The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-26
VIRGINIA NEWS.


be established in Liberty.
The United States District Court will
open in Danville tomorrow.
--Blackbird Shooting is now in order,
The birds are very abundant in the marshes
of the Potomac, ard the sportsmen are
meeting with good success.
--Colored boy, l3 years old--Loudoun
county--kindled fire with coal-oil week
ago-was buried the next day. aa.
The Petersburg Progress has been re-
duced in size. Mr.. r. b. Barham has been
associated in the proprietorship of the
paper, the firm now being Barham & Co.
The City Council of Portsmouth on
Friday night organized chain-gang, with
view of suppressng the increasing vagrancy
among the indolent and thriftless classes of
community.
w. w. Smith, Esq, of Norfolk, has
accepted the position of clerk to Paymaster
Yorke, of the United States ship Yantic.
and will sail in that vessel on three years
cruise.
The Petersburg Mder says Charles H..
Porter has purchased a house and lot on
Bragg's Hill for $3.50, and that he also
recently purchased farm of GA acres
near Williamsburg.
The fourth Annual Fair of the South
west Virginia Agricultural Society will be
held at their Fair Grounds, near Wythe-
vile, on the 9th, 10th and 18th days of
October next.
The Pulaski Agricultural and Mechanic
cal Association, will hold their second AT
nual Exhibition at their Fair Grounds, near
Dublin, on the 10th and 18th days Of Oc-
tober, 1872. ,re5aAu
The late rains have had good effect
upon the outstanding crops. In Loudoun
the corn is growing rapidly, and the farmers
are encouraged with the prospect of good
crop.
The Warren Sentinel says: " There has
been considerable excitement in and around
Front Royal for the past week, caused by
the cry of mad dog and the consequence
is that eight or ten dogs have been killed.
At the present writing, every dog seen
with his tongue out is declared rabid, and
is summarily dispatched"
The Valley Tirgn,ian says that Major II.
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peake and Ohio railroad, has made, on be-
half of the company, formal and definite
proposition to the city of Staunton for the
location of the workshops at that point.
: The Abingdon Viaginian gives an ac-
count Of the death of an old woman by the
name of Jane Hale, at the advanced age of
one hundred and thirteen years. She was
born in North Carolina in 1859. She lived
for few years in Russell county, and for
a long period in Wythe, where she spent
most of her long life. This is what we
would term ripe old age.
The Liberty and Rocky Mount Mar
row Guage Railroad company was organ
ized at Bedford, on Wednesday last. Pc
ter Saunders, Jr., of Franklin, was elected
President, and the following Board of Di-
rectors chosen: Messrs. Giles w. B. Hale,
James Ii. Dudley and B. N. Hatcher, of
Franklin, and Messrs. John R. Thurman
and James M. Mathews, of Bedford. 'aa
The city council of Norfolk has APP
pointed committee to confer with the
president and directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad with regard to the
establishing of the eastern terminus of that
road at Norfolk. The committee are also
instructed to invite the president and dircc-
tors to visit Norfolk and Portsmouth and
investigate the advantages which they offer
for seaboard terminus.
james L. Clarke, late Commonwealth S
Attorney for Prince William county, who
eloped with Miss Terrell about month
ago, was arrested at the residence of his
| father-in-law, in King George county,
about ten miles from Fredericksburg, on
| Friday morning, at the instance of the
father of the outraged girl. He was held
for examination to-day at 4:30 O'Clock.
Clarke left Miss Ferrell in Washington, and
her relatives went to that city on Saturday
| in search of her. The Star, of Saturday af.
ternoon gives the following further infor-
nation: "This morning the brother-in.
law of the lady arrived here, and Detective
McElfresh in a short time brought her from
a hotel, where she had been staying since
her arrival in the city, to police head quar-.
tiers, at which place she met her friends. Ii
answer to their questions she stated she was
married to Clark in this city, but was una.
BILE to name the minister or place where the
ceremony was performed, nor could thu
officers find any record of such names Oh
the marriage record in the office of tn,
clerk of the court. She appeared much
affected on meeting her brother-in-aw, anC
was crying bitterly as she left headquarters
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