Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-12-22
.JjourneG Stockholders Meeting.
Truusfer. Of the Lease Ratified.

80 Of the Virginia Midland Railway Co.
rss held at the office Of tho company il
,bis CITY to-day, at noon. c. g. Holland
n,o OF Danvlle, in the chsir. and T. I;
Wentworth, ir., secretary.
The committee On proxies having renort.
d majority OF the stock represented. Gen.
y. II. Payne offered the following. which
was unanimously adopted;
Whereas, lease for ninety nine years OF the
alo!c lines of railway of the Virginia Midland
Railway Company, and of all its propertv. was
made by said company to the Richmond and Dan.
vile Railroad Company, on the 18th day Ct
,nril in the year 1856, which less, was ful,.
executed 10y tbs company under its cornorate
seal by and through John McAnerncy, its then
SicepresIdent' OF the one part AID by the Rich
r.ond aud Danvi!le Railroad Company under if
corporate SEAL through and by its then president
) Buford Of the other part, lie il therefore
E,,"rsd By the stock holders of the Eirpiui;,
Midland Railroad Company, that the said lease in
al thing hc, and the same is hereby ratified and
confirmed.
The meeting then adjourned till Wednes-
day, the Goth inst, at y o'clock noon.
A R0MANCE(?)-Th New York Sun has a
correspondent in this city, who, it appears.
is now paying most of his time and atten.
ton 10 the Dulany family Of Fauquier coun
IT, Last week this correspondent, in mer.
touing Mr.. Hal Dulany's proposed visit to
Europe, weaVed narrative as remarkable
Tor naccuraCv as the number of lines could
we'll have contained, and this week he
writes the following, which is about on q
par, as far as facts arc concerned, with the
former:
The presence of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Ecvi 10 Alexandria has set people to talk
ins about the famous sword contest in
which Nevil showed himself to be the finest
fencer in the South, and by which he won
his bride and great wealth. 1t occurred
some ten years ago. Mrs. Neyil was then
the belle of this part Of Virginia. Her faith
er, Colonel Hal Dulany, was worth 50 900.
CO., and the daughter was to inherit half of
the amount. As shs was beautiful as we'll
NJ wealthy, there were many suitors for her
hand. Among them, the two most favored
were young Englshman named Ran.
doIph, who was an officer in Her Mniesty'a
Household Guards, and Henry Nevi!, an
freshman who had fought in the Freuch
aud Austrian armies. Both were handsome.
manly fellows, though not hardened with
riches, and for time their chances seemed
about equal. As both were very hish-tem-
iered and familiar with the use of weapons.
the lady had a hard time to keep them from
venting their hatred in Il bloody way FL
nally Miss DaIany got tired Of that sort Of
thing, and said laughingly: why don't
you go out and have a good fight, instead of
snariing nj each other always?" I'VE will
do IL" they exclaimed in one breath. The
lady continued the conversation in
bnntering tone, not dreaming the men
were in earnest. Next day, how
ever, she discovered that they had
actually ulnrtaJ b1.r Ia
When the rivals left the house thew at once
arranged tho preiminares for duel. A
meeting place was selected Just off the Du.
lany estate, the time fixed upon was the fol-
lowing morning at sunrise, and swords we're
chosen as weapons. At the time agreed
upon they met, with their seconds, and
there ensued the most bloody duel that has
ever taken place on Virginia soil. Three
months afierward Randolph rose from his
sick bed dis6gured for life, left the country,
and has not been heard from since. About
the same time Nevil aud Miss Dulany were
married
The facts III the case are these Messrs
Robert Neville and VIM. F. Randolph. of
Clarke county, had difficulty which re.
suited IN the latter challenging the former
The challenge was accepted and the two
meeting. swords being the weapons used,
Randolph received scratch on the ear, and
having his sword struck from his hand by
his antagonist the duel came to an end In
stead Of Randolph being an officer in Her
Mslesty's Household Guards he is a native
of Clarke county and certainly, at the time
OF the duel, had never even been in Eng
land and is now living not hundred miles
from this city.
GnL 4 Dyoy, 4.
Aqueduct bridge has been transferred to
the government. 1t is now in order to put
npa new superstructure, the plans and pre-.
paration for which will require a number Of
months. In the meantime it is proposed to
Use the present bridge for ordinary travel.
Gen, Duane. chief of the engineer depart
ment of the United States army in order to
determine whether the structure is safe for
ordinary public travel has ordered an ex-
animation Of tho bridge as requested by
Il gentleman in a letter to Secretary of
War Endicoite. In his letter the gentle
man also says: 1--WE ere assured by the
owners Of the bridge that under the extern
sire repairs made by them it is absolutely
secure for such purpose, and that at no time
since its orig inal construction has it been
safer and stronger than it is to day. No
accident to life or limb ever occurred upon
it in the past. The embargo laid on the
bridge by the District commissioners i'm
posed cruel burdens on all whose duty re-
quired them to daily cross the Potomac"
CANAL MEErfNG-An adjourned meet
ing of the stockholders of the Alexandria
Canal Company was to have bsen held at
the council chamber to-day at noon. At
the appointed hour Mr.. B. Wheat took the
chair and Mr. l.. e. Uhler was requested to
act as secretary. There were also present
Mavor Smoot, Judge c. f. Stuart and Mr.
B. Barton.
Messrs. Smoot and Stuart were appointed
a committee on proxies, who reported that
only 2,750 of the $500 shares of stock were
represented, and therefore no quorum was
resent, so the meeting adjourned without
day.
POLICE REPoRT.-Last night was clear
until about three o'clock, when it became
cloudy. There were two prisoners and
three dodgers at the station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed Of the
following cases.
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