Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-12-17
Letter from Kappahannock.

Letter from Rappan8nnOcE.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette. ]
WooDvILLE. RAPP. Co., Va, Dec. a.
Rlrpshannock County Court, Judge j. +.
Strother a6jouroed 90 Monday last after q
SESSION Of but few hours. there being but lit
tie business before ii. A special grand fury Of
six was sworn, who brought in true bill for
malicious shooting against negro boy, and
wero then discharged.
Mr.. Robert Miller, ono OF our most sCc,es,'
fol farmers, living near Sperryville, lost about
800 bushels of wheat by fire last plight. lilo bad
Just commer cd threshiDg the day previous.
and at 10 o'clock that night bis stack yard was
discovered to be on fire. and go strong a wind
was flowing that all efforts to save it were
truitles5, snd the last rick was burned together
With tho thrcsher, which belonged TO Major
Sgindler, commissioner Of the revenus Of this
county. 1t is thought FIRE was left 10 the fur
nsco of the engine, and ia s;ma accidental
manner WIS blown by the who'd and communi.
GATED to the straw. The loss is heavy, there
being no insurance on either wheat or threshor.
The engine vas saved.
Stmo ico was housed during the lats cold
spell. but it will require another freez, to sup.
DIV all, ss there ore few available places from
which to cut
The growing wheat is looking badly, aud pre-
seots but poor prospects for a crop mex! sum-
msr. The corn crop is about housed, and 10
good one, sailing at from 81 SO to $l.75 per
| barrel.
Tie great cave at Luray ATTRACTS good deal
of travel, even at this time Of the ysar. and con
voyauces frequently pass by oa their way to
| this great curiosity.
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and before long Lursy will DO 10 direc. COM
murcation With the cities.
A now paper has becn started at Luray The
Advat c J, with strong and good support, in the
| interests of the railroad; and in lis first issue
| recommends the issuing Of the Page county
bonds, pledged souc years ago to this road and
| that they be turned over to the company at
| oto, Judge Bird, circuit Judge, 10 late case
before bin IN reference to thess bonds. decided
| tho vote taken some years sinoe By the people
of Page vas good and legal vote, though tax
en viva vooa. and that the railroad WAS entitled
| to the bonds. and unless appealed from, the
bonds will be issued
Smoot & Co., the enterprisiag & m of your
city, are Increasing their already large tannery
at SperrsvIe. LII surprising what good this
! firm has done to our neighboriog town of Sper.
ryviIlo. What was few struggling houses at
| the c,cs, of lhe war. hes, under the reW order
of things, inaugurated BY Smoot & Co., come
| to be the business plac, OF the c)uoty, and
shows more growing power than any village 10
| this whole slope of county. Would that We
| had more such firms and more or such men to
run them Is.
"MosT PERFECT OF JUVENILE MAGA-
ZINES" is what the Detroit Free Press calls
st. Nicholas Its growth in England ia keep
| ing psco with its success 10 this country, and
| the Eogsh papers Clio as unanimous in praise
| of its besuties as the American press. The
| ''Wondelful Christmas runber." just issued.
the ftst edition of which is los, 900, il a grand.
| ~ illustrated Holiday book OF one hundred
pages. containing. besides it's capital Christmas
| and fairy stories, and original pictures By the
best American artists, the hrst chapters of
two splendid serals-one, story of the adven'
tnres. in the Am sricln tropics, OF q party CO.
gagged 10 the capture of wild animals for me-
psgerie, and humorous serial BY R,ssitsr
johnson.
Bright eyes," the youcg Porc, Indian
maiden whose skatch Of Indian life is to appear
10 the Jauusry ST. Nicholas. writes as follows
to the editor of that magazine
1T seems so hard TO make white people be
lieve that We indians are human beiogs of like
passions aud affections with themselves; that it
is as hard for Us to be good as it is for them
harder, for va are Ignorant We feel as
badly when we fail as they do. That is the
reason l have written my story as | have 4
It would be 80 much better for my people if
the white people had more thorough knowl
edge of them, btc,use we have felt deeply the
results of their Ignorance of US.
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to say 10 what respect st. Nicholas could be
improved" Subscriptions beginning with the
beautiful Cbristmss Dsc,mber number will
commence the two serials mentioned. Ptics,
So year. The Christmas nuuber is for sale
everywhere for 30 o,nts. Published by Serb.
80. Y, NJ Td2 P.o,Sns, MAJ Voyk