Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-12
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Hay is selling ct 81 per cwt. 10 Wsrrcrtor.
Tho Warrerton I1dtx says: Sleighing is
over in this s,c!o0 or the ii;s: tine in eight
weeks.
o. Friday last Mr.. David G.. McGuffia, Tel
lsr of tho Augusta National Bank, while on 0
visit to Richmond, was paraIyscd.
Gen. w. II. +. Lee. it is reported, ia 10 be q
candidate for tho llous> of Delegates 10 Fair
fax county.
Tho estate Of The l4to Fiyetto Mci1ucn, is
estimated to BIO worth $500 600. aud bis vile
and daughter arc heirs to this snug fortune
TheB GARD of Public Works met yesterday
and voted to sell tho States interest ia tho Al
lantio, Mississippi uGd Oiio railroad for $500.
900. Tho Governor voted against the sslc
A largo bear WAS killed los! Saturday uear
Pitts Spring, Page county. lilo was found 70
posing in his dan. On the day before. by ouc o.!
parry. who had been hurting that day.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
has recently given on order for forty-,wo new
engines. somo OF which arc to be Of about ci0u.
bio tho capacity OF my nov on the rond
The Charlottesville j oIIlrs0nian says: ''Ihcic
sre ten sassAtras oil factories in Buckingham
and ono 10 Amherst. The oil soils for over i,al
dollar per pouod.
a most romuacratvj iniuary has burn Ia
seloped near Charlotte sviIIo, in the preparation
and shipment OF blocks If tho dog wo0d and
perslmmon wood.
The Fredericksburg Star says: Tho leo il,
tho river, Tiading to the warm spoil Of this
week, broke MP Thurs !a9 night, aod hsa been
swept away by the l4a e water cccasioas& ly
tho rapid thaw'
Randall o igcr c1loTo,i Enan iisicg :,ra,
Asletls, 10 kug William c,nuiy. white cs,ry,
Ing p0lA ablui twcliy ia"f lang, tnl7 days
ago. Slipped on tho ian and la'l. I've s0c failing
across h!s noel, and k,loc him iaY:ani'y.
About two weeks ego. MIR. jackson keaG:,
ongineer Of thu c3EatrGnjian train. on tho Shon-
audoah Valley t. T.. WA rantully njirod b !;
oar RAINING ever his !Aut. ia was taken 20
llsrrrsonbura, whore nc IN a!ili ciaiinorl 20
hla bed. Dutiug his absence from ha home.
sickness fell upon his family, nnA his aiir huris;!
three children--sli they ha;,
Oscar T.. Perrigo, iadiaod in tho il1st;,:f.
court CT Richmond Tor bigamy in marryiag Bliss
Jessie Gam. Of that city. wi!lo hs had iva
other wives living. has h9cu iaurd Guilty."
and sentenced to tho poai;on!isrp for ii7r yrats.
Perrigo made rtql2s! OF tho Court TINT ia 10
allowed Eve days to settle His aTara icioro l.c-
ine sent ovor. Which waa granted.
On Wednesday, negro named Bill SI!ci,
was arrested near Livingston. in Nclsoa couu!y,
on tho charge Of killing Poydoro Garter, On
old oolorcd man nearly an hundred years old.
The only cause fer tho murder VIA tina: S!ic!.
had charge Of tho Old man, porhepa had to oan,
tribute to his support. and desired TO 20. rid
of tho trouble and expense.
Another nttompt wes mslo 10 rex the
southern bound fast mail train on tho Peters.
burg and Weldon Il. Il. yesterday by pIaciag D
heavy sill engthwse upon tho track near c1ryo
10 tho roud at Butto.Rorth's bridge. Thomas
Turner and Horny Bliley, colored, veto eau chit
in tho &c; by Robert Newsop. who had boon
employed by tho company to keep watch Tor tho
wfeckers. Tho prisoners wero turned over to
tho police. Bail was refused. Tho accused
confessed the crime, and said they had been
paid to do tho work.