National Republican., 1880-06-02
TIRGINTI NEWS.

The new hotel at Fauquier Springs cost
over 100000.
The True Issue will resume publication at
Giles Courthouse this week.
The Baptist General association of Virginia
will assemble in annual session in Petersburg
to-day.
Three-fourths of the line of the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railroad is no1y supplied with
steel rails.
Returns show that Powhatan county has
voted $49 600 subscription to the proposed
Richmond & Southwestern railroad.
The wife of Mr. George w. Mitchell, tho
proprietor of the Buffalo Ridge springs, in
Nelson county, died on last Tuesday.
Mountain View" tho homestead of the late
Jourdan NJ. Saunders was sold last week to
Mr.. J. Singleherst, of England, for 81, 100 cash.
Tho drought in Norfolk county has entirely
destroyed tho hay crop. The Irish potatoes,
cabbage aud other vegetables are greatly in
iurcd
Tho terrible drought to which tho section of
Norfolk has been subjected for the last forty
days has kindled anew the fires in the Dismal
swamp.
Mr.. NJ. +. Maury, son of tho late Commo-
dore Maury, will take charge of the Salisbury
furnace, which is to be put into operation at
an early day.
Tho sales of tobacco at Lynchburg last Sat
urday were quite large Tho recent rains
have been favorable for handling the weed,
and large quantities are expected in for some
time TO come,
Tho prospects arc that the railroad from
Charlottesville to Orange Courthouse an ex-
tension of tho Virginia Midland railroad, will
so on be completed.
On Saturday last, Mackal aged about ten
years, son Of Mr., b. A. Trplett ut Delapane
Fauquer county WAS severely cut in tho
fleshy part Of the arm by a colored boy.
On Bush creek, in Floyd county, gold has
been discovered in paying quantities, and is
creating much excitement. Miners from New
Moxico, California and Australia arc there at
work.
Thomas Webb has been discharged from tho
penitentiary. He was imprisoned for shooting
his brother General Webb. General Webb
was hung for murder about three months ago.
lie was also ia tho penitentiary at one timo
for shooting.
A colored man named Tom Wood, from Al.
bemarle county labOrer on the Shenandoah
Valley railroad, was shot and killed ut Honey
vile, Page county, on last Thursday night by
some person unknown. The shooting is
thought to have been accidental,
The gilurs who were arrested at Stony
point some two weeks ago, charged with fish
ing ia tho berth Of William Knight, and who
have been in Fairiax county jail since, have
been released on bail for their appearance be-
foro Judge Sangster in chambers next Thurs
day.
The Fincastle Herald says colored jurors
served in two cases at the late term of the
county court, the juries in each case being
mixed The coIorod jurors presented u novel
sight, and wero, ia their new relation, sub.
jeGted TO considerable comment, though not
of n harsh nature,
At a meeting of the railroad directory in
Danvino last week the new route running
near Cascade was adopted as the permanent
location of the road in HAT section, on condi.
tion that tho citizens of Cascade and others
living along tho route named should raise
$1,000. Vigorous efforts are being made to Sc
cure this amount at once,
Celia McCraw, coored, convicted at the last
term of the county court Of lIaliEaX Of infanti.
eide, has applied To Judge Wclford for writ
of haboas corpus. The grounds are llcgality
of conviction, in this: That the judge who
then presided was not legally elected, aud
that Hon. William Barksdale was then, aud Is
now. the Judge of the said court, aud that all
the proceedings, indictment, pleading, panel,
conviction and sentence, are null aud void.