Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-24
Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser
EcgteT From King George Comutys

EClrrogoGlGcrco Of tho A!,xiIGtia Gsz site.
SHILOH, Va, Ja1. 2l.-Ihg ica Blockade,
which clio! Cd ravig .oa upon cur rivers lb9ut
six Ks ago and sill contiaus S. las been cx.
teoded 10 Cur counly roads, aud fer tho past
Wetk ~o have becD oS completely "bottled up"
as Benny Butler was at Bcrmrd, Hundreds.
The mi i, open Wasthcr experienced through.
GU: tho whole Ct last winter made mauy farmers
careless 10 The usual provision OF fro wood and
of food at hand fer their stock, AID % co1sc.
qucrcc both men end besst have suffered p
some cases from tho extreme weather, The
blockade has prevented the usual winter ship
ments oil COIN end othtr prCduco, 50 that the
financial season. cldinarialy dry il this latitude,
has cu.mloated low 10 complete drought,
The people, with orc or two rcadjustcr cXoep-
tons. have ceased to dun eaoh other for debt,
and even the tax gathcrels. with as much check
as they usually carry, have not the face to
present their bills The County Treasurer has
improved tho leisure by going irto matrlmouy,
Whllo bis dcpusl;s with their wives havo been
cnjoYlog then Ives in sleigh riding. The Only
brink department ct business now is found 10
the lively competition goiDg 90 among number
| OF our moro cntcrprizlug cit'Z.Ds who aspire TO
become servants OF Uncle Sam in the capacity
OF mai contractors Tho old through route,
throo times week, from Fredericksburg to
Warsaw, has been divided and mado daily, with
Oak Grove in Westmoreland as the ternir al
point About tc0ro of applicants orc bidding
| tor these and as many moro for the braoch
routes to Hampstead end Rollins Fork.
Capt. Robinson, of tho steamer Mystic, arri
5cd hero 10 day by way OF Frederick sbu:g, snd
| report1 his bost ss still hard ord fast 10 the ic,
| OF Q1aniao.
Inc echoontr Cyrus Hall. lGrso lbroc
| master from Boston, carrying when loaded
| twenty seven thousand bushels of grain, and
said to BIO tho largest vessel tina. ever visited 80
high point Of the R1ppahaunock, hss bocn
| lying ct the whbrf at Port Conway in this
county s!roo tho lS.h of December. She is
oadipg with ocrn along tic river lor W, l.
| King of Fredericksburg. Her maelor and
owner, Capt Cyrus Hall, returned to BIZ; homo
10 BcstCn sooD sf.cr the tretzs set iD, and Hil!
remain there unti! tho weather releases his
| vessa!.
The numerous friends Of Judge Fred. Hunter
will DO p!o'so6, 20 doubt. t3 hear he has burvi.
we'd the laws delay, and at the January term Ct
our County Court erjoyed peacablo posse SIGN
! OF his bench. a. thus present wiring We have
| heard cf no recent decision or further action oil
the Clut: Of Appeals tff,ctiog his title. The
only item of interest st this term CT tho court
was Sd order Tor bridge over tho stream at old
| Union Mill 90 tho road TO Slusr's wharf A
petition will BIO presented ct the FEBRUARY tcrm
for bridge over MachodCc Crock OF Oyster
Sbeel lan1iug. This improvement, it the
project succeeds. will bring tho long bcnighted
otiz,n of Pumpkin Neck within CT b range oil
tho brlisn! end heightened civilization q
| Quality Ridge. Is.