Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-08

The interest of G.. W. Hardwicke in the
Lynchburg Republican, was sold on Saturday.
under decree Of the Court. The interest dis
posed of was forty eight per ceot OF the prop
erty, and price paid was 81, $50. MIR. w. w.
Hardwicke wac the purchaser.
The Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad Com
pany have succeeded in settling with the second
mortgage bond holders, who recently adver-
tised the railroad for sale.
John K. Smith, of Purcellyille, and j. S.
Palmer, of Aide, have been appointed notaries
public for the county of Loudoun.
Mrs. Bigger, mother of Mr.. J. Bell Bigger,
clerk of the House of Delegates, died 10 Rich
mond Oh Saturday night.
Gov Kemper, it is said by the Dispatch,
disturbances the project of sending him to
Europe as commissioner of immigration.
A Richmond man has invented an autom attic
telegraph.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY ITEMs.-Ths
Board of Supervisors met at Brentsvlle on
Tuesday last. Joseph B. Reid and W. W.
Thornton, the committee, recommended that a
brick fue be built, and that new roof be put
upon the Jail and some others minor repairs
be made, estimating the cost at $l6l.75 which
recommendation was adopted, and the commit
tee instructed to make a contract with the
jailor, A. F. woodward to do the work. The
Board made 40 order to have the court. house
and Jail insured, and requested the judge Of
the county court to insure them in the sum Of
SIS, 1000. The Board elected Dr. B. F. Iden
physician to attend the poor at the poor's
L., Tho OF q If coz
Tie tow nship school tax was levied as follows:
Gainesville cents ou'the s10Gworth Of prop
erty, Manassas the same, Breutsvie the same,
Coles the same, and Dumfries and Occoquau
10 cents on the 500 worth Of property. Maj.
Thornton urged the Board to make levy of
10 cents on the 500, stating the County Board
unanimously recommended it, but the super
visors from Gainesville, Manassas, Brentsvle
and Coles declined to ask for more than cts.
It was ordered by the Board that the game
law be adopted and put IN force.
The wheels of the old -four mill at Occoquan
have again commenced their pleasant catler.
The hauling Of wood and hoop. poles is every
where carried on with energy, and the steam
boats whistle joyously after being frozen up for
such length of time. The channel of this
stream will be very much improved by next
summer. Since the last Of December the
stream dredge of Mcssrs Dodge l. Bro has
been at w(rk on the large sand bank between
the railroad bridge and the Potomac. The
opening of a passage across the bar has been
shown by experience to be of little value, and
the present one is made the entire length of
the obstruction, as the bank lies with the river.
Five thousand dollars will be amply sufficient
to secure safe and lasting passage over the bar.
The Jail of this coucty now contains Jesse
Fouks, colored. the condemned murderer Of
the Herndon family, who is to- be hung the
18th of this month; Ed. Stewart colored,
charged with attempting to fire the barn of
MIR. VIM. H. Dosan; and Dr.. q. Crump, who
is cop6ued there awaiting to be received into
an insane asylum. Fouks complains of being
in bad health, and constantly prays, but said
on Tuesday last that he did not feel that his
sins we're yet forgiven him." But few persons
visit him, and he has as yet no spiritual ad-
wiser, though one or two ministers have had
conversations With him. Ed. Stewart is con-
fined in the cell with him, but they converse
very little with each other, neither being in.
clined to talk much. The unfortunate man
seems fully TO realize his position, and is no
doubt fully resigned TO his fate and is doubt
less trying the best be knows how to prepare
himself for the fatal day. The cof6u for bis
burial, plain, poplar one, Is already made.
A blind ~ man registered at the Exchange
Hotel, in this place, on Sunday last and orea-
ted such sympathy by his pathetic story that
the proprietor of the hotel, Mr.. Cannon, was
induced to take up collection among the
boarders and other persons at the hotel for
him. He went to bed on Sunday night with
the understanding that he was to be aroused
to take the two clock train Le1t morning
south, which he did, The room in which he
slept was found next morning to be robbed of
all the toilet articles, and the tassles Of the
window shades had even been taken. The
sheets of the bed had been torn to pieces and
carried off, The fellow registered his name as
G. G. Collins, and said be was just returning
from Massachusetts, where he bad been en-
gagged in teaching school, and had gone blind a
short time ago. and was trying to get back
home to South Carolina, where be originally
Major W. ". Thornton on Tuesday last
qualified as administrator on the estate OF the
late Misses Hammett and Miss Kincheloe and
will proceed at once to settle up aaid estate.
The real and personal property will be divided
between the heirs of the estate, inherited by
the surviving sister, Miss kincheloe, and the
Cagetts.
We learn through a New York paper that
Judge Fullerton, Of that city, and who is Til
tons leading counsel against Beeeber, has pur-
chased fifteen thousand dollar bull for bis
farm in Fairfax county. 1t may be that the
judge has learned, since he has been iu the
Beecher trial. that high price stock is the best.
The freezing up of the numerous streams
throughout Prince William, and the conse-
quent obstruction to travel during the past
wioter, proves how sadly We are 10 need Of
bridges Frequently persons have been com-
PEELED to travel seven or eight miles out of
their way over almost impossible roads in con-
sequence of high water, or ice, or boh.-