Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-08
s-sRGIfvT.s VIEWS.

Coru has greatly improved il Cfalke couoty
srco the recent raius.
Track laying on the s. V. H. Il. was not
pushed as far as Berryvle last week because Of
the non atrlVal OF irou
A camp meeting Of the NJ. f. Church. Slu!h,
Liu iouu oironit. comm ,Cc.a 10 = .utous woods
on Thursday ntyt, An.usi Ii r.
DR.. W. s. Bradford, We'll kUCwo ctIiz,u y!
Clarke county, broke bis arm recently, By step
piog from MS porca il the dark.
An e!evao gear cll SOD OF llacGoo hlcncfcc,
Of Paga county, Was drOwocd last Sunday
while battieg ic the Shenandoah river.
A young gentleman 10 Richmond basis that
! Se.caa drluk Twelve glass OF beer while the
Mr. Thom::s ;f T. III GO. ooccS'
rtsptc:ed c!izn died at his rcsidSSraa od mu ca
tsx county, Gu "Wednesday.
The sale Of the White Suluhu5 SD,,up
property, which was to have taken place yCster
day, was postponed uuiI TO day ANA will p7oka
blS be further postponed indeiiaiuiy.
10 The Su:s:x County Court ,ts'crday, Ayu,,
Slams add Frank Baker. who murdered Msgsi4
IluDs aud her lutsut las: week, wce, s:ot CO
fer uial in October
"Rugby, torlitr,y The resiicGos Of X. j.
BroWr, in AiDemaIlt County, has been sold ia
Joseph ii. Black we'll, of F.uqliar couaiy for
Sc 900.
w. W. Walker, oae o; the mes: ekulau:
nen 10 Virgin ha, taken the STUMP 10 isvcr
of the settlement u the debt Question IS Der
the McCuloch bill.
Persoos retu:nioE from tha White Salphur
say that the rush OF visitors To that place from
the South and Southwest has il,t lairy set 10
There we're G5 arrivals their is. eight
Rsv. Z. Z. Phillips, bow located ut T!euts1,
n. j., has been rendered aud accepted cal
from the vesiry ct Grsc, cbu,ch. B,rry9ile,
10 tho rao!orshlp OF lhs; church.
Daring the st0rm Oh Muddy afternoon last.
two houses 90 the fra of l.. w. 5. iiough,
near FsrmwclI Station, L3ui3uu couaiy, cen
talniog abou, twenty toes OF c!crtr hsJ, we're
slr1ck by lightning TN! entirely Consumed.
TITO State Audirnr Is ECw cussecd 10 ps,ior
or disabled Con!td 2Tatn soldiers, tu: macy Of
the claims which came in LAST year have 10 bc
laid as d., IS the parties failed to send their
postcthc, address,
The Rev. s. s. Ware his lc,:p:ed Inc call
teIdtr.d him By the vesrics OF the Epis,opsl
churches at GoresplIle, II 4mion, and O4tlapds
and will enter upon the discharge CT his duties
about the miIclo Of AuGus>.
MIR. AdvIphus Nauphan, AL CID sod highly
reipsc ted cit I'm OF South Boston, fell dead 10
bis garden 90 "Wednesday boon from sunsroke.
Ills family were away from home. aod h. yus
found dead 10y an old coorcd mar.
At tho meeting CT the Safe conservative
Committee in R!chmcnd last sight, the follow
Ing osncss7era At large were appointed: John
W; psnle'' j. Il h2mrcr. A A. PhIcgar,
John Echols, Henry &. Allen, ". w. Walker
James n, Walker, j. j.. NJ. Curly, Thomas s,
FIourooy, W. b. TuIaerro. David $. P,e,c,
Thomas S. BOc3ck, A. NJ. Kelley, Ghsrles $,
Stringfellow. Thomas Tatb. l. y. Slatke,
Charles Sharp.
Yesterday morning, as Mr.. IIslis, editor cf
the Atirgdon Standard. vas passing I'd tbe
street 10 that pace, Mr.. Ward editor of tho
.virRi9an, crossed for the purpose of calling
Mr.. Harris 10 scoount for an ud.clisl which
appeared 10 tho Standard, whcn an stFrav On.
sued. Pistols were drhwu, Mr.. Wards snan
ping; and the parties closing. During the
sou Ward received slight flesh wound 10 the
side, whereuDon Mr.. Harris was throwo into
the gutter, and might have been seriously 10
lured had not the bystaGGers interIerred B,th
parties were bound over to keep the peace.
At a meeting Of The State conservative com-
nittte, 10 hlcam0Gd last night, resolutions were
adopted with but two discerning votes, lboss of
Or. Richard A. Wise. of Williamsburg, and
zen; Grov.r. OF Norfolk, fully ecdorsiog the
McCu!lcch pan CT icaGjuS!ipg the State debt.
urging upon The conservative voters of tbs
Commonwealth 40 active canvass UPON this il.
us, aud provdiog for the appointment BY civ
and couoty COLI mittees Of the conservative partv
IL active and and allie canvassers, known IN he
committed 10 that plsp, for tho reacinstment
IL ne febt Of Virginia. and such other stem,
as VIII best promote the hnaucial copdition nf
he State, 10 opposition to the party orcanizsd
~ convention OF readius,ers held 10 Rich
nouI iast sptlog. Inc col sevatise democratic
members CT Congress from this State war on
pointed IS oanvasseIs at large, 10 take the fe'd
20 this Issue during the approaching canvas
10 addition to these large number of prom,
gent AID leading men wcro Appointed As can.
sassers at large 10 various parts of thu Com