Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-27
Tk&kSII NEWS

Mrs. Bnckner G. Ashby died of scarlet few; r
in Front Royal on Saturday last.
Andrew 8. Hiett, aged 83 years. leading
citizen Of Frederick county, died last Thursday.
A Winchester manufacturer is building two
carriages, to fill an order from London, Fog.
land.
young man named Walter Jones fell from
canal boat at Lexington. a few days snc,, and
was drowned.
Rev. DR.. Andersen Wade, late rector of
MISSIONER parish. 10 Charles City county. diod
10 Richmond yesterday.
Col. John Valdez, aged 81. soldier of
lSl2, died at Bethel Academy. Fauquior couu.
ty, on Thursday. Richard B. Horner, living
near Salem, in the Same county, also died on
Thursday, aged so.
MIR. James WiIlipgham died suddenly, on
Wednesday, while ho was returDeg home FROM
his fathers, in Lower Fauquier. He had gotten
within about one mile Of his house, near Orean,
when be fell dead 10 the road.
On tho list of veniremon drawn for the April
term of the Hus!iog Court of Richmond arc the
names Of two oolored men. This is the first
tine 10 the history of the State that the names
of negroes have been placed on tho vonire list
10 that court.
tx Governor John Letcher. General JubaI
A. Early, and others, of the Board Of Visitors
OF the Virginia Military Institute. have inves.
tigated tho recent disturbances at that institu-
ton. and fully sustained tho acton Of the faculty
10 every particular.
The Richmond liquor mon propose to ceIc
pirate the day 90 which tho law superseding the
M0tfett law goes into fOIc, by dinner. They
propose further to buy up all the old Moffott
registers and have them cast into cannon, to
DO hred hereafter whenever tho liquor doalers
OF Richmond win a political victory,
The difficulty between tho land owners in
Clarke county and tho Shenandoah VALLEY
railroad Company have been compromised and
trains on tho road arc again running much to
ihe delight OF the people 10 that section. On
fhdsy week Messrs. Moore and Mcdonald,
owners OIL farm 10 Clar Ike county, ncting on au
injunction granted by Judge Staples. of tho
Court OF Appeal. "obstructed' the railroad py
.eaflog up several rails on their farm, tho Diff
hculty being 10 regard to an unsettled claim for
land damages.
A dispatch from Washington, of rather
SENSATIONAL character, lptlnates that the demo-
orats OF the State arc heightened at the d, clara
too 0ftbe intention of the roadiustcrs tc RIM an
Independent electoral ticket, founded upon the
tact that George g. Gorham. former Secretary
OF the Senate AID OF the republican Congress
slooa! Committee, has recently had several in.
tergieWs With General Malone. Gorham il
kn0Tn as special friend of General Grant, and
tue theory Is that he has been engaged 10 some
negotiation with Malone to secure the electoral
vote CT Virginia for Grant, 10 case the latter
should be nomi3ated. 1t is stated that two
virginia state Senators, QUO q reaCjuster, the
Other republican, Rho have been 10 Washing.
700 have cniered into an agreement With Don
Cameron, through which three Congressional
districts oftae State are pledged to Grant I'D
the republican Congressional interests. They
are pledged on all other matters to tho read
lus:ers, and 10 this arrangement represent
largo lumber OF voters.