Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-18
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Dr.. W. q. Watkins. of Princess arc c ia.
~, died suddenly Saturday.
The monument to tho Oouf,d .ra:o dad a!
Cupeper g. II. will be dedicated Ga Thu:sioy,
"A military and civic parade will take p:.c'.
o. the farm Of MI. Epes. 10 Notoway. Il W
days sgo, eight man OF ths force engsg in the
wheat fields we're brought to ths htuio Iros
trated By the hest.
Tn, city couociI OF Richmond on S,tuld ,r
N ada On appropriation OF $40 0U0 Tor the Y ofk
town csntenoi,l and $1,000 TOR the eutertGu-
mont OF the President Of the UGited States md
tho French visitors.
The ely treasurer OF Staunton has been au-
thorzad to advertise that the per sent bords
issued January !, 1877. series &C." will DO
called In JaDu,ry /. 1852. and Will DO paid at
The trtasurer's ofi,e, IN StRuntoo, on that dty.
Captain ChsrleH T. G.nter, we'll kuogo req.
taarant proprietor 10 Washing!os, died Sslur-
day night. lie was born 10 IIst 3ger, Bader,
II $780, came to this couotry when q lite young,
and settled 10 Richmond. aud was for seven
years ctief OF police OF that city.
A stranger. who rig sttr,d himsolf at Ito
Vi Hotel 10 Winchester last Friday a. jack
sou, from Newark. N. j., attempted 10 com.
nit ,uicide Iy shooting him self in the head
With pistol. Medical aid was rendered, aud
he 80 far recovered as 10 be abo to leave.
Saturday night last Eli, McCIannahap, OIL
ored WAS ruo over by The cas-. bound passenger
train bear Abingdon. AID toro into atoms-hsy,
log both legs and trms torn from her body, hor
head crushed and her body scattered alour the
railroad trsck. She had not been 10 hcr RICH.
mind for some lime.
Mrs. Sulan A. McGfego:. Of Favuujer 10
says noWy owl recently captured BIZ James
osWt II Smith. OF Bait IN IRE. escaped from her
week Dlture list. She states it was trJrgat
from the She'd md Islands by bee uncl,, Rev.
~ SOC Dasenburg, thirteen yeats ago, and thst
she has had is ever sincs.
Mr. eph A. Btistow, Of MidGl z. aud
bis son took shelter from recent storm by got.
ting uuder their WaRor, to which wss attached
two horses. The lightning struck both horses,
Killed one snd rendered the other totsl b1d;
an OK standing by was also killed. Mr.. B. AID
his son escaped with severe shock.
The COMMISSIONED cfioers of The rso5ptlV
folmad Seo,nd Virginia Regiment hsys r.
solved to attend the celebralioo at Yorktowo.
IN October. There will be eight con p ,nies in
the reglment-:ho Front Royal Guards, tn,
Winchester Light Infantry, Hsrrisonburg
9usfds. West Augusta Guards. Andersen
Guards. Mcu,t jackson Guards, B,lrvyilIe
Guards and L1ray Guards.
FRESH SCANDAL AT WASHINGTON. A sen
sallon which will result in scandal and will
throw the Cbristisncy business 10 The shade, is
whispered about the ttraes in WASHINGTON. 1t
Will involve pronioent * army Offcar and
noted scientist. There are Two women 10 The
Case wife aed mistress. The wife is said
TO have discovered the rasideto, of her hus>
oaoa mistress, and to have made descent
upon the sam. 10 he abssrce of its co,npants,
and there found evidence OF her husbands in
fidelity. OF course, this anpered her not a
little. ADD stormy csus, thss followed later ct
her OVID hom,. betVeea herself and husband,
resulted in departure from The premises BY
the iitser, s1d IL ia nov sad a divorce cult is