Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-13
GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA VERTISER.-DECEMIER 49, 1883
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LECTURE Rev Z Yates Reese, the we'll
known divine, critic, editor, and poes, will
deliver the first Of course Of four Lee
lures, before the Alexandria Library Com
paoy, at Sarep;s Hall. tomorrow evening"
His subject will be The Laureates of Fog
land aud Alfred Tennyson." MIR Rs lee
lures ia this oity, on former occasions, are q
guarantee Of what may be expected to NOR
row. As an elocutioulst, he has few equals
in this country, and bis intimate acquain-
lance with the subjects of his disc purses,
reuders his lectures more than ordinarily To-
resting, and ALWAYS secures for him large
and appreciativc audience. To the energy
aud good taste of the young gentlemen con-
nec,ed with the Library Company are our Cit
liens indebted for many Of the intellectual re-
pasts enjoyed by them, aud, We hope, their
eudaavours to crafty the public, by offering
such literary leasts may prove entirely sue
cessful, and meet with that encouragement SO
eminentIy deserved.
New OxylBus-Mr. VIM. Whaley placed
on his line on Sturdy, a new and beautiful
Omnibus, called the Robert w. Falls" in
com pliment to the accommodating and gen
tlemanly Agent of The Adams Exi ress Com
pary 10 this city, by whom it was ordered,
aud by which Company it was brought to
Alexandria. This coach is capable OF seat
ing thirty persons with comfort, and is tinlsh-
ed in the highest style. 1t is intended TO be
run 10 conncxiJn with the Orange and Alex
ardria Railroad.
PICTORIAL BROTHER J yATuAN.-We havo
received q copy OF the pictorial Brother
jonathan for Cbrletmas, and the New Year,
from Mr. Geo. f. Erench'1 book store, King
street.
DISTRICT OF CoLUMDlA.-It appears from
public d lcumeni furnished to the Senate,
10 compliance with a resolution of that body,
that the entire aui ouD. of money approprIa-
ted for public and private purposes in the
District of Columbia, from the time the sea!
OF the general government was established, to
the l3;n ul last June, was S24, I 10, 552. ex-
elusive Uf the salaries ~ public III :ers. The
c,pitol cost over Sc 900 900. The cost Ct all
tho public buiiiin-s, lnciuting furniture, sta
tilnarv and painting, l. Sl4 TOy,33S. The
assessed value Of the government reser'a-
Ii ,ns, lusive Of he Reservations formed by
the i-t-r-e,ion of streets and avenues, IS
Sl3,4l2 293 The private property in Wash
,ug.rn recently assessed is put down at S34,-
72U 424.
WAsHISGr ITExs-It is gratifying to
no:ice the progress, which has been made
uyon tie new agricuI!ursI college 10 Prince
Georges equity, uear Biadcnsburg. The
roofing on the first wing is NOW in active
bands. Several uew buildings in and around
Bndrn-burg village are sei"g completed -
A, various other points between that llaCe
and B.adcnsDurg, i'm yruyements are perGep-
uJle.
A gang OF pickpockets seem to have been
waiting the arrival Of the Baltimore tram OF
cars at the depot, on Thursday evening -
Three or four of the passengers were r'IIcv-
ed Tor time of their rocket-bocks. Three
fellows, name DAVID Van Peit, hn Smith
and Thomas Smith, were arrested, charged
sith % rJ.palion IN the r3bheTics. Justice
Dozen cUm.pitted them for court.
A small frame dwelling on Til'o,son
Brown garden, near JUICE b ug'as's resi-
dence, was destroyed BY fire on Friday even
Jog.