Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-24
= T ~ ANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

PEACH AND APPLE BRANDY DlSTILLATToN.
There are twelve or fifteen dlstlng establish
mepts 10 Spotsylvanla used 10 larger or less.
er degree each Year Tor 'ilsilng thc lcacll ana
ample crops. This year not one OF these dis
tllIeries has been IN operation, III co.'s 4uchce
Of the failure of the crops that hcrct.'!Hc >us
tanned them. Probably this is the fist tune
within the last fifty years When not single
gallon of peach or apple brandy was distilled
10 SpotsyIvauia Last year there were eight IN
operation in his county. There are ten or
twelve Of like distilleries 10 Stafford. I'm,
year only two are in operation, those OF " III.
Combs aud Wu. Hciudon. Some o! the farm,
ers who had small quantities OF fruit sent Il 10
these gentlemen rather than go to the cxprnSe
of getting their own machinery in working
order. fredericksburg Herald.
THE TUNBLER THROWING AT KING Will
LIAM 1t will be recOllcvted that al the pubic
speaking between MrssrS. Douglas aud Scucr
al King William {. H., Oh O:ober tnun'y
Court day, there was u new role Ut battle door
PLAYED, where the shutlnc0ck used Was pair
of .umblers that did service instead Ut the rr-
binary ball. We learn from the West PUNT
Star tina, the Graud jury Of King William
took more serious view IF the by play, that
Was not on the bills, than might have been ex-
pected, and found true bills OF indictment
against B. B. Douglas aud /. Foster for dis,
turbipy the peace, and also against liaustOrd
Anderson for carrying concealed weapons.
Anderson we understood. was Mr.. Sonrr' 5
freud on the occasion. = redericksbrrg Her.
WoULD-BE MURDEaERs We learn through
reliable source that after the negro Elliott
Braxton had delivered his speech at Stevens
vile, 10 King aud Queen county, ito which
Major Douglas referred in his speech at King
William G. H., he, in company with eight or
niue other negroes, vas travelling along the
road late in the evening, when they met Mr..
Robert Pollard, whom they mstOok for VI 'Jor
Douglas, and catching hold of the wheels OF
MIR. P.'s sulky, said "Hcrc's that Id raS-
cal, Douglas, now; let's kill him" Fortunately
for MIR. Pollard, one Of the negroes recognized
him before any violence was done to his per
sou, aud he was allowed to proceed. We hope
these offenders may be vigorously dealt WIKI.
- Vest Point Star.
A BIG WILL CASE For the last two weeks
| Judge Barton has been trying will case in The
Circuit Court of Hanover, III which $50 600
worth If property was involved. Waller Car
| penter, who died in July, btqucathed all his
property to his wife. The VIII being offered
for probate it was contested by Carpenters own
! father, who alleged that his son Was Of unsound
mind, aud that undue influences had been used
| to procure the making Ut the will. On Satur-
day morning the jury rendered verdict II:
which they found the trsator competent, aud
that no undue influence had been used over hun.
Hon ALEXANDER II STEPHENS who ar
rived iu Washington on Friday last, called at
! the White House Saturday to see the Prcsl-
dent, who received him with great cordl4llty,
and expressed his pleasure at seeing Mr.. 5.
back again ia Washington in better health than
when he lett last Spring. The conversation
between the two was OF some duration, aud was
both on political aud personal matters. Mr..
Stephens has been called on by many Of his
personal and political friends, who have found
him in excellent spirits, and both ab le and
willing to converse 90 the topics OF the day.