Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-07-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Danville and New River Railroad
has been finished to Stuart.
DR.. William r. Weisiger, OF Manchester,
died in that place last night.
The Mayor of Norfolk has ordered all
policy and gambling shops to be closed.
Blaine and Logan clubs have been organ
lied at Langley and Vienna, Fairfax
county.
The Richmond police made raid on
alleged policy-dealers yesterday. Several
parties were arrested.
Judge w. F. Rhea declines to be candl-
date for the democratic nomination Tor Con-
press in the ninth district.
Three Cleveland and Hendricks clubs
have already been formed in Staunton, with
an aggregate of 400 members.
Judge David Rorer, a leading lawyer OF
Burlington, Iowa, died last week. He was
a native of Pittsylvania county.
VIM. R. Jacobs has been designated as
mail messenger between Caremont Surry
&C UNITY, and the steamboat landing.
The Roanoke machine works, at Roam
oke, are now making car wheels, hfteen
wheels to the floor, or forty.fve wheels per
day.
Mr.. R. NJ. Tuck, principal of the public.
white school of Danyille, died suddenly OF
heart disease at Wytheville Sunday morn
ing.
Lewis Cooper, colored boy sixteen years
old, was accidentally drowned in the river
near the ship locks, in Richmond, yesterday
while bathing
There were 1856 prisoners, white, coored
and female, in the penitentiary yesterday;
There are 81 able-bodied conVicts hlred
out to work on railroads.
Rddleberger made two hours speech 81
Luray Yesterday. He said that Blaine, II
elected, would be good if not better friend
to Virg ina than Arthur had been.
There was large and enthusiastic Cleve.
land and Hendricks ratification meeting at
Staunton yesterday. Congressman Hill,
Of Ohio, and Ran Tucker were the speak
| erS.
Jack Cole, colored man in York county,
was taken sick whilst working IN the fields
few days ago, and died within six hours.
The case bore strong resemblance to chol-
| era.
John f. Nottingham, of Northampton,
has sold during this season 900 barrels OF
onions and 300 barrels of Irish potatoes,
| realizing from his onions alone more than
$4,000.
The schooner Sallie MAR, from Philadel'
phia, bound for Norfolk, sprung leak near
Hog Island on Sunday morning and sunk
The crew we're taken OFT by the steamer
Ashland and landed at Norfolk.
The Governor has removed the politica
disabilities Of Berry Royster, colored, who
was convicted in the Chancery Court o
Mecklenburg in 1878 of petit larceny anf
sentenced to receive ten lashes and be con
fined in Jail one day.
A fire in Staunton Friday afternoon burn
ed a brick tannery and bark house belong
ing to Mrs. Mays, and the planning shop O.
} B. r.. Bagby, with nearly all of its contents
consisting Of an engine. planning machinery
and large lot of finished work.
Commissions as postmasters have beef
sent to George M. Rains, Pulaski Station
Pulaski county Robert R. Hart, Monta
, pike, King and Queen county s. j. Turley
Lowmoor, Allegheny county, and to Johl
w. Dixon, Hudgins, Matthews county.
: THE ho rr. nf q q. .nIoCl.sv -a1hrreuaS VIII
1,S00 bushels of wheat, two four-hors
:. wagons and two new drills. The barn wa
} insured for about $500. 1t is supposed tt
, be the work of an incendiary, and entails 6
, loss of about $500 on Mr.. McClannahaD
Governor Cameron yesterday received
!, the designations Of Messrs. Bland, of Prince
G Gorge; Banks, of Norfolk. and McCandlish
, of Petersburg-three republican members o
the House of Delegates. The Governor will
at once order special elections to be held tt
choose their successors. These members
had accepted federal Offices, and were fol
that reason compelled to resign their seats
, in the House.
On Sunday afternoon about halfpast 4
o'clock, during a thunder storm, Lightning
struck summer house at the Won Grone.
ing place, occupied by Mr.. N. ]. Smith, on
} Strecker's Hill, corner Nineteenth and
Peasants street, Richmond Three of Mr..
Smiths children, Henry, Joseph and John,
aged respectively thirteen, six and three
years, were playing in the house at the
time, and the two first named were partially
stunned. The lightning, it seems, entered
the house through small hole near the
window about two inches in diameter, and
shattered the weather boarding on the OPP
posite side.
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