Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-19

The Shenandoah Valley announces the death,
at her residence, near Grove HILL Page coun-
ty, Virginia. on the 9TH day Of June, 1871, Of
Mrs Susan Summers, wife Of Mr.. Geo. SUM
mers, and mother of Capt. George Summers,
who was shot at Rude's Hill in 1868, with
out trial. after the surrender by order OF
Col IIuzzv, of Ohio volunteers. Her death
was caused by paralysis, in the SEVENTEEN year
| of her ace. Most Of our readers are acquainted
with the circumstances Of Capt. Simmer 5 sad
and tragic DEATH
The Charlottesville Chronicle says One
day last week Mr.. $. W. Eicklin received from
Sherman Texas, two live horned frogs. They
had been ON the way for nine or ten days, and
when taken out oithr tin box IN which they
were mailed, appeared lively, and skipped about
the grass as il they itl pleased to have liberty
To hop again.
\ Baptist Educational Convention will meet
in Richmond on the .ith Of July and continue
in session through the 9TH and 9th. Rev: a.
j. Huntingdon, d. d., of Columbia College,
Washington, is announced to read Il paper ON
''The duty Of pastors with respect to the edu-
cation Of youths in their congregations
A letter from the Valley says: 1.-The rush
to the mountains is not as great as usual at this
season of the year, Many Of the Springs are
not rs yet paying expenses 1t is rather early
yet for the Springs-but we expect there will
be as many as usual, if not more, in due season.
The Lynchburg papers report the tobacco
marS there crowded daily, and they aud that
prices arc well maintained. At1hurstay sale,
some bright lots sold for thirty, forty and fifty
dollars per hundred weight, and good filters
brought from fifteen to twenty dollars.
Elder has finished his ile-sizcl portrait Of
General Ice ordered by the university, and
forwarded it to that institution. ltdifcrs from
the portrait painted for the State, in that the
old hero appears in the latter picture IN full
Confederate uniform.
The newspapers say that the crop Of canli-
dates for the Legislature in many Of the coull-
ties of the State, WILL this fall, be uDcommOnly
large.
RoBBERY FOUND OuT.--A letter from
Washington, Rappahannock county, i'll the
Wawcnton Index, says
'Ahout two Year.; ago some constituencies
scamp stole the watcl. and chain OF Mrs. Willis
Browning while she lay 4 corpse i'll her lus-
band house and several months ago !; burg
town. robhing his drawer of money and v;lua-
bleS Recently Il man living on the premises
of Mr.. Thornton who had worked for Mr..
Browning ut the time Of his loss, but who was
too sympathetic to excite suspicion, gave out
that his mother had sent him from the North
Il splendid gold watch This information
reached Browning and on Monday he got i
freud to enquire cf the man the time OF day.
When he pulled out the watch to reply,
browning W no was purposcly near recognized
1t and obtained Il warrant for its recovery
THIS theft being proved and i commitment or
dercd, before the man was incarccrated his
person was searched and there was found on
him a pocket book which had been lett with
Anderson by his uncle and missing when his
store was robbed This development led to
the issuance OF Il second warrant, the search
ing of the mans trunks at Thornton house,
and the discovery of Anderson's own pocket
book containing $,lGo. Since the man 5 sin
has found him out it is rumorcd that he has
made I confession duplicating two Of Thorn
tom Sons in the Anderson robbery. }.
The Rhode Island Legislature has lust ad-
iourned after session of four days. But in
that short time many bills were passed and
several amendments to the State constitution
We're 10y resolution submitted to the people.
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Blind rom.' the once famous colored plan
list, gave concert in Wheeling, W. Va, on
Thursday evening last He is said to have lost
many of his wild man sort of way. and has
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