Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-04-09

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LouDoUS COUNTY ITEMS. : The following
p,rsuu> were on Easter Monday elected Ec>try-
Matthew Harrison. j. ". Whitman. {. I.
Il,mpsronc, Juo Huffman, ". B Lynch, Il.
q. C,agctt, John Gray, A. T. NJ Rust. }. /.
FanutL Roy, Powell Harrison. j. W. Foster,
and f. NJ lieEd>r>on--a til" OLD leSrymcn.
The friends f he w 4 O Railroad are re-
quc>, ed to meet Lewis Mckenzie, President oi
The Road, at Round Hill Oh Saturday, The l>th
AZ :, o clock. =. w., for the purpose of taking
ac'lvc measures for li> Immediate exclusion to
that place,
Mr. John Njc"warner, the oldest man "hc-
twDcp the Hills, reached his Seth year 90
Sunday week On Monlay he was taken sick
his children wished 10 send tor doctor. lie
said 40, my lluc is come and | am ready,
and Tuesday he died
The Choras, coiorcd troupe from Alex
andria gave entertainments III vocal music at
the cJorcd VI. + Church, 10 Lecsburg, 90
Monday aud Tuesday evenings. They sing
well. and their entertainments were well worth
INC pic. Of admission.
The railroad company have under way, and
will complete withIn The next lcu days Il sub
Stantia freight depot at PurcellviIic GtX2o feet
on The south side OF the road, and a. soon as
that is flushed they will Tut up convenient
passenger depot on the opposite side OF tie
road.
\ few mornings ago, two dogs got into a fl ck
OF sheep tciong'ng ~ Mr. Henry llcatuu, On
his farm near oudgrDvr. aud k He'd fourteen
They were caught iu the act pursued bya cou
pie nt nelghbor>, and shot
April term of the County Court Of L,udonn
r ID ! =. - l. L. l,.
on which day large amount OF valuable Lou
doun lanI will be ,ttcrcd at public sale.
The first load Of grain shipped from Purcell
vile depot last week, Was consigned TO Wash
ingtYn & Bro, Of Alexandria. =. Lou,IOun MR.
A RAILROAD ARRANGEMENT NOT CoMPIEr-
ED. = lac published reports that the Baltimore
ami OHIO and Baltimore and Potomac railroads
have come TO an understanding by which the
former road will be allow d TO run through
trains (oJcr thu p.W. and b between tnIs cIy
and New York iu consideration of the former
giving up the I:asc of the Washington City aud
Z i'm Look IL road from BiaIeusbu = to Al X
andria, are premature Negotiations have oceD
going Oh for some weeks, and in connccOu
with the thrvugh-train sui ct the running Of
some of the southern crunecling road, Is ocln2
considered - WASH Star
There is no difficulty, and never has been
abou! the Baltimore and Ohio running through
trains over the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltulprc road 1t is with regard 10 pas>cn
c.r> over the New Jersey roads, controlled by
the Pennsylvania road, that there has been any
difficulty Its understood that the arrange
mens Tor settlement hang now upon some
matters of miuor detail II u!t. Sun.
TIE COMING CROPS AT present predictions
Of the most favorable character concerning the
growing crops pour in from Maine to l.au-
i>laua, aud from the strawberry patches Of New
Jersey 70 the prodigious wheat plantations OF
CallfJroia. Never did crops OF ali kinds pro-
mise such generous returns as in these early
April days. Winter wheat i doing splcndItly
The soil is IN prime order for generous yields OF
Irdiau corn and potatoes, aud peach and APP
pie trees are thickly studded With buds Wei
come is this cheering intelligence, and well
and fair it is to bear in mind the god news
when by and by, there will come to hand do.
IorouS accounts IF short crops OF everything
Such gloomy news is always promulgated, by
singular coincidence just before the products
of fields and orchards are ready for the mark
cts Perhaps 1874 may prove an exception to
the rule. judging from advices now at hand |
it certainly ought 10 d. 80: LmchJurg Ae~s