The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-25
LOCAL NOTES.
DR.. G. w. Bagby. assistant State Lii
hrarian il sick

DR. ". W. Bagby. assistant state Ill
brarian, is sick. ...,--.
Up to yesterday the amount of Stat'
debt funded was s25, ,7l9, 1856 %. ar 81
"A pocket-pistol exploded in a gentle
mans pocket at the theatre Thursday night
The prospects for amusements in Rich
mond during the winter are very fiattering
Six prisoners were discharged from th,
city Jail yesterday, their terms having ex
pired.
The new shops at the penitentiary
will be ready for occupancy about the l6tt
of next month. s
WIN. A. Swank, ESQ.,, of Norfolk
qualified as an attorney in Supreme Cour
of Appeals yesterday.
The first train from Huntington, Wes
| Virginia, to Charleston, will, it is stated
go through on Monday.
Sweet potatoes are selling at 30 cents
bushel in New Berne, N. G. In Rich.
mond they bring 40 cents.
The glycerine explosion at the fire last
night did considerable damage to the win.
dows of the brewery near by.
j. Nj. Perdue and w. 5, Wootton
| bankrupts, were discharged by the United
States District Court yesterday. LA,
"A meeting of the Mechanics Union
will be held at Schott's Monticello Hail. at
halfpast o'clock, Monday evening.
--Germania Lodge, No. 10. Knights Of
Pythias, of this city, has sent s92.75 to
their suffering brethren in Chicago.
1t is said the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad company will probably decline
the tunnel proposition as acceded to by the
city.
Last night the members of the Catholic
Beneficial society presented to their late
secretary, MIR. Juan A. Pizzini, fine gold
watch, which cost $175.
WIN. Henry Thompson, who was sent
to the chain-gang by Justice White o few
days ago, has been recognized as an escaped
convict, and returned to the pententiary.
MIR. j. G. johnson, whose famous
restaurant on Twelfth street has been closed
for several weeks, has made arrangements
for reopening the same at an early day.
sE-Old Sol forced his way this morning
through the clouds and fogs and mists and
smokes which have hung over sublunary
things for some days and nights, and made
the world bright again. ig
The African church in Manchester took
fire Thursday night from the stove. The
alarm was given and the flames speedily
extinguished. The floor, windows, &C.,
were considerably damaged.
There are AZ fire and life insurance
companies, not chartered by the Legislature
of this State; doing business in Virginia.
Nearly million dollars are deposited by
them to protect the policy holders, Seven
of these companies have become insolyent
since the Chicago fire.
The certificates of election of members
of the General Assembly have been pre-
pared in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, and will be forwarded to
those entitled as soon as the Board of State
Canvassers shall have held a meeting;
which will be on next Monday.
The Rev, William E. Edwards, the very
talented and eloquent pastor of Centenary
Methodist church, Lynchburg, and son of
Rev. DR.. Edwards, Of this city, will preach
at the Broad Street Methodist church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock, and the Rev.
VIM. j. Anderson, also prominent MEM
Der of the Virginia Conference, will preach
at the same place at u O'Clock p. nj.
The Franklin paper mill, located near
the depot of the Petersburg railroad, has
been rebuilt, and is now waiting for the
machinery. 1t will probably be gotten
under way sometime about the first of JAM
uary will employ large number Of opera
tors, including thirty young ladies', and fur
nish ready market for all the rags that
Richmond and vicinity can produce. 1t
will be owned and operated by VIM. b.
Allegro e Co.