Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-24
FIRGIRIA NE us.

W II LILO Cauuludtess
VIRGINIA. HEH-s.
Col. j ohm B. Young, of Henrico county, an.
nouleas himself a candidate for Congress.
A mao named William Smith committed
suicide 10 Norfolk last night By hanging him-
self.
A meeting of tie State executive committee
ct the republican party of the State is to be
held ir Richmond oI the Sth of July.
MI. Edward A. Turpin, who was minister to
Fentz1cla under President Buoha1an's admin.
tration, died 10 Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
dc was native ofPowhatan &c.
Augusta csuoty had $SS5.73 worth of sheep
killed by dogs during the year ending May /.
The losses were paid for out of the dog tax,
leaving surplus of that tax of $460.7O.
Ger. Jchu i. Gordon, Of Georgia. has &C.
cepici an Invitation to deliver tho annual cd.
d,ess he'o:e tho Shenandoah VslI,y Age;cul
lufai Society, a. Winchester, at toe fair to
Come 1T 10 October mex.
Hon. John Goode the present Incumbent,
and Msor Baker 2. L,c, arc the leading DEM
tcratic candidates spoken of for Conerets 10 the
Norfolk Sttlc;. There will also DO a republi-
can cane idate, and Col. Lamb. of Norfolk. is
spoken Of as the readjuster candidate.
Tho exercises OF commencement at Wtsliog
too aud lao University clcs,d yesterday. Gen.
u. w. q. Leo presided 10 tho chapel during
the delivery of the usual valedic.orios and pliza
oralops. At o meeting cf the trustees Prot.
). /. Mcorcaud, CT tho McDoucgh destitute,
Baltimore county, Nd, was elected to tho chair
| ct natural philosophy RI emily made vacant by
tho death If Prof. Ejtp.
| The receipts Of o)ttoo ct Norfolk size, Sep.
ttmber ]. 1879, UP to Friday last reached tho
total OF TIC 963 balts Comparing like Pc
rlod OF last year, tho receipts then amounted
10 53i Gl3 bales; showing an iLc:eas, Ct l59,.
35O blles. which is something without parallel
10 tho history OF any Atlantic port, Of tho
quantity received there ia, been shipped to
Europe from the docks 245, 0G5 bales.
| Tho Winchester Tires says in rsferepc, to
tho wheat harvest: "rhe acreage is large and
there Was Rood growth of straw. and unlil o
lew days b.tore the Whe eat ripenod there was q
splendid prt s1ect for largo yield. Some
farmers. however, sly the grains arc shrivelled,
and that the yltli will c,nst qaenlly DO light
one, while others tell US th6t tho heads arc
largo and we'll filled, AID that they ero we'll sat.
fed With their cops.
| Dr. II. q. Csb.ll, Pfesident of tho National
Board OF Heel h, accompanied by lhs president
and 81 cretary OF tho board Of quarantine c)m-
mlssloners OF tho izibeth river distric., Yes.
terday visited tho hulk OF tho Savannah, at the
navy yard, at Norfolk, which had been donated
| oy the Navy Department to DC used as quar-.
aotloe hospital ship. An Inspection showed
that sho Is too large ijr tho purpose, and it was
| decided to ask tho government to substitute
The ShaHmat, q smaller v,sel, for tho Sayan.
nah.
10 the case OF Burwell Reynolds, q negro,
who killed Aaron Shelton, white man. 10 Pat
rick county. rmoVed 10 tho PittsyIvana Cir
cult Court, verdict OF mausauehter was re-
turned yesterday By tho jury aud punishment
nx'd Of hVo years 10 the pententiary. The
Jury was mixed ono, composed of white and
coiored citizens of Danyillo. Judge Grear, 10
| prcn1unclng sentence. said the verdict was an
Exceedingly lenlent one. Ia the casa of Lee
Reynolds, Burweli's brother a nolIe proseoui
was entered. This ends the celebrated case.
L'si Saturday. at Backwater Islands, ucar
Carrts'illc, Isle of Wight county, James Brad
shaw was killed by Josiah Turner For come
time au CID feud existed between Turner and
Bradshaw, Gear neigbbors. whose lands lin.
va tho day meutiorcd, just before sunset.
Bradshaw SAW Turner crossing his farm near
his hous'. Gtiog out 10 Turner with a slick in
| bis hand, ho said to Turuer that no had toen
owing him whipping for somo time, aud was
gong to give 1t TO lin then. Picking I'D a
largo polo around which peanuts had boon
| shocked, Turner answered that he had as we'll
receive the whipping then as any time, and as
soon as Bradshaw wes near he struck him
powerful! blow, telling him to the earth, aud
crushing the skull, from the effects of which he
dlod 10 about six hours. Turner fled at ouc,,
and his not yet bsen arrested.