Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-04
VIRGINIA NEWS.
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A st was commenced last week = the L.
S. Ccr;t Cor~t sitting in Richmond on be-
half of colored fanny named Gi.fin, residing
i'll Philadelphia, for property 70 the value OF
5000. 900, the estate Of Capt. Robert Anderson,
of Williamsburg, who 1;ed in 1859 Captain
A. left will, by which he bequeathed 81 900
year to his widow, and the remainder of h's
estat, to slave woman, named Maria Griffin.
whose five Children Capt Anderson recognized
as his I 20 trials of the case were had before
the war, on each Of which the jr.' disagreed
Epps' store, at Melville station, on the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio III "oad, was en-
| t:"cly destroyed by fire about . clock Sunday
NOR rg-suppoSed to have been the work Of
an incendialy The building was owned by
Mr.. wilson, the Ia road agent and the rat
road books and papers were a br-nt. The
stock of the store WAS estimated > be worth
ST 800; value Of bu;lt;ng not e2+; mated; no in
sr"auct.
In 1855, Clarke county subscribed 100000
to the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. This
interest is now represented by the Washington
and Ohio Railroad Company. The Clarke
County Cou.., at its Apr'' session, granted the
motion made t. submit to the voters OF the
county the question as to whether they will
COnQcul CuC Olu IN Iio' W Id
sued accord ngly
The Petersburg Index says :-''There is a
split between the carpe bag and native Repub-
leans Of ST. !, rty which cannot be healed.
and it remarks 1--WE are glad to sec that the
citizens of Firg: ria. both black and white, Re
pubcans and others, are becoming tired of be-
ing / lied by adventures, who have left the"
own land to como here for office y
Judge Guigon, of Richmond, has declded,i in
case brought before I'm by one Of the regis
trars that no voter who has been registered
elsewhere in the State can be registered there
without transfer cert 'catc, as red ed by
law .,....
Judge Joynes We are graf led to learn, had
recovered so rapidly AS to be out yesterday. tic
has not been paralyzed, and " Ill take pleasure
trip soon with his brother Judges Staples and
Christian, OF the Court Of Appeals
At the last term Of the county cor"t OF Han
over there was Il venlrc composed entirely of
colorcd men, but owing to some inloi .nality in
the manner by which they had been sr.'nmon-
ed, they were dismissed by the judge.
The German inhabitants Of Richmond, will
next week hold mass meeting to consider the
Tor the City Counci
At the Richmond Tobacco Exchange the
question of salupliug tobacco has been lately
under discussion, and it is to be hoped they
will come to some definite understanding
Strawbel les were selling in the Norfolk mar
ket Saturday for Is cents per quart and green
peas Tor % cts. per peck.
1t is said that a much larger nr'uber OF; hogs
will I've raised this year. by the farmers of the
State, than usual.
The lumber drying lin Of Andy Hickman,
at Harrlsonburg, was destroyed by fire on Tues
day evening last Loss six hundred dollars.
HEALTHY COUNTRY HoMEs.-Mr Josiah
Quincy, Of Massachusetts,, with far reaching
and considerable philanthropy, has petitiened
the legislature to require the railroads centeriu
in Boston to run cheap railroad trains for til
poorer classes OF work people, so that they
may be able to procure homes in the country,
instead of packing their families into the
crowded, damp, i-ventilated, unhealthy t,ne-
ment houses of the city. In bis petition he
states that two of the roads out of London
carry passengers each way for ten niles into
the suburbs for two pence day. Iu forcible
words he says: "Ifyou wish to see the labor
ing population healthy, sober, sef-supportug
honest, chatc, religious, you must provide
them with homes where health is not an cX
ceptiou, where decency is not an 'mpossibil'ty, |
where Squalor and discomfort do not neccsSl
rily drive the husband and father to the rum
shop. -r
The old government arsenal property in Jer-