Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-21
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I4 i.la!!:cr Of Gc7GgGo. Holiday il SERIOUS.
y IL 1t ;eg :Gsd1ac0 il Winchester.
1wo csrrots Ct flour, valued s! S24 600, we're
cleared At Richmond "Wednesday for Eio.
YAe University Of Virginia new lacks only
aJ1G: twenty suGcnts Of ia last SESSION. num-
b;r
Mr.. John LIuthan, yell know cilizon ci
Garkc C0unly, died nn Fridsy eve; lGc las.
aged &c Yoals.
Jamcs &. Adkisson, n wvll known printer,
AID former proprietor OF the NcrtrIl, Vrgrian,
died in chat CITY yesterday.
by tho will of The lato Jacob Pensuger, OF
Roanoke county, Roanoke College, at $ slcm,
receives about $4,000.
Ia tho Virginia conference Of the Nj. II.
Church South in Ncriolk, yesterday, there WAS
no hl4nc5s OF eprcia Importance except tho
abolition 0i thc German Mission i'll Richmond.
Tho varlona departments Of the navy yard.
al Norfolk, haVo received ordtTI To havn all
| woik On the new United States steamer Nipsic
ii9ishca by y saturday, when she will leave the
yard.
Charles j. Blrtop, maj,r genera! in her
brlanIic maIcsy'H S!iv;cn, serving with great
d'sIirc!ian in India has died at ST. Ficcent de-
| and purchased valuable estate in Prize 8:
Anne couaty Tor family homestead
Commissioned j. l.. Waterman, # lilo u
). Circuit Court Tor The Eastern District Of
Virginia, died in Petersburg yesterday Of pnou
mona. lie was appointed Cnmmi ssicncr by
Judge Bend six years ago. Deceased WAS {
EatlVo OF Boston, and served 10 tho Fedora
army duliug tho Ieto war.
| The fro in tho B!uo Idgo mcuntan mcn-
toned last week seemed to treak out air,st
last Thursday, and at hight is presented
grand spectacle. 4 large Quantity oftimbcr ha
| no doubt been Destroyed. The Slmo day large
| iirc raeoi among Tho timbers. il was thought
OF the Optquon bill.
| }. T. Richardson, ooloroG, en-. CT tho crew
OF the schooner Viola. fell overheard in Curl
tuck S0rud last Tuesday, ard Vas drowned
! lie aid : Whlto mouber Of the crew wcr
Wrestling, aad both fell overheard. Richard
| SOD, who WAS unable to swim, was drowned
while tho white man vas rescued. Tie drown
cd man belonged in tho nelghho1hood Of Rich
moGd.
Judge Jackson, CT West Virginia, havir,
refused to confirm the sale CT Tho White Sui
phur Springs property, which wss sold at quo
tion to Alexander Matthews for $500, 600, les
summer. aicssrs. ptyton Il Co., the prcson
lcssccs, have re leuscd the property Ter anothe
year. IL will b. put up ct auction again ncX
summer, nul started ct the bid at which it wa
knocked down to Mr.. Matthews.
IA heretofore stated in the Gazette The cou
tract for the construction OF tho whole of tn
line OF tho Rapidsn railroad between Oaug
Court House ard Charlottesville, has been LET
aud large number Of coorcl hauds CT, o
wol X the contfacs requires tho road bed to bs
ready Tor tic rails 10y tho fist of next July
Tho !old crosses tho Chesapeake AID Ohio .
tho present Junction, which is about half We
between Charlottesville md the University.
Tho boari Of supervisors Of Page county
acting upon legal advice, bus mad, an ordc
directing tho attorney fer tho Commonwealth
Tor that cruaty to notify tho president OF th,
Shenandoah Valley rnlEoid and tho contractor
10 the county Of Page, that If they per: st il
constructing tho road through that county the
do 50 at their Own risk, as tho county does no
rcoceuiZ, it4 obligations TO pay--and will re
fuse to ray-tho $500 geo subscribed Iy i, t
! tho oaplnI stock OF said ruilrcad