Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24
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forty years.
Charles W. Smith was elsc:4d iowa s:Egea1t
ofWarreuton on Friday las.
Toe Winchester L aht lnfrao!ry arc to held
yard party 5000, for he bepeG! Of the company.
Rev. w. M. Damo Of Baltimore preached
an oble sermon at Christ Clutch, Winchester.
Oh Sunday last.
Among the ccn7icts discharged from tho
Peritentisry lately are Jchn Hroter of this
place. and Charles Wilsoa, Of CuIpeper.
Postmaster Hodsder, of Portsmouth, WAS
greatly sstonishsd Monday m ,rniog BY the tx
plosion and ignition Of a letter. The stamp 90
which he was 10 the DOC IF car c;lliog. 1t con
taintd Wax matches.
O., last Monday Mr.. W. Shields, who has
hecu t0r number oil years countc I'd with The
his ountcion. Captain Asa Rogers will as
sumo control of the business ffhr5 of the
Wing.
A rsaojusterb' meeting was held at Harrison
burg Monday. Speaker Alec, Senator Paul
aud Gen. Nal ,ne being sm Ipg tho speakers.
A reac listers mas meeting is to be be Id at
Winchester. August when General Malone
and other leading reao ius.ers arc to deliver aG-
dtess s.
A letter from Culpeper to the Richmond
Wig, says: The wheat crop is very light,
oals almost failure, gardens completely burned
up, corn twisted uutil the blades resemble green
cords, pastures go dry that a match would set
them on FIRE. small streams nearly oil dry, and
stock losiog Hesh."
The loog continue drought, witch has dried
up all The null streams ia Kicg Wilam aud
kipg aud Queen c)unlis, has already CAUSED
mucn s1ffericg among the poorer classt sand has
driven farmers to Richmond for their supply oil
meal, for which lh:y pay Is cents PER bushcl,
though they get but 81 cenls for their coro.
II difficulty yesterday 90 the steamer Clip
sly, chrryiug the mails between Ffatk kiln. Va,
aud Plymouth, n o., COL q mrle Mcdonald
of Washington, ID. O., Was SHOT By L. ). Bar
bagc, Captain of The boat. The ball enter d
| the |. ft check. braakipg the j4wbone aud knock
lug out several teeth. The wound is not CON
siierod f,lal.
A meeting Of citz,us OF Richmond WHO arc 10
favor of g modification Of tho Sunday Law, so thsl
perfect order AID decorun shall BIZ nalntalOed
without i. Judgement upon the religious Con-
| vio!iOns OF any part OF The commuolty, is to bt
held this evening. A peru8uent Organization
is TO be held for The purpose If securing pndi6
c1iou Of the Sunday aH" pissed 10 1874.
At Norfolk. CO Tuesday, the wife tf a resi-.
dent complained to the Mayor that her peace
had becn wrecked by the Establishments OF 8
female from Baltimore who had beCuiled the
affeoiops OF her husband away from her. She
said that the pair intended to tlope together OF
the Baltimore boat. The Mayor ordered the
| woman 10 leave. and tho tusbaud was placed
ucder police surveillance to prevent his follow
| iDg her.
Tho Winchester Timcs @tates that Mliol
Holmes CONRAD Gpd Major K. w. Hunter visit
ed Chambersburg. Pa, last week, and bad q
conference with President keonedy and The
| Cumberland Valley railroad dire ctors 10 regard
| to The MarliuSburg and Winchester exten'ioD
| but fouOd ih,m not repaired 10 say what rent
| they would pay Tor the road from the Berkeley
lice 10 Winchester 10 the event Ct its o0Dstruc
lion by Frederick county.
The wife OF Peytor TalIey. keeper Of The
Aqueduct Hill, Chesterfield county, not far from
Petersburg, was scared 10 death Monday moro
log under the following circumstances: Mr.,
Tally had occasion on thu, day to interfere with
the orgies OF party of dissolute boys and wo
men. when the former, iucepssd at hi, actin,
attacked him. and kept uo The assault uotil he
reached the door OF his house, causog bis wife
such shock from lear that she died a few
hours afterwards Warrants lave been issued
for ell conccrlld.
At Petersburg yesterday, while two painters,
Jsmss Charles aud Alex. Nugent. were at
work paio,irg 10 font OF tho Academy tf Mut
so. tbs scaffo!d on which th.y were staudit G
gav5 away, pTtc pitalirg them fifty feet 10 The
ground below. Charles had bis bsck broken
and skull fractured, aud died 10 short 'ima.
NugoD. was painfully cut about tho head and
received serious iuteraal Injuries. Robert
Charles, son OF the painter who was killed,
was also en- the scaffo!d at me timo Of tho &C
cidept, and WAS painfully jared.
Some excitement was occis:oncG in Win
chester on Monday last by an ARRAY between
Two coored men. Walter Day oowhided Albert
Brown. barber, 90 tho pavement 10 front OF
his plac, of tusicess. Brown. who is o sleu der,
delicate looking mau, valuly cudcaVoIed to de
feud himself against Day, who is powerful
fellow, and has the reputation of btiog bu!ly.
Browo ran toto the shop and procured pistol.
ThsD Day rso away, pursued by Brown. FIod'
Ing himself unable 10 cVcr,ako bis ussailant,
Brown fired Que shot at Day, but missed bin.
Both parties wer, then arrested. TIE dis
turbance had its origin ut ball.