Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-16
VIRGINIA. NE IS.


Rockingham county last week.
Capt. John i. Shapcr, :. p;o;!,incs,: cii;zsa
of LyrchtuTg, is dead.
The residence Ct II. G. Gregory, 10 ho.c:!a
county, vas destroyed by fire las! Saturday al
terncon.
Fred. Douglass Iectur@d il S;auutcn last
right, to large audience, g very large proper
ton OF which consisted CT whites.
We regret 10 hear OF tbs illness ci l.. i'll.
Glass, esq, editor efthe Petersburg Post, Lu:
trust that he may BE- soon restore to health.
Carsons & Sons. Of Rvertop, Va, hrvc been
awarded the coOtrac. fer linc for the Nitiopa!
Museum building in Washington.
For the past two weeks ending April 18th
the number of deaths in Richmond we're II
whites and &c colored
ESTHER, the Beautiful Queen" is 10 DC rem
dered ct the Town Hail, 10 WerEcotoD, TO-
morrow evening, the proceeds 70 80 FOX tho
benefit Of the Baptist church.
The Petersburg Post ssys The p,esurc Of
business was SO heavy upon Inc tobacco fac.
tories Of that city. that the pcoHTe!orS dccllced
to close them 90 Eis.er
Dr. H. Aluufc,d Spencer, Of DinHiddi,
county, died of heart ciscesc Saturday. lie
| was ou horseback When tskc0 i'll, and falling TO
the ground died in few uene1!*.
Tho Wytheville Eaterpli5e says uaero wo.
man was arrested las. week upon the charge CT
setting FIRE TO the house OF Mr.. j. Is. Pslatcr,
in that county, and confessed her guilt, but
was admitted to bail by j1sticc Of tho peace.
The Grand Council Of Virginia, l. O. r.
NJ, will kinde their annual couuciI FIRE in the
hunting grounds of Wyandoto Tribe, 10 Nor
folk, On the l4:h SUP, so breaits past the
uoth run. rising Of Tho SID, Flower uoop, e.
S. D., 3SS.
During the past week two separate attempts
| have been mado to break into tic Galley
vault. in the cemetery next to the Cocy CHAP
ell 10 Atlantic City. The vault OBTAINS tho ro
mains of lato John G. ColIey aud Gc7cra! Ct hi:
family.
The Circuit Court Of Fauau;tv couotg-J r3ge
| Keith preslding-is 10 session. Before the
olcss Of the term, the negro John Williams,
who has been convicted, will be sentenced tc
DO hung for the murder of young HoIlz,Iaw, al
| Warrentou Junction. a short time since.
Bsccigalnpa, charged With attempting to nu,
der his Wits, was arralened in the llustIngs
Court of Richmond, yesterday morniag. After
considerable trouble Jury was obtained. The
! wounded woman was the principal wi:rcss. She
testified 10 having received ten stats with :
knife, and that her husband then attempted &c
drown her in tho canal.
| There is considerable excitement ia Ereder
ieksburg over the death, on Saturday, CT L SCI
OF Lewis &. Wilson, largo !ur1ituro dsa!.r
The father accused his wiie'd stepEother q
poisoning his SOD. lie neW denies making The
accusation. Tho cororer made a post mcr'cn
examination of the body, ycstcrdsc. AID se1
Tho stomach 70 the State chemist ct !ichIAn1i!
| for analysis.
The Winchester Times says 'Gaa loorn
log last week. when MIR. It'll .ba!7:r wcnt e
his work at Oycr T. Go. j lime kI!n. az very
eelI7 hour, no iound an infant, trve!cncd il
rnes. which had been placed there Gnr!ng The
night. 1t vas mulatto. apparently about
three or four days old, and was nearly dead
Whero its wants we're attended to icmporari
~, and it was then cent to the poor'a house.
A fair 10 the Colored Baptist church, al Sa-
lem, IN FauquleT county, on Monday nigh
broke up in q general row, in which pistols
knives, rsZors. and atcnes were freely used, bu
with 20 fatal results. Two brothers namet
Lacy were badly cut, one CT them seriously IL
the left breast, the other having Gfiascr cut eff
1
BY rocks or by falling cut Of TEinow5 in trying
to escape from tho building. No arrts's have
been made.
A novel attempt at suiciio is said 10 EaVt
been mado near A!die, IL lcu3ou1 county, OF
Monday last, by Miss Nails, daughter Ct {
farmer, who mounted her fathers horse 81
about o'clock in the afternoon, and roGo rap
idly in the direction Ct Mcores mil! pond
Arriving at the water s edge, sho. vas observed
| By some goatiomeu 10 GismcuDt, slanco hurried
y and wildly around, ard 2Coss into the pond
| Finding tho water too shallow 10 drCWu be:
where she first entered it, sho waded Gu. into
the deepest part, which came Up to her should
ers, and then commenced duckiug her head
under tho water aud hou1dcring arouCd in Q
very extravsgant style. The gentlemen rau
down to the pond and called to her to k1o1
what she was doing. Sho paused a moment
aud then Continued to splash her head in the
water. saying ~ M gore In goco!" Gao OF
the genll.men told her she vas not gone end
commanded her to como out. She thep, with
the sid Of fence rail heheld out to her, wadsd
ashore and then tainted. She IVES taken in a
| wagon to the village OF Adie, where modest
assistance was rendered, but up to $50 o'clock
Monday evening she had not regaiDed cou-
soousness. Tho young laGy's mind has been
| affected at times ever snca tho death o! her
mother, some two years ago.