National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-02
VIRGINIA NEWS

'n;p.e.or 8 SsS for he slRy q a 1isstadris.
sroxsS Z I'd .osssy s,s no. ssysa
county, burned down sat-hoase., involving : loss
Robert II. Jones, jr., is mentioned most favor.
E1,y r. SSnnscs,on with the vacant judgeship Of
The plate and bar mill and nail factory on Belle
Isle, near Richmond, are At work. The puddler1
are still on strike.
David H.bbe.d. .gsd sighsy.tws, : Virginia
L., on the 10th ultimo. -
william n. Mcdonald, clerk Of Bath county
court, and . most esttmabID citizen, died frol
paralysis sfew days since.
On the 18th ultimo Q man by the name Of Geo
CSllsghan was killed In Whitterock Gap, Rich
Patch, BY an unknown party.
The Governor has refused to pardon Michael
Ws'ts,s ::atsnssd to the IN Tazs
state report ihsi The 1Ssa. & looking Better d
this season than it has for many years.
Colonel Alexander Austin, veteran Of the war
bell county, aged eighty eight years.
The Conservatives 10 Virginia are beginning to
lay pipe for the defeat Of all Republican Senators
and representatives at the next election.
death 1t LynehburG IS exciting 30 much interest,
Taylor. - :.
The F!ne.stls Herald say. it has the authority
that offers intestine upper Catsvba, destroying
the fish therein.
Speaker Hanger has issued his writ for an slee-
~ o9 g % held 70 Gresnsvils county on the nth
BUSTING Of Peter K. Jones.
Chief Engineer H. d. whitcomb and Superin-
tendent 4: u: Ferry, Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
,s.1 nsvc s pen rsappontsd to the positions
The Govsrnor has removed the political dIsa-
Utilities Of A. B. Richardson, Of Grayson, who WAS
:s1t to 9th, The ,Psnitsatasy in l' for obtaining
The Lynchburg and Danville railroad has been
completed 70 within eight miles Of Pittsylvanis
Court House, and will In few weeks carry pas
sengers BY special train to that point.
a personal rencontre has occurred at Culpeper
betwsen 2. \. Priddie, justice Of the peace. and
Mr.. Stofer, the editor Of the Observer, which re-
s Sa.S ~ IN the sSl%sr being badly injured in the
The Salem Reqister has Information that peti-
lions are in circulation In all parts OF Roanoke
county, and getting dgners, asking Judge Board
not to grant License to any one In the county to
Mrs, Jones, Of Hanover county, who was 20
badly beaten By her husband about . week ago,
q 10 o ne q mr. !nss e
vii probably be sent 10 the Western iunssic
A meeting Of the citissns Of the vicinity Of Rock
voii0y IN noCAiuBuoo COuuty, vIf8lul4, QeI0 on
the nth instant, adopted . resolution protesting
against the present bankrupt law As "a blighting,
whitening curse to the industry and finances Of the
country, /" and asking Its repeal.
Al sale at Gordonsville, . few days since, the
following articles were disposed Of A bedstead
which once belongedto Marie Antoinette; . chair
once once the properly Of General WASHINGTON;
eral articles formerly owned by President Mad.
ison.
The flooring Of the gin-room belonging to Mr.
J. N. Williams, and attached to his corn mill in
Petersburg, broke through with about q 900 pounds
Of the seed and unginned cotton. The room being
over the river, about 800 pounds Of
the seed and bale Of cotton was precipitAted
into the water and decorated the river all the way
to City Point. About 100 pounds Of the seed was
recovered.
= Capt, Thornton Trplett, . prominent citizen Of
Lynchburg, was found lying insensible on the
street, about O'Clock on the morning Of the 27th
coatless and with his pockets turned inside OUT,
evidently the victim OF highway robbery. He
was kindly cared for, but remained unconscious
until O'Clock Of the same day, when he died.
Captain Triplett was.principai Of onc.of the male
primary schools in Lynchburg.