Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-20
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Henry II. Ferguson, Of PittsylvAnia coany,
died last week, aged 81 years.
JOSEPH II. Dill, we'll kGowu tObaco1Iiit Of
Richmond. was stricken With paralysis ysssel'
day.
John McD1talJ, OF Petersburg, died from
lockiaW Saturday, ciu9ad By rnnniog nail inlo
his ioat
R.v. s. Il Wlapu *as On Sunday last in
stalled IS pastar # the Second Presbyterian
Church Of Petersburg.
r. 4. VermiIiio1, justice Of tho peace Ct
Campjeil c)ua;y, has bern oany;c!ad upon The
charge OF corruption in ottlo'.
The closing * rcises ii tho Hampton Nor
nal aud Agricultural Institute will take place
Thursday The President and Secretary CT
War have sgnlG,d their intention to be present.
The street car drivers. in Richmond, refused
to run yesterday because OF u refusal by The 81
Ieriucnaea; 81 Ill Increase OF wages. New
drivers vera placed On ,la oirs. and they Wero
ruu re2uor'y.
Mr.. j. II. Suite having repulialel the
| nomination O! tho EsaGju for Common
weath's Attorney. OF Stafford c;unty, the Re
a6jus!crs, ia r;tbiaicu, have reruilattd Mr.
| Su!tc IS candidate.
Tho fllm3rs ia Tiicwat.r have commenced
gathering ,hc: early crops. which Gle nearly a
| mcnth later t!ian last year, AMI tho steamers
for Nv Itrk, Phila !tlphia. Baltimore, acd
WASHINGTON ere daily loaded to their Utmost
| csrac!iy will. .c% potatoes. asparagus, straw
| berries, &c.
Sunday cveaiog, between seven end eight
| @ clock, the leo crcam factory Of q. Z!mmer,
which was STUDIED INN ediatciy over Shcckoc
crack, al iccg his store on Main street, 10
| Rchmaud, Was totally destroyed Is the cavlng
| ia Of tue Eas!;ru cmbaukment CT Tic creek,
caused by the EcaVy rains. The crash startled
the whole ueishboIhood Mr.. Z;mmar' : VaIu-
niou Of the factory machinery, &c., ls 81 .OOO.
AID estimates his loss at $1,000
| Her DREAM Indy up 90 Pins street
dreamed tho other night that she was riding
across the bridge, When lhs steamer ran
against it, The LAZY vas unconscious for o
monsnt ADD then seemed 10 recover her senses
| and find he!saf 10 heavcp, ard this is the way
| she tells about it,
"Oh, it Was splendid place with real lace
curtains. aud So beautiful [ went right to work
and toak up the carpet, cost four dollars yard.
| aud hung it over three or four stars. aud Set
couple OF angels 10 Whipplcc II. aud II WIGS
pitlccly lovely. Then We covered up the
narps AID music. GCd had tho whole place
whiewa,LrG. aad picked out some beautiful
| wal! paper, that ust matched Tue furniture,
aud had il al put CD that same afternoon, With
a sraeo aud yellow btrar. AID it was 1st cIe-
gau:. We got The parlor stove up toto The
garrett, aud SCI the took case ovsr where the
stove had stood, aud washed all the woodwork,
| aud took CD. sill the windows aud washed them,
aud never supposed ary one c5uid BE- SO happy.
inst pinued a towel around my head. aud
pinncl up my back hair and left my SWITCH 10
| Ito bureau drawer, aud suug, and sung, and
| sung all the time, and Eogar can tell how nice
| it was. snd We We're lust getting Strengthened
around whcn woke up. 1t YVES n beautiful
dream, and IL aeeircd SO rOal. l shall never
&C.. | ary dr2ad OF death any mora.
We suppose thiJ wss a bice enough dttani us
dreams 60, bu. there is one thug ab5nG il;
some women have got to te kept out of ileavr
or. -Shi!Dattr lum1erman.
A WESTERN RoMANCE.-EieVcn yer $50
tie daughter Of w. B. Wallsc:-a little school
gill OF ycara-Has abducted from her fathers
house 10 Portland, Oregon. Wallace SEARCHED
high and low fer her, aud though BIO felt Ger.
tain that her mother, from whom he was scps'
rated, had taken her, there Was 40 clue to her
whereabouts. One day last moth The father
was surprised to rtcti7e laiay missive. cd.
dre sad 10 neat hand. Ito Wag still moro
surprised when tho woods My dearest, dearest
father" met his eye.
He read through bis tears that Lillian wss
living with her mother at Yskilus aud that she
bad determined either to reconcile her parents
or to live fist with the Que and then with the
other. She said that her mother put her 10
tho Sisters school at Vancouver, aud that she
hsG been educated there. Wsllaco remember
cd that ho hsd been pol;censn at Vancouver
during a part of the time mentioned by his
daughter. and hsd passed thousond times
uader The shadow Of the school building. pevsr
dreaming OF her presence He fastened to
Yakima, ard it WAS agreed TINT thera should ba
reconciliation. Miss Lilsn is a handsome
young lady CT IS now, aud the part she played |
10 The romaB,o makes her tho heroine of Port. |
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