Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-21
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Mr. C. &. Now!s01, Tic Lately occtcd }adEc q
Prince William county has qusllticc.
The Potomac Baptist Association VII! meet at
Manassas % Friday 0'Ght eek, the 9TH IN
slant.
Collection we're taken up lest Sunday in the
EpiscopaI churches at Brentsville and Manassas
for the relief the famine sufferers 10 ea1d,
The tom Council Of Cupeper 9. H., have
adopted means for sllcter quarantine OF tue
district in that plsc, Injected with smallpox.
An organized band OF thieves uear Hills
borough. in lIoudouo county, has been broken
up AID thrlo Of the baud lodged 10 al ct Lees
burg.
Parties engaged in prospecting for iron Gro 10
Clarke County arc still at work. Deposits 10
payiDg quantities. have been ituad 90 several
farms.
A cOort lnam living near Frlpt Royal, in
Warren county, lost three cldIcn from scarce
fever last week. The dtstas, appeared 10 G
malignant form.
Frum alI VIC can learn, says the Piedmont Vir
ginian, seed oats will be very ssa,ce 10 Orange
comfy. Numerous Inquiries arc berg made
among Tho farmers
DIR. john j.. Bucha1a1 has nracpted the posi-
ton Of president Of the Virginia Agriculture
and Mechanical College at Bleckstusg, TO whiCl
ho was sonc time siucc elected.
Betsy Hopkins. c)ored, died in Waterford
Loudoun county. last Sunday night, OF tho all
Vanocd age, according to tho mos! reliable dsta
| Of one hundred and Six years.
COL Samuel A. Swami former member Of III;
House OF Delegates and subsequently supcrin-
| icndcnt Of the peuitculIary, died suddenly o
L1uisa Clu;s llOus,, yesterday, from al attach
| Of paralysis. lie had gone to Louisa TO a!ieGt
| tho marriage OF relation.
Diphthcra las mado its appearance in twi
| portions Of Pricco William couaty, VIZ: Occ,.
| quan ard tho surrounding country and 10 tht
| neighborhood Of BgentsvilIo. The Manassas
G5zettc understands thst in The lower portion
| Of The county tho disease is of q most ma!isDan
| type AID that several deaths have enspcd taarc
from.
The ia!o OF loystion 10 Clarke county. FIJI
| 1850. has b3cn fixed at 81! cents On the SlUl
for county taxes, and 80 cents for State tax
| total 81 .O24 on the 500. In addition to III,
| above, u levy ct 10 cents has been made il
| Chapel ard Eattle!Gwn districts i1r diSric
SlhoCl purposes. and Of c.Gts ia Grccnney nnC
| Long Marsh districts for sarlo purposes Tht
aggregate oi taxes IN Chapel and I,attotowI
districts will amount to $l.I2!. an! 10 Green,
way and Long i,iarah, $l.0is.
| On tuesday night some thieves broke mi,
tho postciiico at EshersviIlc, Augusta county
but did not succeed 10 securing any valuable
plumber as the postmaster, Samuel lIaws, keep
his stamps &c., AZ his house, some distance
| from tho postotic'. Tho ihicvts got number
| OF private letters, which they opened and rcar
IN rear ct Mr.. GullcV's store, by tho ligh
from his o21 window. where they wcro tount
next morning. No one hus been arrested yet
Last Thursday night snmc thieves broke int
tho Chesapeake Il Ohio depot ut tho same
plac,. Whilst Mr. T.. ID. Loyal, agent wa
ont Of tho Office about fifteen miuuc5, TIT
thieves tllccIcd an cntrarc; by cutting out ,
PIANO OF glass and removing the fastening on thu
inside. They attempted to priE, opcn tho desl
| which contained the conpany's funds, abou
fifty dollars. hut were scared lf. by the agcn
| returning. No clue TO thu perpetrators.