Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.


will extend it to the Oath instant
VIRGINIA NEWS.
The trustees of Randolph Macon College
have sold the old college premises in Mecklen-
burg county, Va, to Rev Dr. Henry G. McGon-
egal, of New York 1t is the design ofthc pur-
cllasers to apply to the Virginia Legislature for
a charter incorporating an agricultural college
at the old place near Boydtown, intending to eX-
pend in it's establishment all the means neccSs;l-
~ to make it first class institution.
At 4 large public meeting held at Frcdercks-
burg on Monday, in relation to railroad matters,
resolution was passed requesting the Senator
and Delegate from that place to use their exc
tons in cvcryway to further the building OF any
railroad from Alexandria to Richmond, condl-
toned that it shall pass through Fredericksburg
The board of supervisors for. Rockingham
have applied to The Legislature for authority to
issue the bonds of the county to an amount not
exceeding $40, 900 in lieu of the bonds hereto
fore issued to the Manassas Gap Railroad Co.,
including accrued interest on the old bonds, to
run twenty years, and to bear six per cent III
tercst payable seml-annually.
Mr. F. Buyer Moran, Of Albemarle has re-
ceived from New York Siberian blood hound,
the finest specimen of guard dog We have
seen. He is in color llver-tinted white, with
dark liver-colored spots, and although only 4
months old, stood over four feet high, and was
built strongly in proportion.
The controversy in Shenandoah county i'll re-
gard to the removal of the county-seat, has as
sumed new phase. The good geoplc of Maui
rertown have entered the list, and they propose
that the Court House be located at that place
The Mechanics Cotton Mill, at Swift Greek
near Petersburg, was totally destroyed by fire on
Wednesday night. Loss, $1,000; insured for
$4,000.
On Saturday, MIR Richard W. Newly died
at his residence, Spring Valley farm, Culpeper
county, Va, in the Glst year of his age.
An old gentleman, aged - years, obtained
license at the Rocking ham clerks office on
Monday last to marry lady Of 40 summers.
Mr.. VIM. n. McCreery, and old citizen of
Richmond, Va, died on Wednesday lie was
q native of Elkton, Md.
A MURDER CAUSED BY A EALENTlNE.-The
recently reported shooting Of Miss Meyer by
Jacob Eeuerburger, at Sing Sing. n. y, and
his subsequent attempG to commit suicide, are
said to have been caused by the receipt Of 4
valentine. Lcucrburger had short time be-
fore addressed Miss Meyer, but his suit was
rejected 1t is stated that some one had sent
him caricaturc valentine on Tuesday morn
ing, and incloscd Il piece of twinc and nail,
with the intimation that he might go and
hang himself, for he could never secure the
,rize he sought, namely, the hand OF Miss
Meyer Soon after receiving this, he proceeded
to saloon in tic village, where 4 young man
named I.angc, who is said to have won the al
tectons of Miss Meyer, is employed. Leucr-
burger probably intended to shoot Lange, but,
falling to find him, he left, repaired TO his
home. and there selected Miss Meyer as his
victim.
The PARTRIDGE EATING-WAGER- The $500
bet Of Washington man named Henderson,
that he will eat partridge Il day for thirty
days, is not understood unless the terms are
known. The Star says that he eats whatever
else he likes, the only stipulation being that he
shall consume one partridge per day between
the hours of nine and ten Il. III. The hardship
in the case is in the fact that though single
partridge is very good eating, it becomes 4
most repulsivc article Of food when repeated
daily for any length of time In France it lsa
somewhat common wager to bet against the
performance Of pigeon-eating Of this kind; and
some five or six years ago a narrative written
by Frenchman of his physical suferings
nausea, fever and prostration-endured in I'M
dertaking the experiment, attracted considerable
attention from the medical fraternity.
S. Y. RAURoAD-A statement having been
made that COL Thomas A. Scott, Vice Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, had
been elected President of the Shenandoah Val
ley Railroad Company, the Page Courier has
beenrequcstcd by the proper authorities to say,
that at IN informal meeting of the Board OF Dl-
rcctors of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
held in Philadelphia early in the month of Jan
nary, Mr.. Borst, the President Of the road. ten
conditions, accepted; one of which conditions
was, that COL Scott should accept the Presiden-
cy: whereupon, he was elected President and
Mr.. Borst Vice President of the Company.
MIR. B. +. Grayson, the Secretary of the Com
pany. at once informed Col. Scott of the fact,
with 4 request that he should give notice Of his
acceptance or rejection of the position at his
earliest convenience lie has not since been
heard from, and Mr.. Borst is still the President
WASHINGTON Il O. r. Rat meeting of
the President and Board of Directors Of the
Loudoun T. Hampshire railroad held in Phila-
delphia last week, the route of said road through
Clarke was fixed upon, and is that known as
the Pigeon Hill survey, which crosses the Mill
wood pike near Mr.. Berlin's blacksmith shop,
about p miles from Benyvillc The work on
the road is to commence by the first ofMay next,
and the whole to be finished from Hamilton to
Winchester by the first of May, lS72.-Ch'rl1
Courier
SWEET PoTATOEs.-We noticed quite an un-
usual arrival yesterday of country carts, laden
with Spanish yam sweet potatoes, which were
The juicy Spanish YAM appear to be the prefer
red variety; while the dry baking potato,
known In rustic narlancl. nc ,,uallnr bark or