The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-27
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

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have received their horns, &c. -r
They have been applying the lash to
petty criminals at Orange @. Ii.
Allegheny is said to have harvested
the finest wheat crop she has had for years.
Good family -four is selling at SO in
Fincastle. The same quality sold week
or two ago for $40. FvE
Jacob Brubaker, ESQ.,, died at his resi-
dence in Page county, on Monday last, in
the s9th year of his age.
A quarry of beautifully variegated
marble has been discovered on the property
of DIR. A. L. McCorkle, near the Rock
bridge Baths. @
"A little girl two years old, daughter of
A. j. Randlett, living near Burkevile, was
found, Wednesday evening, standing on
her head in spring, drowned.
--Messrs. Albert Pritchett and Frank
Swanson, says the Danville Times, are pre-
pairing to work the iron mines situated
within fourteen miles Of that place.
The furnaces now in operation at Salt
vile turn out six hundred and fifty thou
sand bushels Of salt per annum. They con-
sumo about sixty cords of wood per day.
About $3.50, 900 have been invested in
| permanent building Improvements in ABB
ingdon since the war, and twenty-five acres
Of ground adjoining town have been sold
out for lots. r--n
Last week Mr.. G. Hamilton of Mill
| Gap, Highland, while clearing the weeds
| from the fence corners near his barn, was
bitten on the finger by rattle snake, the
fangs going through the finger.
Mrs. Eliza McPheeters, relict of the
late Rev. DR.. Samuel B. McPheeters, of
st. Louis, Mo-, died in carriage while en-
route from Sweet Springs to Fincastle, on
Monday morning last. a
A letter to this paper from Madison
courthouse, says Greeley will not get five
colored votes in the county--and this after
| two hired colored canyassers from WASH
ington had been through the country with
this pallayer.
| The Old Commonwealth asks the Super
visors of Rockingham to have the northern
| and western walls of the courthouse
knocked down, and says the expense will
| only be few dollars and prevent the killing
of some one by the falling.
Harvey Reid, charged with shooting
S'SVtE,S hinbt AhOSilJ I'll uCoudy
| last, had his examination before magis-
trate on Wednesday, which resulted in
sending the accused on for trial before the
next County court, on a charge Of malicious
shooting. Bail was refused.
A potato grower in Bedford writes to
the Sentinel as follows "The potato bug
made its appearance by thousands upon my
Irish potato vines. The second morning
after their appearance, busted the vines
thoroughly with Stacked lime, and in twelve
hours from that time there was not bug
to be found in the PATCH"
-Messrs. John X. Rudisll and Joseph
| B. Switzer, of Botetourt county, who
went West several months ago, probably
| through the advice of the Sage of Chap.
paquack, have returned, fully convinced
that with the same industry and persever-
| ence young men can do as well in Virginia
as they can in the West.
The Rockingham Register says: ga
| very painful accident occurred to Mrs. jose
| phine Cof1man, widow Of David Coffman,
deceased, at her residence, near Dayton, in
| this county, on Friday night the 18th inst.
She had been occupying and sleeping in the
lower part Of her dwelling, and on Friday
had moved up stairs. Hearing a noise, and,
| in her agitation and excitement forgetting
| that she had gone up stairs, she started to
see what it was. She fell headlong down
| the stairs, breaking one of her thighs, and
otherwise very seriously injuring herself"
| The Republicans of Frederick county,
| on Saturday last, selected j. M. Thorne and
]. L. Marker, Esqs., to represent them in
the Congressional convention which is to
meet in Alexandra ON the first of August
Messrs. Geo. p. Carter and l.. E. Savage
are the alternates. A resolution express
ing the unwavering confidence of the Re-
publicans of the county, in the integrity,
! ability, and patriotism of the soldier Presi-
dent, U. S. Grant, and pledging the unani-
nous vote Of the Republicans of Frederick
for Grant and Wilson was adopted and
the delegates were instructed to present to
the convention the importance of appoint
ing speakers to canvass the district. Stir
ring speeches were made by the chairman
of the meeting, Charles Ceyenger, ESQ.,,
and by Messrs. Thorne, Martin, Savage,
and Evans. The Republicans of the coun-
ty are thoroughly aroused aud are unit
for Grant and Wilson. Stronger efforts
will be made to carry the county in the
approaching election than has ever been put
forth heretofore, and full confidence IN the
success of these efforts is expressed.