Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Wythe county has 5000 ceres planted in
cabbage.
| Six hundred lambs were shipped from
lWytheville north last Thursday.
Capt. W. Y. Jordan, wel.-known lawyer
of Lynchburg, died on Saturday of paralysis.
The net earnings of the Norfolk and West.
ern Railroad for June were 81, 291 in excess
Of those for the corresponding month last
year.
Rev. E. A. Leonard, of Pamplins City,
Appomattox county, was thrown from his
horse few days ago and very seriously in-
jured.
George Davis has been appointed post
master at Edge Hill, King George county,
in place of W. w. Page, who was recently
arrested charged with robbing the mails.
The bill for the completion of the monu.
ment to Mary, the mother of Washington
at Fredericksburg, was reported to the,
House of Representatives last Saturday with
favorable recon mendation.
Among the public building bills reported
back favorably to the Senate on Saturday,
with recommendation that they be attached
as amendments upon the sundry civil appro.
priation bill, was that TO provide for build
ing at Staunton, to cost not more than
$4,000.
James N. Dunlop died suddenly at Rich.
mond on Saturday of congestion of the
brau. He was a member of the House of
Delegates for two sessions, and prominently
spoken of for Congress. He was very con-
spicuous member of the democratic party of
that district.
Freight Conductor John Sack was
knocked from car at Radford near Roam
oke on Saturday by two sections OF his train
colliding. One leg was go badly crushed
that amputation was necessary. He cluug
to brake beam and sustained terrible
bruises, being dragged some distance.
The jury in the case of Walter Jones, who
has been on trial by the Corporation Court
in Petersburg for outrage, have rendered q
verdict of guilty, and fixed the prisoners
punishment at ten years in the peniteutiary.
This was Joness fourth trial, and an effort
is to be made by his counsel to get another.
letter from Petersburg says: ut is re-.
ported that General Malone does not desire
the nomination for Congress in that district.
He would only take 1t, doubtless as a unani-
nous offering of the convention and to Sc
cure a united party. The contest will be
mainly between Gaines and Langston, with
dark horse behind.
The force of the Geological Survey has
been busy during the past month. They
have completed a survey of the famous Dis
NAL Swamp Professor Geiger is investigat
ing the vexed question of the relation of the
elastic rocks to the crystalline along the line
of the Blue Ridge mountains and Professor
Fonlaine is preparing paper of the Poto.
mac formation.
Mr.. George Dabney Grey, of counsel for
the accused, prepared q great part of the in :
structioDs of the court in the Barbour trial
at Culpeper last week. Their quality Is said
to be of that decided character which will
probably make them leading authority in
The inferior courts of this State where the
plea of self defence shall be interposed in
justification of homicide.
Judge Wexford of the Henrico Circuit
Court has postponed the appointment of a
receiver for the Chesapeake and Ohio, vice
the late Gen. W. @. Wickbam, until Tues
day week. Mr.. G. P. Huntington did not
reach Richmond on Saturday as expected
Mr.. Ingalls,, president of the company,
whose name is prominently mentioned in.
connection with the receivership, is on his
way from Europe, and is expected to arrive
10 New York, August Sd.