Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-28
LOCAL NEWS.

report Of the General Agent of this fund
made to the annual meeting of the Board O.
Trustees, held at Philadelphia in February
last, it appears that assistance has been rem
dered or promised to twelve cities and town!
in this State. The report exhibiting the pres
ent condition of the schools as follows
Richmond is educating 1900 children, with
accommodations for 400 more having 80 white
and 33 colored schools and expanding $42, COG
for their support. The contribution ftom the
fund is $1,000 Petersburg has schools fol-
white children with Is teachers, and 5 fol
colored children with II teachers The num-
ffths are colored The total cost is SIT, 546
the fund contributed $4,000.
Portsmouth appropriates $4,000 for its
schools and receives $1,000 from the fund.
Lynchburg will get $4,000 from the fund, if
the city erects school houses costing $50, 900
and provides accommodations for 1900 chill
| dren.
''Alexandria opens it's new Public Schools
under favorable auspices. 1t is carrying on 4
schools for about 400 white children, under 8
teachers; and for colored children two large
graded schools, one for each sex, with teach
ers, and 1928 pupils The expense of the
schools will exceed $4,000, Of which $1,000 is
| to be paid from the fund. -
Staunton has Just established Public Free
Schools for the first time The City Council
appropriated $4,000, provided furniture, and
employed good teachers for the instruction OF
more than 800 children The fund con-
| tributes $1,000.
Manassas is renewing its efforts, with IN
creased energy, to maintain its free schools,
and has the promise of Continued aid to the
amount of $500 for the present year
'To DR.. Broadus, who has placed 80 orphan
children in school, to train them for teaching,
the fund has paid $780, His benevolent
labors will now cease, and all such pupils will
henceforth attend the public schools.
ALEXANDRIA AS A GRAIN MARKET.-The
attention of farmers and country merchants has
repeatedly been called to the fact that Alexan-
dria is better market for the sale grain, -four
and country produce, than cities further North.
Additional evidence OF this is shown by the fol-
lowing extract from letter addressed to Messrs.
Shinn & Co., of this city, from gentleman in
Rockingham county:
'The wheat sent to Baltimore
brought S.6j per bushel; after deducting
charges it Melted me eleven cents less than that
sold by you; was satisfied when | sent it that
I would do no better, but had promised, and
was anxious to know if the Baltimore classified
ton of qualities was really lower than in Alex
andria They informed me that prime in Alex
andria, would 60 as choice in Baltimore; if such
had been the fact it would have realized as
much, but it enjoyed the same classification,
and | have come to the conclusion that prime
wheat is prime wheat either in Alexandria Or
Baltimore.
From the above it will be seen that wheat
sold in this market, will net the farmer eleven
cents per bushel more than in Baltimore,
and if farmers will consult their interest they
will not go beyond Alexandria to dispose of
Their crops.
COOP TEMpLARs The 4th anniversary OF
the introduction Of the Independent Order OF
Good Templars into the State was celebrated
at Falls Church last evening by Pioneer Lodge,
No. l, of that place Delegations from Mt.
Oliyet, Sweet Home, Excelsior, and Belle
Haven Lodges we're present in large numbers.
The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev.
j. r. johnson and the singing of the Lodge
ode, Frank Gre ;ker presiding at the organ.
G.. w. c. II. Corbett gave an interesting his
tory of tho rise, progress, and growing strength
of the order throughout the State during the
past four years. after which Miss Frances
and f. +. Croker entertained the audience
with fine instrumental music. q. W. 5. Rev.
j. NJ. Foster in his happiest vein made the
speech of the evening. It was precious gem
set with rare brl;ants and rich with stirring
illustrations of the power and might of the or
der. The exercises we're interspersed with
music by the Glee Club of Belle Haven Lodge
of this city, and at a late hour the meeting
closed with bencd lotion. A meeting of Belle
Haven Lodge will be held this evening at which
an election Of officers will be held.
THIRD WARD REPUBLICAN CLUB. Re-
publicans of the Third " ard assembled last might
in the colored school house on Alfred street be-
tween Princess and Oronoco, and recognized
the Third Ward Republican Club by the cleo
ton of the following named officers: I. [. Eide
lin, President; w. D. Massey, Vice President;
W. L. Penn, Secretary, and Francis Pinkney,
colored, Treasurer. Committees were appoint
cd to collect funds for the use o. the club, and
to see that all the party voters were properly
registered Speeches we're made by W. ID.
Massey and Samuel Hehebower and by two
colored men named Dicher and Morton. The
room was we'll filled, among those present be-
ing the following named white persons: Samuel
Hehebower, j. 4. Stoutenburg, Joseph Col
ton, J. r. Burnett, John DESMOND, William
Ditney, Noble Simms, ". D. Massey, John
Delahunt, Ben amin Mulin, John T, Downey,
Hugh Pagan and Reuben Inge.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Richmond
Enquirer has a very excellent article on NUM-
cipal government, applicable to all cities and
towns City and town councils are very inl-
portant Legislative bodies and their action is
frequently of more real consequence to the clti-