Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-12
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fic:t Of tha Sasnsndnsh couuty farmers !
hive f1ish:G Ila2tiHg cora,
The RichmH5d AZ! Exhibition WIS clos:
las: evening With pTcinen.de c,ncssi.
The thermometer ia Riohmoad s.trisy
registered o. degrees.
Fine veins Of the richest c;ppercra are b.iug
developed 10 number OF counties.
The fist sbiDnen:o If strawberries ttis season
from Norfolk Vas made 90 MoId.y last, a6d
consisted CT che ciae.
Mr. Richard Brooke. of WsrrerloD, has lust
sold bis picture recently 90 exhibition 10 Wash
lngtoD, 10 tho Co!eorsn Gallery for handsome
sum.
StcrctsrIes B'aioe and Ltc>lo, Gen. Sher-
msn aud tho Yorktowo cantennia! com ni:siop.
era, alter conlerence, have determined Il ct
! tie orktoWn monumeu! shall be constructed
OF Nlrglols granite.
Il is said that the f.h law is openly violated
10 Shenandoah ccuaty, std thnt SINAI! dams
constructed for The purpose of Fishing With
set re S Gao DC seen OF mary points on the
river.
large amount Of live slot has been shipped
| from SneosndGah c;un!y this spring. Horses.
| csttle, sheep, cud hogs have been raised ut o
prch: AID have brough lsrgo amount Of money
into that county.
a gentleman 10 Bsrkaly county wv. Va.)
| ssys that GU of 2S stands OF bses he lost %
dufIDg tue past winter. He says many Ct bis
ne!ghbors lost in propo!ioo, as the winter was
| the most destructive known to bees.
PAGES tobacco warehouse, in Lylchburs, ono
OF the mes! spacious and We'll appointed buiida
lngs OF liz KIDD 10 the State, has been sold by
the prop,ictots. the Messrs Pace to DR.. |. L.
Walker, administrator Of the L7rca estate, Ter
$29 600.
The Board of Supervisors of Albcmar!e
County held ca adjourned meeting Tuesday 10
tako into consideration the sale of the rights and
trsrc5iseS OF tho RlvsnEa Navigation company
to the kicmond and Allegheny road, The s,l,
will no doubt be made.
Temple Hall. tho beautiful estate, about d
Mills rCrth OF Leesburg, formerly owed by
tho late Temneton Mason, aud containrg 2SG
| aorce, Tas sold at private sale on Tuesday. by
| its present owner, MIR. Richard Hester, for 500
per ncrs to John Fl. Thompson. ctq.
Dir. q. B. Moore. executor cf tho lalo J ohn
| Moore, sold at public sale Oh the 50 b of April,
the veil known Aldo Mills. 10 Ltu ioun ccuo.
| ~, with dwelling house and four acrcs OF LAID
attached, or So 500 to John e. Douglas. Also
| q trsot OF 100 sores. near Aide, known as the
"'grsvey!td ;rso'," Tor Sl45 per aero to 4.
| Is. More.
\ verdict 10 favsr Of Mr.. Ccl Il. =. Chew
and other heirs Of tho late John Augustine
| Washington vas rendered in tho u. S. Court
OF Gnicsgo last week, whereby they may redeem
AID rcpossess lards in Cook county, lii, i'm
properly Trested from them srd soli ia 1854,
Tho property has iGmers.y appreciated 10
| Va,uo.
10 The Great Court o! Cumberland c>uily
last week. Rhuds E7ans, c2Iotcd. was lricd tor
The murder OF Jane Mury. co!orcd in January
lat. Tho Jury brought 10 verdict Oh guilty
aDd eighteen years Imprisonment 10 the psni.
tGDi!ary. Mary Jane Ta;iaisrrr, colCred, had
batn presCu lily conVotcd of tho samo crime
with like verdc', and three other parties
arc 10 BE- iti3d for completely 10 The sauo
deed.
Theto Gaa SO uru.ul ul Of herring in
tho James ilver Sunday ana Monday Thcy
could be s,e0 10 scaoos 10 almost very part Of
the fills. AID artull Ma7o5 island. S7a!g,
IS II mcy appear 10 some readers, quito a
CuDtoI CT these fish were c.uzht Oh Saturday,
afternoon by a gentleman ~hild Glhicg off
| Mhyo's island with u hook b.ted with miuuoYs.
They sei2 d tho minnows vc'y nu,h liiio &
Eoohflsh, hud Afforded tan spir. ana III; very
rapidly. s lew Of tLeso fish wsrn as> caueh,
by hess who were u,iug w5rns "a bait.
1t is stated that Msi3r f. u. T. tIycrs hiss
been :cudared tic presidency Uf the ltiohnioad.
Fredericksburg aud Potomac road, to succeed
JulsO Oud. Whc will rts:sD 90 the 2S h. The
tcDder. i: Is said however was based upon the
condition that Ms): Myers w1utd carry GU.
Mr.. Molcnro R,ti0acn's we'll known pocy in
regard 10 lunoinE tho boa ct the Potomac
| Steamboat company 10 o0nncaiion Uuh rho
road, which bo vas not disposed to dc. Major
| Myers wllI resign the pac, of superintendent Of
the r., L. aud Z. Il. Il. al The meeting Of tic
directory Oh Saturday.