The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-21
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STATE NEWS.

About every sixth man in Fairfax
county is "spoken of as a candidate for
the Legislature.
In an interesting biography, the Lib
erty News vouchsafes the astonishing infor-
nation that General Kemper had an epi-
demic eda"ation."
The Fredericksburg Ledger advises
the common council of Fredericksburg to
levy tax on cats, as there are entirely too
many OF that branch of the feline race in
the old burgh.
The farmers Assembly of King
George, Stafford and Westmoreland, held
its first meeting at King George Court
house on the 1lth instant
The Norfolk Virginian chronicles the
serious injury Of lady in that city, who
stepped on riece of melon rind and was
thrown violently to the pavement.
A large burr bursted in the Touring
mill of Mr.. Ream at Falling Waters, in
Berkeley county, on Saturday. Eortu-
nately no one was hurt. The mill was
somewhat damaged.
jacob S. Hodges was convicted in
Roanoke county, last week, of killing
young Shively, at Franklin Courthouse,
last March. and sentenced to fifteen years
in the penitentary.
The Rockingham Register states that
the North River railroad in Rockingham
county, has been absorbed by the Shen-
andoah Valley and Ohio railroad, which
will extend to the Ohio river at Point
Pleasant and Parkersburg."
tan old Lynchburger" remembers
when William Allen, now candidate for
governor of Ohio, worked at the saddler's
trade in the then small town of Lynchburg,
Va, in the shop of "Uncle John Thur
man," as he was familiary called.
1t is said that large number of the
most respectable citizens of Washington
entirely disapprove of the reported course of
Mr.. Henry ID. Cooke, Judge Cartier, Mr..
Sheppard, and a few others in Washington
in attempting to get Alexandria again in the
District.
The Warren Sentinel says: "In
heavy shower of rain which fell here last
Friday, large number of frogs came from
their aerial abode to terra firma, and
were found plentifully scattered along the
Luray and Front Royal turnpike by some of
our most reliable citizens"
If Lexington be not " sleeping the
sleep of DEATH" the worsmen on the VAL
ley railroad will wake her up. The
Gazette says that they are blasting,
booming and bustling on the railroad about
town." 1t expresses fears that some of
the boys will be killed-those boys whose
| mothers never know they are out.
The lease of so much of the Manassas
branch of the w. G., V. M. and G. s. r..
r. as lies between Strasburg and HARRISON
burg, in the Valley, to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company, entered into short
| time since, was unanimously ratified by the
board of directors of the w. O., v. M. and
G. S. company at a meeting held last night,
in Alexandria.
| AT the next election we are to choose
not only governor, acknowledgements and
attorney general and all the members OF
the lower house and half about twenty
| tbree) of the number Of state senators, but
| each county will at the same time elect a
| a sheriff, clerk of courts, treasurer, sur
| yeyor and commonwealth's attorney. The
next general assembly will elect treas
urer OF the state, first and second auditors,
secretary of state, superintendent Of pub
lie education, register of the land office and
q United states senator, in place OF Sena-
tor John II. Lewis. The county judges
who go into office on the first of January,
1874, were elected by the last general as
sembly.
| -On Sunday last quite scene was Ell
acted at the Stage,a negro Westinghouse in
the Cappahosic neighborhood. just as the
preacher had gotten under way, the gal
lery cracked and an old woman cried out,
"Bless God, judgment day done come"
Then ensued a scene at which human ma
ture shudders. Strong men and weak wo-
men leaped from the gallery npon the
dense crowd in the middle Of the lower floor
Children tainted from the terrible pressure
Those in the galleries leaped from the win.
dows so fast that they fell upon one another
breaking legs and arms indiscriminately
Many were injured and all were terribly
frightened. The wounded were carefully
attended by DR.. Walker Jones. = Glouces
ter Herald, August Is.