Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-07
tTRGkEI.7 VIEWS,

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The Ceu;t OF Appeals wss o.: IA session 90
Saturja;, aoi Will Lot NEE! again uo;il to.
mGrfug.
The Cue rcsidercs IF Richard Coleman, 10
Amelia county Vas destroyed - Ere last We'd
.aesday night!
Work upoa the lie mausol,ugl ct Liking
toe, is progressing fav@rat!y, end ollg $1,000
is ueedtl to complete it.
A shipment Ct fifteen thousand live fowls was
rac:ivedia Norfolk, Saturday, from Southwest
ern Virginia and East Tennessee.
Olc-ifth Of the population oi Richmond Is
Baptist. There Gro 10 the city zinc chutchss
of white Baptist and ten CT eoIorcj.
Charles Z. Lsthan, esq., clerk Of the Uoted
States court at Danele has resicacG his posi-,
;iop; his resignation TO take effect Oh the first
day Of May.
The Southern Intcigcner. CD. John T..
Plpham's paper, calls upon Gel. Withera TO
Place himself q: the head Of The debt payiGg
party of the State aud thus secure his eva
succession 10 the u. 6. Senate.
Mai. Samuel II. Boykin. register of The Vir.
einia land cfico and superintendent Of The pub
lie buildings of tho State, wag stricken with
apoplcyy in Richmond, Saturday atcraoon, and
is 10 critical condition.
Three Baltimore drummers were arrested in
Norfolk On Friday for selling goods by samples
without lice1s,. Two CITIZEN wero discharged,
but the third was held to hail FIR bis appear
arcc at tho A,Iil term CT the Corporation
Court.
The case cf Angelo Bacoigslupo. charged
with feloriou:ly cutting his vile, vas called in
tho Polio, court in Richmond. Cd Saturday.
Tho wounded woman was 90 the witness stand,
After Lengthy hearing The accused was ro
mandod for trial.
A white by named Leslie MortoD, who bad
his leg crushed while rl3yipg or the turn table
OF tho Richmond end Danri!Ie railroad at Burke
willie last May, has been awarded $4,000 dam
age in tho Circuit Court OF Nottaway couctS
y new trial has been applied fer.
Tho steamer Trcdegar, owned by Captala
Edward Pickup, of Norfolk, caught lire acct
dents!ly Friday night. and was burned to the
waters edge, oG the Berkeley f,is. Tha TreGo'
ear formerly belonged 10 the State 0! Virginia
aud was oae Of tho oyster navy. Sho wss Dol
ilslrcG.
The stcoal trisl Of John E. PenleZter, iol
killing Curtis, 10 Richmor1, has been s,t t5l
Thursday, April Il. PoinGexteI's health !:
reDil scented IS falling. The ctiicara Ct tho il
say that be passes most of his Fights in sleep
lessue:s. During the trial he walked up aot
down the q lor Of his room ia tho jail al night
Mu,h interest is felt is spnrtiUg c;gc!fs ovci
grsod cock main between Virginia and Penn
sylgauia, which begins to-day at Norfolk ana
coutiurca Tuesday ard Wcdnesiag. Each s:dt
is to shcW % birds, weighing lr5m pounds
ouaces1o ) pounds II OUNCES, ADD give nnc
| take two ouuoes. Tho stakes will he 800 6
battle, $500 Oh tha odd The pen 10 jag; Gu!
eide tho limits OF Norfolk.
Il German colooy is 10 be established 10 tht
c5uuty OF Prince George, near Petersburg
For this purpose three thousand acres OF land
in one tract or body have been SECURED. The
citizens composing The body vii! consist ct I'll
teen lamilies--,hc head CT each family bans
not less than twenty ono dor over tiItg years oil
age. The entire company vii! number about
sixty. 1t ia said tho head Of each family /:
possessed Of a corilal OF $500.
A!tx. Benz. g ccored man Of BlaadioIl
| died Saturday evening !7cm icjurica received
By the explosion OF shell. lie W.9 about tc
burn out tho stump CT SoGd il the cga OF nu
ays preparatory TO lrseri;cg new handle. Tc
prevent the fire from i:iuriug the temper OF
the axe blade be prepared 10 DIVA 1t int0 lhc
ground. For thia purpose 10 used an cd 81
nounder Parrot shell, thrown !tom one CT the
Uoion batteries during the se!gc of Petersburg.
10 striking tho hut Of the exc tho shell eZ
pIoded blowing eff both CT his hands and
ctHsLioe his leg. His irjurlcs proved fatal