Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

L1LcabuFg IS hs1loS strawberry festivals.
The Suffolk cotton mill vii! 1robshly be reads
TO Commence operations about the 20:h iast.
A Euubsr of artesisn wells ere bci0g bored
10 Shenandoah county.
There are 20 rriscn,rs COW o,iaad ia he
Cupeper Jail.
There WAS not s!Gg: alarm Of fire 10 n;ca-
mord cuiicg the month CT April.
A number CT gentlemen OF Wa.ttu;ou n,vc
purchased teVersl lots st the Springs j.iotIy and
will build on them f1r the purpose OF seng.
James Patterson, etq, fer many ye,r5 The
representative Of FraIkln county 10 tt e Legis =.
ls'uTc, Wis found dead 10 biz bed last week.
Work co The new CuloD Hous, at DAn7il!e,
his been c,nmenoed. Tho bricks usad are
sent iron Bli!imore Il they cao't be made
10 DADVlla they can be 10 other Virginia cities
Henry Wilson alias Jss Waller. who has
served SEVERAL terms. mgds Lis etc,ps from the
pcIitentary ca Tuesday asd reward las been
offered for lis capture.
Nlr. Du,kwsil, Of NV O:leals, aod Miss
Eacis Mnoegeroda weye married at the rasi-
toncO Of the trdo's father, il Rictmapd. last
Eight.
In the case CT he Com uonsaalb IS. L ns.icc
| ford. charged With ettvDus 10 poisicp. lr,td 10
| the Corporation Court o! Lgnchburs yesterday,
| the Jury brought 10 verde: CT not gully.
Tao town Cjurcil, Of Culpeper, g. H., have
determined 10 Put Few side walks 90 al of Tie
| principal streets Ct the town. sud The ciiz rs
OF Warrenion Hau: h. same thing dcne there
Al old miller who watches tto cops closely
| says that at present the prcs,ect for large
wheat crop 10 Sbeneodosh couaty i good
Like reports from ell the Valley ccuaties ere to
| tho Same effect.
All the milIs-sav. prist ald baik-in S5sI.
andoah c7uuy tr, bsiGg iua 10 their utmo.t
| capacity, and large quaut;its Of lumber. sptk s.
srcuad bark, a.. arc bsiog lilly shipped from
| that County.
Yesterday sftcrIoou. in Riot N, md, q liz
| tic two yesr' CID SOD Of MI Leroy j. Grant,
| vas shot and probably fatally wounded ty the
accidental discharge # pistol which be was
| playing With,
10 TIE upper cd Of Fapq aier ccraly On Fri
| day last, Mr.. Ii. q. Dnsny while diving with
| G party ci ladies' had lis horses 20 tsko fright
+! and run off. A haodsona drag Sss smashed to
| pieces sud tbs occupants lEroga oul, bat 9Th.
out Gry serious injury.
DR.. r, Channiog NJ. Page: Of New York, has
presented 10 the State Library pcr,rsitof Cos.
| John Plga. 0! B1s 1o!l, GIouc;ste county, wlo
serVed ss Governor Ct tho State Of Virsinia from
1902 u1!iI 1865. Tho paeIrai. represents tic
Govtrocr at the age Of !ourtaeo, su3 il regard.
| cd as % Exceptionally Eus work CT art.
Ia the Uoitcd States Court, DOW 10 session 10
lisrTisoGtulg The large land nit of Bicktl,
Simple. aud Aitemu5. trustees, plaintiffs.
| against Charles Il Haynes, Thcuss Kiccaii
ard wife, atd Others, dtfsudauis, is bsiug tried
The tiRht and tile 10 % imucrae tract of land,
1922 CO acres, !giog in the COUNTIES Of Bs.h aud
Allegheny. are Involved in the issue. This
suit HIS been pending 10 court for mary years.
PRUNING YoUNo sPrLE TREES AND EuST-
| ISu TIE BcRER- "A correspondent says: l do
not sgree with ihoso fellows who thiIk they csn
do oil their pruning with the thumb ard finger.
Net By cry D,e.2s One might live ia s.,
orchard, it Is true-ald watch every bud. but
then you have the disadvantage of being lied t,
tree and not knowing which way bud will
push or whether it will cross another when grow.
ing. prefer sharp knife and saw, aud pre-
fer 10 let the Dung shoots grow one sessol (uot
So an invHriao!e rule, hcWover) sEd then l can
easily tell which to save and which 10 renoye
l alwsys cut back when transplaltDg. WEolher
grstts or seedlings, and generally let them grow
as they will tie first season; form the top the
second year to sui! me and follow it up frequent
~, always carrying sharp knifs. Have done
much of the pruning this year early in the morn.
ing. before bleskfaEt, and late in the Afternoon.
between tea and dusk. Nevertheless in an or.
chard o. one thousand trees. the work is IN
menso. and some t~o hundred young bssring
trees which need pruning badly will have % 60
over until after hayiDg. in hunting f1r The sp
pie tree bore-, alHsys use sharp jsck kaife
and piece OF hoopsBi twire. Never fail 10 de-
sroy them. I! is the only safe and efactual
way waateVer is said to the contrary. The
more clesely follow them the less they iHcIesse
each Year. Where the tree5 we're examined
twice last ye'r, the work OF examination YVES
very light thi, year, ard did not fud moro
than two cut of ole hundred trees AFFECTED By
tho bofer Ttis great pes. might be entirely
eradlcsted IL few year. b. 8 little rsinsssking,
II every oraherdist would only take hold Of the
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