Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-02
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Ntl' Va ~. DTOuO. vi N1luUlCpQIS, 0lCG on
Friday last. and Was buried Oh Sunday. He
was most cstmablc ci;zeD.
Mr. John Campo, o former we'll Known TO-
bhc1o box manufacturer Ct Richmond died
suddenly 10 Gloucester county yesterday where
he had been spending several weeks On {. visit.
Tic board Of supervisors for Augusta couu-
y have resolved to rui the court house 10
thorough repair, and to build two frcproof
vaults for tho sa!tkecrug Of lbs records.
Ez Senator W. 4. Anderson and James +.
4. Gibbs, OF Gibbs l. Wilcox Sewing Machine
nototicty, bSve been nominated BY the county
convention Of Rockbridge a. candidates fer the
legislature.
Mai. j. W. Danisl, Fix Speaker Alop. Mi.
Sirius leilow aod w. W. Walker spcko ut
Winchester yesterday TO very largo aud ca
thuslaslc audience in favor OF tho new lunG
irg bill.
Inc iiiti2th convention aud jubilee Ct The
Virginia oSuod OF thG Evaugcncal Lutheran
Church has been held in Woodstock. .ha q.
icodarca o! ministers YES large, lDaSv oOnlay
!roEl Variou4 other States. Tho svoodic. Dis
course Was delivered by Rev Dr. Haucr.
q. E. Nsmiiou. charged with hagoa been g
partncr Ct Floyd Roberts. confidence man,
IN The l9tscrics coulu,Iiled i'y ibe lstter in
WarrentOD. aud whose arrest has been mnn-
tIoncd Ill tho GtE!Ltc, has been ccarcA aoG
rindicated Of all llnputa.ious.
TIC Whitehall geld miue. ca tic iarrev
gauge r&lircat near Frederick ahurg, formerly
onoed ~ Conmodofo Stockton. has been rur
chased hy Boston capitalists, ard operations
Will &c resumed October l. Sjne ycsls ago
tala minC }loltcd Sli6 600 10 sc7eu .no1ths.
Madisoa eouoty has voted subscription CT
$500 600 tor tbs cStoasion OF The Potcmec,
Fredericksburg and Piedmont railway 10 the
court house of that county This read is
owned in Philadelphia ard pittsburs. snd is
in operation fer forty mics.
a largo meeting at Snotssivauia court
house, yesterday, was addressed by Rev. DIR.
Curry la favor 81 sustaining the hlcCuooh
compromise as !l3a settlement Of the Vir
GINA deb, and a. L. RHwc was dominated en-
that platform for the Il0u:e Of Delegates.
Mr.. Co'emsn declines to run Is an Independent.
Gen. l;:ca I. Bowen, Of zrwslI, who,
sirce the wer r!rrcslntcd his listliu; 10 Goa.
sress, died OF injuries received by q fall on the
night CT the 18th Of August. breaking a lsg
which oIco bct,ro hed been brnkcp. lie IVES
quito aged. and sauk uutcr tho shock. lie
stood high in tho respect and affection of the
people.
Trinity Division. No. 3. uniform rark Of
k1Ighls oi Pythias, of Petersburg, Mayor
William II. Cameron, Sir Knight, ccmm.nd,
ing, visited Richmond on an excursion yrstcr-
day, aud wcrc tho guests Of Richmond Drvi-
sloD. ty whom they wcro bauquetcd. Afcr
sight Seeing, tho visitors aod their hosts, with
OF hers, went on an excursion down tho river as
far as pu!ch Gap.
"a Saturday evening two negro boys at.
tempted 10 throw the westward bound accom-
mediation train cf The Chesapeake and Ohio
railway from the track ncar Hanover, but to,>
tunatcly tic Vigi!ant eye II the epeinctr saw
tho danger, aud with tho aid of tho air brake
succeeded 10 stopping thu train. The train
Was goiug st full speed ct the time, aud whom
1t veg stopped lie boys were discovered hiding
near By, aud were chased aud captured bv
somo OF tho passengers and employees OF the
company.
The trial of u. w. Jameson, for killing ID.
NJ. Roam, was resumed yesterday at Cupeper
court house. all tho witnesses testified 10 the
fatal shot having been fired by Jameson. j..
/. Hicks and George w. Cooper, who were
rye witnesses to tho shooting, testified that
Roam Gnd j. Rxey, deputy treasurer, hsd
quar-! c'led. and Wtro about TO come 10 blows.
when Philip Jones, q relative IF tho latter,
lOtcriertd aud struck Roam 10 thu face. Ream
borrowed pistol and fired ct Jooes, wound
ing him 10 The shoulder. The Two men then
cllnchod. and Wills in this position Jameson
draw pistol aud fired ut Resin. The latter
Tell 10 tho ground immediately The cJunty
constable produced the pistol taken from ia
mlcson, Two barrels OF which we're empty,