Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-09

any one in the cars sleep |, Tor one. wished
that she had Kentucky switch, il it would
have had the effect to quiet the children.
Yours, &C., FIEGiNIAN.
New York Liberal Conventions.
ELMIRA, N. Y, Oct. S.-The State Liberal
Convention met to-day, one hundred and ltlrty-
two delegates being present, and was called to
order by Hon. John Cochranc, chairman Of the
State Committe, who delivered an address.
Col. +. Conkling, of New York. was chosen
chairman, and following his rema! ks on taking
| the chair, other officers were appointed, ani
State Committee, numbering the same as the
congressional districts was provided for. Pres
ton Sheldon, from the committee on resolutions,
reported series congratuIatlng the people Of
all the State upon the indications OF u grown2
disposition to demand return to official honesty
in all public positions; reafiirming the Clnclu-
natl plaform approving the action Of Congress
men who opposed the salary grab, and denounc-
ING those who did not; rcgrcItlng that the
| President should 50 disregard tue honor OF the
American name as to sanction tine measure:
charging the Republican party with originating
and passing it; demanding its repeal; tavorng
improved and cheap transportation; opposing
as unconstitutional federal interference with
| State affairs; placing the responsibility OF the
| financial panic aud consequent business prnstra-
ton to the credit Of the course of the natlnaaI
administration in patrouizing irresponsible fiscal
agents, induging tuvorll>m, aud abandoning
posts of duty for long periods; tavoring return
to specie basis, and the extension OF banking
privileges to all who can give perfect security
| for the prompt redemption OF the Circulation
they utter; anl appaudug the tribunal which
has ''vindicated the right OF local trial by jury,
and the freedom of the press against az attempt
to snatch away citizen to answer before Tor
eign court" The resolutions We're adopted.
LoUDoUN COUNTY ITEMS. = From the Leu
doun Mirror DO Monday next, the 18th OF
| October, first day or COMFY Court, the f"l-
lowing real estate will be offered at public sale
in front of the Court House in 1Ieesburg, viz;
The Brkitt Tavern property in the town OF
Hillsborough. Two tracts Of land 90 and 50
acres, near Philowont. Six hundred aud
twenty-five acres of land, belonging TO Thomas
EIlzey, near Gum Spring. \ small farm OF -
acres, near BoIingtoG, by Braden f.. Fox.
Seventy acres of land. pear Oa,lands, being
part Of the real estate lately owned by French
Simpson, Iced. 4 tract of 1875 acres, near
Aide, known as Stoke" \ Brick Store
House and Dselling in the town Of Ajdlc, ard
two tracts of land, containing respectively, no
and 60 acres-case Of Lacey vs. Swart. y
tract of 25O acres, u miles from Nj. Gilead
formerly belonging to the late David H.
Hughes.
The Executive Comuit,ee of the Louloun
Agricultural Society, are busily engaged in AZ
ranging for the approaching Fair. The grounds
are undergoing a thorough cleaning up, mum
Der of new stalls and covered stables are 10
course of erection, and everything necessary to
accommodate all articles brought for exhibition
and secure the comfort OF visitors, Is b'lrg a
tended TO-
On Monday last as Mr.. Wm f. Garrett was
driving into town, dead limb Tell firm Il tree.
and landing on the top of his carriage, broke
the bows, smashed the windows, and created
such clatter generally, thai the horses became
frightened and started to run. They were som
checked, howover, aud it waS aScertalned that
nobody was hurt.
County Court on Monday next. October 18Th.
One week later, Monday, October 2Uth the fail
term of the Circuit Court Judge Keith on the
Bench, will commence.
Capt Alfred Gasscock, of Faun,lcr. accom-
panied by his sstcr-in. law Miss \ ollie Fadclcy
of Leesburg, left here last week fora two
month 3 visit to friends in California.
The Old Frame House, on the corner Of Mar
ket and Liberty streets, adjoining the residence
of A. j. Bradfeld, was sod at public sale on
Monday, for 5000. }. Bradfied purchaser.
The Regular Fall Meeting Of the Chesapeake
Prcsbytery will be held in the Presbyterian
Church, Leesburg Va, beginning 90 Wedncs-
day, October Goth, 1873, at S clock pm.
| The entire amount ne' essary to scehre the
subscription of $1,000, made by the town Of
! leesburg to the preferred capital stock Of the
Leesburg and Aide Turnpike, has been made
up.
Col. Jas Fl. Burton, who for the past year
or two has been so.iournirg at Leeds, England,
last week returned with his family, ard is pow
domciled on his farm near Alddlcburs.
HAIL STORM The hail stcrm Of last Saur
day seems to bavc been even more destructive
than we had represented it. Its range extend
ed principally over the counties OF D,nwiddlc
and Prince George, and carried havoc aud ruin
in its track. A gentleman from Dinwiddie on
yesterday represents the tobacco crop in many
sections to have been totally destroyed, the
leaf having been stripped, as with skilled
| hand, from the stem.
The storm ragged with even more ficrcencss
in the neghborhood of Burleigh, in Prince
George county, Mr.. G. H. Marks lost several
acres of tobacco, and his corn was a total wreck.
| In the piticss fury Of the storm, ducks, chick
ems, and other fowls were destroyed, and the
cattle, driven to fury, broke wildly FROM their