The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-15
STATE NEWS.

In Northumberland county G. w.
Litchfeld, jr., is the Republican candidate e
for the house Of delegates. "
Thomas S. Boceek is being urged as
candidate for the legislature from the
city of Lynchburg.
Judge j. S. Braxton is the Republican
candidate for the state senate from the
Twenty-ninth senatorial district.
AT Gravel Springs, in this county, on
Monday, Henry Vance killed bear weigh
ing 463 pounds. = Winchester Times.
-Lieutenant-G General VIM. j. Hardee,
of Alabama, is lying dangerously i'll at the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs.
"A Republican meeting held at Warsaw
on Monday, unanimously nominsted l.. r.
Stewart as their candidate to the house Of
delegates.
1T is generally believed that the road
from Strasburg to Harrisonburg will be
turned over to the Baltimore and Ohio
company about the first of September.
"A young man named Robert Herald
was thrown from his horse and his skull
fractured on the turnpike between Up
perville and Piedmont, in Fauquier county,
on Sunday night last.
in Danville yesterday, Christopher
Craft was found guilty Of the murder of
DR.. Jeffries, (both colored), and sentenced
to be hung on November 10th. The case
will be appealed.
4 The journeyman tailors' international
union met yesterday in Norfolk, and adj
journed after adopting series Of resolu-
tions stating under what circumstances the
union will sustain strikers.
q The citizens Of Uniontown, feel q
little cold toward Henry Snyder His vile
fell down well, and he rode sixteen miles
4 to borrow a rope to pull her out, when
there was twenty-foot ladder leaning
against the house.
The man arrested bY the city author
tiles of Columbus, Ohio, as Horace Via,
the murderer of Lindsay Shihet, in Albe-
marie county, turns out to be another man
by the name of James Gross, and he has
been released.
The proprietor Of this paper has left
town, with free ticket on the Chesapeake
and OHIO railroad the senior editor has
gone to the poor-hoHse, and the junior
editor is lodging the town sergeant. Yer
baim sap. Rockbridge Citizen.
A so-called Southern historical society,
composed Of sundry prominent Confedera te
generals, junketed together yesterday at
the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs.
Corn juice. Jersey cider, and the events of
the late war were discussed by the dele
gates with great freedom.
"A young man named Long, aged about
IS years, son OF Peter Long, Of Dayton,
Rockingham county. was killed on last
Friday evening while returning to his home
from Mt. Crawford, in one-horse wagon.
The horse ran away and kicked him in the
face and bowels.
The Albemarle Baptist association
will meet in Harrisonburg ON the 2lst
inst. Rev. r. g. Barron, of Lexington,
will preach the Introductory sermon.
This association was organized 50 years
ago. 1t now embraces so churches and
1000 communicates.
One O. T. Beard, of Richmond, made
speech last night to miscellaneous crowd
gathered in Dudley Hall, Lynchburg, in
which he declared his opposition to Hughes
for governor, though claiming to be Grant
man. After two hours of toll Beard SUBJ
sided, rejoicing in the consciousness of be-
ing the author Of a very small sensation.
The Alexandria Gazette says: A
stump of wheat containing the stubble of
one hundred and forty-six good straws,
the product Of one single grain, grown
this year at Blandfeld, Essex county, on
the estate of Robert Beverley, esq.,, was
exhibited to few gentlemen at the Man
SION House in that city yesterday.
The Liberty News announces the
death of George G. Saunders, a prominent
citizen of that county, which occurred ON
Tuesday last. lie was remarkably large
man, weighing nearly 400 pounds, and as
| might have been expected from this cir
cumstance, his death was caused by appo-
plexy or some similar affection.
In Charlotte county colored woman,
named Gretta Folkes, from Richmond,
obtained writ of habeas corpus, on
Tuesday last, from Judge Bouldin, for the
recovery ofthe custody of her minor daugh.
ter. The girl has been raised in the family
of the late John Morrisett from her infan-
cy. She manifested great reluctance at
being compelled to 60 with her mother.
Among the incidents Of General Kem-
per's past record to which no allusion is
made by the Conservative press of Vir-
ginia is the fact that during the war at one
time he had charge Of the conscripting de
partment of the Confederacy, when, ae'
cording to the Norfolk Day Book. he wa:
"nnreenting in his rule and had no mercy
on the poor man." Now, that he is seek
ing their votes, we assume that he will ex
plain to them that the duties of conscrip
officer were forced upon him.--Nmiona1
Republican.