Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-20
EGiirf.I NEIE-S.

The entirg population Ct Il c%mo5d Eum Jers
| O. - white and 500 ,lired.
| Tho democratic coLv6uticn fer the s & n con.
Gressonal Gis;rc. will be held At LTuchburg
| August 2j
David III. Pneh, of Irirc: Wi! i'm, has been
| appointed conservative consrcE sicnaI can-
YlS!r.
The reported tragedy 10 Princess Anne coua'y
| 10 which Mr., NuuIen Was reported to have been
| killed by Mr.. Woc3hcus'. had 10 fculdalion
10 feet.
Tho Richmond Sta!o saYs: II; will b. q
| hear thai DR.. Pe!erkio, pastor of St. james )
Episcopal Church. is rucl better. sud though
sill very weak, it is htp,d that he will soon DO
sGle 10 move"
| There wero uIettioga Of tho democrats ADD
| which wtro largely attended. The regulars
we're ed dressed by MessTs. Fick'ia, Brbour,
and Motfet. and thu MatoDitcs By Mssrs. Kid.
alcbcrger, Paul aud penea.
Lcroy Lee, colorod latter carrier in II ca
uoud, has been rscd rs postttIic, inspectors
for Sealing letters, which TtrJ found on bin
minus tho coulep!s Lee was examined by
| Untt States Commissioner Alkos snd CON,
mitted to all in def-uIt Of 81 coo bail FIR his
appearance at the Ootobcr t,rn Of curt.
The surctiss ct Postmaster Forbes, tf Rob
mond, have obligated themselves to make good
the deficiency ia listc 'ouDts ny Thur,day. The
nostotlioo is now virtusl!y in charge OF Assistant
| Postmaster Holiday, whose accounts we're By
the pGstofoo inspectors found s'r;cy correct
Cclonel Holiday is etc If The p:s'u5s:el' 3
| bondsmcn.
The bti'rr OF s!csm saw mill, near Barnes
! vile, IL Charlotte county. exploded on last
Friday, kliIlug enc Chn atd seriously scadiug
six others, onc, it is thought, fatally. The
'd9 OF the cJoref nag WHO was hi lod was
tern to pleca7. Ooe leg was found ia sho
woods seventy five yards from tic mill ard 90
ern bly, yards in another direction. The Gu
trails we're thrown twenty yards 10 the bushes
and were ound har E DC from them in pi,c rs
from ten 10 twelve feet l)ng. ilia Iinbl 81 body
sTss blown 100 yards through The woods aud
was stopped by largo pine log.
SAD DEATH OF A LADY AND Two Girls
A sad tc,ldt n: occurred at Atlantic City, N. j.,
yesterday morning. by which threo persons lost
| their lives. Aleu- ! | o o'clock, io Common With
other visions. Mrs. N,smilh, tho WI, of Licu-
tenaDt Nesnth. u. S. A., ac,ompsriad By
Miss D:ssle FaDshaWc. the Twelve yetr old child
| OF John Il. Fanshaws, Of Germantown, tcgstber
| with another liule Girl namtd Helen D,akon,
| went 10 10 bathe above the lighthouse. The
locality chosen for their b 9TH is Very dagger
Gus cne. as it Was b,tween the breskwater and
the Lighthouse. There is q strong eddy sweep
ING around this troakwater at all limt 8, and the
| curreLt l>Ws rapidly along ito bsach for fifty
yards. when it then PUSHES out to seq. The
place is not frqucnted muoh By bathcrs, ard
when Mrs. Nesmilh and her childish compan-
ions sought this retired spot it was wilh view
Of enjoying their bath in qoi,t way The
party, it is thou ,ht, codeavorcd to wade down
tho beach, intendir 4 to reach tho upper end of
tho bar, ph'ch stretches from tho lighthouse
several squares down tho beto,'. There is
cove batweon The mainland aad tho bGr which
has already caused several drowoiog cases this
season in wsdiug out, and it il thought Mrs.
Nesmlth WAS suddenly precipitated down the
shallow embsnkment. few steps dia:ant from
which the water is fifteen feet deep. Unable
to swim. She. tor an instant. C. u ,ched her Young
companions when she found herself 10 deep
water Soon they wero swept from her and LOST
beneath tho Wavee. The feboat, 10 service
further down the beach, came 10 tho rescue Oh
being slgoaled by persons 90 the beach. All
three we're out Of sight, however, By tho time
The boat came up. The crew finally succeeded
10 recovering the body of Mrs. Nosmith, which
was taken to Philadelphia by her husbard,