The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-04

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A LoNG-wINDED man is good time
killer. 80
Mr.. ERNEST Witt, of this city, has
gone to Cuba. ~
| CONRAD WAGNER has qualified as
sheriff Of Henrico county.
THE pay of the government stone-cut-
ters has been reduced to $3.50 per day.
ONE REASON for heading news by tele-
graph as Telegraph Notes' is that the in
strument goes on tick. sa0 @
DAVID STOKES, eolored miner, was
severely injured Tuesday at Raccoon pits
in Chesterfield by falling coal.
The ONLY THING original about most
| people is original sin, and it is a question
| whether that is not plagiarism.
THE Conservative members of the gem
eral assembly will meet in this city on the
30th of December for consultation.
COLONEL J. LYLE CLARKE, formerly
of this city but now of Baltimore, is on q
visit to his old friends in Gloucester.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD now carries freight from Cincinnati
to New York and all other points East.
THE BEST CATTLE only bring $4.75
per 100pounds at the scales, yet we have
to pay II and Is cents per pound in the
| maakets for choice cuts.
TT is SAID that if success in an under
taking was proportioned to the earnestness
brought to bear upon it hen could run
about 500 miles day. a e1sa \
THE committee for the relief of the poor
will meet this evening at halfpast O'Clock
in the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian
association, on Main street. 4la .f
THE CHAPMAN SISTERS, Blanche and
Ella, now in Norfolk, have added third
and younger sister, Bella, to their already
extensive list of fascinations.
MRS. SIGoURNEY AND CHILDREN, of
Boston, was lost in the wreck of the Vile
de Hayre. She was daughter of the late
Hon. William G. Rives, of this state.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Lynchburg
News recommends Hon. j. L. M. Curry,
LL. D., of Richmond. for the position Of
United States senator from Virginia. i,
THE STONE-CUTTERs at the granite
works of Ordway q Co., who have been
in arrears for wages were paid up on Sat-,
urday and there was great rejoicing in con-
sequence. ts gsig368 f.ya i
A THOUGHTFUL Church Hill woman has
had her wooden leg insured in one of the
Richmond fire insurance companies. The
insurance will be void if she uses the leg for
fire-poker. laa.s si
ST. PAUL's DIVISION, No. %, colored
Sons of Temperance, was instituted last
night in Manchester by District Deputy
F. R. Hewlett. assisted by members Of the
grand division. ...e5,s s.
1T HAS BEEN FOUND necessary in con-
sequence of the sliding of the earth in the
gully at the east end Of the Church Hill
tunnel to build. granite retaining walls
eleven feet thick. as ,issasi i
A DOWN TOWN CLoTHIER adgertises
his Irish frieze as good protection against
a Virginia freeze. A good many of his
fellow-citizens prefer to fortify themselves
with Irish whisky. R8g sssNssE y
THE TOBACCO TRADE has probably
gone through the late financial panic un-
scathed to a greater extent than any other
special business, and appears to be now in
comparatively most healthy condition.
THE NEXT LECTURES in the winter
course before the Young Mems Christian
association will be delivered on Monday
and Tuesday evenings of next week by
Rev. W. A. Willets, DID,, of Philadel-
phia. iaN l
THE SEASON for governmental reports is
upon us and documents by the score and
the hundred, documents seldom luminous
but always voluminous, are now to be
printed, paid for, and laid away to catch
the dust of neglect. s. 4 .s
/ A MAIN STREET DENTIST complains
that the late panic seriously injured the
tooth-pulling profession. People are SO
hard pressed for money that they would
rather howl with an aching tooth than hide
/ plugs Of gold in its cavity. sSs
4 THE LYNCHBURG REPUBLICAN says
"ex-Leutenant-G Governor Robert L. Mon.
tague, of Middlesex, will be pressed by
the representatives of tidewater,u but
does not crafty curious world by telling
it what he is to be 'pressed' for.
Mr.. WARREN, the advance agent ol
the panorama of "Pilgrim's Progress 2
| is in the city, in the interest Of said com