Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-17

. AHEAD OF 'OLD PROBABILITIES. '-Un the
farm Of Hon. Daniel F. Slaughter, about seven
miles southeast of this place, and at the base Ut
Cedar Mounton, is spring or run OF water
which, to all appearances, never alters IN guam
tlty, either In wet or dry weather. The water
is perfectly soft and considered the best in that
region.
Now, the phenomenon Invariably before
northeast storm this spring becomes tusb.d.
This muddlnesj commences about twenty-tour
hours before the storm, and continues from
four to ten hours according to the power OF
the storm which is comiug This invariably
takes place previous to northeast storm and
at no other time Previous to a moderate
storm, however, this muldlness of the water
does not continue more than two hours, aud
then runs clear again. There can be DO posi-
bic error IN this statement, as we have often
been assured by MIR. Nathaniel Wager, a most
! obscrvaut and Intelligent gentleman The wat
er Is DOW conducted III aqueducts and the
spring Is covered, SO that no possible external!
cause could produce this effect. We have now
stated facts as they are. The respectable aged
people who have used the waters OF this spring
for more than forty years tell Us that they can
predict northeast storm as certainly as they
can the rising and setting OF the sun, and that
when the weather is perfectly mild aud the
wind in the south or west without perceptlble
sign OF any storm at hand, still, if the spring be-
comcs muddy, they are perfectly sure that a
northeast storm will commence within twenty
four hours The spring is situated at the north
foot of small bill, which is the most northerly
of that range Of hills where waters feed the
Rapidan. This bill appears to be composed OF
| clay and schist, aud the spring pours out lts
water near its north loot and about ten rods
above the plauc, where limestone region COM
meuces. Culpeper Observer.
4 Man Runs AWAY WITH His MOTHER IN
LAW. The Norfolk Landmark of last Tuesday
cuusained the following paragraph;
'One OF the most remarkable elopemcnts ever
recorded occurred in Portsmouth Oh Monday.
\ young man. whose wife died several months
ago, ran off with his mothcr-ln-aw to parts IN
known. She took with her considerable sum
of moDy belonging TO her husband. Through
respect to the feelings of the disconsoate hus-
band we suppress the names.
On Saturday morning, Detective Knox ar,
rested at the Virginia House, man and wo.
man, charged with being fugitivcs from justice,
and supposed to be the party alluded to III the
above paragraph: The man gave the name of
! Henry Yore, aud the woman that Of Sarah
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woman &c. They lett Portsmouth Oh Monday
night last 10 a private conveyance, and arriving
in Norfolk took the train for Richmond. Arriv-
ing in Richmond they procured quarters at the
Virginia House, where they remained till to-
day, when they were arrested by Detective
knox.
Ofcourse they have their little story to tell
the troubles they have encountered and the
wrongs they have endured. Yore says his faith
er-iua treated the motherin-law 10 the most
shameful manner, aud he determined TO rescue
her from tuther wrong, and accordingly he
brought her to Richmond, where he thought
she would be happy and coDtented.
The parties also brought with them a small
Child apparently about five years OF age. They
we're carried to the First Police station, where
they will remain until Monday morning, when
they will have hearing before Justice White.
--Rtcln,ond Neaos Of Saturday.
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