Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

lne CupcpCr ODSeTVcr says - during
protractod meeting held in the NJ. f. Church,
at Stevensburg, few nights since. some I'M
known person. jumping over the rcws. struck
his head against two lamps. Knocking them
down, causing them to cxplode-the blaze
reached almost to the ceiling The church
would possibly have been burned down but Tor
some young men present. who pulled off their
coats, and with them cxtinguished the fire
1t was awful to witness the jumping ont Of the
windows, and the cries aud shrleks of the te-
males. Several received severe bruises.
Mrs. Bunch wife Of Fountain Bunch, near
Mt. Sidney, Augusta county, last week, was
helping Mr.. Miller to make Sorghum molasses
and had gone to the Press to get the juice,
While doing so she raised up. it is supposed
to look into the Press, when her head was
caught between the beam, to which the horse
was attached, and the frame, and terribly
crushed and her neck broken. She was killed
50 quickly that Mr. Miller was not aware of
the accident, until she fell in mangled con-
dition by his side.
Mr.. 2. n. Weaver, Of Bath county the
knight that challenges the State Of Virginia
at tournament, at trial that he made some time
ago took eighty rings out OF elghty-one rings,
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The Piedmont Virginian ays:-'The lemov-
al of MIR. John T. Almond from the Postodico
at Orange e. H. is regarded by all honest and
right thinking men here, as Very grcat uut-
rage.
The State Council, Friends OF Temperance,
will hold its annual meeting in Charlottesville,
commencing on Tuesday evening, 9th Of this
month, and remain IN session two or three
days.
The Danvillc Register says 1--WE have
had several very cool mornings within the past
few days. and frost has been seen i'll certain
localities. In some fields in low p ares. We
hear the tobacco was snlartly bitten.
On Thursday last : colored man III Rich
nond drank quantity Of carbolic....aclI sup
posing it to have been whiskcy. The dose
killed him in fifteen minutes tune.
The Cupeper Observer, besides being al rx-
cellent paper, in other respects: is one Of the
best printed and handsomcsl looking Journals in
| the State
The Conservatives Of Prince William lust
Tuesday nominated Tor the House Of Delegates
MIR. B. f. Lewis
The poStoficc at Tenplcman Cru-s Roads
| estmorcland county. is discontinued.
| The OATH OF OFFICE AS stated II: ScS-
tcrdayS Gazette, in the proceedings Of the
L. S. Circuit Court sitting in Richv Dad, i
uolle prosequ was entered in the case ni'lhos.
Jones indicted by the grand Jury TO-. perjury
in taking the oath Of office as Comm ouwcaith )
| ~ y iohronl IA
judges appointed by the Legislatu re took pos
session otthc courts Ttappears the defendant.
upon being appointed to to-: of ace, had some
doubts as to his ability to ta}.c the oath re-
quired. but being assured by the Judge and
several members O.. the bar That he could io so
consistently. he complied, notwithstanding the
Objection rar Led by PROMINENT Republican
member, Tho was afterwards Commonwealth ;
attorney of the county The defendant was
Comp .onwealth's attorney before the war. and
tooI. the oath as SUCH and then engagedin the
w..r The facts in the c,sse being agreed
upon bv counsel and submitted to the colut,
Judge Underwood expressed the opinion that
iury would not be able to find verdict Of
witul perjury under the circumstances: and
the District Attorney accordingly entered
noe prosequl.
A QUEER HONEY MooN.-A man in lie
Row. New York, was recently divorced from
what the residents of that place regard As I
most cstimable wife, and shortly afterwards
married in Omaha. Last week he returned to
lie Row with his new spouse, whereupon the
citizens, to the number of five hundred. armed
themselves with guns and dragging cannon
to the front door of the house where the we'd
ded nair were Iomiciled, kept up al incesSant
roar from the cannon and discharges from the
guns for several hours. Oa the Sunday t"!-
lowing, the couple visited L church anu occu-
pied seats in the choir, but they had no sooner
seated themselves than the members OF the
choir vacated, and the result was that the sing
ing was done in the over portion OF the
church. Threats were afterwards made to the
man that if he remained in the village until
Monday night hr would be treated to coat of
tar and feathers He needed the warning,
and with his Omaha wife quilted the town OH
Monday. ~.
RRIEp IrEMs.-Mr. Frederick Dent, the
father of Mrs Grant, has entered on bis S1th
year. =,
Dariep; Ga, under its present rulers, Is said
70 be in ''disordered' condition.
The total number Of Germans residing Iii the
United States is LOGO, $50.
1t is ascertaned that Nlount hltncy IN
California is the highest mountain peak IN the
L. $1,000 feet ..
Donna Louisa, daughter Of Count Alastal
and niece of the Pope has entered convent
Six deaths by yellow fever in Charleston
yesterday. st.. H..
The Treasury Department decides that the
fee to be charged for the copy OF a register OF Il
vessel is 20 cts. and not 81.
Gov. Il. A. WISE is possessed of wonder
full vitality lie made An eight hours speech
at Richmond last week in the case OF Sands,
on trial for forgery i'll conjunction with Cha
hoop. We do not know how much his age cx-
ceeds seventy: but his physics! constitution
was never strong. His strength consists, in
mind and will. The war left him stripped Of
his property colored colony being settled on