Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-06
Alexandria.

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ington Chronicle says Our manufactures
consist of two planning mills a brass and iron
foundry, machine shops of the Orange, Alex
andria and Manassas and the Washington and
Ohio railroads, two plaster mills, two -four
mills, aud several small wheat and corn mills,
the Mount Vernon Cotton Factory, three cab
met factories, ship-yard, large tannery, oc-
cupyiug half square Of ground, a pottery,
several brick and lime kilus, one Of the best
cracker factories in the country, two diSileries,
two cigar factories, and several coach and wa
gou factories
Another source of employment to labor is
the coal companies. The American, repre-
Sented by Captain Boothe, the Baltimore and
Hampshire, represented by George T, Hutton,
esq, and Mr.. }. p. AgneW, who represents
several companies. These agencies employ
between 22O and 500 laborers the greater part
of the year, to say nothing of the trade brought
here by vessels that come to carry away the
coal and the large trade with the canal-men,
who nearly all purchase their supplies In our
city. There are several hundred OF this class
of persons to be supplied with food and cloth
lux, and it amounts to pretty large sum IN
the course of a year. v.1"s
Among the buildings erected since the war,
first ana foremost stands our new Market
House. 1t was designed BY Architect Adolf
Ciuss, of your city, and cost the city $4,000
without counting extras and finishing touches.
The steeplc aud town. clock we're present
ed by an esteemed w-townsman.-
Washington Lodge No. %, Masons also has
room in this building, which cost between So
600 and 5000. Al! this added to the cost Of
furnishing the court room, council chamber,
&C., &C., will amount to about $T5, 900. The
present rental of the market amounts to be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 a year, and is ncrcas-
ing each year. The money received from these
rents is placed in sinking fund TO llquldate
debt Incurred by the corporation IN aid OF the
Orange, Alexandria ard Manassas railroad OF
SlU0,uUO. The stock Of the company owned
by the city was sold to raise means to rebuild
the uiai kct house, and was purchased by tie
Baltimore and Ohio railroad Tor $50, ,OOO.-
There was SO, ,iEU insurance on the old build
ing ~ an evidence Of our prosperity 1t may
be well TO say that ii floating debt OF forty thou.
sand dollars, or thcreabou,s, has been paid Oft
,!u.iug the year, and tlrt our Corporation taxes
rex; year will not exceed 5 80 on the 800.
This wear ii was j., co. u special tax being lev
led to pay the fcatiug debt with.
Another fine building, and costing about
$4,000. is the Corn Exchange, which | do
not hesitate to pronounce the finest building OF
the kind in the State, and is situated on the
corer OF King and Union streets, giving very
good appearance" to The lower portion OF Our
Z.
i'unnlcrc:al Exchange Association, consisting
OF our merchants The stock IS SAID to be
raying Investment 1t was built upon the site
ii the old custom house, which was sold to the
;,rcscnt owncrs by the Government for about
5000. The building and grounds cost Uncle
sam 10 the neghborhood Of $4,000.
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR WoRDs.-The word
s'uuiz,' TO make fun OF, or poke tun at, per-
u hoe frR
in Dublin. who, at drinking party with his
friend, one Saturday night, when the converse.
ton turned upon the subject of words, offered
20 bet the wine that he could then and there
roin q word which would be In the mouths OF
ali Dublin the next day The bet being taken
and the party dispersed, the manager called
nm his call BOYS and runners, gave them pieces
of chalk and ordered them to run all over, the
city, chakug the word quiz on every door,
shutter, and fence they came to-, Ihls was
done, and, as matter of course, the new Word @
was in everybody's mouth the next day. lhe
manager won his bet and his word IS now 10
all respectable dictionaries, ),
The slang EXPRESSION for death, kicking the
hucket." had its origin from one Bolsover, who
in ENGLAND, great while ago, committed SUI
eide bv standing on bucket til! he kicked the
bucket from under him:
To dun" to press for money due, comes
from one Joe Dunn, a famous ballltt OF Lincoln
in England, during the reign OF Henry II.
He was SO uncommony successful III co'lec'Ius
money that when man refused to pay, the
creditor was asked why he dldn Dunn hin.
WUumbup" is a corruption OF the irish Woru
,;mhov pronounced oombug, slgnifying soft
cnnner or pcwter, or brass, OF worthless mo-
new srch as was made by James IL at Inc
Dnbl;n miut-twenty shillings OF which was
worth opIv TWO pence sterliDg..;. At nrst ap-
rl;od n worthless coin, the. words became the
General title of anything false or counterfeit.
The sign wiz" signitying to wit, or nanely
;s IN abbreviation of videlicit i but the thlra
letter was not originally q; 1t was tue ma; a.
used in medicine for drachm, Whlcn,' III VIII.
ing, much resembles z. and IN VIZ was ''ln
nln nsed as a mark or sign OF abbrevlaton.
4 NoyEr, WEDDING.-A wedding transp1r
"a - Clermont. Ohio on Tuesday last OF rath-
w . sensational character. Rev. u. VI. hech
,,,;,6J :, : in holy wedlock Mr.. t. A. Matthews
omd NIrs Sarah f. ShocEley,, IN two. morse
carriage on Market street, in front OF tne puo,
lie buildings. The bridegroom lh1orhca @ a;n ,no
offeiating minister that they hao q 'ons oa;s al;
tanco tc 60 aud 1t was necessary - ~
tious .ol +b,t the we'd.
d;nr rake place in the carriage, suu ne NJ NJ ,,n;
~. I,sket on the pavement, While MI ". ohl "
1ed d pA the htchng strap and got in, 50 that ne
Mich, ,uI t be tied While the horses were unlossea
he parties were married in slttDg gstins po5'ulp up
because the carriage was too low 70 s.aHu Sta roo u
~. thcn 1h,v were little cramped, 1or looln
i,v the presence of three brght-Gyeo cn.u ;aao ~
Thc nssscrs BY scarey gave the carLiase i.; " of
the minister momentary g'ance' ,Io, 'niunte, a,d
course that they were friends VINO , iiau - So,oe
were conversng together III ,ago aqoh hecn awaken
IsssSo s1 Sy s s /, S ss Ss ssPs1 5S 5sT
rb Eo'b i rather pcnsyey upon the m'u,s was
ter ter in the Street Soon after tnf ofpr through the
over the prancng steeds sTspt to i,l be- hoped 4
town, bcariug with them, II Is ~ -
nnI lorinr mir.