Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-28
VIRGINIA - &W%.

OHlUS W UUD laiI !IlNH W.
viry biGh. but 10 damage hss been d&nc.
The rcsit1.aucn OF Mr.. Thomas fi'&huI:a' near
Curepcr &! H.. Wis ccr;lmad - Ire 1856
mouday.
4 convict named BfcckcnhtoegIl Is suspected
Of having Intentionally caused Tie 'A'H iFe a.
TIC pcui.cmtisry. /
Tic rect0ry ct Cu!peper 4. Ii. Wa io55cd
last Sunday, during the abs3nc: d ley. f:f.
Wall apd his family.
Mr Fraucis MshoHcy. !. n:i;iYc CT ts@1rsc-
iowa, but iar many YEAS iI"95 s vel haoHo
citizen OF HjcirIoud, died there YESTERDAY
Mr.. John Cochran, Of Charlottesville, no%
Sc years old, is perhaps the Oldest Mason IL
America, having i)incd tho lndgc AZ S:"uGton
in 1917.
NEGOTIATIONS sra loY 10 progress itr Tie Ks
tabIlshnent of new railroad FROG, ficDtIona
to Buohsruu, On tho line OF the James ki7cT
and kanswha Canal.
The surviving soldiers Of ihc Mexican war
arc r5uuastcd to appoint delegates 10 the Ns.
lional Convention Of Mexican War Veterans 10
meet in the ciiy CT Baltimore CT Tie ::!!l OF
February next.
The net rcycrua ui The i;i;hmoad arn Pc.
toTsburg Railroad loG Che past gear WIS ;aatly
forty five thousand dollars. 81 lrcfaGs@ 1' twGn'
to thousand over that Ct tic year previous. i.
Il. Scott has been reelected r5cs!dcn:.
In consequence ci tic urgent ;:inc;,!s CT hs
congregation, Rev Mr. S.sdd, n:stc. CT the
| Centenary Church, ia HtchInoud, who "sS
| made presiding elder Of the Lgnotburs district
| by the recent NJ. 4. Conferences. has beer sent
| buck TO III; church by Bishop Peck.
| The commissioners of the Lee Monument AS
socialion, at their meeting 10 HichlAord, yc;tcf.
day adopted resolution that the commission IL
not now prepared to sclcc eu artist, ea'! that
such selection be postponed uHi! such lt)c IS
the board Of managers may designate.
| John Bradley, J. II. Murray a1l johu
Thompson, the Motel thavcs who were c}a.
vcted a1d sentenced to lie poritentary for
breaking into the room Of Judge II. ii. Mar
shall, in the Exchange iote st Richmond,
made their escape from tho j all c! that cry lAst
Tuesday hight
| Wm. Uamercu's ioDaccn faoLory Il! Peters
burg, ore Of the largest in tie STATE, wss burned
between l and l2 o'clock last night. The
stanmng factory adoni6g was also destroyed
The bulldogs covered iuIi square. The loss
will probably reach $500, coo; iusrll&nc; hoiHecn
500 900 and $l2j.OO0.
| Peter PanI, esq, f2llie: {: .l5;:l lAni, Iaie
candidate for Congress ;rnm ihc tIaE!l-onbrrr
district, was drowned! yesterday while .;t2!np'-
ih2 10 Cross Try .,:cr Al 'o''cc"E'' '':''. ''
laui Wa one III III" ilioat p4I"''''': ''iI =.
Rockingham coulig, and I,9 occap2toa :! miller
aud farmer lio was n:ort siziytiva s;ars &
age.
! Ia Tuesday, session. oi Inc N;.ti5!:i Gri#la,
ct Richmond, Mr. nafjep. Of Mississippi. in
| a3vccaiiag resolutions sc;tias iGiih more u,
.t'',s a',- ~: i'' I.ta ;.t
.: :ic U,a>t. sau '.I I''," - - 49,. T~r.
no ~ WIN WIVES 10; :. h h1, ,,.,.,1 ~,
iiaI a"y tYet $500 > NO. , ~'.,;1n, -;
sio A'Lu - up@, wy G,,et i,sr r,..1t
'n"I "eot.." i't W. ,;;;na I!' z.,.a,; ~
| fi"t'u1 .I l,.;., ~. or,,.
oo1 '"er" pIop.o ~ -.
'uh po''l"a' 90 ". -" 'o-. ~ ,
say III iISvt VI rtl-s'Ik "". 2I',''n
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\ meeting 6 the Go,nc. commissioners Of
Baltimore Was hc!d on Tuesday t1r ;,lo .urpns,
Valltv Railroad C5mpauy Offering tho civ 81
Rs)liu2ro and The l5aIt:nora and Ohio E.iI
road that sc c.i ~ 81 toe read already !inistir ]
between IIasri,nnbn7g sad &tsuu.ui, IL iu!i tol
AL ,ubseiiplioi4 sud IihrGno:4, The ujh2i
part Of Tbs :oad balwetr Siannlun ;uu SG;eG,
to b:!ane exclusively to III" Virginia s'pcI, !o-
c;s. There Il u douhr iat !ha ialac: G)al
in;s,i,ocrs will :ic9: Tie :'oH@s':!,'i' ct ~
Valley l'.i;T5a,I Ci.pra"y AM t;,;. h'i.in':o
ana the Obio l.ai!T1.i Hi!! t::.: :i!i i action.
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49, ,1ns,,n r. ,hn p,..hv,,..;:r .?,n.rl, j.,
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80 =, ,rhn ION cSsntsr I-!:, .nrs, .:Yrt
i,,,f, ,,t;]o - ~, III. rru. ,y..!, Will,
''',> H., I,,t't IT, ';nrtnSs; mo u,n.
~" lay ~, ,,t h,a.il., j., 5.,tnrs.
,s,',;;,1r h. roatb whrc spd:irnlv ji:n ;i.h,
,s"rt out insI crSn,I, - r1.to d:rkr;s4 vjsi.-
Die. Win mnoh ccmposuEc the !e'errn1 gen
t!i;nan directed 'he attention vi his r"'re5" 10
the i3rcible illustration OF me meaning "' I'VE
text ~ tue aeo!daut WhIch mad I'?S hapHeia"
aud Ecn d'sfhiss,d me e'hRrf@al1 ~ Win H'u Il
PRAYER Inc sAa haa boeh turned I'll ~" !f'e'''
cal joker
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