Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-04
Affairs in Eouiss Goszsstv.
lU0trcspondsuce of the A,ey.ndris Grz :.

correspondence of the Alexandria Gcz5lieI
LOUISA COUNTY. March 2.-March WAS
ushercd in today with e heavy fall of raio.
Ihs CID saying, II! never raag but il pours,"
haze prtbab'y aevsg beea better verified than Of
late. Each msss Of clouds .ks. every .cw days
thu. Gu: The blue skies 5seus to be ia7a,iab2
s1icaa!s,d With water. The weather, however,
Is co. cold. aud tho soskad los lands ard
marshes resound with c'oaking frogs; and tbcse,
coupled With tho appearance, of Tbs blue bird,
arc pretty suro inticstio5s Of the lp o.csca Ct
sprirg,
A white msn named Edwards, charged With
tee crime OF bgsmY. is IN custody hare, He
has wife il Iii, county with when he Vss
liVlrg OF ths time of bis arrest. Elo ooDfcsscs
having anc her living Wifa i, Hanover county.
The m:n sill doubtless hs7o bis tul! deserts
met:d cut to him. 4 m1u gully Of this ls-
grant crlma ought 10 hs severely published COZ =
SD 'riog the fact that lha perps;tstion CT his
deed Iw) women sre ruinld,
st. Valentines day Vas not mr,h observed
here, and OF late years both comic and aea,i-
mental valentines Ii ID poor ssls,
Senator Henry w. Murray ecd family arc in
Richmond uadnr very G;trcseos cirouus:a5oss.
Ills vito Is u2dsr treatment t1r cucr. II,r
| mother cid OF cslosr. Tho f;ieIds OF Senator
Murray wife sincerely hopo she may obtain
relief
Charlie usr'is. who was suah popular
ycupg gentleman Shen be liy d here, ia 10
Iexss where nc hiss boer quite i'll. During bis
illness tbtro his father. good AID cst2cu}ed
Gan. died here Of cocsumpiion.
IVES not 10 Virginia Uhaa The las. subcras-
tctls elec:ioa cauo eff Wish very much I
had been so that o1uld hsvl Gag: rlg irss vote
ttr the peerless DAHL. | have slRa7s been na
ardent tdDrir OF this nobIa map. Taoush de-
teatcd Tor the goVornship. Daniels s.as h.s BIZ
90 mears SCI; the foil splenior CT lis triI!a5cy
hss yet to be seq ard fas end r.c,guiz,d, |
have nnVtr doubted but inst Johu Daniel viii
somo d'y DO sect 10 the Ucitcd Sales S,asa;
AID o1eo there his gilt OF oTatcry will ;asks lin.
famous throughout the catro laul.
Mr. William i. Gordon, jr., who hss p.ac-
ticsd sW hero tor several yaa.s. has goao to
Georgia. tie is young msn Of taIeus. lie
| makes coed speech. end is not sfraid 10 say
lust Whist he thlaks and pleoses. la Was tbs
dsmccratIo nominee for tho House of Da!spctes
| last tail. lla Was defeated b. Mr.. John Ei,t-
| ard:oc ihe nominee ct III, readj lstcr party.
Mr.. Samuel Z. Henson, mcnber OF the Ger
ersl Assembly Of Virgins few years since,
was married Ga yesterday TO Mrs Sissy Cosby,
Of this place.
The reasilaters hava elected iir Joho
Richardson, the presen: Louisl member Of the
Legislature. to fl the position cs the Superb
lendent OF Public Schools Of tho county. Rev.
L. j. Haley has heretofore been sape.inse5Geot
of the schools.
lo'rtsln'y asroo with the Gaz,tso about loosl
option. l would most assr.sdl7 vote eraiast
| such measure. wsnted to rise s2no Of INV
| roeso7s fer opposing local option, but o. ICY
Ioter has sl;cady s .oRn Es!he- !,ug. will d.
| so o. somo C:her occaSiou. FINCEST