Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-10
Letter from Goshen.
Alexandria Gazette. ]

GOSHEN DEPOT, Sept. Up here
the frightening nights are cold and
bright and the mornings have irosts,
and are misty. Wood fires are III
vogue, business is on slight pick UP :
the streams are low and their waters
clear and health is good.
The leaves are about to turn and
when | see this and children gathering
chinduapins | am reminded that the
russell year will soon be on, and then
will come the bowling winds and storms
ofwinter, and that the year which began
as but yesterday, is drawing near its
close.
The up trains are no longer drawn
by two locomotives but those down car
nv large loads. The springs near by
still hold their custom. however, the
Cold Sulphur being full and the Allie
ghany here has good run which will
doubtless continue all winter. Among
those there during the last few days
were young Mr.. John Critcher. Of Al
exandria, and half dozen Washing
tonians.
The Rock Alum trains now bring
back more than they carry over and
the larger exodus from any of the re-
sorts above seems to be from the Green
brier White.
The season just past is reported to
have been hardly an average one-the
tightness Of money being the supposed
cause
The railroad company have force Of
construction near here repainting the
old freight depot and making ready for
the erection of the new passenger sta
ton. All trains stop here and through
trains take water.
The rolling mill which was to have
been started within month has hardly
been looked over.
Major Murray's paper, the Biade,
has gone where the wood bine twineth
despite the Trojan efforts that were
made to keep itup. l understand the
plant is owned by the Land and I'm
Drovemcnt Company, which got it up
to boom the place at an expense OF
upwards of 49, 900.
Work at the furnace continues good,
but owing to the low prices of pig
metal now little seems to be shipped
from here. Between here and Staunton
there are three or four furnaces idle.
Though more than two months have
elapsed since the murder of J. Gran
vile Leech no clue to the perpetrator
of the deed has been obtained. 1t was
murder most foul, and one that will
have to tout" itself,it seems.
Last night the keeper of the saloon
on the other side Of the run north OF
the village was awakened by his wife
who had heard somebody in the house
and before he could make out what
was up two men had the couple cover
ed with revolvers and were demanding
their money or their lives. The wife
prevailed upon her husband to give
up his money ard he told the thieves
to look in his pocket. They found n
wallet sewed or pinned in his trousers
and took it, and searched his coat, but
neglected his vest In the trousers he
had upwards Of $50, in his coat nothing
and in his vest about 5000 in green
backs. To-day q man named Forhus
was arrested charged with being one OF
the parties. No money was found on
Forbus, but the evidence was so strong
against him that Mayor Smith held
him for the grand jury and this even
ing he was taken to Lexington to be
jailed.
1t is said by many that ifa man could
have done this he was no other than
Gran Leech's slayer. The result of
this is therefore looked upon with con-
siderable interest.
Politics here is slow. Congressman
Harry Tucker spoke here one night
last week to good sized audience. B.