The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-28

OYSTERS on Monday.
TOMATOES are ''playing out"
SATURDAY is the last OF dog-days.
MORE RAIN last night and day.
LAY IN your coal and wood supplies
now.
THE RICHMOND PYTHIANs are NOV.
ing in the matter Of q temple.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS
to-day amounted to $l8, ,G79.SG,
COLONEL WILLIAM p. BURwEIL is
announced to speak at Powhatan Court
house Monday.
SIXTY-TwO DOLLARS AND FIFTY
CENTS in fines We're collected at the po-
lice court to-day.
THE ALLAN STEAMSHIP HIBERNIA,
with goods for. Richmondlparties, will reach
Norfolk tomorrow.
JAMES THOMAS, JR., of this city, was
seized with paralysis at the Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs.
THE GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS AND
MENAGERIE will exhibit at Washington,
ID. c., September 12, thence to cities in
Virginia.
1T is STATED THAT COLONEL JOHN
s. MOsBY will remove to this city at an
early day, to engage here in the practice of
his profession.
COLONEL ROBERT w. HUGHES, of
Virginia, and Randolph Rogers, the sculp-
tor, Of Rome, Italy, are at Wizards,
Washington, d. G.
A CONTEMPLATED DOG FIGHT at
Posey Drews, on Cary, between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets, was stopped last
night by fears of q police raid.
RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER at G.
f. Johnston's news and music store. 9lS
Main street, to-day: At 6 q. IN, &C.;
a. m. 10; II IN. 70, 3p. m. 70.
The STREETS TODAY present slim
appearance, so far as pedestrians are con-
cerned. 1t is about time people in this
section were becoming acclinated.
The NATIONAL CONVENTION of Italian
| societies convened in st. Louis yesterday
! Richmond and Louisville are represented,
| and other southern cities arc expected.
COLONEL TRIpP, during the war a
prisoner at Libby prison, and thirty other
citizens. ...editors, ETC., of Scranton. Pennsyl-
vania, will sattend the state fair here in
| October.
THE VIRGINIA MILITIA force of the
state now mustered into service, and
armed and equipped, consists of nine
teen companies Of infantry and two OF
artillery. -
| THE DANvILLE REGISTER Is in &C.
| stacies because seven tierces of leaftobacco
which had been offered in Richmond and
| taken in, brought $342 more in Danyillt
than was bid for it in Richmond.
TIE IRISH CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT
SOCIETY lately formed here is said to be {
secession movement from the Catholic Ben
| eficial society. in which Catholics OF al
natiOnallties are members.
CORONER TAYLOR left Richmond this
morning for Warrenton, N. c., where III
has been summoned to attend as witness
in the case of colored woman namet
Stainback, who is charged with the murde
of her husband by poisoning him will
strychnine,
If THERE is ANYWHERE in th
world an irreclaimable idiot ii is the news
paper carrier who puts his paper in th'
box during three consecutive ra'n-stOrm
and takes particular pains to leave thu
cover up and il the man who employ!
him is employed on this paper, we hop
somebody will murder him.
THERE WAS A GENERAL. UPHEAvAl
of the Conservative elements of Henric
county to-day. Some Of the boys VIII
are playing for nominations to the hous
were very busy. The Conservative count
nominating convention will be held at tn
county courthouse on Monday, Septem
ber lst, at IL m.