The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

LII. CtoTS.-Ilc NlOtlCeSter IfeTn
says OF the crops in that section: "Tl
heayy rams and winds, on Sunday ar
= Monday last, beat down the wheat almo
|. nat to the earth; but we learn that Will
q II rendered the harvest more difficult.
: has not seriously damaged the crops. Cor
if crops generally are well-worked and lool
/ ing well.v
The fredericksburg Herald says
; harvest In this section is now very nearl
4 over, and reports, so far as we have bee
9 able to learn, give very good crops, no
= wlthstandlng so much has been said to tn
: contrary"
= The wheat crop of Page county is said t,
be the best raised there for number O
years.
The crops of Virginia are much bette,
sllah we We mad right to expect they woulc
De. The Governor wasn't so far wrong aE
ter all.
r." writing to the Petersburg Courier,
IN his letter yesterday, says: "There will
DC an investigation ordered, understand,
at an early day into the acs of one of our
state officers, who, it is alleged, has been
Sulity OF receiving a per centage on con-
tracts, which he had in his power to let
out. The party, whose name is withheld
lor the present, is desrous of an inyestga-
ton, and is confident Of his ability to proyc
his innocence" Who is he +?
Judge Wingfeld has again imprisoned
Thorpe Ii. Nance, of Bedford county. for
contempt in refusing to dismiss proceedings
IN the United States Court relating to his
estate as bankrupt. This is the same
case with which Governor Wells was in
some way connected, and who was fined
by the same judge $50. The Governor
has not yet found it convenient to comply
with the judges order, but has taken the
case to the Court of Appeals.
An incendiary fire Friday night DESTROYED
the barn of Jacob Smoot, Of Fairfax county.
III winch were consumed two cows, three
calves, an OK, five horses, a carriage. and
hay, corn, oats, &C., together with all the
farming utensils of the place. The loss is
estimated at between $4,000 and SO 900.
=, An investigating board has concluded
tnat some fiend in human shape is respon-
sloie for changing theswitch on the Norfolk |
road, thereby causing the late terrible ac-
eldent iehhappcued.
Work is soon to be commenced on the
Roanoke Valley railroad, leading from
Keysylle, via Charlottesville, to Manson
junction IN North Carolina. Push on your
railroads ; we shan't say ''nuff"
Charlottesville complains of the ouanti-
tl;y OF noxious weeds growing in the streets.
That wont do for a city publishing a daily
paper. There must be some fostG1ng
hand at work.
The eeolored people of Lynchburg have
'ecelyed from Portland, Maine, funds to
purchase school books for the poor and
leedy. More will be sent them in a short
ime.
General Beauregard, accompanied by his
ecohpilshed daughter, will spend the sum
= ller AT 1fe oreenbiler White. His will be
ne circle, we presume. 1
A new car-coupler has been invented in
aiiaX. Ihe inventor claims it will loosen :
sen as soon as a car .leaves the track. (
hereby saving the rest of the train.
Two live horned frogs were received Ias Z
,eek ,. lrom Texas, by mail, by Mr.. S. w.
lcslin, Esq, of Albemarle. They are i
vey and quite well. h
An M. D., OF Manassas, who recently ex- !
e with acids, had his pants burned 7
. OF nm, and was compelled to send for
lother pair before he could go out.
CHARLES B. THOMPSON has been an II
'mted postmaster at Rappahannock Acad- "
ny, Caroline county, vice John A. An n
,rson, resigned.
kev Jas. b. Duncan, ID. D., delivered c,
e e paccalaureate sermon of Preston and f1
m institute, at Blac1sbrrg, on Sunday al
st. ~
A negro man was shot last week at Me-
um's river by white man. The wounds 81
filcted are said to be mortal. W
j. West Byrd, Esq, attorney at law II II
"a suddenly at Mount jackson, Shenan- fe
an county, on Saturday last. nj
The conference of the Nj. Il. Cb,rch W
nth, for the Lynchblrg district. will be
Id at Liberty on the I'd of August. ia
The present prospects of the next ao,i- IN
tural fair, to be held at Lynchburg. are III III
ry encouraging. al
The 18th, 10th, and Goth of October nj,
St have been fixed upon as the DAYS for in
dlng the agricultural fair at Winchester. dr.
The Courier, of Petersburg, was also on pc
uluay presented with julcp. Well res
1t wasn't such as ours. Al
'atrldge eggs are selling in Lynchburg at lol
cents dozen; How many doz en- were me
1 at that price? a
me Roanoke Times says our editor is no, no,
absent-we wish he would come home. n,o ,0,
Nm. Taylor, of Scott county. commit da,
suicide last week by shooting himself. mo
Zen Blackwell, another of the Norfolk /.
road accident victims, is dead enl
he vegetable market of Alexandria is Aste''
| supplied. " IN
!. IL: Davis, depot agent at Woodstock, VI
a few days ago. dan
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