Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-13
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Tie t:uit crop 10 the mouutsics ia vsr7 /

!liEl tSpGSN!pD 10 hlenGG0Q Guilug tie CvGifT
Yorktown ce1Icunial.
Maj. David a. Carter. Journal CLERK Of the
House 0! Delegates, Giod 10 Washington city g
few days age.
Whoa: is lip&tior very rapid, aud will 30
ready to cat By the first of July If co. before,
around L2nchburg.
There were moro deees admitted 10 record 10
tho c!srk's ofioo Ct the Chesterfield Ctu5tg
Court during the month Of Msy than during
hny month Tor many years back.
A l,dy resident Of BucEiogham oounty gave
birih, about ten days ago, to twirs, one Of whom
wasIbosn With full set of tee,h-bcth upper
and lower.
There were 800 pou2ds Of tobacco sold
10 lyschburs !or tho weak cEdiog Jugc IL
several thousand pounds moro tAaa were sold
tho previous week.
Tho etraightout republicans Ct Petersburg
are in !a;or q 3 State con-cu,icE aat CT SHE
patty nomi, ai9rs, aud VII! cleo: del gates TO
this conventional tho pro 2er tiEc.
Tho Covinstcn Tribune esys; "i'wo lsrse
o5tlolisA mcats for manufacturing h'ti. itcn AID
s:5e!, 10 bo oaned principally by E2gIish CAPT
tai, Az ID be erected +! o, no.: GH3hcc, Rock
bridge county.
Inc Charlottesville Gefclsooian IS Gu.!ctiiy
Ter tic statement that Auditor tIasse7, IN frcs-
eLco OF several eentlemen receatly IS serted tia
be had forty votes offered him il ,ho rca3ia,tey
convention los SO pei vote.
the tTsila Oh tho Richmond and Altshaoy
railroad vii! commc1ce rucojag FIR freight Gnu
passengers between Richmond and Lyrcabug
10 morrow. Only ten nero u,i:s no to be
built before tEeroal is completed to Lycclbais
Saturday was observed 81 Decoration D;y ct
Warrcn.tn. Eppa Huatoa, j., dlvorcd &c
orai!oo. Tho WaTrel,on Rlcmtn zero in The
rroccSSac. under marching oid9r5 for TIC GIs.
time.
Di. Occr2o Ouinby, of I4,ulnua cjanty,
one Of tho othc,rS Ct tho Virslcs Agricultural
Society, produces and sends 10 uc.l, It ccca l.
week, seven hundred pou1Gs Ct butter. This
!9 more than ono and quarter to;S {! {u!t;r
per moth.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says ticre is u
coed rr2s9ccs lhst blast iuneoJ wil! DC csCb
I!shed there ct al early dy. Mr. q. q. Pslm
or. capitalist OF Nav Jersey, spent se7crsI
days Of last wock ID Charlottesville cxaminir E
the hsld and co1tagrlug with prcmiaeot o;!z2aa.
The co1iseci f5r furnishing tho supply OF
rIrsIala leat tobacco required by tho !tsliaE
9ov:rnm2ot vas awarded last FriGGyi;o MGssgS.
l.. Hrtcr Il Co., OF Paris, aud vii be purcaaf-
cd frou. the crops CT 1879 md 1880 BY their
agents ia Richmond.
!! Is aiatcd thai arri5Soucn:s Tor 90 ell>rAi!
irt!gh5 Inc, at ogeu charges with the water
!inss, between Rjchno1d. B.i;m,re. Now
York ard B2s.on vi, tho Richmond, Fredcr-
!cksbulg snd POttmlc Railroad and the Penn.
sylvsnla Road have been coasunma:ot
Atout CO. i.uodr:d thousand drum fish sfo
tep7rtc. to haVo boon caught at ol9 haul ct q
sel1c at Ch1cotUH2us Island last w,sk. Ii was
q catch oct!Ecl7 unprecedented Gu that sho:c,
Gnd wc h,Gc ou7 doubts al 10 tho uuuoir. y
thsussni would have beeo very Large hsal.
Tie Philadelphia Times. 10 en cditoTisi on
the iIillz Of capital into Vlrsiais, tg which
railroads Gro being tuiIt nnd IT'S m,aeruI aduS
| tries developed, saJt: IF ViIsIn!a1s. hoy
ever, would reap thc advantages OF this capital
aad enterprise they must. above al! thiu2s Pre-
| serve tho credit OF their State There Eu;: be
% talk Of reputation.
! AS tho nlrthWard bouad train on tic Rich
| nond and Petersburg Railroad emo into Fem.
pies Staiioa, about ELK n,iles from Richmond
90 Saturday, colcred nan who had fallen
| asleep sitting 90 tho edge Of the platform, vas
struck by tho stops OF QUO of tho coaches, aud
it is thought, fatally Injured. lilo Vas BIT or
| the head, Gpd was thrown violently on the plat.
| form, where he l1y issonslblc in pool Of Blood.
Several months ago David Murphy, Will.
guardirg somo penitontisry c,ag!c's ct CG;in
! hoIaEo Pask, R;ctm md, kiIlol one udo at
! tempted to eSc,po. Murphy Was Indicted! by
the grand jury Of lLDrico. and his s. MAS 70
| have boen heard ct the May term Of the Cir.
| cul: Court, but ior somo CAUSE i! VS. conliaucd
| uatli the o. ODER term. Lls! week Mu,ply
died.
Tho boiler OF tho Ereckipg steamer B. e. J.
Baker. owned ct Norfolk, exploded ysssar,,ay
morning, whea the vessel wss a,cloreG four
mica eft Cap, Charles, ls!suty ki,IIsg the Ere
! rus0. Frank Wilson, anl terribly Sos,ci1g the
| chief engineer. Samuel Ward, a3d As:istat:
Eogiacer Jas. Turacr. 7. Hodges AID jsmas
| Peoples, deck hands. waro iDjared jos. TUT
| ner died before the steamer could DO towcd les
| 20 Norfolk.
We learn from tho GordonsVilIe Giz,t!c that
az immense deposit OF Chi1s clay bas rccln: y
been discovered OF Bon Air. which is cstiDn.ec
to CONTAIN many million tons. Tho clay los
been tested in the manufacture ol fro brick,
potter? nap:r cbG ether purposes, and it is
said 20 90 superior 10 that tourd 10 New Js.-
say, it having stood the test 10 Ito neck cf 8
stco. furnace ter over four doy?. EilOrs sIC
boiug made to develop Inc deposits.
a novem Mt has been set on foo. 10 orgabiz,
prohibition party 10 this State. The issue
has already bseD begun in SpoIsgiva1ia. West
morclsnd and other o0unios 10 that sou:ioG, as
well aE others 10 tbs Valley AID Scuthsi1c. Ii
is proposed TO hold convention lad endorse
no QUO iC1 the gissuro who is rot iu favor oI
local option sw. This new rG,Iy is net ia.
tended 10 NIX Up with poi.;c3 in aty 71ay. bat
to steer cosr Ct eli raEtzsG o. stious, exc p!
Tint Of prohibition.
| A deed given by the Biighthcpo Railwsy
Company TO Henry l., l0uog, Irussac, to &C.
cure tho payment Of POO bones Ct $1,000 c:cil,
| Guo n 1901, ives presented at tho clerks offcs
| OF tho Chesterfield CountY Couft Toesda7 to 5e
| recorded The object of this loan is to rn;s,
the necessary funds for the building of Tho rail-
| read between Chester and Bsmu1s Hundreds.
AID for extending tho Iine from the Clover ILL!
pits up into Am2lis. Workuen arc now CO.
gagged 10 arranging tho beds of tho5, roads. and
l,., u ,np o,;l 10