Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-04-16
MIA NEWS.


Mrs. Betsy Frazier, of Culpepnr county,
died Tuesday, aged 10S Years.
Judge Latham, of the Corporation Court
of Lynchburg is reported to be aeriously i'll
with pneumonia.
The receipts of cotton at Norfolk yestor-
day, 3, IA bales, were the largest OF any port
in the United States.
Floyd Barbour, son of Mr.. Jas. Barbour,
of Culpeper, had his aim very badly bitten
by his dog Tuesday evening, but is now i'm
proving.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey conducted
four services in Norfolk yesterday, one of
which was to the colored people, and al each
service an immense crowd attended.
The Culpeper Adrance says that German
earn are now plentiful in Mountain Run,
large ones being caught every day. One
was caught on Monday that weighed 81
pounds.
The two negroes, Watkins and Steptoe,
charged with the murder Of Lizzie Wilson.
at Roanoke, have been taken to Lynchburg,
and the prisonerswill be tried at the next
term of the Corporation Court.
The fair grounds at Culneper were put up
for sale at public auction on Saturday last
when 81 600 was the highest bid, which was
made by Mr.. r. r. Powell, OF Locust Dale.
This bid was not accepted by the trustees,
who did not consider it enough.
The officers of the First Virginia battalion
of artillery assembled in the Adiutant Cen
erals Office in Richmond yesterday for the
purpose of eIecting major in place of Major
H. G. Carter, resigned, when Lieutenant w.
E. Simops, of the Richmond Howitzers, was
unanimously elected to the vacancy. The
cavalry officers of the State then met and
elected Captain Otway s. Allen, of the
Stuart Horse Guard, Of Richmond, ma or OF
the first battalion of Virginia cavalry.
At q meeting of the corporators Of the
Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina
Railroad in Lynchburg yesterday Major
Peter ]. Otey was elected president Of the
company, and Wood Bouldin, .jr., OF Hall
fax, vce-president, together with board OF
directors. This road is to run from Lynch
burg to Durham, N. C. A delegation oil
capitalists ard business men from North
Carolina were present. There seems to be
no doubt about the building Of the road.
The Court Of Appeals Of Richmond has
acted upon the case of Mr.. A. b. Gulgon, In
volving the constitutionality OF an act pass
ed by the Legislature of 1854, imposing a
| special llCGIlSb ldA vi CIV upoA lohS
practicing in coupon cases. The Hastings
Court held the law was unconstitutional
and dismissed the prosecution. The Court
J of Appeals did not pass upon the validity Of
the law, but simply sustained the lower
court upon the technical ground that the IN
dictment was defective.
&c. Bell, postmaster at Culpeper, was
arrested ear y last Thursday morning by {
S. Marshall Scott, on a warrant charging
him with being concerned in the ownership
of the unstamped liquor that was discovered
during the course OF the fire there on the
morning of the 3rd inst, and taken to Rich
mond Upon his arrival in Richmond he
was bailed in the sum of $1,000 to answer
the indictments of the grand jury. Il. i,
Hall who was arrested and taken to Rich
mond the day before. was also bailed in the
sum Of $500 The grand jury brought in
Two indictments against both Hall and Bell
The trial of the casa was postponed until
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