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

STATE NEWS.

| Judge BOND, united states clTcul
judge for the Carolinas, Virginias, ant
MARYLAND, is at Congress Hall, Cape May
| The Hon. Richard Coke, formerly o
Virginia, is mentioned as the probable
Democratic candidate for governor o
| Texas.
Hon. John Critcher has been appointed
state senator in the Twenty-ninth district
vice Meriweather Lewis, whose time has
expired.
The young bloods of Frederick and
Rockingham counties have had chavaIrous
tilts and conferred crowns on various
queens of love and beauty.
Colonel Robert w. Carter, of Pitt
sylvania county, who resided some twelve
miles from Danville, on the road leading
to the Courthouse, died suddenly last
Thursday, at Mount Pleasant church.,
The work upon the Martinsburg and
Potomac railroad is being pushed forward
rapidly, and it is confidently expected that
the road will be opened for travel by the
LIST of September next.
-Wm. A. Pattie, the present postmas-
ter at Warrenton, has been appointed a
special agent of the postoffice department
at 81 600 per annum, and SO per day.
Mr.. Pattie has been succeeded in the post
office at Warenton by Otho H. Pattie.
The trial of Christopher Craft, for the
murder of DR.. William Jeffries, in Febru-
ary last, which was commenced in the
hustings court of Danville, on Monday,
Judge Flournoy presiding, resulted in
verdict of murder in the first degree, on
Tuesday
The engineers are actively at work
locating the Narrow Gauge road through
the western part Of Augusta county. The
route will run along by the paper mill near
Mt. Solon, and enter North river zap, at
Mr.. Shaver's.
e. II. Green, living near Bristoe sta
tion, has just shipped from near Elmira,
New York, several packages of leaf to.
bacco, raised in that state by him which
he designs selling in our Virginia market,
the price. being higher here than there.
Rev. VIM. G. Cross, formerly of the
Virginia conference, but more recently of
the Baltimore conference, fell dead on
Tuesday at the house of friend in Lynch
burg. Mr.. Cross was well known through
out the state.
"A young man, named Richardson, and
horse, which it is supposed he was riding
at the time Of the sad occurrence, were
found dead in the public road close to the
residence of Mr.. N. b. Farmer, near Lau-
rel Grove, in PittsyWania county, evidently
killed by lightning.
"A man named Wilcox, assistant of
Colonel George 4. Egbert, United States
deputy marshal, was killed in Scott county
yesterday by George A. Vimgerd, who had
surrendered himself, but was rescued in an
engagement. of eight men against three
officers.
"A little son Of N. M. Hoffman, living
on the river near Edinburg, Shenandoah
county, was drowned on Sunday last. The
little fellow was first missed by his mother,
who, becoming uneasy about him, tracked
him to the river and saw him floating in the
water. She waded out to him and sue
ceeded in getting him to the bank but life
was extinct.
The Petersburg Appeal in an excel
lent article, says: 'After q number Of
years of experience, we have come to the
solemn conclusion that the editor and the
printer in Virginia, while they are the
drudges, the hardest worked and most self
sacrificing class of society-when they try
to do their duty-are the least appreciated,
the most, imposed upon, and the worst
paid of any other.o
Perry Zirkle, living near Newmarket,
Shenandoah county, has been using an old
bombshell as post rammer, and had bro
ken the handle. The shell had been used
for rammer for four years and constantly
exposed to the weather. He put it in q
fire to burn out the handle and it explo-
ded, a fragment striking Mr.. Zirkle on the
arm and shattering the bone very badly.
DR.. @. Q. Henkle was sent for, and DR..
A. S. Miller being at hand accompanied
him, and they found it necessary to ampu-
tate the arm near the shoulder.
On Tuesday evening, the 10Th ultimo,
Leila, daughter Of Mr.. William Shackel-
ford, of Saluda, Middlesex county, about
twelve or thirteen years of age, whilst
drawing a bucket OF water, lost her balance
and fell head foremost in the well, and de-
scended to the bottom, the well being some
fifty feet deep. The child was not drowned
nor instantly killed by the fall. but her in
juries are such that but little hopes are en-
tertained of her recovery Gloucester Her.
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