The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-01-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.

There is not ton of hard coal for sale
i'll Alexandria.
Labor is scarce in Pittsylvania, caus-
ing the farmers to complain.
Professor Anderson is exhibiting to
crowded houses at Lynchburg.
james Watts, superintendent of the
grounds at Mount Vernon, has resigned.
ss..-Thomas 9. Leftwich, aged so years, one
Of Lberty's most worthy citizens, is dead.
"A number of colored persons were
baptized in the Potomac river Sunday. A
cool proceeding. .... .ae4.
There are now over six hundred work.
men employed in the bureau of construc-
ton in dosport navy-yard. r5- err
Two men, Jennings and Tyree, of
Amherst, got into fight, during which the
latter was severely stabbed.
Citizens of Lynchburg, in short time
after the fire of Monday night, sympa-
thized with the suffering orphans $40
worth. tr i-
A sausage machine in Alexandra
caught and..cu off the ends of several fin
gers Of little boy. We bet it kept on
grinding. lhE
"A DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, ad-
vcrtiscs a certain cure for catarrh. What
q pity for Virginia he didn't visit Chicago a
few years ago.
Mrs. Anderson, of Amherst, who was
shot by her husband last week, continues
to improve, and it is believed will soon be
entirely recovered. -
Theodore Volten, German of Alex
andria, has been warned by unknown par
ties to ''git up and GIT" He says he
"don't git wutf a ding" "-E
According to the census table the
population Of Virginia, for 1870, is 1915
1888; of which the number of native born
is ,2l1 ,709; foreign born 1854. za
Gen. 0. o. Howard, late of the freed
mans bureau, contemplates erecting twen-
ty-five new houses on his farm in Prince
William. These are the kind of emigrants
"mother loves.o zF5E EEa 7n5Gg
Archibald Atkinson, of Isle of Wight
county, the last survivor of the volunteer
company of that county engaged in the
affair at Craney Island, in the war of 1912
recently died. He was so years old.
"A negro man, living near Norfolk, 6
| few days ago shot and wounded woman,
| whom he wished to marry, and believing
he had killed her, blew out his own brains
The woman was not seriously hurt.
"A number of members of fire com
pany Of Lynchburg, refused to attend 1
| late fire because they are not exempt from
| jury service. Their conduct entities then
to exemption from performing duty as fire
men.
| The receipts of peanuts at Norfolk IL
lSGS-'69 amounted to 139,l78 bags il
1SG9-'70, to 90,1l2 bags, and in lS70-'7l
to 65, $50 bags. The total crop of Virgini;
for 1871 was 75,l5o bags, or 225 ,450 bush
els of twenty pounds.
"A fire occurred in Lynchburg, Mon
day morning, almost entirely destroyin;
the building on Bridge street owned by P
| III. Rourk, and causing five little mother
less children to escape almost Naked =
Great sympathy was expressed for them
Col. James w. Massie, Professor o
Mathematics in the Virginia Military Insti
tute, died in Lexington, night before last
| at O'Clock. Col. Massie was one of tn
most prominent men of Virginia, and ou
State will lose one of its brightest orna
ments by his death.
| I'm thursday last, difficulty occurre'
between oystermen at the mouth of tn
Rappahanock river, resulting in the killin
and wounding of several of them.
The fight was between iongmen on th
one side and dredgers on the other. Tn
former got the best of the affray.
Captain Edgar Whitehead, of the Vii
ginia Land Agency, and B. +. Nalle an
r. f. Stringfellow, on the part of tn
O., A. & M. r. r. company, have Jus
closed the examination of % 900 acres
Amherst and Nelson lands. The con
pany's agents are we'll pleased with mo,
of the lands shown, and there is ever
probability of a sale. Y -.
Col. Cameron, editor of the Petersbur
Progress, and Mr.. Stuttz, of the Old Rel
able Theatre company, now performing
Petersburg, are not in the best possible hi
NOR with each other. Mr.. S., having fai
ed to make a public apology demanded
Col. c., was denounced by Col. G. III
origin of the affair was caused by a crit
cism which appeared in the Progress, ha
) ing reference to the performances of ths
company. Mr.. Stuttz will have a han
road to travel if he attempts to prevent il
dependent criticism by the press of tn
country.
: Seven women exercised the right