Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-31
VIRGINIA NEWS,
lsior Lamb. of Norfolk, is i'll.

Major Lamb. OF Norfolk. is i'll.
Sumao gathorers get about KY conls han.
dted pounds for it.
The Lyaohburg Homs Guud arorfung for
their trip to orktOwn 10 O3tobor.
Tho supply of water 10 Richmond ia i'm
proVlog and the apprehension OF fsmioe has
b3e0 dlspeled.
At L,esburg, Saturday n;git, } esse Morton,
colorsd mao. m .ds Daniel speech 10 a largo
tu 1lenc, OF white and oJlored psoplo.
At The Greonbrier White Sulphur Springs,
90 f.pIs,apal ohutch l7 TO be buIIt 90 lot hioh
has JOSS boeo bought for 81 600.
The straightCus republicans of Petersburg,
have organized clubs in al the wards OF the
city. and will DC mius!o debt psying legislative
ticket.
The Continuation Oh the 6routh up 10 this
time has settled the tac. that very short crop
Ct corn and Tobacco, will b, raised 10 Vtrgi ola
this gear.
Mr.. WoodVillc Latham died 10 L5rchbug
90 Saturday, in the list Ct his sge. liz he'd
passed the greater portions Of his lite 10 Wash.
iostou aud 10 Culptr county.
Mr.. Alexander MOsry, Tor maby yeats tdi-
Tor ana formerly ono CT The proprlctors tf the
Rlohmond Wing. Ia lying very Ill at his farm
near Dispatch Staioo. of the Richmond aud
York River rai!rJsd.
C5l. WD. +. Csmeroo and Msi Johu w.
DaDel will meet 10 discussion ut Liking ,on Tex.
week. Alter that ttey will separate and speak
10 dliereot sections ct ;hs STATE. aud will prob.
ally Dot meet SgIlu until the lstier pare #
Ou,obar
The Montgomery White Sulphur Sprlops,
were sold 90 Saturday last, the property b,lug
Knocked down TO Geo. w. Fagg. [. w. Spiodle
sod Others tor h" SUN Of $40 900. The cri.i.
ns cost Vas SlG0 600 or more The land, &C.
c1rdlpg to primitive surrey, amounts 10 he
aggregate to !. 26G acres. buI By recent and
scoorste survey The tract has beeo found 10
contain |, 439 acres.
% lest Saturday evening. q very nice look
iog Wblte msn and Uonso. having ao intsnt
al,h them, drove % 10 the house OF Molly
Lett@lcl on he western suburbs OF Lynohtucg
std entered Toto sn agreement with b er to take
the child AID support IL Tor o term Of three
yesrs for $25 per year. Having given over the
c1ld TO The woman thsy drove away 10 lhs
city, promising TO return 10 q few hours AS
yet nothing has bean heard from them, and u
Is supposed that they adopted this devics to get
rio OF tho intant. The child Was poorly clad
and IS about three or four weeks old.
A KNIFE BL.DEIN MANS BaAIs-VL
entlne hammerar. of Port Carbon. eho had
been employed as br.c'llaysr at Wost Cbes-
ter. Ps., returned home last week, Appearing
to be 10 somi.oonscious eondliou, snd was
supposed to be intoxicated He could give no
icoou0t of himself sud was dnalIy examined
by DR.. Bir,b, who found that sharp iosru.
ment had broken off in bis skull. All attempts
to extr.c it proved ansvaiIing. AID the skull
bad 10 be trophined. removing piece the siz,
of copper cent, with the knife point embed.
ded 10 it. The pic, was. moro than 40 inch
sud half long, and had Frustrated tho brsin
Inc patient experienced great relief after the
operation, which, it is hoped. may save his life
lie cinnot explain bow or when hs received
the wound. which, tho d. C or thinks, had been
Inflicted ten days before