Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-09-20
letter from Louisa County.
! CORES po0deuce ct the Alexandria Gazette, |
LOUISA, Va, September Is, 1875
NARROW ESCAPE

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LOUISA, VA, September Is, 1875.
MARROW ESCAPE.
A gentleman in this county had narrow
escape from death, while he was riding GEAR
the gold mine below mere. The gentleman
rode % an old shaft, which was covered over
with rotten plauk-, when his mule broke through.
A log was fortunately across this shaft, which
was $50 feet deep. The gentleman seeing that
the mule was going down jumped on the
plank the other side OF the log. He too, as
we'll as the mule, commenced descending, SO
the man caught the mule round the neck aud
held on with all his might. The log between
them held them up. The mule being the
heaviest drew the man on top he log and down
be went leaving the man on the log The
gentleman thus narrowly escaped death. He
had no idea the shaft was 25O feet 10 depth
Would person suppose that when some men
went down IN the shaft they would fud
the mule alive? They did 6ud the animal
alive and ne had no. received the slightest in-
jury
ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF.
A mao, not long since. was put off the east
ward bound mail train as it stopped here The
moment he was put on the track he tried to
split his head open 90 the irons and stills. He
bumped his head uatil he seemed exhausted
and then he lay apparently dead. B.lDg moved
to cool place he attempted second time to
kill hlnSelf by splitting open his head. Soon
after the cars Left, Captain Elliot (when the
train reached Fredercks Hail, this county,
sent a dispatch to B. I. rrice, esq, SAYING
that he wanted this man taken care of, etc.
Everything was done for him that was neces-
sary. lie said he had a Suustroke while in
Alexandria, Va, aud that he had been suffer
ing Intensely. He asked to be killed He said
God would reward any one If they would do so.
~! Tod please end my misclles.' he cried.
Moucy Was gotten for him and nc was sent TO
Rchm md, Va, where he was again attacked
With cOuruSlou. This nan seemed TO be in
severe agony.
At the convention which was held 10 the
court house building BY the Conservatives, las,
Saturday, September llth, Messrs. Horace B.
BIB and r. f. Muss we're nominated as eau.
dldates Tor the next House Of Delegates.
Z. L. B.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS IN FAIRFAX.-
The following transfers vi real estate 10 Fair
tax for the week Guiding on the 10Th are re.
ported in the Farmer aud News: w. w. e.
zey's executor to Mary R Butt tract Of land
near SaDgster's y Roads, Of - acres, for
S516. Mary R. Butt to Samuel Butt, as trus.
tee tor Mrs. E1z.betb Young, wife Of Edward
l.. Young, OF W Washington, D. G., a tract of So
acres, Tor 1888. Martha, Hannah, and Sarah
McPhersou to David Walton a part of Wood.
lawn, OF II S9-lO0 acres, near Accotink, for
$4,000. John ) t'wer. esq, assignee in bank
ruptcy OF Sandfori Payne, to Julia f. Ford
lot 10 Fairfax Court House, for sl05. James
H.. McCarty 4 Co. TO William p Graham,
esq a house and lot In West End, for So.
500 Junius r. McCarty to Dlue! Villain
son tract of IS acres part of ''Whitemarsb,"
tor $3.50 Peter Howard to Samuel C.
Raub, Of Washington, d. c., a house add
lot at Annandae, for $500. Curtis j. Gilbert
to Ihos. A. King, tract Of l65 acres, near
Herndoo, for sl,400 Wilson Thoupsou to
Geo. VI. Cannon. Interest in bis grandfather
Lloyd kldwe!D estate, for $50 George NJ. |
Cannon to Matilda ". Deuson, a lot 10 Vienna
for s65.
BIG DIAMOND. Here is the biggest diamond
story out. We copy it from the Richmond
Journal. The Queens Koh-i-noor will nave
10 hide its diminished bead:
"A gentleman, long 10 trade on the canal |
tell Us that he has oeen informed by reliable |
parties, that resident of Pudding Hill, nine
teen miles below lIyuchburg, had picked up at
that place bright stone which he and every
body else who has seen it, believes 10 be dia-
nond OF aim st incalculable value It weighs
over pound, and is as large. one way as
goose egg. 1t is said that the finder has been
offered sl2 900 for it, but if a diamond it must
De worth about ten times that amount"
Keturas Of the late election 10 New Mexico
indicate that S. B. E'kns has been elected
Delegate TO Congress by about fifteen hundred
majority.
A foroe OF 1--WE hundred aud sixty eight cav