Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-03
virginia News.

The Page Courier says 1.-The situation OF
Mrs. uiscy and family during the recsnt tleshet
was one Of the INC st dangerous and distressing
hat could be imagined She is GO afflicted
LADY, uuabIe TO move q llmb except when assist
ed, and is kept constantly 10 hammock. Her
house or Dry Run Vi surrounded by water SIX
or eight feet deep. and on the inslde it was con-
sderabIg over lie mantIcpieco. The water rose
in the right, and that so rapidly as to cut them
off from all outside aid They went to the gar
ret and there remained during the whole Of the
night 10 the NEST agoDiziog fear. The next
moroiDg as early as possible, when the water
had subsded they were relieved ADD taken to
neigbbor's. The family consists Of q mother,
daughter and SOD
The Charlottesville Chronicle says: Edge
| Hill, the estate Of the late Col. T. Randolph,
| ia Albamarlc county, was sold "Wednesday. The
| properly Vas divided into five parcels, az fol-.
low: Edge Hill, l.027f acres, at SIS per acre,
to Misses Randolrh; Walnut Field tract, 204
acres, at IS so per acre. to j. S. Goodwin;
| TlmbrrlaEr tract, los acres, at $3.50 per acre,
to j. S. Goodwin; part Of Campbell tract, 7G3
acres, at 81 IS per acre, to o. w. Purvs; Fltz
tract, 10 t 10 acres, at 81 GO per acre, to o. w.
Pur,is; LOT NJ. t. Cog acres, at $905. to y. w.
! Pnrvls The aggregate IS $50, 623.5O. The
last lonr tracts are situated some three miles
from EIgc Hill, 10 FIatwoods"
| Amo"g tue losses by the late fl ,ol in Warren
raupty were Col. King. r. W. Buck, Carson 4
Sous, j. H. Richards, Il. B. kcoucr. J. W.
keldr;cs, }. Il. Jackson, Mr.. Hoops, MIR. Eb
cr;ula, the Ri7ertou Mills, William s. Conrad,
Charles Il. Rust, jesse Brown, Philip Stckley,
Il. Donaldson, j. NJ StickIev, John W. Hos
kins, James McCusu, Peter Fuqua, James q.
Buck, C,p. S. Is. Gardner, John johnson,
VIM. and LEWIS n. Scroggiu. Charles Buck,
Ssmu.i }. Simpson aud John j.. Menefee.
The hclscs attached to the carriage Of Mr..
George Cameron ran Toto a moving locomotive,
in Petersburg, last Saturday afternoon, but for
lunatcl5 nobody was hurt, though young lady,
who was ia the carriage, and the driver were
throwa cut uloo the ground.
i'he aor*a bought by G,n. Daring at the
battle of Manassas. sod from whose back the
General was afterwards shot and killed, died 10
Prince George c)G1ty few days ago.
DOriug the month Of November fourteen for
cign Bound vessels cleared at Norfolk, the az,
grc-ate tonnage Of which was ll,79l, and the
value ci ca-s0es 81 505,7Q3.
Maj. Love member of the Legislature from
Warren county, has resolved to Introduce bill
for the relief OF the sufferers 10 that county by
! the late hlod.
Last Friday hight thieves broke the French
, la;c glass ia the window of o. NJ. MARSHALL.
hat store, on Main street, Richmond, aud stole
lsdya seal skio cloak valued at 5000.
! Tie Whocliog Register says: The Virgioia
people propose to apportlon to West Virginia
che tliri Of their debt, and then repudiatc the
othcr twG.thi,ds. That looks like business
The receipts By the Mofett rcgis:erin Lynch
burg for the ueuth just closed we're five buo
drcd dollars less than those Of the preceding
mouth.
y Mcnonitc preacher named Jacob Driver
while at work at his home in Rockingham
county, broke blood vessel and ded last week
Ia few days work will be commenced on the
Lee Mausolcum at Lexington.