Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-17
RsyHls.EHuY L..ELASa.

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| A dtc:ee for tie sale Of tho Itackhrilso
Alum SprlnRs has brGn CniGIGIl In the Gre lit
| Court 0t Augusta o1uaty.
party oil Ohio capi:a i4ta arc in Lg; clLnrs
ar;! It IL alj, ale determined Upon large op.
eral1Ds contingent upon 'hn LuiIains Of the
proposed railroad aonG tho James river valley.
'tis VIM. Waters. native Of Waucatoa,
drd a: the ripo old age of Is ycsrs, at ihn ro-
sldcrc' OF i:cr sor'ir ls~, Mr.. Baonn, Of Clerks
vile. Mo, las: wctE.
All the ma,ilc st Norfolk went 10 Washing.
ton SATURDAY night, nIdGr tho onmmand Of
Ia crt 'nlnt ffanCla VI. HAIR, ,tnn, to parlci.
| nSt" ~ ih3 Thomas TUuEm cat ciranna;ra
Vie drought which I,as provail,d.lor three
| iG"i,th IN tao Srutlaiia is causipg great TN,
chsont"4. Nrlld aid sircnms aro drying up,
HD': III some m''annHa rcoIl3 Grc Gi'Ep Mad 10
t:avHl r'iioa iOr wafer for family Use.
Martin Rann, nolorrd. fireman for q pnn,brr
OF ScGrj an tlc S1ahqhrd and Rnanoko railroad,
Was caught tH tween twu cars in Efankin can1t2
on Saturday evening ard terribly mashed He
lived only few minutes
A. s. llaIch and Wm. s. Dnun, If the
| Chcanpcak and Uhin railran}, havo pant sever.
al daya at NeSpnrt NoHp, Yorktown aad yc
NIFTY. 10 caDSIIia,l)n as 90 the final inrrriaua
ct that road.
| W. Z. ROAM, a erInrGd lawyer, was nd.
m!ttcd to rrGct'ca bccr1 tie Ccurt cf App! MS
of this State on Saturday. This Is Tho tirss
lnktlCcc on record 10 which coored attorney
| has been admitted 10 prtclic at Inc bar OF tho
| highest Appellate Court in tho Commonwealth.
Tho Richmond Intelligence says that Gen.
Nlahono viii be the candidate Of The rcaGi us-
| lcrG for Inc u. s. Senate aid that Col. With i.
srs will be tho capdidft, Of tho debt payers,
Will, the Republicans will rli, p1ooant oandi.
cato.
Tho stables CT Capt +. H. Furish. noar
Chariot: s0i!!c. wer5 destroyed by fire Friday
olght Ihrco too h0rseH were destroyed ulso
| ono mule, tn, family carriage. % phacto:, bug
~, wagon, wheat Grail, harness, etc. Tho
| stables woro tull Of hay. The loss is estimated
| at from So. GOO to $4,000.
The punches, Of the tXtCcsiSo ltliin. mill
property Just above L9rohburs by tho Jsncs
| hiVcr Steel Manufacturing mi Mining Com
pany, of which cx Governor llatranlt, of Phil.
| aGclrhls, is president. was comp!tt It'd Oh Satur-
day. The property will bo put in order for in
| Tor the erection Of large iuroapco ky this
company, AID it is expected that w2rk will be
commenced On tho pHmo by Januery.
IHE VA. a. d NJ. COLLEGE MEETING OF
BOARD OF NIsGToRs.-Thc Bcarl met at tho
Norvcll House, Lyrchburg, Oh Tuesday night,
none absent, aad ai burned on Thursday night.
The report ii The COMMITTEE OIL Esorga
%is 'c.d and adopted. lt.n5s: "Atter caro-
iull itqliry, tho Board came 10 tho conclusion,
that the marked decrease in the rumbsr of
Subjects Is duo TO detective system Of orgaui
Zlilrn, ani al Inefficient 81 sem OF 6iscp'iae"
How 10 remedy these, waa the question. lp
tic Judgment ot Tie committee this could bo
largely dono ty controlling Cv1ry student to
lodge IN tie College building. cat ut Tho mesa
house. study 1t coitSn EoulS, never absent
without leave, IL. "A lEr ILL Ihn military
toiid ASSIST IN any OF those matters, It must DO
uhl Z,I. Keep tho students constantly ID lIard
aud always ktow whcr, they arc No military
tc'o5l. iIr this invnlvrS iu!tiuUIioDa in military
tclcuGc. Itnlurta upon .ho art. &,~-1ny to
mako usl &: What tho act the ui the endowment
plaI09.
Tho !iHsneal system WIS., also reorsan:z ID,
rtqu;tlnG III auditor OF ucc3uatj az we'll az
treasurer. ihc ldrmar ~ made 10 supply, ia far
as 4 iArtn eau, tho Wantn OF tho treasurer, which
will mako q market for the farm produots.
Tho l'rntrSJnr ui Agricultural is t. inAlitnIo
sereh OF experiments for Tie solution OF suoh
qlcaiious aud pc0blcma in scientific und psroti-
cal agriculture possess general intfrtat aud
importance, aid ,ntlish -o.ults. at his descio.
ton.
Some Of tho chai:H vaTn consolidated, and
dutstH. discharged By officers not connected
with tho Faculty, woic dcyoivod upon members
Of tho Faculty, and thus effect rcircnchmcnt.
Adjourned to MEG. in ticbmond December
ID, to elect a President
Correspondent OF the Now York Herald
lram SEr.cuse, states positively that q plan Tor
inc reorganization OF tho democratic phrt7 10
it'n citY OF Now York, and for tho rec 1noilia-
lion OF liz facltna elements in tho State ct
large, was Il Ve0fpd last week, with a reason
aG!o prospect vi auccass, and that at c,ncr.
ohca OF leading GcEi0eratH H0mD days ago the
plan was nsraGd upon. This correspond. M
says Il was resolved t. mako tx Gov. llGra.io
SoymCu: the hrtter between the warning fac
ti0Hs.
Tho Sims correspondent, in z c)nveraqiinu
with G0v. Eoj incur. Baya Gov. Seymour rtii-
Grated IN tho strongest and most cmphaiio |
terms his tctn riori-inl nos 10 GOnaont, under |
any cIrcunisiannaa. 10 bronmn the Residential |
caataiiat
President Hayes and Party.
New York, Nov l7.-Prcsidnnt Hayes |
accompanied by his SOD, Webb 9. Hayes, and |
Secretary OF State E7arts. arrived 10 town this |