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jos. Pearman, Petersburg saddler eammit-
ted suicide.
A camp-meotiug at Clifton. Fairfax Co. be-
gins to-day.
Tie Light Guards Of Washington will visit
Winchester during Fair week.
A daughter of Mr.. VIM Horton Of Jones'
vile has eloped with Sir. Alex. Muncy.
A grand fancy aud mask ball came eff at
Jordau's White Sulphur Springs, last Thurs
day evening
S. A. Hawkins, Of Big Island, Bedford Co,
is on trial for assaul,iug Miss Leah A. Tan
uer, Of Waugh's Ferry.
Rev. Edward Lewis, Of Charlottesville, has
accepted call to the pastorate Of the Baptist
Church, Winchester.
Rev. DR.. r. II. McKim of Christ Church,
! Alexandria, is called TO the Holy Trinity
Church, Harlem, New York.
Mr.. John Lynn Of Winchester has lost a
sum of $3.50. The last he saw Of it was in
his bureau drawer.
Marian Rigaud, aged 10 years, was killed
in the Tredegar works, Richmond, last week,
by being run over by a coal car.
The Albemarle Baptist Association meets in
the Baptist Church. Staunton, on next Thurs
day 100 delegates viii be present.
Rev. F. N. Maury has resigned his charge
at Mddleburg, Loudoun county, and severed
all connection with the Episcopal Church.
lie will explain soon.
Dir. J Il. Leckey, of the Staunton High
School with three Of lis pupils, John Hardy,
and Eddie, and John Hopkins have started on
a pedestrian tour in West Virginia.
Manly Perry, Fairfax pump maker was
literally chopped to pieces by man, Williams,
employed under him. Strange to say, the
! Manassas Gazette thinks he will get we'll!
| A Richmond music dealer announces that
he will receive Confederate money in payment
Tor goods, aud only few days ago he sold a
piece Of sheet music to Il lady customer for
- ,Gl2 in that currency.
United States Senator Robertson, Of South
Carolina, is at the Warm Springs with bis
family. iucludiuga son who has becnat George
town College. Monday was the young man S
DIST birthday, and on raising his plate at
breakfast he found q check from his Gthe- for
$4,000
a new secret society known as the 20 Hay
makers Degree, or the Sublime Masters of the
Oriental Secret, and I.Iustrious CJmplnions Of
the Order Of Humility has been organized
in Virginia. TIE namo smells of hayseed
but the founders announce that .hey have no
connection with the Changers.
A steam threShiug machine was working at
full speed on the farm of Mr. Jacob Iost, near
the village of Port Republic, in Rockingham.
The water in tue boiler had got too low, and
Il exploded, killing Jacob Pirkie, the engineer,
and Manuel Dover, the feeder. Pirkie hailed
from McGaaeysvile
VIM. II. Alderiice. general assignee Of the
bankrupt court, at Richmond, Va, is alleged
10 be some SO 900 short IN his accounts, sup
posed to have been produced by speculltions
in real estate. Alaerdice. who is absent from
Richmond. is a Northern man, but was held
in high esteem, and at Ole time held the posi-
ton Of city auditor.
The late State Treasurer, Col. Joseph Mayo
who was sent 70 an insane asylum over a year
ago while under arrest charged with embet-
element of State funds, has been discharged
by the authorities Of the asylum. lie desires
au immediate Investigation and has requested
the police justice at Richmond u name the
day for his appearance il court.
Mr. Chns. E. Hosc, Of the firm Of Mason &
Hoge, railroad contractors in kentucky, has
returned to his home 10 Stauntou, having been
thrown from buggy few days since, out at
the works, and his collar bone was broken aud
his leg injured lie is rapidly recovering from
his INJURIES.
\ meeting Of x-Confclorates and other cti-
zens Of Richmond took place at the opera
house in that city one night last week, to do
honor TO the memory Of the late Gen. Geo. Z.
Pickett. Governor kemper presided and de-
livcred an eulogjstic address Suitable reso-
lutions were adopted and a committee appoint
ed-consisting of Gems. Heth, Imboden, Maury
and Moore. aud Col L. Balll-to arrange for
receiving the honorei remains on their arrival
in Richmond in the Fall.
PASTOR ELrCTED.-At meeting Of tlC
Vcstry Of the Episcopal Church Of Shepherds
town, on Monday week, Rev. T. N. Maury, Of
Loudoun county, Va, son-in-nw Of tho late
DR.. Andrews, was elected Pastor OF that
urch.-ShepderdSto5c0 Register.
We understand that Rev. T. N. Maury, al-
luded TO above, on Saturday of last week re-
sigued his charge At Middleburg, and declined
even to oiliciate on Sunday. His resignation
is not merely a severance Of his pastoral re-
atious with the Middle5urg Parish but is a
complete and final withdrawal from the Epis-
copal Church. His reasons for this action, we
learn, will be shortly set foIth in letter to the
Bishop.-LeesbIrg lroT.
MoRrUARY: Mrs. Susan Morgan Of Lynch
burg died last week aged 90 years.-Rev John
Nen of the TINKER Sect died at Mt. Jackson
aged C0.-Col Richard Bland Lee. a cousin Of
Gen r. E. Lee, died in Alexandria on the 81
aged 79-Col Geo ". Boiling, an old time
politician of Petersburg and latber-in-aw Of
Mai Gen w. H. f. Lee, is dead tx coun-
Gilman Seth Woodruff, Of Lyuchburg--a
sworn old bachelcr-died last week aged To-
Nichols McGinuiss, formerly OF Richmond
county died in Washington city last Sunday
aged %. His remains were taken to West
morcland for burial-Emma, a 5-year old
daughter Of J. NJ Daniels, Esq, Of Lynch
burg was fatally injured ly a fall from third
story window, and died in n few hours.-"Aunt
Dizzy" an old negro woman died near Farnham
Church, Richmond Co., recently, aged 10
years,