The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-04
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Now IS THE TINE to graft fruit trees
and plant out all sorts of trees.
JAILOR CUMMINGS escorted Horace
Venable tc the penitentiary this morn
ing.
DR.. j. b. JETER, of this city, lectures
in Fredericksburg on Friday and Saturday
nights.
THE "UNITED STATES BONDS" issued
by Rev. DR.. Handy, are having an ex-
tended circulation.
JOHNSTON, No. 9l8 Main street, has
splendid reading of all sorts, /" from grave
to gay, from lively to severe"
THERE is A CRY from the Hebrew
children" of this vicinage for Governor
Nance's lecture on the " scattered peo-
ple."
THE board of health report is deaths in
the city for the week ending February %,
1874. Of this number u were white and
6 colored.
The ALEXANDRIA SENTINEL records
a fight on Vinegar Hill, aud has been pub
fishing a thrilling story entitled 1.-THE
Busted Spigot."
ANCIENT DISCIPLES OF lack Wall
TON are repairing their lines and preparing
to tackle the tinny tribe with the capable
assistance of Sam Sutherland, esq.
THE WIND has crooked the weather
vane of the Valley Episcopal church. Of
which Rev. Dir. Tucker is pastor. 1t was
resolved to strike hight it lost its Ratchet.
1.-THE VEsTRy Book OF ST. JOINS
CHURCH." edited by Mr.. r. A. Brock, of
this city, and published at the expense of
Thomas Fl. Wynne, esq, has Just been is
sued.
RAILROAD CONDUCTORS are the only
persons who can run on time" and not
get used up. Their obligations of duty
require them to wrestle with old Tempus
in that way.
REV. LEoNIDAs ROssER, Of Rich
mond, is evangelizing in Staunton, This
gifted divine processes a peculiar adapta-
bility for a%ugmenting the roll Of Methodist
Church membership.
VICTOR's MILL, a famous locality in
Adams valley in ancient times. has been
converted into a wood yard. The ancient
miller who formerly vegetated there ceased
to take toll years ago. .......
BUTTER IS VERY SCARCE and high,
and some of it devilish strong in smell as
well as price. In the country there is very
little grass as yet, and about three.fourths
of the cows have gone dry.
The ACTION OF MARCH has so far
been spring-like, if not mild and bland.
There was about enough rain to-day to
start q small spring, even if the revolving
seasons had not landed one at our doors.
THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI
and the hustings court OF Richmond are
widely diverged in practice. The judges Of
the former drew knives on each other, aud
tthe judge of the latter draws iuries on
prisoners.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL-
ROAD is now doing a very considerable
business in the transportation hither of
West Virginia splint and camel coal. 1t is
shipped North from the company's Rock
etts wharf. ...
A VISIBLE TREMOR passed through the
frames of able-bodied citizens this morning
when they perused the account of the
graduation and starting forth of the seven
teen death-darts from the Virginia Medical
college last night.
THE STAUNToN SPECTATOR has an
article headed Charles Dickens on the
Negro.' We should pity any of our col
ored friends who might happen to be thus
afflicted with Charles in the condition he
must be in by this time.
THE I is about to erect q steam
pump or the banks Of the canal, in Hol-
lywood cemetery, opposite the pump
house. 1t will be used when the water in
the river is very high or very low, and
when the ice pumps there cannot be used
advantageously.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
has recently introduced to the acquaint-
ance of the general public a new ten cent
note about the size Of a fifty cent note.
Yesterday morning o tradesman in the
Second Market gave five cents worth Of
apples and forty-liye cents in change for
one of these new ten cent notes. Moral
Tradesmen should know "'tother from
which," ...
ACOLOERD COUPLE, who have lived to-
gether about twenty-five years, repaired to
the high constable's office this morning to
settle a family dispute by the interposition
of the eminent functionary referred to.
The principal point of difference appeared
to centre on the possession of the
joint stock of wearing toggery. The
The male party declared he was willing to
leave but "he warn'tgoing to be stript )"
and he added parenthetically, II want an
express warrant to get them clothes, and
I'll get a protective to execute it," and he
exuded, apparently filled with that inten-
ton.