Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-17
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An interesting trial took place at the Court
F.! Homo before Justices lIawxhurst and llarr-
SON of Lee Township. That If Matthew D.
woodward. plaintiff against the niae Fairfax
Rrothcrs. defendants. james NJ. Love for the
,rosrcu,ion VI. H. Wells Tor the defence
| After examining numerous witnesses the case
r.s submitted to the Justices. who dismissed
i at the cost of the plaintiff the cost was
Sl4 10. Quite crowd OF spectators were ID
attendance.
On Monday last Jim Bryant, John .)ohHso"
and Tom Bootright were tried and found gully
By Mayor Rxey, Of Warrcnton, Of stealing halt
a dozen silver table spoous from Col. Mosby,
fI;ny off the owners name. and offering them
far sale They were sentenced to pay Il inc OF
slO each and be imprisoned iu the county jail
for six mouths; and the first two 10 receive 81
Iashes and the third to receive ID lashcS.
The Richmoud CORES ponlcnt OF the Peters
burg Index writes Tile Statement; that Mr.
lanes Barbour will BIZ candidate for Cover
nnr i probably not true. Unfortunately Mr.
Barbour is ineligible to Office under our State
constitution. BY reason of having scnE c:;-
lenrc 10 Major James A. Walker, Of Madison
during the winter Of loTO-7l.
The Senate has passed DILL providing thar
after the expiration of Governor Walkers term
of Office, the Superintendent Of the Public
BUILDINGS Of the State shall be elected ~ the
General Assembly to serve Tor term OF
two years. This officer DOW receives this ap-
pointment at the hands Of the Governor.
The Manassas Gazette says :-"SlDcc our
last report, another case Of smallpox has proved
fatal, c,lorcd woman having died on Sunday
last. One new case made its appearance on
the Monday following, that Of coored child
about eighteen months old, which has been re-
moved out of town.
The Board of Public Instruction has sup
piled the vacancy created by the death Of Mr.
Jarvis Jennings, late superintendent OF schools
for Clarke county by the appointment OF Capt.
| VIM. n. Nelson, Il must acc0ml llshcd gentle
man, and one in every way well quaiihci for the
position.
The Fairfax News says "Ihe fox hunters
from the different parts Of the county brought
to the county clerk, during the past week. -
fox scaps, which is cash article IN this mark.
ct, at dollar apiece for the use Of the tax
payers.
The joint resolutions Of the joiut So cal com
mittcc on constitutional amendments proposing
amendments in relation TO county organization,
&C., have been amended III the Scuatc and
passed.
1t is stated that the survey Of the route for
the proposed Narrow Gauge Railroad from
Liberty to Rocky Mount, will he commenced
by engineers of the Atlantic, Mississippi aud
Ohio railroad, some day this week.
The residence OF Edmund Waddill, Of Charles
City county, was burned Friday about the mid
die of the day But little IF the furniture vas
saved There was no Insurance. Mr. Nad-
dill is the clerk OF the c)un;y.
The Charlottesville Chronicle confirms the
reported discovery Of a rich vein Of iron ore
near North Garden, Va, and says profitable
business is now carried On between tho owncrs
of ore and the iron manufactures III ;hc valley.
Ihe steamship Australian, Of tie Allan line,
has arrived at Norfolk. with &c passengers
% cabin, 6 intermediate, and 81 stee,age for
Virginia and Maryland, and a heavy freight
The Fircfy, at Norfolk, has on board a cargo
of frozen beef. The vessel was built especially
for the purpose Of Transporting this community
! to Havana.
Mrs. Johnston, mother Of United States
Senator John w. Johnston died at her resi-
dcnce in Abingdon, Oh Monday last. age about
seventy years.
The Piedmont Virgiuian warns 'trampins
printers to pass around Orange Cpur!hruse.
as all Migrants in the future will be arrested and
put in the chain-gang."
Rev. B. VI. Dance, one uf the most faithful
and useful minister Of the Iirrinia Methodist
Conference, died in Prince Edward un Saturday
| tt,n J, nj
Rev. James II. Christian, a distinguished
minister Of the Baptist Church, died a few
days ago, at his residence in Charles City coun-
ty, at the ripe old age 50 years.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says that
the merchants of that place arc receiving the
kanawha salt, put up III barrels, and that it is
a fire article Of salt.
J. II. Foster, late Of the Charlottesville
Chronicle, will soon start Democratic paper
in Charleston West Virginia. We wish him
much success.
On Monday cvcu;n, the 9th inst, the Ma
sonic Choir of Washington, d. G.. will givca
concert in Warrenton for the benefit OF Mount
Carmel Lodge Of that place.
A dispatch from Norfolk says 1.-THE frost
has killed all the early peas and cabbage plants,
and the truckers are replanting,
The free bridge across the James river, at
Richmond, Va, has been completed.
FREE SCHOOL FINANCES In Response to
resolution, Mr. W. Il. Ruffner, superintendent
of public instruction, has sent communication
to the State Senate setting forth the present
financial condition of the public free school
system of the State. He says that this conai-
ton is far from satisfactory The schootax Of
1870 yielded $435, So that OF 1871 only
1918, 42S- a decrease Of $ll9.77j4. The tax Of
1872, including balances received on account of
taxes Of former years. has yielded only Ssh, CD
decrease of $50, 1856 from the preceding year
aud Of $250,5lU from 1870. Last year the
system had an unexpended balance from 1871
OF $50 900 and over $3l, 900 from the literary
fund, which added to the tax yield Of ISL,
gave the system 1886 42S for its support against