Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-07

The CIinch Valley News says that on Friday
last the wife Of james Hawkins, Baptist Valley,
died. A ncighboring lady, the wife Of Mr..
Kirk Ashbury, was at Mr. liankiu 5, and while
| assisting in preparing the body OF Mrs. Han
wife of Mr.. Wittcn Maxwell, who lives about
one and a half miles from the scene of the
above occurrences, also died the same day.
We published last week the statement that
it costs in fees, advertising, &C., $500 to take
the benefit Of the Bankrupt Law. This is a
mistake. The cost in ordinary cases does not
exceed 800 In most cases the cost, exclusive
Of lawyers fec is SG4.
The new stockholders of the Richmond and
Chesapeake Railroad (ate the Richmond and
York River Railroad have organized and will
lose no time in putting the road in order.
J. II. Chailin, the celebrated Virginia dwarf,
died the ODD day of April, in his 4Sth year, at
his homc in Bedford county. He was the
smallest mau in the world.
Committees are out in Richmond canvass
lug the city for $4,000 or more, to set apart
as fund for special premiums at the next
State Fair
BricklnYers arc in great demand in Rich
mond and arc getting from 81 to II 90 per
day.
A GIRL FIRE FIEND. -James Wright a
wealthy farmer Of Jefferson township, and his
wife, were recently brought up before thccrlmnal
court in Chicago charged with cruelty to their
daughter Kate, aged Is. They told strange
story Immediately after the great hrc IN
Chicago some unknown hand commenced to
fire, at decent intervals, Wright's barns, out
houses hay-stacks &C., until finally $4,000
worth of property had been destroyed. Last
fall Wright detected, as he says, his daughter
Kate in the act of setting fire to his residence.
The ncighbors complained that he treated her
badly on that OCCASION and he and Mrs. Wright
were arrested The girl first confessed to her
father that she was the inccndiary, and stated
that ncighbor, alleged TO have no kind feel
ing for Wright, promised her $4,000 to do
the work Of destruction. Brought before the
jus; ice the girl fatty conradictcd all she had said
before and denied that she was the criminal.
The next proceeding was an Indictment brought
against the father and mother by the grand jury
for cruel treatment of their daughter, and their
present appearance in court is in consequence
Of that Indictment. The case is one OF the
most singular on record, and if the girl be
guilty. as alleged, her guilt can be accounted
for only on the suppositon that the Influence
of the Chicago fire unhiugcd her mind, and
directed her attention to the science Of arson
with the destructive results described.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMS From the Lou
doua enterprise. The shipments from Ham
ilton station w. Il o. r. L. for the month of
April 1873, were, 1886 bushels wheat, 4, Up
bT Sl,nls corn % b1,chols rve 62 h11 rls oats
l46 bushe mill feed, l6l bushels potatoes, 81
bushels meal, 1868 bbls -four, 25 bbls corn in ear,
IA bbls and boxes eggs, II 600 lbs poultry and
butter. 1920 lbs sumac, ,, 100 lbs rags, III tons
hay, car live stock and 32l calves.
The Board OF the Old Dominion Cheese and
Butter Co. met at the Factory, on Saturday
May Ord, and decided to commence the manu-
facture of cheese. on Tuesday May 9th.
Farmers, in the upper part of the county,
are selling their straw to the paper manufac-
lures of the valley at about three dollars ton.
The fish received at the depot now are very
foe and are selling at 5000 per thousand for
b,,r Sbo5 oro co,roo op1 biub