Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-08
VIRGINIA NEWS

tory, large number of employees, at least
temporarily, are thrown out of employment
an enterprise that brought much foreign capt.
tai to Richmond, is for awhile brought to
pause and much of the fruits of energy, in
dustry and business capacity, is forever gone
MessrS. Mayo 4 Co., however, are young and
vigorous and we doubt not that it will not be
long before they will re establish themselves.
The LyDehburg Republican says:-''The re-
ceipts of tobacco for the past week have been
quite light, owing to the extremely hot and
dry weather, but prices have been very high,
and manufacturers anxious to buy without
much regard to price. We anticipate heavy
sales and high prices for the present week. ;"
The Board of Visitors have elected COL D.
". Lyell, of Richmond county, to the profess
sor>hip of mathematics in the Virginia Mill
tary Institute. made vacant by the death of
the lamented Col. J. W. Massie.
The Orange. Alexandria and Manassas rail
road train, which left Lynchburg Friday night,
had on board 80 through passengers.
The WytheviIle Hotel owned by Mr.. S. S.
Crockett, has been sold to Mr. John Ireland,
an Englishman, for $4,000.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. ALL ;houghtsare turn
ed toward Baltimore. and number of leading
politicians have left the city to be early on the
ground for the Convention. Newspaper Row
is deserted.
Solomon Thanc died of nervous prostration
suddenly ut Made restaurant on Thursday
night. Vim. Dunn, navy yard workman
fell dead of heart disease while entering the
navy yard gate on Friday. VIM Sydnor. driver
Of bear wagon, died Of sun>trokc Friday
night.
The case Of Kane and the other parties
charged with riot at Glymont, in Charles
county, Nd came up before the Police Court
yesterday. The parties are under 5000 bonds
II, tugitvcs from Maryland justice. The case
was postponed until Monday week"
The admiral commading the Washington
navy yard having vetoed the scale OF prices Tor
the artizans there recently adopted by the com
mission created for that purpose, the march,
niSt> and fnishcrs appealed to the Secretary
of the Navy.
Gen Weightman is said to be improving, but
DR.. g. G. Cox is quite i'll.
Mr.. Edward Scmmes. who, for eighteen
years past has given an annual entertainment to
the orphans Of st. Vinccnt'S Asylum, enter
tanned them again Oh Sunday evening last to
the number Of l2O and bestowed prizes upon
the most deserving.
The Equity Court, to day, divorced Sarah
Lawson from George Lawson, on the ground OF
i'll treatment. The parties resided until late
years in Wcstmorclanl county, Va
FAIRFAX County, From the Fairfax
News We are informed by the physicians
here that there are u large number OF cases of
sickness in this nci ghborhoOd, superlnduced by
the excessive hot weather, and the too free use
OF green fruit. Several young children, mostly
colored. have died from summer disease the
past week.
We are informed by Asst Superintendent
Jonas Fisher, of the o., 4. & NJ K. H., that
he has had instructions to have erected at
Fairfax Station. building for the accommoda-
ton Of passengers
The ordinance of Baptism was administered
to two persons on Sunday night last at the
Episcopal Church, in this place. by Rev. Mr..
MagI the new Rector of the Church. The
rite of confirmation was conferred upon seven
persons by Bishop Whittlc.
Mr.. W. II. Sewell has traded 574 acres Of
land lying near Hunter Mills, in this county,
to Mr.. y. D. Osgood, for 100 acres Of land sit
uatcd on the Little River Turnpike about
three miles from this place. giving Mr.. Osgood
81 900 difference. Mr.. Sewell expects to open
IL
Gen Ftzhugh Lee has sold tract of land
ajoining Fairfax station, containing POI acres,
to John +. Mitchell, for $4,000.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD The
grading through Clarke County is nearly all
completed and will be entirely so as far as the
forks of the Shenandoah in Warren county. by
the end Of the present month. Next week
Major Barrett will make some revlslOns OF the
line already located between this place and
IIagcrstown, by way of Sharpsburg. after which
he will Immediately proceed to complete the
location between Front Royal and Luray, and
also between the latter place and the point Of
intersection of the S. V. Railroad with the
Chesapeake & Ohio Road, which, we under
stand is to be at Staunton.
Orders have been given for the proposed
bridge over the Shenandoah near Front Royal
which is to be built without delay and pre!iml-
nary arrangements have been made for putting
under contract that which is to be built over
the Potomac at this place. Contracts have
been made we learn, for the ties for first Dlvls-
ion Of the road and also for the iron, so that
there is no good reason to doubt but that the
company will be able to carry into effect It's de-
carcd intention to have the road finished and
in operation between this place and Front Royal
before next Christmas -,AlphcrClsto,rn Regis
ter.
INCIDENTS IN New YORK-Ncws recently
came across the wires that girl had been found
dead in her bed in Brooklyn supposed to have
been murdered by her lover 1t is now bellcv-
ed that no murder was committed, but that the
unfortunate woman was killed by lightning on
the night of the Fourth Of July.
On Saturday we recorded the murder OF
young woman by her mother in New York, and
to-day we are enabled to give one more partlcu-
lar of this terrible domestic tragedy The father,
who had been ona strike for three weeks,
endcavored to seek relief from his troubles by
recourse to stimuans, and by his brutal conduct
made his wife insane. In a moment of mental
alteration she killed her daughter, and thus
one more round in the ladder of crime was
reached
SERIOUS ACCIDENT On Friday evening,
the 18th ult, Jimmy Stephens, residing about
three miles from Millcrs, in King and Queen
county, was seriously and almost fatally shocked
bv lightninr He was sitting upon his hoe in