The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The United States District Court is now
In session at Lynchburg.
| Cherries are selling at twenty cents pei
quart in Petersburg.
Sheepshead are making their appear
ance in the Norfolk market.
Petersburg had fight on Sunday last,
in which hickory got the best of rattan.
Norfolk is jubilant over the Charade
Club, and its first performance. Why
can't we have one in Richmond?
A member of the Lynchburg City Coun-
Gil has declined reelection. Can Rich
mond say as much ?
The Chapman Sisters, with Bishop, will
perform in Petersburg on Friday and
Saturday nights next.
The Chambers Steam Fire company, of
Portsmouth, held their anniversary ban
quet there on Friday last.
The whipping-post is again becoming
fashionable in Norfolk. This institution
is one OF the many evidences of Democra-
tic humanity. Chivalryl
The Conservative alias Democratic party
of Norfolk will hold convention on the
18th, possibly, to do much damage.
A robbery was committed in Dinwiddie
on Saturday last. The fellow showed bis
GOOD sense by stealing only something to
eat.
The following lighthouses are soon to
be established: lren-screw pile light
house, on Lambert's Point shoal, and one
on Body Island, coast of North Carolina.
The Alexandria Standard and Sentinel
intimates that Mrs. MagiIl has been mar
red six times, or, that it has noticed her
marriage six times we don't know which.
The trains on the Orange and Alexan-
dra road are now running regularly,
except that passengers have to be ferried
across the river at Lynchburg.
Norfolk was in quandary last week as
to what offices were to be filled at the
coming election. By consulting law
firm, the necessary information was OBJ
aimed.
The Democrats of Alexandria offered to
pass vote of thanks to one Major Ball,
Immediately after promising to be more
quiet in the future The Major declined
the honor.
The Republicans of Alexandria propose
starting new paper there soon; the
Standard and Sentinel says it will be
tritie larger than ,t is. If it is not, it will
be small affair.
The Courier of this morning is charmed
with a superb serenade given it last night
by Slaughter's band, and says Petersburg
should be proud of such musical associa-
ton. This depends upon how you have
been raised.
The grand jury in Prince George yester-
day, found true bill against Richard |
Green and VIM. HI. johnson, alias Birney, |
for the murder of Charles Friend. Their |
trial by jury commenced this morning.
Another FIRE occurred in Norfolk, Satur-
day last, burning two frame tenements on
Newton street. They were completely
destroyed owing to the want of water. If |
Norfolk has not plenty of water, where is
it?
Lynchburg has recently made sale of
one and half pounds of tobacco, we pre-
sumo, at the enormous price of 81 900 per
hundred pounds. 1t is strange our neigh
bors never tell us how much is sold at such
big figures.
The white majority in Lynohburg is
only nineteen. We know of more than
fifty good, square white Republicans there;
and if the Democrats have not played the
same game of cheat there that they have
1ere, we may expect Republican triumph
md an honest city government. :