Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-23
FIR&ENE,a TEu-S

W 'AonA 1L0iauas epuko at w
yesterday.
A. G. Ward, formerly of EOglaud, but for
some pears residing near Piedmont Station, |
Fauquier county, died suddenly on Saturday.
A meeting was held 10 Warrenton yesterday |
| which was addressed by General w. II. Payne
aud Colonel Strbng. The readjusters and
tionsl questions.
have brought out the name of Congressman
Jorgeesen as candidate for Vice President on
the ticket with Grant. Jorgonsen clubs ore
being organized.
Some Of tho most valuable and interesting
relics of General George Washington arc in
| Lynchburg. They are in the possession OF rep
rescntstives Of his immediate heirs snd de-
csndants, and consist of articles that the Zen
erel was wont TO use about bis person.
Harry Williams. youth of fifteen, was
| thrown irJn his horse near uppelvllIe. Oh
Sunday moruiug, aud was killed. His father
was killed 10 the streets Of UpperVio about ten
years ago by bslog dragged to DEATH his loot
booming fastened in his strrup.
The 6cqattal of cx Judge John Hill. of
Buckingham couutY, one OF the judges indicted
lJr failing to pu: negro men on jurits, has al
lsycd all excitement GA that eutjsci. Five OF
shs iu4rc I'd jQdsCs have asked that thor eases
be ooutiuucG There will prUbshlg bea tia! 81
thu three Others at this term Of the court.
General lmboden, who represents a large
Northern cjiDpary OF capitalists, passed through,
Bristol p tnv days sitc) On his way 10 Scott
county. jlo has con;!itiGnsliy purchased AZ 600
sores Of mineral lends belonging u ina Kane
and OIngcI estates, at the low price CT thirty.
five cats per acre. II the sale is Confirmed by
the curt the company will 20 to work at once
tnl erect furnaces for makiog iron. Tho Gen
cra is also purchasing other lands. Lee, Scott
and Wise are full Of tho best fossililCrous iron
ores in tho world.
a 500 of Mr.. JicDb IiIlyard, of Page county.
aged tlrco years. w!S bruialy murdered by q
negro mao employed on the farm, les. Thurs
} day morning, thu lttlo fellow having been taken
of by tho negro, aud when found his head wHs
mashed 10 By largo stone. Search having been
Instituted sud tho chilo's body found, the
t negro was tracked to tho Shenandoah river,
where nc was ovrrtaken in the act Of crossing,
, captured and brought to shore, when he c,L-
icssed The oTlMc. and also that he had murdered
his own brother short time before. The brute
was taken by tho crowd and hung on the spot,
and his body fired icto. No arrests huvo been
. made.
II Colonel Thomas ii. Carter, railroad commits
slouor Of this State, has been appointed one of
, the nrbitrators Of tho Southern Steamship and
| Railroad Association, and will enter upon the
8 duties to day. His present place will BIO vacant
it tho Governor clnstrues that his new Office IL
+ Incompatible with the duties of the ofbca he
now holds. Mr.. Asa Rogers was elCc,ed rail-
road commissioner by the road usters at tho re
, cent session Of tho Legislature, but Colonel
VII ho
, from April next, therefore tho Governor will
have the appointment of Colonel q. s successor,
should tho place BIO made VI C iut during tho en-.
suing tWove months.
: The Richmond correspondent of tho Peters.
q burg Index Appeal says: Mr.. Duff Green,
member of tho House from Stafford, represents
tho independent ticket as booming in bis county,
a with all classes of readjuster5. l understand
+. that Mr.. y. S. Gibson. of Culhepcr. is candi
date for Congress 10 General Eppa Hunton's
district. General w. II. Payne, Ct Fauquier,
i is also spoken OF in connCC ion with General
: Huuton's seat in tho House of Representatives
;. General Payne's friouds. however, say that he
would hardly permit bis name to 20 before the
for place in tho next Congress. He would be
one OF the most formidable oppoConts that MIR.
FAIR, the readjuster who ig going to rur, could
!. have.
| Ga Sunday night brutal assault was made
on young white girl residing 10 the uppcr
portion of Norfolk, by young man named
D Hunter Wing. The young lady, Who il but
sixteen years OF age, ia an orphan, living with
lr!e0d5. Wiog has been visiting her for
the past three years. aud it was generally un-
derstood That the couple wero engaged to bo
: married. Sunday evening he visited hor 10, as
she supposed. an intoxicated condition. Some
1 words passed between them, when young Wiog
1 slapped her faco She ran into the yard, and
was attempting to gain the street, when he
! overlook her, and struck her on tho head with
s a brick and knocked her down. Hc then struck
her several other blows on the head, cut aud
bruised her face, and broke one Of tho bones Of
= h'r light hand. Her screams brought assist
snco. Wig, while makog his ct cape at q lale
hour at night, was captured. A private exam
nation OF tho affair resulted 10 WiCg beiog sent
on for rial 70 the Corporation Coart. 10 default
Ct bail he was sent to jail
L4st Friday posse Constructed" Tho Shea
aEdoah Valley Railroad vt poiut renr the Cd
Chsp:l. IN CLARK, cou0ty, BY teariag up about
eIGhteun !ect al he rails and than building a
tccce acTcss Tbs track, sncD which the treios
have not tun. L HeCms that about o year aso a,
W. MrDInaid aud 4. Moore, Ct Clarke ccuoty
l Y,
restraining Il liom entering upon their farm
, GEAR Old Chapel, about three miles from Ber-
DFll!e, uou! c:rtsln damages wsfc paid. ibis
Inluoctlo0 wss dissUEct by Judge Turper, Of
the t8cllth judicial circuit, but rtc!u,Iy rcia-
stated by judge Staples. of the Court of Az
=: a'a- The company WAS notified of this, but
PAID no attention 10 tho notification, and hsuoe
the obstruction prtc.cdlrRs on Friday. Ii is
asserted thss the company has proposed to
Elaoa ID tho hands OF the receiver Of the court
ANY amount that might BIO Gcmsaded by the
owners of tho land to await the decision of the
court, but that the proposition was dccued.
There Is general expression Of regret al tho
s.oppsgo CT the trsins
Sad accident.
Correspondence OF the Alexandria Gszette
! UrrERvILLE. Va. March 22.-Oor oommu-
MY was shtcktd by sad accident on Sunday
last Harry, tho son Of a widow lady, Mrs. E,
| IS. Williams, was riding horse and driving