Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-27
virginia News.

C,l p II, Lee, who is q oxen If in ,o3nco'
ton with the democratic nomination !of you
prcss fron this district, was ',orl IN HleHanuIia'
md il the son Of tho lie edmund j. nooes
/ q, and grandson of Rlc,ar. Henry Lee, OF
r, yolotiopary fame. 10 il a cousin ct deo'
Lee. and the same gentleman who Rad me
Declaration Of Independence at the opening OF
the centennial exhibition at Philadelphia, Ia
Colonel Leo resides in Clarke county.
AuE;st correspondent eff he Richmond DIS,
match savs the farmers generally have threshed
their wheat and the failure in tbi5 and adj
Joining counties was almost entire. Instances
have occurred of good river lands treated With
fertilizers only yielding three bushels, the gen.
eral weld being from two to, in rare cases. seven
or eight. A larger crop was seeded and moro
fertilizers used last fall than usual, in anticpa'
ton Of high prices.
The Hampton Monitor publishes the follow,
ine On Wednesday OF last week white girl,
about II years Of age, was arrGlgued before
Justice IIarrabee, of Mill Greek, charged with
stealing pair Of shoes Being found guilty.
the Justice allowed her to choose between re
ceiyipg fifteen ashea or going to Jail for thirty
DAYS. The mother Of the girl insisted that she
should receive the whipping, which wasaccord.
inely administered by colored constable.
The Highland Recorder saw lot Ct sheep
some DAYS ago, three of which weighed lltlla
over FIVE hundred pounds. They were raised
bv MIR. John Bird four miIes west OF that
nlscc, and purchased by Mr.. Back, OF Au-
gusta.
The Moffett register in k!ng William, to
| the lst of July, had pauned out 81 GI2, 81
which the West Point Star says is $500 moro
than under the old law, and remarks :-"E erl'
| " our people are in carncs. about paying the
State debt.
An old colored man, seventy years Of age,
was lodged 10 Culpe per i.iI last Monday
charged with attempting rape on white
girl between twelve and fifteen years of ago
1t is said the old man does not deny the
| charge.
The Norfolk district Nj. Il. conference, which
has been holding lis tenth annual session 10
Norfolk, has adjourned. The closing address
was made by Rev. W. ". Bennett, u. d., 0!
Randolph. Macon college.
Among the cadets Of the Virginia Military
Institute are sons Of Gems. Pickett aDd }. f.
B. Stuart. A nephew Of Gen. a. 7. Ill.,
after having been at the Institute" for three
years, has iast entered West Point.
Cumberland ccu1ty has instructed its deio
gates to vote for Col. S. I. Coleman as the
democratic candidate for Congress from the
fourth district. Petersburg sends delegation
for Colonel Hinton.
The Presbyterian church At Cedar Creek,
twelve miles from Winchester, will DO formally
dedicated on Sunday, the oS;h inst. kev.
Moses d. Hoge, of Richmond, will preach the
sermon on the occasion.
1t ia statcd that $4,000 has been spent this
year 10 building and rebuilding bridges on the
Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio railroad in this
State, and $500 900 in laying new rails.
The delegates flom Goochlaud count? to the
Democratic Congressional Convention for the
seventh district have been instructed to vote
for the denomination Of Hon. John I, harris
The Ooean View Hotel Company pronosc
building barrow gauge railroad tram Nor
folk to Ocean View.
A new reservoir with the capacity OF 4 600
900 gallons of water, has been erected at
Lynchhurg, at 2 cost at nearly $53. 600.
The eDpioeers for tho survey Of the route
for the Eapiiar and Charlottesville railroad
have commenca; Operations.
The population OF Front i;,yaI, Warren
county, and vicinity, according 20 Il cso5us
inst taken, il SIS.