Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-28
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Ga attempt is 10 % made - rcCreaBizo tic
Clarke cavalry.
'cndieoa I. Moore, a popular young lawyer
2t IfO.iCIk. died yesterday Of dl2hthcria.
The Shenandoah Valley Raiiyosl Company
have purchased ia Germany sig thousand toes
OF Steel rails, which will be sufficient to COM
pIcto t'elr ROAD 10 its southern terminus.
Not only is scarlet fever prevalent in Clarke
| county, but in s}mo Of The counties adjoining.
The disease has generally appeared in mild
form, though there have been several fetal
cas- q since its appearance.
The stable Of Mr.. Rolt I. Files, 10 Frederick
county, with oDo horse. Was burGed 90 Tuesday
| mOtnlGs. Another hors, WIS seriOusy Injured,
| ind { qeaulty Of harness destroyed.
1t seems TO tc generally conceded that Mr.
| Massey will be the choice Of the readjusers
Ter tho ttficc Of First Auditor, 10 place Of that
old, capable, aud we'll tried public servant, VIM.
i. Taylor.
On Wednesday hight at Bristol, Mrs. vii
SOD, we'll TO 10 resident. aged IS years. in q
| ut OF temporary Insanity, committed suicide By
| cutting her throat and breast with pair OF
| scE sjrs, surviving but few minutes.
A Ioict stock company is being formed al
| Waynesbofo, for tho purpose CT establishing c
mandatory Of farm machinery and castings Of
all descriptions, aud sash aud blinds. The cap
ltal stock asked for is from SIS 600 10 $50, 900
most 81 which has hteu subscribed in Wlyuc5
| t0ro.
Ga Wednesday evening. at Wythcville, Robt
| Wood, highly respectable citizen OF WythC
etubty, while intox!eated. refusing 10 go home
| With his brother William, q mutual friend
nnmc Matthews. offered 10 aid in taking him
| Robert threw largo stone at his brother, miss
| Ing hun and striking Matthews on tho head
from the effects OF which Matthews died yes
terdsy morrlag. Wood Was arrested.
The engineer corps OF the Shenandoah Va,
ley Railroad have been surveying route to in
tCrsect the chesapeake aud Ohio, and it 10 70
ported that the route 10 Fishervileis pr0nounc
CT the best that has yet been run The com
plny has received $G5, 030 Of tho now bonds 0
Clarke county is:uci to retire The old bonds O
| 1877 and accumulated interest, The remaining
SO UO0ls held by the county ultll Mr.. J. ID
road, has completed his work and reported
thereon.
Thu lr9nlain,c will meet next "Wednesday
The llGn4n Of Delegates will b. organized b.
the present clerk, j. BELL Bigger who hold
| pVtT NHlii ulh .h'tttGHT - CHOSEN. y c0Dici
carN ni the leading debt pnycra and Of The re
ac uacfa will probably kr held on Manla
a!Sht, as many Of the members arc expected /,
he iErrn At that ,ma. The Indications nj praa
cnt are that moat 81! the cnlornd momhrra o
the two honscs, who wcro elected as such, wi
80 into uallcns with The road nsera aud prob
ably vote with them for lhu officers, &c.
a. !lers. the German whn waa arrested i
lslchmHnl. with 4 number Of supposed Iraud
ulcnt inrtigu draits iir largo amounts, wit
which he lad tnlohv1red 10 elect the purahaa
OF large quantity OF tobacco for shipment l.
Germany, was examined in the police onnr
Yesterday. nni sont IN tho ilnstines t'c,.r
for Indictment Tor attempting to obtain raa,l
under false rrctcIc:s. llia companion, VIM
Schnlldcr, waa held until Saturday with view
nl hearing from Now Yolk ~ To his identity
lie anys he hns n wiin in hat city, and claim
TO have been dupOd by Eilcra Of whom h
knows nothing, and that hu WAS employed t
travel with him Oh account Of his. F,'Inrs
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