Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIRGINIA NEWS.
The Fredericksburg Led ger say Farmers
fir ON different counties. with whom VT have con
vcrsed. say that wheat is improving in appearance
very much. The severe cold weather had re-
tarled it, growth and given it a ,>ickly look
Since the warm weather has sci in wheat i
growing rapidly. and if not visited by som" "t
the various ills tn which it is herr W. may
hope Tor Il large crop.
The Fredericksburg Herald says We a
ready hear the following gentlemen prominent
! " spoken Of i;,r rhe Conservative nomination
! for Congress in the Alexandria District: James
! Y. Brooke. Fauquicr, Judge Thomas. ri Far
| fax Gen. + IT, of Culp"rar. Mat Harrison.
| of Lou,lonn. and Col F ". w. HoIa.lav. #
! Frederick. There are about twenty Others
spoken Of
Regular trains viii i,c run on the new road
J bed Of the Richm"nd. I'rede i.ksbu'g AMI Pc
tnmac Railroad from Brookc> Station to
! Quanico. on the l>t of VI ~ next. AT Qnan
| tico. passengers will take the steam hoat for
| Washington instead Of A1nia Creek. A. at
| present. This will save nearly an hour IL The
matter of time.
| The celebration Of the anniversary OF the ratii-
| cation Of the fifteenth amendment in Richmond.
was the most successful affair ever gotten up
! by the coorcd people of that place. The pro
cession was mile long. composed of thirty.
three military and civic organizations. The
affair passed off orderly.
! The next general State convention of the
Catholic Benevolent Union of the State of
Virginia will hold its next session in Ercdcrck>-
burg the second Wednesday in June.
| TIE OcCnurAN BRIDGE The magnificent
| bridge over the OtcoIuan at Colchester was
completed last week, and the locomotive
crossed for the first time Oh Saturday. The
track is IS feet above tie wafer. aud Is sup
ported by a grand supcrstructnrc Of wood aud
! iron, resting on Immense stone piers. 1T has
been built in the most substantial manner, >atc
and durable, and is Il picturesque object in the
romantic scenery Of the Ocaqlan. The cars
will be able to run to Quanlico in few day.
This road opens up IL fine region to settlement.
and we trust will soon be filled up with enter
prisug settlers. The land is good. well rim
bered and watered, and admirably located for
market purposes. Parties interested IN the
road have purchased the lands near Chichester
and arc laying out IL town called Woodbridge"
| which will furnish many attractions. Acco-
tink, also, already the site OF Il colony Of eX
| ceent people from the north. with churches
and schools, is very favorable locpton firr
parties doing business in Washington. An en-
tcrprlsing gentleman from New ork. DR.
Bangs, is stating town at tlnantlcn, which
combines the advantages OF river navigation
with those of the railroad. Capitalists and
persons looking for land in Virginia will do well
tn look along the line Of the Washington and
Richm oud railroad. -.Sate .iommoL
STEEL PENs-A the Year Round says. i'll
sketch of the life Of Joseph elliott. the ia
nous pen maker;
If no substitute for gooSe-quill had been
discovered, it is evident that the world could
not have maintained 1.-THE OF its present cor
responlencc unless geese and other fowls had
been bred in extraordinary numbers for the
pluckage of their wings Twenty years ago
Mr. elliott employed six hundred girls and
young women, besides machiniSts, in his man
ufactory-the number which he since employed
the writer cannot undertake to specity-and
produced between one hundred and fifty and
two hundred millions of steel pens annually.
II would be an interesting little sum in artlI
metic to calculate how many geese would have
to be reared and fed and afterwards robbed,
for the supply of such vast consumption OF
quilts as is represented by Mr. Gillotts figures.
When he first began to manufacture steel
pens he had great aud manifold difficulties to
contend with People did not approve of steel
mems, and would not write with them. Social
conservatives, such rs bankers, great mer
chants, lawyers, authors and others, would not
admit them into their Offices or studies.
FAIRFAX County II From the Fairfax
News. Mr.. WIN. Wright, one Of the Oh lest,
and most respected citizens Of this county, died
at the residence of his son, Mr.: Geo. p
Wright of Clifton Station on Wednesday
morning last
MIR. Wm p Cooling one of our ollest cti-
zens, is lying dangerously i'll at this time, at
his home near the Courthouse.
Mr.. j. X Rice, assistant agent Of the Pied
mont Milk Co., was attacked with paralysis
while attending to his duties 10 Washington
last week. He is now at his home, and, we
are glad to learn. in a tair way ot recovery.
Geo Bowman, VIM. Smith and Nace Lucas
colored, were found guilty at this term Of the |
County Court of stealing Judge CockcTilIe !
sentenced them each TO be whipped.
HERE He Is again His name is GIezes. and
for forty years he has not tasted meat, and has |
written books against the habit. The partner !
Of his bosom likes meat, and Gleizes, who, like !
pill is purely vegetable in his taste, gave
her the choice of either giving him up or meat,
one or the other Mrs. &. did not hesitate
long between an old husband who had lived
FORTY years on vegetables and tender juicy
beefsteak, and the marriage has been dissolved.
The London Food Journal vouches for the
truth Of this instance Of vegetarian enthusiasm.