Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-11
VIRGINIA NEWS

Tho Slmac business in Virginia has risen
from one hundred tons in 1866 to ten thous-
and in 1881
1t is said that Very rich vein of copper
has been discovered i'm Halifax county on
the lands Of DR.. Sanford, near the North Car
DINA line
Mr.. Louis An,illotti ianitor Of the Police
Court. of Richmond. died ut his residence
in that city. Yesterday, III his sixty-second
year. He was Il native of Parma, Italy.
The voters Of DanviIc will vote on the
18th of April on the question ofan addition
III subscription OF $50 900 TO the capital stock
the Danvilc and New River Railroad Com
pany,
The fishermen near the mouth OF the
Rappahannock river are catching Shad and
herring III immense quantities. The Chesa-
pcakc bay and all its tributaries seem to be
filled with small rock.
The city council of Lynchburg have re-
solved on an issue Of fifty thousand dollars
in bonds for permanent improvements in the
city lnitiatory steps were also taken for
the introduction Of the electric light.
The potato bug has appeared on some of
the truck farms in Princess Anne county.
and fears are entertained that they will do
serious damage. Thus far they have CONT
ned their attacks to strawberry plants.
The Committee ON Commerce and Navi-
CATION of the City Council, Of FrcderickS-
burg will go to Washington Thursday, to
urge before the River and Hurbor Commit
tee of the House the necessity of an enlarged
appropriation torclcaning thcRappuhannorl
river
The Board Of Directors Of the Central Lu-
| matte Asylum tcOlOrcdy met in Richmond
last night and elected DR.. David F.. Nav. of
Petersburg. Superintendent of the Asylum.
to succeed the late DR.. +. II. Brooke. Rob
crt Tancii. of Alexandria. was elected Sec
ond Assistant
The House of Dclegatcs yesterday passed
n joint resolution authorizing the superin-
tcndent of the penitcntiary to furnish con-
victs to the Hollywood Memorial Association
to keep in order the graves of the Conieder-
ate dead of the Army of Northern Virginia
buried in that cemetery.
Another instalment of eighteen Youths
and boys sent to Virginia by the Chriidren's
Aid Society of New York have arrived at
Culpcper. The Culpeper people seem to be
well satisfied with these boys. The South
side people complain that those that have
been taken into their homes have generally
turned out badly.
Sunday night in Richmond, the East Han
over Presbytery closed its interesting session
DR.: Reads church being packed Mr.. Hugh
G. Smith, of Petersburg, was ordained, DR..
j. p. Smith preaching the ordination sermon.
AT the end of the interesting and solemn ex-
ercises the Presbytery adjourned to meet at
Amelia Courthouse September Goth.
The tobacco receipts at the Lynchburg
warehouses continue to be unexpectedly
large. The drought Of last summer and the
frost OF last fall together, it was thought, had
reduced the crop considerably below half,
but the receipts would 60 to Show that that
estimate was much too small The prices
for leaf are high, and planters go home we'll
satisfied.
John Phillips. an old and we'll known cit
lzen of ,Dinwiddic county, committed suicide
yesterday by shooting himself through the
head with shotgun. The muzzle of the
weapon was placed against his right eve and
discharged by a string fasteded to the trig-
ger and tied around a toe of the right foot.
Death was instantaneous. This was the
fourth attempt ofPhillips to kill himself