Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-24

;|I ..,j,,ct and The work is progressing rapidly
" I'll he resdy to receive water in short
.'' The flooring Of the bridge across the
''-I ~ has been taken up, and nothing remains
'1.' .ba tressels and the footway 1t is the IN
w, We believe, Of the company to leave
''"' s,otvav stand. The repairs to the Chesa-
u. NO and Ohio Canal will, it is thought, be
t,a,nIoted bv, and navigation resumed on, Fri
2-nort and the Alexandria Canal will soon
I.rsadv for the reception of water.
pov KuLEp.--A negro boy, named WILDER
p,,.Ias about sixteen years Of age, was shot
I,soab the head and killed this morning about
orlock, near the Diagonal pump, by a
,.o,I white boy, named John Lee. The in
.Is.t held upon the body BY coroner Stouten~
.,rgb returned the following verdict: THAT
william Bowles c1me to his death by i gun
Ia, wound inflicted by John Lee. " Lee, who
,na1 = negro some time ago, has been ar
.ssted. .------.
RESISTING An OFFICER Robert McCuin,
CHARGED By his trothcr-in-law with beating his
,.;e. and for whose arrest 4 warrant was IS
mol this morning by the Mayor, resisted
,a,.r Webster, in whose hands the warrant
lad been placed, and, rs Il consequence, re-
>;rei considerable injury from a blow on the
head by billy, which. however, induced him
,qe.ompanv the officer to the Watch House,
n which he was locked up.
III. REQUITED HOSPITALITY. Three men,
mo Of them giving their names as Evans, and
me as Pete, who had been partaking Of the
hospitality of Mrs. May, in Culpeper county,
.9r several days past, We're arrested yesterday,
athe down train on the Orange and Alex
arlra Railroad, at Culpeper Court House,
.largcd with robbiNg Tie lady, at whose house
they had been stopping.
DISTURB ANCE.-A large crowd was attracted
10 the Maryland Ferry Slip, on Monday even
9c last by disturbance which occurred there
.etwen Walter Langley, and negro, named
Charles Dunbar, during which the negro, who
8, the time VAS infic,inG serious injuries to
langley, was struck over the head with 4 club
and stunned by Robert Beever>
GMoIWEENGINE-A first class locomo-
i've engine and tcnder. called the E. G. Marshall,
Belonging to the Manassas Gap Railroad which
has Just been rebuilt and made as good rs new,
u
Saturday evening 1t will be immediately
,Amad to this city, and will soon bein service.
BASE BALL The National Base Ball Club,
Of Washington, passed through this city this
morning, on the Orange ard Alexandria rail
rad cars, on their way to Charlottesville, where
.hsy will play match game this evening with
me Of the clubs Of the University OF Virginia,
NEW STORES --The two handsome stone
looms in Nr. VIM. n Brown new building
N King street. are nearly completed, and have
been rented to Mr.. Charles w. Green. fox 4
fancy ana dry goods store. and to Mr. i. KEMP,
tor an extensive hardware establishment.
TAXES--A resolution was adopted by The
te... r.,,,.a lac. ,,;o.,. ,7,oc,;nr H.. o, GAL
,..ars "a make discount nf' 3 ,,ay cent, o.,
N rqv hills ngi1 Irfo~e The Isl of .Jaopary
next, ana ,lir. that date. and until the ISt Of
1''''H 1904, "Scoo':' u ~ tV' '''''' - ~ ~
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"wY CcUNClL.- There Was regular meet
Ing the City Council last uight, at which 4
considerable amount OF business. generally Of
aunimportanl public character was transacted,
The resolution making q further discount on
:.ycs was passed
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