Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-11
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lapscinl Dispatch to tho Alexandria Ua2otta
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA, Fntruary II, lSS0. -
petition has lately been presented TO Gov
Holiday, asking tho pardon and release from
tho pouttniiary OF Luoirn Beard. the noted
horso thief. Bead Il s haon in tho rnuitenIir,
sihoa 1873.
The friends Of Mr. Robert Nevi.l,. Of Eau
qnler. and aguts. of the Exchange Hotel, will
DO pleased TO learn that he is rapidly onnvnc:c
log from his late rrostIatiDg illness.
Last night al o'clock. at tho housa OF Mr.,
Alvls, brothcr.in law of Miss CottrolI. MIR. John
II. Pond xttr WAS married to Miss Isabel Cot
trell, by tho RLv. Di. Armstrong. re or Of tho
Monumental Church. Mr. Pondextcr was
carried out to MIR. hlriss house by Sergeant
Ice, ~ whose custody lie is until he shall bc
turned over to the authorities 81 tho ucpi.cn-
llary. There wcro present few OF tho lady
friends Of Nlisa COttrcll, and few Of iIr. Pom
dtx er's lI.nds, Including his brothers. 1t is
understood Puindtxtrr will bo cirritd To the
prDllcntiary to-day or Tomorrow to sotyc OUT
his sonc1c, Of two years.
The readiuStcrS had caucus last night, ful
the purpose OF rlconsidciing Mr. Riddlchcrser':
debt bill. Mr.. Turner moved to re ,usiIer the
vote by which 1t had bccn adopted, with q view
OF presenting competing proposition. The
motion Was cot put, however. and Tho clucus
adjourned without transsctirg any business.
The House Committee on Finance have rtA
ported iavorably MIR. Frazier's BILL which pro
vldes tho! it shall be the duty of the several
county and corporation judges who we're Clcootl
by tho General Assembly during the scr sion OF
eighteen hundred and seventy bino and eighty
Tor Tho ensuing term, during tho month of july,
IN Tho year 1850. to appoint proper persons to
asses the cash value OF all lands and lots. to-
gethcr with the improvements thereon, within
thrir respective counties and corporations.
The Richmond burial case mandatory md
Victor . old mill. were destroyed by fire la
night, involving loss tt 81 100
The bill Incorporating the United States Com.
merclal Company, which has passed tho House
gives tho iCcorporaior4 tho NEST stupcnGous
RraGta ever EXTENDED ir q corporation ty tho
debcra Assembly. The object OF tho incorpo-
ratoIs Is to develop tho lands Of tho Cumbor-
hand valley. in Southwest VIRGINIA. Thoy arc
SAID 10 be capitalists Of New York and other
Northern cities whose oil ioct is to buy ,lp tho
mineral lands in the Southwest at SOM. distant
dag, probably have 4 railroad constructed, which
~ already chartered through ihat session, de-
Velop tho LANDS and sell them.
DUEL BETWEEN CoLoRED WOMEN,
duel between two negro women-Lauien Wi,e
add Margaret Dorbing-occarIed on Friday
last near l.,auOnt. on Tie Eastern Shore. jssl
Gusly the cause. Margaret WAS armed with f
cub ana Louisa Ni;fi f tIchiork. It appsnra
that both struck at hf s.ma time. Mag cub
CAM down on LonIIa shoulder. ann al the
Same Instant Louisa : pGchtotk catered tie
names OF Margaret Again the descending
club struck Lonisa y body, and tic piichtcrk
10 return W5s driven through Marlarit'a ann,
Tie third biow Ut ih2 Climb came duwn crasf =
lnriy oa Tho skull ct I0nIal and ii .he
sinlH time the rl,chiiik ii tho Latter WAS
drv"h full III the face OF Mag. aud tho duel
~"a ended \ Short tlhr Afterwards The b ,lics
~ H. und Ing 10 the field wnlterrur in blood
aDi ~'rA carried 10 their r. 81 coIivo homes
The S"mau MarsarctWlse Was terribly stabbed.
L5uI'a'a skull Was fractured so that at nlnrsi
evefy b7nhth she drew tho blood oozol f,om
The fracture.