Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-20
VIRGINIA NEWS,

20 parade would take rl,ce. the democratic
clubs hsyirg promised not to turn out.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
There sro now in Fauquier county about E. 600
hesd Of stock cattle from southwest VIrRola.
Prices are higher than last yesr.
Epizootic among horses haa just MAIDS is ap'
pearsuce in and around Petersburg. There
have been several unfavorab'e clses.
The eleventh annual fair Of tho LSnohburg
Agricultural and Mechanical Socisly c,m
nepoed yesterday. Au unusually large crowd
was present.
Moro fertiliz, rs than for many years past
have beop used 10 Fauquier county this fall.
which indicates that much larger crop OF
wheat has been sown.
Az some indication of the value of real estate
10 Virginia, the Woods farm 10 Automatic wss
aold last week ct $33. 70 per acre; the farm OF
William P. Helm. near Wsrreutop. of 400
sores, at $50 per acre, aud the farm OF Alex
ander SCOTT, $40 acres, in Halifax county, ct
50 20 per acres. Property is not 80 valuable 10
the Black District as 10 the White.
The great land suit il the Uunied States
District Court at HsrriSonburg, heretofore men
Toned iu the Gszstte. involving the titls to
extensive mineral apds. has been decided in
faver of j. NJ. Bickls, Temple aud others,
plaintiffs. This tut has been 10 tho United
States Court for long time. Its decision de-
terminc the status of the other cases OF 81 nilsr
kind DOW pending in the same court.
A press dispatch from Philadelphia say.: 1t
il understood that ct the Continental Hotel
Gen. Mahore. TX president of The Atlantic
Mississippi and Ohio railroad company. Gen.
Groner, who represents the interest held BY
Norfolk 10 that com pany, and oue or two others
come c.ed With the corporation, submitted
proposition to Col. Bryce. vice tr,sldent OF the
Shenandoah Valley railroad company, with o
view to forming connection between tho two
which it is understood vas accepted.
A terous disaster occurred on the Sbensn
doah Valley Railroad at East Liberty. Page
ccuoty, on Saturday last. At 2:30 p. o., the
entire ,restls work. 1880 feet long and "a feet
high, went down With crssh. in one promls.
ouous ruin, instantly killing Walker Johns: Of
BarboursyilIe. Orange county. aud ipjutng
seriously Stewart Bowc,ck, of McGaberi6villc.
Rockingham equity. Loss $l00 600 or ST.. 900.
This scciient will probably delay The compile
ton of that section ct the road for come
time. About ton other men were on The
trsstle at the time it began falling, but managed
to make their escape from the orasbiog timbers.
soms jampins down as far as 90 feet without
injury. Tie cause of the sc,ideot was heavy
esle of wind, blowing at the time On the un>
finished work. The whole immcrs, supersiruc
ture c,me down almost 10 an Instant, aud
remains DOW one MACS ct ruDs, great portion
OF tbs timbers being kroken and rendered ust LEES.
The contractors. Messrs. Milles q Rowland,
hove Gooe to work at ores 10 repair the damage.
A SEA FIGHT.-Lord Archibald Canpb, i
sends 10 the Scotsman TIE following sccouot OF
a battle. of which be wss q witn,s,. betUesn
threshcr, sworcfi.h Ard whal., ct B,lle's,e.
at D. m on September. His lordship. who
WAS passenger on the Peruvian, writes:
"Whep fairly outside Of Balleisle ls'and llst.
5l:55 N, long. 54:5l W.. With oeberes OF no
great size on either bow, and fairly 10 the Arc,
lis current, and tho Teutonia 90 our starboard
bow. the 6rst officer told me be hsd seen twice
a lsrse thresber' fish leap clean out OF the
water, not far from our bows. We kept close
watch near about where be tad last seen the
fish nor had we long to wait, AID for the next
ten mioutes to q quarter Of 40 hour We watched
a most tremendous fight between this hsh snd
a large whale, which. evidently attacked also
from below by sword6sb, was Intellectually
irving to sound and do all 10 It's mighty power
to get away, but there was no escape The
tbrestcr-su enormous fsh-reokonsd By the
frat officer sud engineer to be thirty feet in
lepetb-kept c,utDusl9 lsshiog the whale With
its OF srfu tail, and "a If not satisfied that
these stunning blows bad told threw itself 10
the air with enormous leaps, landing on The
whsle With the most rcsoundieg 'whacks. Tho
sublime and tho ridiculous we're strangely
blended in these attacks The passengers ana
al rad ar hnl0 Arka. fNc!nAs
ted by the gigantic fight. Tho whale turned N
it's agony utmost belly uppermcst, casting itse If
about il sll directions, but there was no escape.
1t never got deep below the surface, which was
churned by its mighty efforts into seeming
mass of foam. The com stanh went tigns III u9s
saw the whale in regular furry" otsen, end
when our straining eyes last SAW them they were
rs hard at it ss ever, and It was the opinion OF
most on board that the whale was fast screening.
The whole of the Qndsr part OF the whale was
Information as 10 it's species Prom the tips of
the tail to the jaw 1t was IS if painted pure Hh!se
q lesden color above. There were many on
board who had sailed the Atlantic for upwards
of thirty years, but had never seen SUCH fahs.
It took place, so to speak, close to both vessels
the fght raging between our ship ana Inc
Teutons"
A SERIOUS CHARaE.-When the stssmer
Fac CD Pratt arrived at her wharf early ycster-
day moruiug. Sheriff Rsddie. Of Talbot county,
approached Sergeant Bowen aDd 0&cer French
to whom he exhibited warrant. and ordered
the srreat Of man who bad landed from the
boat. The man was accordingly taken to the
Southern station. wkero the sheriff stated tha
the man's name vas Angus! krouse and be
was charged With committing On Outrageous
assault on Mary M. Sears Of Talbot c0aoty.
The accused was held ct tho Southern station