Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

oCuC I VII! 10 UUSctNuu 81 OJGlGuCra,5 IL !.
mortal day at Wsrrsn.oo. E2ps Iiunioa, ,jr.,
will be the crater.
Mr. James n. Turner. formerly leading
merchant of Fredericksburg, died OF ps.
ralysis Friday.
Dr. A. Il. Mott, Of Loes3urg. who has bsen
Ill for soma time past is rapidly recovering AID
vii! soon b. able to resume his practice.
A col0red man who died in R:chmond on
Saturday, stated before his death that no h.c
been poisoned by bis wife.
The sixteenth anlual meeting OF tho Eiucse
tlonal Association Of Virginia will hn held 81
Ooean View, beginning 90 Tuesday, Jry 5
Several ci!iz:ns of Petersburg have rcc.ntly
rcalized very handsomely on their iovcstmcnis
IN tho Norfolk aud Westerp Railroad.
Hon. John Goodo ard Major Joha w. Dlo-
iel addressed the people CT I?uctburS, Iss
Friday evening 10 the Interest eft tn, comi0g
yorktown celebration.
Prof. Fontaine, OF tho Uniye.s!!y Of Virsnia,
has undertaken g meteorological exploration
along tho line OF the Shenandoah Valley Rsil
road south OF Waynesboro.
Tho Richmond Dispatch says tho impression
is gaining ground that MIR. Riddibcrglr i. 10 DO
nominated BY the Rss5jcs Couvection ior
Governor.
A sword, supposed to have been barcd since
revolutionary times. wis reo:nuy cug up in
Westmorc!aod county. The hsnGlo Hss eyDa-
mented with pearls and geld.
Fisbwsys, made after tho Mcdonald pattern
have been erected over nearly cV;ry midgn
in Augusta Co. Nov G=h wi be more p!ca.i
tul aod cheaper, there.
Complaint is heard from macy stc.ioEs c! the
10 10 oF ho on1l ~ 1t.
Very few Eavo sulhcIepcy fer th8ir ierme
though there seem to b. scores OF negroes cuug.
ing about in every neig htorho3d doiog ucthirg.
The visit of the Knights Tcmplar Of Boston
Gnd Providence to Richmond to mtr;oR is look.
cd forward to With great interest by tho irster.
nifty. Very elaborate arrangements have b,en
made tor their entertsinucnt. on, Governor
Holiday will deliver the address { t walcom,.
The whiskey men Of Southampton couu!y
appealed from tho decision OF Juigo Bartolt
Who refused to grant them llcnnse. They had
o hearing 10 Norf0ka few days neo before judge
Blow. OF the Circuit COurt. who reversed tho
decision OF tho lower c(u:t aud granted the
LICENSES
Ga Monday last, Essex County Cur. die.
| about p N, in the uids, Of husircss. the
judge announced from the b.nch that the
court would noH adiIurl AZ 40 src alb: u to
hold rcs6juS.e meeting" un} rtqlfs Cd that
| oil persons woa!d remain end hesr wha: they
had to say. Ito then addressed The crowd.
Al the c>rc!uIion OF His Honcr's oratof:cl
pantcmime, the iur,, which had been detained
"a hour std hs!t, was brought t0wn from
tho stairway Hhers they had NE, ky c1dur,d
bis oratory. rendered lis verdius aud Vas dis
charged.
Tho Agricultural Society Of tho Norlhcra
Neck OF Virginia he's bson or2anzJd. \ meet.
Ing was held at Lancaster Court House las.
week, Which was largely attended by tho lcndice
citiz los If Wts!morc!snd, Northumberland aad
| Lancaster, ard tha rtl, of memters showed
nearlV two ttousa1d dollars subscribed. Rev.
". w. Walker. OF Wcs:morelacd, was c!eatcd
President. The society asks the C, operation OF
Wesmereland, Richmond, kirg Georg, Ina
castor and Northumberland, aud expsc: to bold
fair ard exhibition ia somo central plsco
duricg the present year.