Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-16
E-f}eEkFy.g N'EU'S.

Nj j1r } 0hu ID. Rogers has been appointed q
temporary clerk 10 tho Second Auditors ctil,o
under the late Funding act.
Tho pic, Of GAS 10 R;chm ind is 10 he re-
duc,d srom 50 80 TO 50 per ono thousand feet
aitcr February 1850. Tho city Gwna the
gas works.
n meeting Of thu co'orrd Educational aud
Historical Association oil Virginia, assembled
in LynchbuIg last night. Delegates hro present
from all Sections Of the STAG, Including many
prominent coOrcd teachers.
The State auditor yes csday turned over to
Inc S;atc board Ct equation So, 900 du3 to
the public shoots. The Same officer paid to the
Planters National Blbk $4,000 borrowed
from that bank ut different periods recently.
Tnree we'll know ladies' of Petersburg. died
GU Saturday evening within The spic1 OF lew
hours. Mrs Lsuisa Wyatt ic!l dead in the
street irim apoI,xy; Mrs. Lucy y. Ssyuior,
vile Of Mr.. Richard Seymour, died OF con-
sumption, and Mrs. k1to A. Sykes died after
an illness G \ few days. She Was the w:dtw
Of tic late Gu1tavus a. Sykes, one oi The
founders Ct tho lud,X newspaper.
Tho virginia State .cgitta took rl4c, at
fredericksburg yesterday. The single soul
raco Was won by Roberts. Of the Potomac clue,
Of Gacrgetuwo, d. e.; tho race for working
boa:s by the Kanlwhes, Of Rlchmcac; the four
cared shell raco by the Potomac light crew. end
tho chalIerg, cup. tnur cared elGs, by The
Ri1cs club, Of tho University. Toe RACES were
witnessed by moro than - 600 pcup2.
The Petersburg Index Appel says: Tho
effects Of tive dI0ugh. aru b2com;og everywhere
mo.e siricus very day. In s2ne localities
rain has not lalicn for weeks. The dog wacd
tres s are dying for want OF luc!s.urc, c)rn Is
| turning white and the stalks aro b:c9mna cry
and hard. The small streams arc drying uu,
and the rivers are very low. Tho mills 10
many PLACES hsvo stopped wolk, aud The ieral.
crs are PIT 10 great lncoDvenicic)a ad trouble TO
get their supply Oh meal.
There has been IS yet TO application Ter &
| writ O! error nud supcisedcas 10 the judgment
Of tho Musings Court, Of R!chmord, il the
PoudeSter case. Timo Was allowed IL thli
case until the l0.h rraX. Tor such application,
snd the counsel for Poindexter arc now engaged
10 preparing his petition. Should thu VIII be
granted the Argument will BIZ hsd belore the
Supreme CCurt CT Appeals II Richmond at It's
next session, which commc1ceS ca the 18Th day
OF NGvanibar next, ord not OF tho present term
ia Wythev!lc.
George L:w:s, tho negro boy WAC in January
last murdered bis grandmother, in Chesterfield
county, and was consequently sentenced to be
hanged, havog obtained q new trial, was again
artaigred yesterday. The jEry was c5mposed
entirely CT negroes, this berg the first jury 60
constituted which has ever teen empanelicd ~
Virginia to try capital offence. The prisoner
admitted that his victim ordered him to per-
form some trivial service which was not to bis
liking. whereupon be made up his mlad that
he wand nut an end 10 her dominion ever him,
On the afternoon Ct the slmo day he delibsrate'
ly shot her with an cid army muskes, LITERALLY
Blowing off the greater portion of her head
The trial lasted until near midnight. when the
case WAS given to the jury, who alter an hours
deberalian returned verde! CT murder 10 the
scc,Dd degree, ard 6x:d the penalty at is
years Imprisonment in tho p:pi;eatiary. Lewis
and bis c;unsel protested against the negro j1ry
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