Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-03
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Delegates yesterday afternoon to take suitable
action iu regard to the death OF John r..
Thompson and to prepare iur the reception OF
his remains. Governor Walker was called to
the chair, aud Il committee appointed to draft
resolutions expressive Of he sense of the meet
ing. Appropratc remarks were made by Rev
| DR. [lorr, W ho stated that the haymn sung at
| tn, dedication of the church OF which he Is
nastor was composed by Mr. Thompson, and Is
! still used in the church.
\ letter 10 the Richmond Enquirer from
Culpeper c. H., says:-' was panied to sec
good many fine agricultural implements sacrltic-
ri undcr 4 bankrupt order OF sale by the AS
signcc. Large and finely finished complain
ters single and double shovel ploughs, garden
! hand ploughs, NC. Nc, were knocked OH at
! merely nominal prices. do not think some Of
| them brought one half the cost OF the iron
used in their manufacture.
The farm known to fame by its Confederate
name Of ''Drcwrys Bluff was sold at auction,
At Richmond on Thursday. The tract, very
yauably for its soil and location containing l5l
acres, upon which there are al extensive rcach
orchard and large vineyard WAS Sold to Mt
| William H. King Of the firm .! ilulZ X Ming,
for $40 80 per acre, or S4,j31 for Inc tract
On Sunday night last the southern bound
passenger train on the w. &. V. NJ, & g. s.
T. r.. ran over and killed two valuab lie horses,
the property OF Capt. W. = Cave. about two
| miles narth of Orange Z. I'll. Mrs George
Willis Of Orange also bad three horses Killed
by the nj ght train few nights since.
Last Friday, coorcd brakcsman on one of
the freight trains on the ~, NJ. & .. railroad
was killed at bridge about ten miles east of
Marion. lie was standing on the top OF a
freight car, and not noticing the approach OF
the train to the bridge, he was struck on the
head by the tin.bcrs and instantly killed.
mr. David Rose, charged with the killing of
Edmond Robinson on Monday night last in the
house of his father, B. Rose, at Orange G..
| H., was baed 10, the sum OF $1,000, by Mayor
| Hiden, acting coroner, to appear before the
next grand Jury, on the 18th Monday in May.
The imposing granite shaft, erected by the
ladies of King George county to the memory OF
the soldiers Of hat county who fell in the late
war is to &c enclosed at au early day by sub.
stautial iron railing.
There are on the challccry docket Of the Cir-
cult Court Of Iicnlco over two hundred cases.
The oldest one, Mar. VS.. Rcynarl, Was com
mcnccd in 1886, but most OF tic Gases bear
date since the war.
The Piedmont Virciuan says:--"From all
that we have seen and heard, We arc glad to
say that neither the fruit or vegetables III this
vicinity were damaged by the late frost 10 any
extent.
1t is said that Judge Underwood is in
clncd to resign his position Of United States
indigo and is only prevented by The pcrsuaSions
of his son, who is clerk OF the District Court.
During the month of April, the quantity OF
-four inspected in Richmond, was l,225 bar
rcls fine 322G barrels nlidliugs, and jS2 barrels
condemned.
The Jcifcleonian Republican has purchased
the press, material, &c, Of the Charlottesville
Intclligcnccr, the latter paper having been dis,
continued.
During the month of April the clerk Of
Orange court issued eight marriage lincrl,ses,
three of which were to whites, and five to coIo-
red parties.
The remains Of the late john II. Thompson,
| who died in the city I'll New ! DIRK arc to nc
taken to Richmoud.
John Doyle, for roIbing vessel al A!oxan-
| trll, was received Il! the IN'lttD'lf) WI hhiS
| day to serve out a term al three years
| TIE PIANO IN PARIS Tho Paris corr"spon-
dent OF the London Daily News, says: lnilab-
| tauts Of London, where almost every family OF
sufficient importance to keep a piano has Il
| whole house to itself, can form hut small idea
| of the extent Of the piano nuisance In Paris,
where most people live in fats and there is
nothing to prevent every occupant OF every one
of the six floors from Keeping pianos going most
of tho day and night, whether Tor lessons to
the children in the morning, practice for yonng
ladies in the afternoon, or show Oft perform
ances and quadrlle- playing in the evening
But thin partitions divide one French apart;
ment from another. ln many ''geneel quar-
tors it is quite Il common thing to hear fright
full Dutch concert executed by three or tour
performers, all playing out OF tune, in different
parts Of the same house, But dodgers who dld
not like the music have hitherto had no re-
source but to ''griu and bearit, save, perhaps,
when civil remonstrance on the ground ct
illness may have produced short respite An
cntcrprisiug landlord, however, the owner OF
one of the haudsomcst houses in the fashion
able Boulevard Hal,ssman, No. 49, has
brought an action against all offending piano ID
a court of law, and has Professionally stfcd its
jingling to a certain extent. his tenant,
Madame Chaiscs, u widow lady, has daught-
er whose passion for practice seems to be some
thing extraordinary His declaration" states
that the young lady plays all day, trccm IN
the morning till au advanced hour of the night.
The gamut, the chroluatic scale and simple cxer-
cises are followed by mcrclless conccrtos, sonataS
fantasias and variations, with every variety Of
adagio, apdante, allegro and presto: Counsel
for the plaintiff sustained the action on the
strength Of the legal maxim, sic utere tue ut
! aenum non !oolas $50 Use your own property
as not to injurc your ncigbbor's.) He could
not deny the legal right, sanctioned by unlycr-
sal custom, Of the defendant to play the piano
in her own houlc. But, he asked for al injunc
ton against the excessive use Of the right.
Without citing any PRECEDENT. and I believe
none can be fouud, he asked that for the peace
and quictness of the other occupants Of the
house, mademoiselle should only be allowed to
play from a. M to p w., and from p.
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