Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-21
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+! The Norfolk journal says Tile ciecrnen
case of the trustees of the property OF the NJ
+. Church. South. against the pastor and con,
| gregation of the African Methodist church, III
Norfolk, which has been pending in The Circuit
Court for the last year has been decided npm
by Judge Blow in favor Of the defendants. -
The coored congregation, by vote OF their
body year or two since, dissolved connection
with the Southern Methodist Church. and at
! tached themselves to the VI. T.. Church. claim
ing the ownership of the edifce in which they
worship. The building having been. erected
by the Southern Methodsts the trustees retuS-
ed to relin1ulsh the property involved. Judge
Blow has decided against the Southern Church.
The city auditor Of Richmond, makes the
following statement of the Indebtedness OF that
city: S per cent. bonds $3.50, 900: per cent.
bonds, S2.73l,7S5 o.; floating debt (outstand-
ing bills, unpaid, S57,972 81; in addition to
which are $3.50. ONO OF bonds authorized, not yet
issued, as follows: James river improvement,
per cent. 100000: general purposes. i per
cent s2OO, 900; Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company, (tor tunuc,) $39o,00o: to which
may be added for the Manchester bridge.
$50, 600, making total debt outstanding and
authorized but not yet issued OF 50, lla, 1913 d.
The Charlottesville Intclligencer says:-To
the escape of the colored well digger, VIM.
Rives, we may apply the word marvellous: 1t
would appear incredible that a man should be
buried in well htty-tire feet deep by ~ or
$4,000 pounds of rock. aud SO remain Tor ten
hours, the time it required 10 cxtrlcnte hun,
and be hauled ont by his astoniShed rescuerS:
not crushed, but alive and comparatively un,
hurt.
A man named George Rudd, who was en-
ployed in assisting to paint the four story build
ing known as the Richmond House, situated
on Governor street, opposite the Executive
Mansion in Richmond, fell from the fourth
story front window, yesterday morning, to the
ground below, and was 50 badly injured that
he died IN about fifteen minutes afterwards.
Governor Walker has approved the bill APP
propriating the land scrip to Preston and Oln
Istitute and Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Schol, and in accordance with the provisions of
the law, the name of the first mentioned nstl-
tuition has been changed to the "Eirgiuia Agr-
cultural and Mechanical College.
The United States Circuit and District
Courts will open in Richmond on Monday
April ! st, at which time both Judge Bond and
Judge Underwood are expected to be present
The United States grand jury will be in session
on the I'd day of April.
A three-story house on Thirteenth street, in
Richmond. fell in yesterday Two occupants
in the lower part escaped and the remainder
four in number, who were in the rear of the
building at dinner at the time of the accident
also escaped.
Mrs. Leroy Lee, wife of Rev. DR.. Ice, ofthe
Methodist Church, died in Richmond on Tues
day
The Pearisburg Gazette very gravely Informs
its readers that the streets Of that town are
fordable.
Carson, recently tried and convicted of muir
der, at Staunton, has been granted new trial
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs The Richmond
papers say that the credentials Of the Past
Grand Chancelors and Supreme Representa-
of Pythias, will be forwarded to- the Supreme
Lodge this week, preparatory to the session of
the Supreme Lodge of the world, which is to
be held in Baltimore on the 10th of April.
The Past Grand Chancellors are II. g. G.
Hartman, Hugh Latham, J. B. Vaughan, H.
D. Danforth, ". r. Wade. D. ". Bobauan.
Henry Armstrong, G. R. Butfum, W. j. Ty
sou and W. G. Darlington. The Supreme Rep
resentatives are Past Grand Chancellors Will
liam H. Wade for one year and D: W. Bohan-
an, for two years. These officers and Past
Grand Chancellor Darlington will leave Rich
mond on or about the 18th Of April. The
Knights of Baltimore are making great prepa-
rations for the reception of their brethren of the
Supreme Lodge, aud they promise to have
parade which will exceed in numbers and
splendor that OF the Knights Tcmplar last Sep
tember.
NJ. p. CONFERENCE The Baltimore annual
Conference of the Methodist Prostestent
Church, which has been in session in Washing
ton, adjourned Yesterday. J. t. Kilgour, NJ.