Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-07
The Virginia Eesatfa

IN.
The Virginia Regatta
The second regatta ct the V r.nia Amateur
Rowing A socii ton took rl.ce 90 tho Rappa-
hammock river, opposite Fredericksburg y,shr
day, IN tho presence of large c,ucourse of
spectators.
The first race was fer crews outside CT the
State-four oa.ed sheIls-for a handsome CUP.
presented by OIL. Hu,kamp. AID there we're
three entries. The disatc, was a mile and a
half, straight away, and the following crews
back into ite at xHcsV 4:t5 .. m: Kappa.
hsnrock Boa; Club OF fredericksburg. Poto.
mac Cinb, Of Gcorgetcwu, and L'Hirondel!e
Club, Baltimore. TIE race was won ty the Po-
tonscs bY six lepslhs 10 9 minutes and At
seconds
The second +! &c Vas sogle soul for Oil.
aeus' cup, cisiaucs two miles nDo lie out and
return. There were two eutres fer tho race.
w. +, Roberts of the Pottmsc Club, of Wash
lneton, aud HCrsca F. Hardy, of the Chesa
peake Club, Of Norfolk. Roberts won the race
BY !enptht tune "A riau.es IS stcoods.
1ne third aud last roe was the tour osted zig
race, wllh coXswans, open TO State crews, the
pr z, brlbg The hatd sare challenge cup, valued
at 5000, pr s!nted by Seth French. e.u., CT
New York, former resident of Fredrricks
burE. Fnr this lace there were four entries,
as follows: R'ves crew, V,rsity oil Virginia
olympic, o Richmond, Appomat,u1, of Peters
burg. and Rappahsunock, OF fredericksburg,
The University Grew ~inuiog by nearly au eighth
Of milo, the Petersburg crew SECOND and the
Rsppahauncck third. lime 10 minutes and
4G4 seconds. Tie olympic c:eV did not fosb
thu race, but turaed into their boat hous..
A grand ball took place at night at the Ex-
change Hotel, and the prizes to the victorious
oarsneo Sere pr uted by Rev. DR.. McBtide,
president Of the Virginia Rowing Ass CT .tion.
LEADVILLE WOMEN OF TH.-There
Is Zoo wuman il Lesdvie. who CINE here to
mako her fortune, vho can ucw retire, but no
thanks to corbonstes in his case. | SUPPOSE
the story of tho great Springer estate, in
Sweden and in this soun ~, 10 the city of
Wilmington, Delaware, and ip jersey city,
amounting 10 tie aggregate to about 500 OOO,.
600. and atflrding about ST. 900 900 apiece to
the heirs. DOW known, he's trasersed the rounds
of all the city papers, Among these heirs are
Hon. VIM. Nj Springer of Illinois, and the
wife of Hoo. James q. Blaine, of Maine. An
other heir is Mrs Arvllle Market, of Lsadville.
poor nurse. struggling 10 support herself and
her tour tatheress children by manual labor
She is tie great, great, great grandd aughter of
Chrls,cpher Springer, the oliginRl owner Ct the
property il gu 8 ion. WHICH has DOW become 80
valuable. she has r; Gently been notified of the
Enlistment of her claim as one of the CO
heirs to the Immense estate, aud will soor c)ne
into the p ssessi o OF q million. Another LADY
who has came to Lesdville whather to dig car
Donates % general principles, because it is
lucky pl; CO, or for the txc leut reason that her
children are here il is not ns oassary to specify,
exemplhss the enterprise of cur population,
her Dame Is Mrs. Catkarne Ri z Simmons,
her age oolj &c She stands Il e climate splendid
~, and has q lite renewed her youth slice her
arrival 10 tue carbonate camn. She came all
the way from Souhsro Wisconsin without
break or resi- in her j,urrey. which would be
sew re trial to the nerves of the strongest man,
particularly by The stage ride across the range.
l myself know lady of so summers who came
up here from Denver about year ago for the
purpose OF keeping dodgers, which she did for
several months, but has now retired from &C
tive busloess, having pos ssed hers If of a
home OF her eva and slv raj small houses,
which she rents out,-LedduIe Ne,us.
DEATH OF DR.. SEARS. Rev. Birnas Sears,
LII. D., of Staunton, Va, di' at Saratoga yes.
terday afternoon, aged II years. DR.. Sears was
for many years PIT sdent of Brown University,
Provjdance and usa aleo pro,n;n.nt q, 49,.