Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-29
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Pitts9l7sDis c3uoti2s has been SERIOUSLY Gam.
aged BY The late ryss
In the We:tmorel,nd County Court, les:
week, D.. Richard H. Stuart qualified as exec.
utor OF Mis-. L. S:oIke
John Cccke, az ola apd widely k9csu orr
goods merchant Of Portsmouth,, ti.d last S,t.
utcay.
TIE receipts Of Tho 4. 81. L. 0. Il. Il. for
the year have been 81 sos. 997 OF and the *.
petdi;ufcs 81. 724 249.S3
Alexander East, we'll koown carpenter o!
L!nct burg, 50 yclrs old, was killed on Satur
day by falling !imbsGs, while ruIliag Gown
PisCtei q warehouse.
TIE srand Jury # FarQu;e7 has pr. ! Inted
VIM. O!a for larceny aud Mildred Turn;r fer
io!antIcde. They will 10 tI!ei .: ihn nsgt
terG et the County Coart.
The toiy of Isaiah Wood, c:t'z.n Of Barka
Is. opposite Portsmouth, was fourd f ,a,-
Ius il tlc baroor of Portsmouth on Saturday,
| lie bad been missiog from bis home sitco 1u u.
| daI, When ha starll d dcwa TIC liver OF Il b.
Ing trip.
| The conservatives Ct Lyuch5usg and CAMP
bel county bavo uoari,aously pouips,cl Nj
JOba ". DlUiol fer tho Senate aud Stpphea
Adans and George ". Morgau loy the House
OF Delegates. Tic convention sloogly CO.
dor5ed the MoCucoh liz.
III, Purceiige Manufacturing COMPANY is
iucuIng o its iuil capacity aud set uta5le to
hIl Il | tbs ,rltC!. They gro working twelve
nHIds aud would ei'o employment 10 moro il
they were not oTuHG.d ior room. The pcps>
a'i:y Of their usw GIL! 10 ca;sbEish.d evea il
lis !noepli3l.
Il aeven year old daughter of Maior Joseph
Walker, Ct Chesterfield county, last Friday,
Wh'is: plsylog wish q pistol ,cMdentsly d!sr
Charged L, tho bali taxing effect in Tho back of
ner play mGto, ten sea: tli daughter Of d..
mos a. Matthews, Of Manchester, irni:tiug
It IS thought, mortal Htu1d.
Mr. Harmon STsriz, who was killed Gear
Gum Splog, in L3uloun county, last Tus lay,
as heretofore oolcad in tho Gszatte, was dti2-
lng his team from The depo. with load of
fer IIzeF, and wheo found BIZ Mr.. Elgsr Mat
thew and !lr. Claaahsu, was uodcr tho for,
wheel OF his Ws:0o. They imneliatcl7 tyt,i
oaiai h'n, but he was dead
O1 Saturday large boulder OF rstiyo white
| quartz rccs was moved from tho mining region
| near the Wilderness, aud placed to mark the
spot Whsro StorewsIl Jackson received his
death ,wouad. A simple inscription will be en-.
memory Ct the ill1strous dead is duo 10 tho
efforts of the Rev. 3. i. Lucy, CT Missouri
who was Jackson 8 chapltio.
VIM. II. Payne commissioner, has sold ua-
der DEGREES OF the Fauqujer Cauoty Cou.t, 10
Bealc vs.. Williams, 75ii ceres; in BeaIo ".
kuggIes 73I tc:as and in BeaI va. Russell
i5I ecEts. rlsDectTcy, fer 5000, $500 and
81 ECO. Miss Eliza BcaIe was the purchaser.
| J.. nArY
Villo add Manassas Gap Plank Road Co.. s)ld
the road toll house and 10. Ct land used
Herewith to John Carr fur $500.
Tie board CT directors of the L3udCua Nu-
tual Insurance. Company. Of their meeting on
tne 231 inst, appropriated money tor tho pay
ment OF recent losses as follows David Howell
of Charestown. ST. 325; a. NJ. T. Rust, near
Laeshurg, $685. MIR. Wi liams, of Fs!r.x Co.,
! 81 OH total. So 347. Tho claim OF A. c.
Stotts, near Vienna, Fairfax county, wa re-
ected, fJr the reason tbas his fire occurred
| from "a epgirc used 10 tlrestiog, and be had
neglected to take out a permit.
10 tho Circuit Court CT LOUIS, on Saur.
/ day, before be esi}cncs in thu cas-, Of the
Commonwealth against Wm Tsay for the
murder Ct Walton was all 10 Comuo5Hcaltb's
| Attorney Blbo STAT ID that Il, Was uowilliog to
PROSECUTE Il c case further, as be did not be-
lleve tie eTldetc, warranted c1nviit:oo. Can't.
Wise corcdTred 10 this. ss did Judge Bsr:or.
snd the latt@r told tie jury to render a verde:
| OF acqultta. which was done Tie Groouc
iurg ives discharged. hs6iog failed 10 eercc.
Application hea bceo made to tao War d..
parsmeot toc the United StatcB troops at Old
Point Comfort to take part in tie calebralion
at o:!;owa, October 70 next, the auriver.
slry Of the surrender of L,rr: CornwslIis Tie
application hss been granted, s1d about six
| conpeclsa CT troops will take part 10 the clio
bTa;!oa. Tho ccotcunial Of Cnrnwsl;s' sur,
reader does not ccclc ual October, 1881,
when il is intended to have 81 extensive cello
bcatlcu. 1t i: also intended to celebrate the
acGsvtr'sry OF the csts aUIuaiEy, comneao!us
CO the l9:h of O,tober next.
At COLO el republican mass meeting in Pea
terstu7g. or Fi!day uicat last L,uterc,
Thompson, c9Iofcd, CT Petersburg; w, G.
}osn, colofed !ngyer Of Richmoad; Jas. =,
Evans o:d j. II. 'an Aukoo spoke 10 f,vor of
| tho MCCuIl,ch plan for settlement of tn. State
| debt aad Richard Icwnes, oolareG, cad j. NJ.
ID. Steward in faVar of read iustnpDr A reso.
luton was offered Lodging tho ucclicg 90 sus
| Tain tho hGn9r AID orccii Of tie State, but,
rs usual lr co!cr2G republican mectoss grea:
confusion eususd, an tho meeting adiourtc!
| viii on taking any action.
The !hoore; Wili,u Conners. Cart, Nor
Tissey; Is d ys from Port d. Paix, Hayt, for
| Nav iotk With clgo OF legsood, put toto
Norfolk Sunday znprnlog in distresa, and is COW
u quaran!iac. All Of tie Grew, except the
captain pnd enc cIiored msn, are sick with
mslignnot form Of fever. The nate, Tnorop
SOD did shortly after the vessel ,,s: ercacr,
and one or two others may die. Proper food
aod medical st'endsnc, hove been furnished.
DR.. NASH, the health officer, ssys he is not
positive bat !! is gellow fever. as tn, pate,ls
haze not developed some of tho most striking
symptoms Cf shas disease.
Oas day Last week, while Mr.. Davis. Who
lives 90 the farm of W. Fl. Brown, resr Mid
dIeburg, was sbNn: from the house, three men
cutaOg corn Tear By chanccd to see q negro
come ont OF The cellar with something Ga Ri,
back, Oae ct them seizsd bis shct gun aud
started 10 pursuit, aud succeeding ia getticc
clcsa to tho culr.t. f,cd, when tie negro dion
ped two pieces Of mat ard got away very
suddenly. Three buckshot we're found in the
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