The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-10
STATE NEWS.
Colonel O'Ferral has qualified as
judge of the county court of Rockingham.

One of the handsomest printed pa
pers in Virginia is the Piedmont Virginian
published at Orange Courthouse.
The deaf mutes of Staunton wer
given masked ball last week. They en-
joyed it in silence.
Rev. William M. Dame, rector of til,
, Episcopal church, at Middleburg, Virginia
has received call to take charge Of thu
Episcopal church at Norfolk.
The flood has damaged the james
River and Kanawha canal, between Lex
ington and Rope Ferry, to such an extern
that weeks will be required to repair the
damage.
| DIR. G. r. Gray gave bond in the
penalty of 100000 as treasurer elect Of
the county of Halifax, at Pittsylvanio
Courthouse on Tuesday, the 30th day Of
December.
The body of Howard 7. Payne, who
was drowned in the Potomac above
| Georgetown on Sunday before Christmas,
was recovered yesterday at noon. near the
| spot where he sunk.
| President Grant has pardoned Dick
| Hicks, of fredericksburg, who was sent
to Albany penitentiary for uttering coun.
terfeit money. He was sent for FIVE years
and has served about three.
ID. Shelley Lewis. esq.,, of Danville,
son Of Senator John F.. Lewis, has been
commissioned Assistant U. S. district at
torney for the Western district, il the place
of F. J. Bramhall, superseded.
The Valley railroad has purchased the
Asst property, at Staunton, for SIT 500.
AS the sum is so large, we presume the
property includes about half the city.
-Hn7fsonbwg Old Commonwealth.
Major John A. Hartman entered upon
the discharge of his duties as postmaster
at Staunton on the first day of this month.
He should have been P. nj. years ago.
"He's as good as they generally make
'em."
That wonder of the age, the mad
stone, has again been successfully used to
neutralize the effect of bite by mad
dog. Mr.. Joshua Clew, of Shenandoah
county, was recently saved from horrible
death by its use.
DR.. John r. Jones murdered colored
man yesterday, about three miles from
Hicksford, in Greensville county, by cut
ting his throat. The difficulty is said to
have grown out of dispute about divi-
sion of the crops.
"A man named w. Osborne, aged 60
years, former resident of Albany, New
York, was found Wednesday hanging by
the neck in the woods near the Aqueduct
bridge, above Georgetown. He bad evil
GENTLY hung himself.
In the great flood of 1870 the wife
and two children of Mr.. James M. Ran
som, well-known citizen Of Lynchburg,
were drowned near that city. His mind
became unsettled by the calamity, and last
week the authorities committed him to
Jail to be sent to the lunatic asylum at
Staunton.
The Gordonsville Gazette says: "Our
community was surprised and panied,
during Christmas week, at the failure of
Mr.. W. 7. Smith, one of our most worthy
and enterprising business men. From the
best information attainable by us we learn
that his liabilities amount to about $23, 900
and his assets to about $4,000 to $780,
OOO.n
John Fl. Order, butcher OF Stras-
burg, killed this season SO hogs, whose
average weights were 275 to 300 pounds.
AUOnS tIe largest were Auam helSter,
who leads the list, is one of 525 pounds
next, Robert Balthis, one Of 479a pounds
next, James Houck, one of 466 pounds
and next, Thomas j. Fitzcimmons, 400
pounds.
The authorities of Culpeper county are
making every effort to catch the colored
man, William Jones, the murderer of young
Dirkin. Constable Rxey has delivered to
J. S. Armstrong, deputy sheriff, six !colored
men charged with having murdered another
colored man eight miles south of the Court
heuse, on Saturday night last, by the name
of Henry Allen.
Rev. J. B. 7. Reed, of the. Episcopal
Church, denies the report that Lycurgus
Little. now in Jail at Winchester, has con.
fessed to his spiritual advisers that he
murdered his brother. Clinton Little, be-
cause he refused to divide $500 with him.
He says that although he had from first to
last visited the rooms of the two brothers,
from first to last neither of them were ever
conversed with upon the subject. Queer.