Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-19
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The invillo News suggests the pace OF
Hon. George q. Csbo for Governor.
Mr.. Wesley Bear SO old and csteemedci; D
Of Luray, died on Monday last.
The Fredericksburg Star is for Hon. Jrhn |
l. Msyre for the next u. 5. Sopatur, to suct
coed Col. Withcrs.
Rev. Melville Jackson, pastor CT Grace |
Episcopal church. RchmonG, has Eoue 10
New York on a visit.
The ladies Of The Episcopal church are to
have fair AID teas, a. Q Id Fellows hail a,
Dsnvic, beginning ca Tuesday, for tho oci fl
Of their church.
Mrs. Brooke, wif;: of as. V. Brooke, eiq. Of
Warrenon. died yesterday OF Pneumonia She
| was most highly esteemed lady, end her death
has caused gloom iu the community ia which
she lived
DIR. William Fl. Taylor State Chemist, has
completed his analysis of the Stomach vi Mrs.
| Oliver, of 6 luueester county, who Gled under
what were believed to be Suspicious circuln-
stances or the 18th Ct March, but found DC
poison.
A heavy storm ccc Tired in tho neighborhood
of Grce0Vile, Augusta onunty, Oil Thursday.
coutinuiug during the entire day. AID until!
| midnight. The weather was intensely cd and
tho Buc Ridge mountains we're Covered wiib
snow.
10 tho United States Court ut Richm ;nd.
yesterday, in the case of j. OR McLcaty and
pine other Judges Of election 10 Petersburg. %
trial for violation of the election law 10 1874.
the distric; attorney asked Tic jury to rcnudr
verdict OF not guilty.
! TIE Lexington Gaz lite ssys: The day IL
breaking for Old Virginia at last. With the
settlement Of tho debt question new hope has
sprung up end confidence 10 her psoplc is again
being manifested by outsiders. Our iron rrop'
critics are attraoiag the attontlon OF Northern
be 10 full blast
The store house of Mr.. Frank Uaruh, Of
| fuckers Hill, Westmoreland County, contslo-
Jog valuable stock Of goods and =
quantity of corn was destroyed by fire last
sunday plight. 1t is not known whether the
house aud goods were Insured or not As thgro
bad been DO fire ia the building for two days
| the fire is supposed to have been the work CT!
an legendary.
Mr. Wm. H. Merchant died at his residence
| 10 Dumtries, Prince William oouoty. 90 Mon
day of last week. The Nlaus5as Gsz ,tte says:
| The deceased had been i'll for a short tmc.-
His death is the third in the family since Chris
mas. First his estimable lady, then his young.
est SOD, and himself, and 10 day nr two afttr,
the little child of his son Richard f.. Merchant
died Of pneumonia.
The Shenandoah Valley says: "rbe farmers
of this community avuiied themselves very
generally OF the good weather 10 March Tor
blowing. The most Of them, it not ell, have
finished sowing their oats. Thoy are now
busily eogaged in preparing the land FOR corn;
and tho indication is that there will be a very
large crop put out; some have already rla1tGd.
Wheat hiss not improved as much 10 the last
few weeks as might have beea rxpect"i; but 1t
is hoped that such weather as wo are now hsv
ing will cause it to grow rapidly
Judge Keith, of tho Circuit Court Of Fau-
uuicr, Yesterday, sentenced John Williams,
convicted of the murder Of Howard tlolizclaw,
near Warrenton Junction. on Februar? 6. to
be hung on Friday. May 80, between the hours
of q. N. and a. N. The prisoner was ttolld
while the sentence was being past oo him. but
on reaching his cell threw hmseIf Oh the II ,or
and bitterly bewailed his fate. The execution,
under the new law regulating the death penalty,
will be private, and but few will be admitted TO
the Jail yard, where it will take place.
The Rich mond correspondent CT the Peters
burg Index Appeal says: THE counsel fer
Baccigalupo. who was found guilty and his
punishment DTcQ y inc jury at clRnL yeats III
the penitentiary, have not yet made any motion
for new trial for the prisoner In his speech
before the Jury in This case, yesterday, Capt.
Joho S. Wiso said it made but little difference
to Baccgaupo Whom the defence claimed vas
insane whether he was consigned to lie State
prison or not as he was 10 that condition Of
mind that ho would net appreciate the punish
ment Baccigalupo had sane Interval lust st
that point and shock his head 10 q very dec!den
negative to Capt. Wiic's proposiiiDn."