Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-14
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Mr.. Jthn 4. Saum, Of Edlrburg' u'eu '"''
Sunday. c,u
The official majority of Col. Richmond lor
Congress, 10 the 9th district is 296.
The barn Of MIR. j. p. Alexander, ana Tue
Kitchen of MIR. Hugh Patton, both In Cu'pepet
county, were destroyed by fire last week.
COL 8. 8. Bradford has rendered his reslgna,,
tion as President of the Piedmont Agricultural
Society, to take effect in December next.
Mr.. Jacob Eggborn was thrown, from I9 MS
buggy, last week, near Cupeper y. III anu
badly injured, having his arm broken Id t"o
places.
E, G, Nelson, of Macon, Ca. student at
Washington and Loe University, killed COL
ored man named Montgomery there last Tues
day night, during O fracas that was caused by
the latter, who jostled against ono OF NELSON ,
fellow students on the street.
The MeckIenburg Democrat says: 1T is re-
ported that tho old Randolph Macon College
building, which is fast falling into ruins, within
one mile Of town, is about to be purchased by
a party Of colored ministers or rather their
northern baokersl. and bs converted INTO
| theological college for their race.
Alexander ". Vaughan, judge Of elections
| in Petersburg. who was arrested on election
day charged with sufing q ballot box, was cx.
| aminrd yesterday before United States Com
missioner Tho witness against him was Il. A.
Young, United States Supervisor, at whose
instance the arrest was made. vaughan was
| held for trial but enlarged Ga bail OF 100.
Yesterday, about four miles from Goochland
Court House, Miss Martha Brown was gored
to death by bull on her fathers pasture. The
vicious animal tossed her high IN the air, anu
as she fell she was impaled on its horns Alter
it had killed her it threw her into we'll near
by. The young lady's father saw the horrible
fate Of his child and ran with all his might to
the rescue, hut arrived on tho spot too late.
At a meeting of stockholders Of tho James
River and Kanswha Canal Company, held IN
Richmond, yesterday, proposition tor com
mittee of conference Wss submitted by tho
Richmond and Allegany Railroad Company
The committee was appointed and Will report
in ten days. 1t is believed that the action OF
this conference will result 10 proposition from
tho Allegany railroad that will DO important.
A dispatch from Wytheville says: At Mount
Airy, Sunday night, Colonel Ballard Lambert,
who's, wife had left him on account OF i'll treat
ment undertook by force, with the assistance
Of other persons, to take his child from the
residence of Mr.. James Soavoy, his father in
law, where his wife was staying. The party
forced an entrance into the house, and, meeting
with much opposition from Mrs. Snavely,
Lambert struck that lady blow on the head,
crushing her skull and killing her almost IN
stantly.
The Washington Post contains an account Of
| an interview with General Johnston, 10 which
| that gentleman is represented as expressing
! his views as uralterably in favor OF hard money
| and holding the opinion. that long before 1880
| the solid South" and the solid North will
| be forgotten. lie is reported to have said -
Tho South is now as close part OF tho Union
| as is New England. Virginia has the Same
interest in the general prosperity Of the country
as Massachusetts, and her representatives, and
| the representatives of the South will be found
| to be as active in support of all measures tend-
| ing to the general good of all sections of the
country as the gentlemen from Maine or YER
| mont
The Virginia Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South began 10 Petersburg
yesterday. Bishop G. F. Pierce is presiding.
| Bishop David 8. Doggett is expected to attend
during the session. About two hundred min
listers, and large number Of lay delegates are
| in attendance. Among tho old ministers pres
ent who belonged to the Conference before its
division arc Revs. DIR. Leroy M. Lee, l.. Ros'
ser, Nelson Head, G. W. Motley, W. Is, Row
zic, John II. Edwards and others CT lcHs note.
Rev. DR.. A. w. Wilson, secretary OF the Mis-
| sionary Board. and d.. j. B. McFerEis, OF tho
Book Publishing Company, arc present. No
question Of special importance IL expected to
como before the Conference.