Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The foundation for the Yorktown m9uum,r.
has been dug.
Foxes are reported to be UNUSUALLY sbun ian!
10 msny Counties of tho Ststc.
DR.. @. Q1arlcs. of Louisa oounty. died las
Saturday, ag.d 6S years.
O1a hundred and twenty Eve Locomotives
are now 10 operation on the Chessp,s and
O0io Railroad.
They sAvsY Of the keysville and GAINESVILLE
railroad ID MecElenburg C .uoiy bas been o1nl
plotted.
A democratic meeting at Wauenion on Mon
dU n'Rht was addressed by Geo. Payne. II On
James '. Brooke. Nlsj Taylor Scott, erd Hoe
Eppa Huntop.
Elder. tho Richmond artist. is engaged il
| 81 dies Tor the figures Of large painting rep
rs,tn Ing wharf scene 90 James river in an,I
| bellu timIs.
| A o>lorcd woman resdisg 10 Campbell )ua
| ~, DIED horrible death oro day las. wacl
IRON! the effects of poisonous drug aiuiSi,.
tered to her by several of her own race.
Major John w. Daniels resignation az Sen
stor tor ths district including Csnpball snt
| L9uchburg. was forwarded to Gov. HOLIDAY
yesterday. His tucN s5er. who will bo oil c:cc
| 10 November, will bs a democrat, Us tho dis
trlct Is strongly damt attic.
Captain James Barron Hops, editor of iht
| norfolk Landmark, has been selected to repre-.
sent Virginia on tho press committee at lht
1oIktoWn Centennial celebration. This com
| nlttee consists OF one REPRESENTATIVE from racf
CT the thirteen original Statep.
1ho owner eff the Libby Prison, Richmond
has put up roioe stating that sill person
deErtda'log upon tho building will b. dsel
with sccordlng 10 law. Relic hunters spc
curiosity seekers havc boon c:ippirg Of pieces
from the bricks extensively, aud heuo, lht
ntcssity fOrthe notice.
10 Grayson county, last week, coIo,aa mar
| named Mack Allen attempted to commit al
| outrage on ii:tlo Hhito Girl ten years OF avc
iie wss followed and ovcrt,kon by JEROME
Paisley and Other men Of tho reiehborhooJ
| and when they found him no refused 10 b,
taken, and drew q pistol and fired upon tht
party. The shot took clftct 10 the wrist OF Mr.
Paisley. who ut oDoo rsi.ed his gun and sont ;
load OF backshot crashing lir,ush tho negro
body. lie died Instantly.
Iwo freight trains ool!ided on The Richmond
| fredericksburg aDd Potomac Railroad at N or,t
| anna Bridge, about tWc1ty eight miles mort!
OF Richmond, last Eight, wrecking both en-
Gnes ADD 1umbar Of cars. Engineer Carroll
| OF one OF the Trains and coored fireman ar,
reported seriously isiored. The mil trnir
irrm Washington, dua 10 Richmond, at 10 n
| o., could not pass the obstruction, and tho N ii
| ard passengers were transferred to ireich
rsln 90 tho Chesapeake and Ohio Il .i!road q
Hanover Junoti)o.
Yesterday morning ths hands emp!ayad O,
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, at New
| port News, struck for higher wages. les hours
| aod moro trcnaent payments. 1t apre.ra tina
| tho company has deferred paying tho men ru
| l0a or siv wrnkq sni tun hunarad ut then
yesterday determined to strike, and with b ~
ners tJiug and armed with clubs, pistols ec
the marched up the entire Cciun, ccmgc.lio!
all they met 10 i,'n them. they then sc.z,r
| the engine, aud declared it shoali not proceed
On lis usual trrs. All work has been suspend
cd from N export News to Wlliamsburgh, aat
great excitement PREVAILS Tho c1mm,sssr,
has been closed, aai tho scrip issued by III
| COMPANY declared from ciroulaiicn Itip static
The Governor has batn telasrupbcd, and ,ha
he Peninsula and Libby Gu.ds Cru t. be sen
| down 10 q1:li the disturbance if it c1uioue
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