad,
were thrown from the track by broken
rail, half mile above Buford's Depot, and
precipitated fifty feet down an embank-
ment, one of them turning over three times
in the descent. BY this accident one per-
son was killed instantly and seven wound
ed. Alkaline Turk, colored woman of
Lynchburg, was killed, and the greater
part of her body roasted by red-hot stove,
which vvo md T g Glofar A