Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-02
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Leonidas Baugh, leading citizen of
Abingdon, died suddenly Saturday.
Marion was selected as the place for the
Southwestern Lunatic Asylum.
Mr.. Jacob Seligman, venerable Hebrew
merchant, of Petersburg, died yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Callow died yesterday,
after short illness, at the Orkney Springs.
The mill property of Mr.. Chamblin, near
Philomont, Loudoun county, was consider
ably damaged by the late rains.
Miss Jennie Adie, of Guilford, Loudoun
county, received severe flesh wound i'll
her hand Tuesday morning, from the acct
dental discharge of pistol.
Mr.. T.. w. Reams, Of Powhatan. while
running thresbng machine day or two
ago had one of his arms caught in the
machinery and was so mangled that it had
to be amputated.
During the storm Friday week lightning
struck one of the chimneys of Mr.. n. o.
Bonds residence, near Fairfax G. H., and
shattered it considerably. Several locust
trees in his yard were blown down.
Harry Striker, large brick manufic-
turer and worthy citizen of Winchester, 70
years of age, went SEEMING Thursday night
with his son, and was paralyZed in the
water. He died before reaching home.
Six ricks of wheat belonging to Mrs. F.
V. Hartman, upon her farm in Augusta
county, and containing eleven or twelve
hundred bushels Of wheat, were fred by an
incendiary and entirely consumed Monday
night.
A picnic was given at Centreville last
Friday by Mr.. Benz. D. Utterhack. Late
| in the afternoon, while wrestling with a
friend, Mr.. Utterback was so unfortunate
as to break his leg, below the knee, in two
places. The accident was painful one.
Judge s. Bassett French, of the Hastings
Court of Manchester, on application of Mr..
S. l.. Post, jr., of New York, Thursday APP
pointed l.. p. Ecker, auditor of the Rich
mond and Allegheny railroad, receiver of
the Richmond and Allegheny Coal and Iron
Company.
James Currie, an old colored man, about
sixty. five years old, fell from the top Of the
house of James Vaughan, on Main street
below the Old Market, Richmond, yester-
day afternoon, and was instantly killed.
He was on the top Of the house at the time
repairing the chimney.
Harrison, the murderer, who was SEN
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did not pay the penalty Of his crime. The
Supreme Court in session at Wytheville
granted writ of error and supersedeas in
the case, and the question for the court to
decide is, whether the character of the de-
ceased for danger and ferocity should have
gone to the jury as justification for the
killing? 1t is not known when the court
will be able to decide this case.
The Front Royal NeO Era says "The
fine rains We have been having for the last
week were ushered in by terrific wind
storm akin to cyclone-striking the county
10 that section where the Wildwood and
Winchester turnpike crosses the Opequou
and sweeping down the pike TO Boyceville,
through Wildwood on to the river, over.
turning trees, hay stacks, wheat ricks, and
even a house or two. Owing to the con-
tinued rains much of the hay will doubtless
be lost, but the loss will be more than com.
pensated by the corn which the rain just
came in time to save. The wind tore Mr.
II. H. Martins wind wheel all to pieces,
and that gentleman says he thinks he will
lose at least twenty tons of hay. The heavy
ladened fruit trees, especially the peach
were very badly injured"