Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-08
anCirla Gazette and Virginia Advertiser
KRGINLd NEHS.

lac K!chmond resciusters have en2orsat
Ter. MahoDs's oouis, 10 tbo Senate. S,l.tit
be recorded.
Iha Tobacco A:scois!ion he'd uaetirg ct
Danvl!le on Tuesday 10 iaVcr Ct O narrow
gsufe railroad between thai town and Roy.
bore, n. c.
Socrates Brooks. we'll kaowa citiz.a Of
Catstel6ed. aud formerly G member Of The
Legislature tfcm that county. is reported to bo
at the point of death. at his home IN Msnohes.
ter.
Samuel Petticrew, tried in the Ci:oui! Cour!
OF Bedford county, charged with numbering q
man namad Douahcrty, lock keeper on the
jams River srd KsnaRha cansl, has been &c
quilted.
The engineers Of lie Virginia Midland road
Gave hnlsoed the survey OF az extension from
Loaks7ilie' n. u, to Dry Fork. and are at work
On one from Ntr:h DaEVle up Dan River to
Cascsde il Pittsylvsris county.
Rev. A. B. Kremer, of EmmiiisbIrg, Md,
hls accepted CALL from the Reformed Church
OF Winchester. and will enter upon bis duties
about the lst of Msy. The charge also en-
braces the congregation at Middeway, in ef-
ferson county.
The dredgcTs arc o! Ro,k re moving the shoa' 5
10 tbs App,mas,tx i've. from Petersburg, dove
to deep water. All ct last years appropriation
has not yet b2en expended, and with the so. T..
GOO addition 10 the las! River and Harb,r bill.
the navigation Of the river vii b. greatly in
proved.
Nearly the HuClo ct thu amount ,qured to
erect monument to the memory OF the Ashby
brothers, 10 StoneRal Cemetery, Winchester,
nss been raised b3 the committee Of ladies who
undertook the work. and they are now exaning
log the nuncrous designs which have been sub.
| nltted foc their approval,
Capt. Boycott, of Irish fame. has gone to
amelia county to pay visit to bis old friend,
Murray NJ. B!aCker, former Irish Justice ct
the peace ard deputy lord lieutenant, lato Of
Ciaremorlls, Ireland, plsos prominent in the
lats land troubles 10 that county. This gentle
man Ii the proprietor Of very largo landed
estates 10 S0uthside. Virginia. Half million
dollars or more has been invested BY colony OF
| Lush gentlemen IN Amelia oouny. 1t is thought
tha. II 10 not unlikely Cspt. Boycott may decide,
II 20 likes this couDtry, to make bis home IN
Virginia, where so many Of his acqusintences
have already settled.
large meeting Q! citizens VAS held 10 tbs
Hall of tho House of Delegates, Rchmoua, last
night to adcp! measures for iusaripg cheerful
and hearty Welcome to all who ney visit Vitr
elria during the Yorktown centennial ooebra4
tor, The meeting was presided over by Hoo.
| A, NJ. Kelly, AID speeches were msde by biu,
Gov. Holiday and others. RESOLUTIONS Hero
| adopted extending cordial invitation 10 the
! people OF the c3untry and to eitiz,rs of every
other nation 10 iynpathy with tbs otjec. il
| unite With the people Of Virginia ia cpproprac
! o6sorVsno' OF thu coming celebration, SID pro
VIdlog ter the appointment of committees civic
and military, to take charge of sll matters rcr
| tanning to a representation of the city Of Rich
| mond IL the celebration ADD the proper recap
| ton CT oil who may visit that city for tho pur.
poso OF fixing part 10 said calebrasian.