Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-10
Letter from Richmond.

tnn MI the State records at noon Tomorrow.
Letter from Richmond.
lCorrespoudcnee Of the Alexandria Gazette.
RICHMOND, VA, April ga man, named
Madison Enroughty, pronounced Darby, loten
tiouajIv shot the whoIo right side Of his lace
off from the chin to tue ear, the muscles and
y,anJs Of hj4 neck on that side being also ex
roscd and tern TO pieces. 1t is almost impossl'
lie fer him TO i've. The ACT was committed
last night at Rockets.
Air. Geo. Wilde, formerly OF Alexandria, is
spuken Of IN connection with the appointment
Of clerk Of the uew Agricultural Commission.
The iuuetu G! j. d. Kidwc the locomotive
cnriuccr killed on the Dauvll!c Railroad, took
place Yesterday, aud was attended by the rall-
road employees and by the Odd Fellows,
knights Of Pythias and Dfuds, oil which Or.
ders the deceased was member.
The State of yesterday afternoon says The
LIQUOR Dealers Association are going to fight
the Motfctt-balI punch law to the bitter end,
and as there are ten thousand dealers N the
State it will doubtless be big war. They will
contest its constitutiOnality % various grounds,
but principally that it comes under the
provision prohibiting sumptuary legislation. 1t
seems that the law has caused quite howl 10
other cities where they already sell liquor ut
fifteen cents drink, and therefore cannot raise
tho price It's going to be very pretty and
also a very expensive fight, in which the law.
vcrs cannot possibly suffer detrImeul.
The following from the ReidsviIle Times may
be Interesting to your readers who were ac,
nuaintcl with The late J. u. Kldwcll:-
Y. Nj. Moore was brakeman on the i'll.
fatcl freight train that tumbled off tho bridge
near Scotsburg, Va, last Saturday night
about midnight. The accident was unaToida.
biz. The saiur might occur on any road. The
engine rau over large bull stretched across
The track, ana was Knocked from the bridge a
| fall Of thirty feet, carrying SIX loaded freight
cars with it. The engineer, j. /. kldWeIi,
| iumDet 10 the lett Of the engine - he saw 1t
going to the right, but it rtboundcd and was
dashed off the same side with himself, nloning
| him 10 the qrnuod by a beam from the bridge,
| which stucl, him through the shoulder, and
| there lie lay hcdged in under the burning cars,
| aud foeliur The fire as ii already slngad his
| hair, The wretehcd man cried Tor help, de-
Glazing that he knew he was bound 10 die,
"hul for God 5 sake save HE from being burnt
10 death !" The men Oh the high bank heard
his cries and saw the fearful risk to rlln IN &ci.
lin1 to hm. Valley Moore, the brak onan,
shove! thu man that was i'll him. Il cant
stauj thai !" lie cried, and with plnuge dowo
the bank, through darkness and fire, he rescued
Tie dying mau and pulled him up the bank.
Colonel Tacntt, the general superintendent at
once made Aloore q conductor. The young
man once ran as baggage master on the road.
4 meeting OF Wholesale anti retail liquor
dealers Of lilia city and vicinity was held
this afternoon. About two hundred person;
were present, The meeting was called to Or
der By j. ". Robertson, and }. ID. Smelling
was made chairman. Mr. Smelling stated thai
the object OF the meeting vas to determine
whether il waul he advisable to contest The
c2nsI!uIianality Of the act known as the 'Aloi
lett runch bill. \ resolution was adopted
that the members CT the Liquor Dealers Asso
ciation and tea liquor dealers not members O
said Association be appointed a committee t
confer with Mr.. John i. Young, counsel fol
the Association, and such other counsel rs the
Association may deem necessary, as 10 concm
plated action 10 reference TO the Motlatt bel
punch law; that they be empowered, il 1t bt
deemed advisable, to cali Il convention OF tht
trade il Virginia, to assemble in Richmond or
SUCH day as they may appoint, aud to calicc
such funds a. may he necessary 20 de!ray al
expense incurred, aud generally To 'lo what Inlay
be ncal!ul iii carrying out the objects cnnirEi'
p!It2,i by this resolution.