Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-27
VIRGINIA NEWS

The Loudoun Mirror says Last week the
wheat harvest in this county was pretty gener-
ally commenced, and in all quarters the crop
generally supposed, while the quality Of the
grain is pronounced very fine. The yield,
however, is by 20 means a large one, though
we hear of some fields that it is thought will
produce from 20 to % bushels to the acre.
The Richmond News says 1.-The James
river is lower at this particular time than it has
been at this season ,of the year before in the
memory of any man now living. In many
places in the falls, the stream can be crossed
almost by stepping from rock to rock. The
water now in the river coming mostly as it does
from springs, is as clear aud limped as water
can be.
". II. Marshall purser of the James river
steamboat Eliza Hancox, indicted for embez-
cling the company funds. was found guilty in
the Hastings Court of Richmond, Monday
Term of confinement 10 the pententiary fixed
at three years. Application for new trial was
made. This is now usual in all criminal trials
where the prisoner is found guilty.
The Fredericksburg Herald ays:-"We re-
great to hear OF the death, last week, Of Mr.
Henry Holiday, of Spotsylvania, a twin broth
or of the Hon. A. r. Holiday, of Richmond,
and one of the county's most upright and es-
teemed citizens.
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated at
Guiford, on the w. & o. Railroad. Speeches,
music, refreshments and dancing make up the
bill Of attractions.
There have been recently SOME fine rains in
! LoudOun county.
NARROW GAUGE RAILwAY.-The narrow
gauge in railways is steadily advancing IN pop.
ular favor. Notwithstanding the opposition of
many eminent engineers, there Is no doubt that
for limited traffic it can be constructed with
much less expense than the broad gauge re-
cent issue Of the St. Louis Democrat gives an
interesting account of road, with gauge OF
three feet, which is now building from that
city to Cairo. When completed it will have a
length of l47 miles, and be equipped with 26
locomotives and 800 cars. This road begins
at East ST. Louis and proceeds down along the
river bank to a point opposite Carondolet; then
turning southeastward, it pursues its way to
Cairo, passing directly through the Big Muddy
coal region. One Of the designs of this road
is to supply coal cheap to the Carondolet iron
furnaces, hence the heavy equipment OF rolling
stock Work is actively going forward on this
line. One hundred miles of the grading will
be finished by the LIST of July next The
ties for the whole road are nearly ready
The iron is purchased and the money all
10 hand to pay for it. A large portion of it
is now en- route to this city, and will soon ar
rive. Upon all of the heavy grades steel rails
will be used, and the balance of the iron will
be forty five pounds to the yard. oad-gauge
rails weigh sixty FIVE pounds to the yard. Al
though the equi pment of this road is unusually
large for so short line, and though the coun-
try built over is a very rough and billy one tor
most of the way, the cost will probably fall
within 5000 per mile.
''TRApEzE.- From the Indianapolis Senti.
nel j. E. Warner of the great Pacific Com
biDation is the restless and euterprisng mau-
ager of some thirty eight Summers, who mod
estly hides behind a big diamond breastpn,
and is not satisfied with owing the biggest
elephant and the only two-horned rhinoceros
on this continent, with thirty cages of wild
beasts, q museum and splendid circus exhibit
ed under ten different pavons, but is dying to
give the people more Of the good thing for fifty
cts Warner has actually persuaded young and
beautiful Spanish girl, named Leona Dare, who
does marvellous feats upon the trapeze in the
circus to make balloon ascensions. The trial
trip was made on Thursday morning, at point
about nine miles southeast of our city. The
balloon was inflated aud at quarter to S was
cut loose, and the 6ne formed Leona, in circus
clothes, dangling downward from the trapeze
bar, holding in her teeth strap which enclr-
cles the waist Of Tommy Hall, her companion
for her voyage in the air, left terra frma.-
Everything was still as death, and it was OBJ
served that Hall weakened a little, but the
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tecty cool. Just as soon as they left the earth,
| Leona commenced spinning Hall around until
it made us giddy. After this performance, and
about three hundred feet in the air, they COM
menced their hifalutin performance, and known
in show language as the double trapeze and
almost everybody who has attended the circus
can imagine much better than we can describe
their various evolutions and gyratlons. They
performed all of the difficult and hazardous
| feats at All altitude of half mile, with the
same reckless daring that characterlzes their
performances under the pavilion, where, If
they we're to tumble, their fall would not ex-
coed thirty feet. Up, up, they went, until
they were scarcely larger than our hands, and
when we looked at them through glass pro-
vded for the occasion we breathed free and
felt relief to see that they had climbed upon
their trapeze bar and were apparently enjoying
a tete-tete while resting from their exciting and
periIous exercises. The balloon descended very
rapidly and landed about a half mile from the
starting point in an open field, and our party
rode up in time to witness their alighting.-
Hall was silent and sober, while Leona laugh
ingy said to Warner, How was that tor
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA STUDENTS. The
following named students of this years class
have been elected professors in annexed insti-
tutions of learning: James D. Coleman, of
Caroline county, Va, Professor of Greek at
the Miami University of Ohio, in place of A.
D. Coleman, killed accidentally Addison Hoge,
of Richmond, Va, son of Dr. Hoge, Professor
of Greek at Hampden Sidney College, Va;
Thomas NJ. Jordan. of NeWberne, Va, Pro