Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-06
NRG{N{I NEWS

DIR. 1hGDas Argcl, Grald Iler and Steward
of tho Glaud Ledge of MasoBs Of Virginia,
died at his residence in Richmond ca Wcdocs.
day night, eyed about seventy years.
Rocky Mount, the clpitsl Of FrankliD, had
it's first tobacco break Oh Tuesday of last week.
One hundred piles Of tobacco Tero sold at salts
factory plices. This is what The new railroad
has dono for Franklin.
10 the reaGjusters' convcution at Harrison
burg yesterday, John Paul vas dominated for
Congress by reclamation. Most OF the counties
Of the district (tho 7th) we're represented in the
convention.
A diff Guilty occurred at Chatham yesterday
evening between PoThatsn Clements and Tea.
we'll Hurt (bo!h coloredl, 10 which the former
Has dangerously stabbed near the heart and 10
the abdomeu
"ludeperdeucs," horse Of local reputation
IS racer, and formerly the property of Z. NJ.
Honey, of Stafford o3uoty, has beeu sold to
gentleman who has been searching 10 the upper
country for hunters to seed to England.
Spots ard largo roRcbcs gro most plentiful at
Ooancock, hc1onac county. and 20 begging at
ten cents per dOzsr. The bay and sound, for
the first Time for two pears, arc said TO BIO full
OF them. Two men caught 500 one day lest
week.
A fatal encounter look place faw DAYS aeo
10 Buckingham county, between j. W. David
SOP and w. j. Franklin, two young gentle.
meD, rival suitors for the hand Of youDs
lady 10 that county. Davidson shot his altago-
mist, ilf cling wound from which he died that
night.
Mr.. Johu G. Hurkamp, Of Fredericksburg,
has been tic recipient of magnificent ma olica
nuuch bowl and silver ladcl. presented by the
Potomac boat club of Georgetown, as tcsti
monial ct esteem, and TO bear witness that bis
hospitality TO those members who attended the
two rcgattas was not forgotten by tho club.
A dispatch from Gordcpsvio to tho Rioh
| mond State, says QUO Hoover. republican
bully, shot IN the mes: cowardly msuner Douglas
Phillips, most cStimable young ms1, last
night near tho telegraph ciice. Tho shooting
| Was uuprovokcd, and tho quarrel was about o
settlement OF accounts. The wound is 10 Lbe
head, but is not dangerous. Hoover escaped.
| A warrant ia cut for lis arrest.
A Petersburg dispatch says The heaviest aud
most c)ntinucus rain for months past extending
| far beyond tho Virginia and North Carolina
| lipes, has fallen duriog tho past two days.
| sifording great relief to the crops. The water
| 10 tho Petersburg reservoir, which at one time
| was threateDius)y low, has boon abundsntly re.
perished aud the supply is now adequate for
most oil tho demands OF the city.
| A meeting of tho Alumni OF the University
Of Virginia took place at the Warrcnton Springs
yesterday ct which Prof MallcL mado state
ment OF the condition of the Mccormick tcle-
scope fund. Tho telescope was presented by
! Mr.. Mccormick to the University on condition
that suitable observatory should be erected.
Tie value Of tho iutrumcnt is $50. 1000. Mr..
Vanderbilt offered S25 600 for the erection CT
! tho observatory. conditioned on securing an en.
| doWmept fund of 0,00O Ofthis $50, 900 the
sum CT $37 900 is already secu7ed, leaving $l3,.
| 0O0 still to be obtained. j. Murray Forbes was
| chosen presidcnr, and w. G. Marshall. s,creta'
| ~. and tho Disric! Of Columbia and Alexandria
| were moulded within the territory Of tho asso-
| citation.
According to the Danvillc News the ooorcd
| people of Hslifax county were holding "a "asso,
citation OF o religious nature recently and O
| large number of them copgre2ated daily in close
| proximity to fiue watermelon patch owned by
| white man. The melo1s disappeared daily
and it was an easy matter to connccs their ab.
senoe from the patch with their preseuco at tho
| association. Therefore the owaer Of the patch
pat up largo pIacard, bearing this legend ::
Lookout! these Watermclcps arc poisoned"
The coored people thought this was all hoax
| and some of them concluded to take the water.
melons anyhow, and the result has been fatal
| to one and leaves four or i've others 10 dan
gerous condition. The hclons had strychuine
introduced into Them through pu2c:ures so
delicate as not to be observed, but OF sufficient
strength to BIO fatal.