Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-11
VIRGINIA NEWS

Tie I.cesburg Washngtoniau says: The
engineers to make the survey and location OF
the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad came vi
on Wednesday last and will proceed on Mon
day to their work. This improvement will be
pushed forward rapidly. as it is matter Of
great consequence to the Chesapeake and OHIO
road, which is going forward rapidly to the
Ohio river, to have, at as early day as posi-
BILE, connection with the scat OF Government
The Fredericksburg Herald says: liar
vcsting will commence in Stafford and Spot
sylvania during the present week in exceptional
crops that are advanced The heads arc short
but we'll filled and the wheat reported As OF
excellent quality. Mr.. W. +. Bradley com
mcnced this Monday morning to harvest his
crop Of wheat which is reported to be very
fine one.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, that
great artery from the West is being pushed
forward with an energy that will insure its com
pletion in October, unless something unfore.
seen, bcyond.the power Of man to control, should
prevent.
In Lynchburg on Friday John Floyd, son
of the late Benjamin Rush Floyd, and nephew
of Gov. John B, Floyd, deceased, fell from a
rope on which he was swinging, ina warehouse,
and was seriously injured.
Mrs. Brockwell, Of Richmond, has a family
clock, which has been silent and inactive for
nine months preceding last Friday, when,
strange to say, awaking from its sleep, it start
ed off with vigor and precision.
The Manchester -four mills, have been sold
for s65 900, to Thomas W. McCance. This
mill is in complete order and is capable OF
turning out eight hundred barrels OF -four daily.
1t is thought by some that there was shock
Of earthquake lel, last Tuesday night, In Han
over, Chesterfield, Albemarle and some other
counties.
The Lloyd case, in Leesburg, will be tried at
the August term Of the Loudoun Circuit Court.
WASHINGTON ITEMs.-An excursion party
on visit to Glyulont yesterday were intrlded
upon by a party OF ',roughs; pistols were drawn
and fired, and two Of the roughs we're wounded.
A suit has been entered against Mr.. Adolf
Cluss. laying damages at $4,000, by Mr. j.
II. Kueliug. The plaintiff alleges that Cluss
wrote letter to Hunt l. Williams, contractors
for the erection of i School Building, in rela-
ton to the placing therein of electric clocks,
in which he stated that if the work was done
by plaintiff it would be a botch whereby the
plaintiff lost the contract.
Yesterday morning, about six o clock, i man
named Frank Ritter, who Was apparently bent
on committing self destruction, jumped into
the canal at Twelfth street, and snnk III the
mud and mire up to his neck. He was on the
pint of strangulation, when he was hauled
out.
South Washington Just now rejoices in an
original domestic scandal, being no more or
less than the elopment of f. Solomon, mar
ried man, about thirty-Gve years of age, with
Miss Amelia HirSch, good-looking maiden
of nineteen summers, and cousin of his.
Mr.. Francis Samuel Crutchett an old and
highly respected citizen of this city, died very
suddenly on Saturday evening last of rheulnat
lsm, followed by spasms. He was 80 years Of
age, an Englishman by birth, but tor several
years resident Of this city.
The parade of the striking workingmcn in
New York, took place yesterday. Less than
two thousand men were 10 line. and after they
had quietly walked over the appointed route
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