Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

There was fall of snow 10 Lynchburg on
Monday
A man wa. arrested in Richmond on Mon
day morning for attempting to burn his own
house.
Twenty-Sig car loads of cattle and sheep were
shipped FROM Lynchburg to the northern mar
kets on Monday over the Orange and Aexan-
dria Railroad
Gov. Walker has refused to pardon I. L.
Greer, convicted i'll Pittsylyania county Of un-
lawful shooting and sentenced to Jail for SIX
mouths and to pay u fine OF $500.
l; is said that w. f. Worthington, Mayor
of Manchester, will be appointed Assistant
United States District Attorney vice II. h.
w ellis, jr., promoted.
a telegram from Louisville announces the
death, in that city, at 10 clock on Monday of
the venerable Dr. Auasa Converse, formerly
Of Richmond.
An actress at Metropolitan Hall, 10 Rich
mond attempted to commit suicide on Monday
night by shooting herself in the side with
pistol. She was under the influence of liquor
at the time.
The Richmond Wing says: Bishop Whit
tie will be located in this city during the win
ter, and he has kindly consented to take charge
OF St. Mark 5 Chapel lcolored) during the sea-
son.
LII Richmond, Thomas Robinson, q colored
deaf mute, was before the police court yester-
day, charged with fclouiously marrying Polly
| Hatcher, when he had another wife at home.
| He was sent on to the grand jury for indlct-
| ment
Sometime Satu day night, or curly Sunday
morning, the storehuuse of Messrs. Jones &
Miller, in Lynchburg, was entered by thieves
and robbed Of goods valued at$350 Two negro
men implicated 10 the robbery have been ar
rested and portion Of the property recovered
Five years ago John I. H. Miles was sent to
the Penitcntiary for five years for robbery
committed in Fauquer county. Yesterday
morning about seven o'c clock, his term having
just expired, he was released but rs he issued
from the institution into the free air he was
again arrested on the charge Of having COM
nlttcd burglary in 1861 in Henrlco county,
with which he now stands indicted. He was
in Jail in 1867 90 this charge when he made
his escape to Fauquier, there committing the
burglary which sent him to the penitentiary.
LorDorN County, From the Louioun
tintcrprise We said, in last weeks issue,
that The people of Louloun were marrying
people Ii proof of the fact we will state that
gentleman from Guilf6rd applied a; the
Clerk otfce last week for the necessary do,
cuneut to take helpmate unto himself, when.
to his dismay he found the supply Of licenses
exhausted. Now here Was fix. The deputy
clerk however solved the difficulty by 6noing,
in one of the Printing Offices an old copy Of a
marriage license among its waste paper-flled
it mp and sent the young Lotarlo on his way
rejoicing.
There were two institutions commenced at
! Hamilton during the last two years under most
favorable auspices, and with every prospect of
permanent establishment, which the people in-
teiestcd have suffered 10 die completely out.
We mean the monthly Stock Sales, and the
! Farmers Cooperative Association Everybc-
dy acknowledged their Importance, and seemed
to understand the immense benefits which
they PROMISED 10 the agricultural interests Of
our community. but after vigorous and spirit
ell start, they soon languished and gasped out
| their ephcmcral existence.
4 large number of fruit trees were planted
in Lpudoun this fall. Fruit will ere long be
one of the sta pie productions of Loudoun; aud
it will probably fo3t up larger return than
any one Gifts other staples
| MT NCTIoN.-At the prayer Of u. K. Dav-
export to have eujnined the sale OF the Rail
| road flats and fish bar plates, advertised 10 be
sod yesterday, and to have said property to-
gcthcr with the locomotive "Oid Dominion,
turned over to him, Judge Underwood of the
| United States Court has issued an order for
the Defendants in said bill, who consist of the
Judgment creditors Of the +. Il {. Railroad
and the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. to
show cause, on the l0;h of this month, why
said INDUCTION should not be awarded.
The effect Of said order is to suspend the sale.
fredericksburg STAR
| \ RAILROAD Wharf.-The railroad men and
| their agents we're here in strong force yesterday
and it was said that they we're yesterday to hold
conference, which would decide whether We
are to have peace or war in this session of the
Legislature over railroad questions. The effort
was to cffcc, cJmprom<. of conflicting inter
ests, which if successful, would insure peace,
but if not would result in a fierce struggle in
the General Assembly over opposing interests
and schemes : Richn,oud Wing.
COMMUNICATED.