Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-15
VIRGINIA NEyT.S,

4ANNo''" S'uoAy, III SI - Upp UsSH.
Col. Cameron, hlabone candidate ttr Gov
arnor, spoke at G0rdonsTio on Saturday.
Tho bcx factory Ct g. w. Porter, nf Albo-
marie. c,uct5. was destroyed ty lira Saturday.
Loss IS 600.
| A Daniel cub Was organized at G0rdonsrillo
last week, and numbered 81 mtmbais the first
night.
Eighty eight Ger loads Of cattle passed over
the Virginia Midland Railroad on Saturday
night Tor eastern markets.
b; Mcdonald Weir. travelling salesman for
}. /. w. DJrmau, of Baltimore, died suddenly
10 Charlottesville, Wednesday night.
| fhs stuck yard of Perry johnson, six miles
west OF Wsrrcnt0n, was struck By lightning on
tho 7th and Consumed. Fortunately tho wheat
had Zen threshed.
droulh is reported as prevailing ia most OF
PIedmont, Virginia. threatening considerable
damage 10 the corn CROP. The grass is also
Suffering for want of rain.
Ii is reported that work is progressing 30
slowly at Newport News that thcro il little
chance Of tho railroad being completed by DC.
| tOber.
The railroad work on tho EdeDton extension
1t tho II zlbclh City and Norfolk Railroad ia
progressing successfully. About 200 lob rcrg
arc employed on the work.
The WHO of Gen. Joseph Il. Anderson, of
EIohmord. who had been sick for several
months, died at Tho White Sulphur Spriogs on
Saturday She had loog hold prominent
pltce 10 Eichmoud society.
| A volunteer militsry cempsny, to bs cInpos.
cd exclusively ct l,ish citiz:n,, is bclpg sac.
oessiuily formed 10 No folk. They arc to DO
called the "Mahony FoslierB" AMI sill take
part 10 the Yorktown celebration.
Il. N. Brooke, The artist, who painted the
negro pieco of Tho Pastoral VISIT" uo1 in
| OorcoraD Art Gallery. is at Wsrrentou, en-
gagged on painting to be called Tho Dag
Swap"
The Albemarlo vineyards arc roa,izug for
lu1cs for their owners. Great quantities Of
| grapes are shipped to the Northern msrkets
every day. This week the grape growers near
li!Smatkef, Pfirco William county, will begin
thpring, AMI it Is said the y,tld will DO very
| large.
W. Lewis searellsnburg, John jordan and
Augustus Bowman were seriously injured at
richmond Ga Saturday by The falling Of O If
! tdldiog Gu which they were ct work on an ad.
clion TO the hiR h school building. The csf.
| ipiu nah luSt uuuCE luU UJTDlCl, AOl tno EI9D
fell from height of forty ieet
Alta meeting Of The Virginia Historical Sacio.
~ on Saturday at Richmond a letter was re-.
ctiuod from John II. Montague, of Richmoad,
kid otEariDg to lend to the society for exhh
| ti0n 10 lis rooms camp table which was lit
by Lord Corowallls at the house OF Nj ot ptioa,
10 Gooch!aud county. whcro he had en,smacd
on his march through Virginia.
Assistant Az a!ant Gtntrai II. g. Cerbin,
h has b on 'ntarn"d that tho Governor Of Nes
| hampshire ard STALL accompanied b. three
| o1npsnits OF State malii:; tho GovYaor q!
Connecticut, membera OF tho Legislature. and
| six conpsnies OF Tho First Connection Volon-
teers. thu Governor of Vermont, AID four c3rn
paniss OF s a'c MALTA, and the @ ,vcroor CT
| Michigan. with six companies. will at,c4d tho
CELEBRATION at Yorktown.
7. ?. Danilidge, engineer 10 charge. hiss msi5
| report on The proposed railway fr ,m Pits
tug. Pa, to L7rcbburg. The report IS favor.
| ahlo to tho proposed route via Cheat river, Cow
Pasture ard j. .Xiog7on. whcre il 1ou'i strike
| a biatoh OF the Rlchmond and Allegheny T.:
road. now baing built to L:xnzt?n. This rcu;e,
u Is claimed, would bring the vast uudcvslolc cd
ore helds OF Virginia 10 proximity to tho coal
'lts Of West Virginia and Peunsy IVapia.
| Nv iuCh tuC pa!HouHSC III nCC"
torto~n, Fauqaler ocn lip. on tho evening of
INC III IN TWO PAGES SCATTERING tho so1l and
chimney. AID hacking the plGscrins rsttisilj
from fIuf rooms ADD tns hal. Tho building is
Two ADD halt stories high. Tho bolt entered
midway tho rnof md passed within four feet of
two Children lying Oh d bed. Neithot WAS 81
riou.ly hut. Mira. Lylts, wife of tho pastor,
was shGckod AID the eldest son kauckad tT
| tho frGn. perch, but not Injured.
Tho CONTROVERSY between tho city of L?roh.
burg and the Richmond and Allegheny R,i!.
road Company has been smicably atidssed.
| The compromise provides that tho rslIro.d
| compaoy shall have tho right Of way through
| tho streets OF the city, 10 consideration OF winch
| the former corporation agrees to turnsh the
oily with au ample supply of water fer oil IT.
! oetsary purposes, and 10 construct stone dam
| tc;cs3 tho river 0st above tho city. In fOw
| days passenger trains viii run ioto the oily, tho
road and bridges having boen complctol.
dr.nohing rain accompanied By thunder,
| lightning, and perfect gallo OF Wind occurred
in Petersburg on Saturday afternoon, roSuhiog
| 10 considerable damage to property. A large
lcieht warehouse on tho Norfolk and Western
Railroad was uurooicd, as wero the shops OF
| tho Petersburg and Weldon Railroad Company
and Gam Rms largo tobacco fac.ory. Tho
grand stand at Yves! Fed Park was completely
demolished, aud on.lhe city a!mshouse isrm two
houses were bloWu down. a Number of houses
were struck By lightning. snd 10 on instance
mother and her daughter wcro stu9ued by ths
electricity,
A pot fox escaped from tho premises of DR.,
Sn.linR's. oorntr Of Thirteen and Hull streets,
Richmond, few days ago. bu! had not gooe
fsr before several hounds in tho nciehb ,rhood
sCnttd him. soop got on bis trail, and in a few
| mlcutes regular fox huot WAS tx:emp,risad
Gu the SRI ots, 10 which i, SEEMED that every dog
10 tho oily, whether OF high or low degree, lin
ed. After half an hours noisy chase, Rooonrd
WAS Iuu dowo. and vas only saved from being
torn 10 pieces by The opportune arrival of his
master. who held a bag Open, into which no
rushed right speedily.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tho poiocH'brok, u2 a meeting ct ,noa,
yesterday, held 10 favor tf the abolition CT the
law granting guarantees to the PApscy.