The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-01-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Bristol Neps needs money. How
funny.
Smallpox has appeared at Powell's
Fort, Shenandoah county.
Hon. VIM. Terry has secured charter
for national bank to be established in
Wytheville.
"A mammoth infant was recently born
near Goodson. It's weight at birth was
eighteen pounds. ...-..
j. w. Reese & Bro, merchants of Bris-
tol, recently failed with liabilities amount
ing to 81, 7,96l due to Baltimore houses.
Mr.. Berkeley failed to get crowd in
Prince Edward to whom to tell his griev-
ances because the Senate refused to seat
him. .....t
Hon. A. G.. Thurman, of Ohio, has
consented to address the literary societies
of the University of Virginia on the 26th
of June next.
The immortal 81. NJ" announces that
he will soon "lift the veil" in Lynchburg.
Dou't you do it, 81. NJ" you might scare
somebody.
Mr.. Jessee Pepper, an aged and highly
esteemed citizen of Pulaski county, died at
his residence at Peppers Ferry, in the seth
year of his age.
DIR. Whetten, of Bristol, who has been
long and seriously i'll, is getting well again.
lie has been under the care of DIR. Ii. V.
Gray, of that place.
Fourteen hundred and fifty bales of
cotton were received in Petersburg last
week, an excess of 1000 bales over the
same week last year. ...
The fine dwelling, belonging to the
estate of the late Henry f. Watkins, of
Prince Edward county, was burned Thurs
day night. No insurance.
The farm of James Cox, ESQ.,, lying in
Rich Valley, in Smythe county, was sold
at auction last Monday for $500. V. S.
Morgan was the purchaser.
MIR. de Uriarte, the Spanish Consul
General at New York, has issued proposals
for supplying the Spanish government with
twenty millions Kilograms of Virginia and
Kentucky tobacco.
Cyrus Ii. Mccormick, Esq.,, formerly
OF Rockbridge, was one of three gentlemen
of Chicago who done the honors on the oc-
casion of the late visit of the Grand Duke
Alexis to that place.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Frank Schoon-
maker, who formerly lived at Clifton sta
ton, Fairfax county, was, with thirteen
others, buried in a snow slide on one of the
Western railroads few weeks ago, when
all perished.
Last thursday negro named Henry
Elicit was killed near Midlothian, in Ches-
terfield county. While attending to his
duties as engineer, he became entanglcd in
the fly wheel and was so terribly mangled
before assistance could reach him that he
died in a few moments. ....
VIM. Hudly, living near Tazwell,
started week or ten days ago with his
wagon, to move family from Turkey Cove,
in Lee county, Va, to Claiborne county,
Tenn. When near Chadwell's station, in
Lee, the.horses ran off, throwing him in
front of the wagon. AS he fell, one of the
horses kicked him in the head, and the
loaded wagon passed over his body. He
fingered for ten or eleven days, suffering
intense agony, when death put an end to
his pains. .a-. ...
The corn6eld members of the Gene
raj Assembly are bitterly opposed to re-
duction Of the pay and mileage of mem
bers.-Lwchbuy Vuyiaian.
The cornfield members" have very lit
tie control of the legislation of the present
General Assembly, and if the Knyin;an
will take the trouble to examine the vote
upon this subject taken in the Senate, he
will find as many :" cornfcld members" in
favor of reducing pay and mileage as We're
opposed to it. Do try and be fair, and hold
your partyl responsible for whatever legis-
lation may be obnoxious to you.