Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-02
IEEGETI.z VIEWS

the m:oes 10 SpottsJl7anis have sEiuped
twenty good sH!L basSo! geld dust to The Phil
adtlpbia Mat.
The trustees have appointed Dr.. Winter
Payne, prlrclpal CT WuFreuion Pubic Schools,
and R5bertE Soott IT,, c;s slant teacher.
Katie Froemsa. aged ten years, died last
Sunday suddenly from srff1ea!ion. at Fitc4stIe.
A portion OF aD apple which she was eali1g
lodged io her Rindripe
trsnk Jones CEq OF Petersburg, nephew
OF Gsncrat Roger "A. Pryor. died yesterday ct
O!d Pdlht OF congestion ct tho lunls Mr.
Jones Ras one Of the most popular aod well
Known citiz.rs Of Petersburg
Whilst Mr.. Thomas So9tt, one of the Oldest
aud most esteemed citZ, ls Of Orange County,
woS returning from the Court House 10 his
home on last Thursday, on horseback, ho vas
thrown and very badly, if not fatally. hurt.
The jury in the clso Of tho Commonwealth
against Peter Wright. Oh trial 10 tho County
Court OF Bedford. for the murder of Mr.. Msu
pho, on The 3O.h ct Juae lost, on Thursday last
brOusl! in q vtrlicl Ct murder in tho first
degree.
Qaite Destructive Ere occurred 10 Berkeley,
opposite Norfolk, yesterday morsiag. a Store
| house and lis contents, belonging to Capt. L
A. ll(zrr. wero destroyed. snd the INSURANCE.
vas coupara'Ivcly tritl Dg. The fire was acc-
dental.
1t is said that the ties fer tho narrow gauge
| railroad are being stolen and carried off from
along the linc below Falls Church, Fairfax
county. IN great numbers. one sub contractor
losing 200 before they had been received by the
purchaser.
mass meeting Oi tho ctiZ ms 81 Ofarge is Il
DO held at the Court House 90 Angus! Court
day to perfect the conservative orgaulz ltiou oil
tho county, and take such stops as may be seen
necessary 10 nominate suitable candidates fer
tho Senate and House OF Delegates.
During O thunder storm 90 last Saturday the
lightning struck the stable of Rev. O. f. Tyson
pnster OF the Baptist congregation OF Berry
vile, the electric current running down at both
corners OF tho building and tearing the board:
from 1t and splitting some Of the tmbcrs
Strange to say though the stable was iull oil
hay it did not tase fire.
| Maj. @. Mccormick, Atttraey Gen. cfTexas
arrived IN bis native county, Fairfax, On Tues
day last. Major Mccormick left Fairfax TWEEN
~ odd years ego with his father, Mr.. Berry
| McCormltk, and went 10 Texas, " here the fami
3 have since resided, and where the youugel
hes b,en honored with the high position of At
torney General. Il lost Ter under Genera
Forest during the late war.
On Thursday evening as a freight train or
the Virginia Il Tennessee Railroad was ap
preaching L7uchburg, one Of the wheels burst
and the tra2m.ots hsW in all directions. 4
colored youth named Charles Foster, was
standing twenty five or thirty yards from The
track locking at the tIaio. aud pieces of thu
broken wheel struck him, completely c,ushioa
one OF his legs. breaking three ribs aud BIZ
collar bone, and terribly bruisipg one arm.
Il. h. James 6. Balm. Grand Commando,
Knights Temp'ar established his headouartet:
10 the camp oi Richmond CommauGcry No., a.
Fortress Monroe yesterday. He gave a Icceptiup
at which Gen. Getty aud the officers of tho pos
were present. at five y. N. Griel Coumsn
derry No. lG. OF Norfolk. aud Portsmouth,
CommunGc1y arrived on a visit to their Rich
moOd friends. Tho three Communicates march
cd Into the fort and oned tho battalion which
vas reviewed By General Getty a1d Grand
Commander Balm, after which Grie Comman
dtry rave an txhibtion OF tho Tempfar drill
which was very foe. The Knights gave q hon
at the hotel at night.
Inst Sunday afternoon R:v. Mr.. Wall. nas
tor Of 81 ephen's church at Cplpepcr CIur
House atu Colonel y. u. ldphitJ0t, met with
40 accident 10 which bolh of thtm narrow
~ e.c.rcd receiving seii9rs Mj,ry. They
| bad driven two hoIses 10 buggy to Oak Shade
where Mr.. Wall breaches. sua when teal
Hsz:l Rvtr, On their way losarl tomc
the bar that Conueots The rt!r to the irJut pir,
OF the carriage. became dett ched 10 sotne W ~,
causing the top Ct tic buggy to fall bal Col.
l.. WAS lodged under il, while Mr.. W. wa,
thrown I'll. lie frnnt. TIC hcr5es ilisn toak
frilht aad ran to Il Se>v.iIe, aotu. two nies
distinct, whcra they were caught apd taxed b;cs