Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-27
Local lsrevitieS.

There was no mail north of Baltimore this
morning in consequence Of an accident to the
through train north Of that place
The man John Hobbs, accused of cattle
thieving, is reported to have been seen on Sun
day evening last on the Washington turnpike.
Mr.. John Baggett has bought the quarter
square of ground on the southeast corner OF
Peud,etou and ST. Asaph streets for $3.50.
An additional story is to be put on the build
ing at the northwest corner of klng and st.
Asaph streets, Muir Hall, for the use Of dit:
irrcnt secret societies.
The farm in Fairfax county, mentioned in
Yesterday s Gazette as having been sold 10 MIR.
Thomas Javins. who occupied it, was bought
in by him for $50 So.
The | Sons OF Purity, colored organization
of this city. ccompancd with colored brass
band from Washington, left here on an excur-
sion train for Harrisonhurg this morning.
A telegram just received here states that
Mrs. Virginia Lynn, daughter OF the late W IL
liam Moss of Fairfax county, died 10 Cumber-
aud last night.
Constable Burnett received information to-
day that MIR. Rdgway, of Washington, had
been robbed of $3.50 by two colored women
who left here on an excursion train to liarr-
sonburg.
Hardly had the passenger train on the o.,
A. d NJ. R. r. left the Henry street depot yes
terday morning on its way to I.ynchburg before
rock, thrown by an unknown person, came
crashing through window of one OF the cars
The police made an attempt to arrest some
bows who were swimming off the wharvcs OF
the city this morning, but we're unsuccessful
The bows concealed themselves under the piers,
taking their clothes with them.
Mr.. John T. Thompson, while engaged in
superintending his carts on Union street, this
morning, was badly injured, and had gotten so
much worse by three o'clock this afternoon
that he was taken home IN hack.
sl75,OOO of the Corporation debt has been
funded in the new bonds issued under the law
authorizing the consolidation of the indebted
ness of the city OF this sum s., 100 have been
invested in 500 bonds, $4,000 in $500 bonds,
and SlGO, 200 in $1,000 bonds.
Among the consignmcnts yesterday by the
steamer John Gibson, from New \ York. was a
diminutive pony, which will be sent by Adams
Eypress to its owner. D. f. Jones, of Harrison
burg 1t attracted number of spectators to-
day, and though many boys attempted to mount
and ride him, none succeeded.
The mud machine which has been lying here
for some time past, left this morning 10 tow OF
the tug Atlantic for the mouth Of the Kappa
hammock, where it will remain until the tug
goes to Baltimore for some scoWs, when 1t Will
be towed up to Fredericksburg and be employed
in dcepening the channel of the river near that
place.
It is understood that the Messrs. Welsh, the
nroprietors of the famous Touring mills OF
i,eorretowu have leased the Pioneer Mill OF
this city, and that they will commence working
il to its fullest capacity us soon as some neces,
sary Improvement to the machinery there shall
have been completed The capacity of this
mill is 500 barrels Of flour per day.
:. The colored trimmers employed at the
wharves of the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal
Company, who were getting s.. % day struck
this morning for 81. GO, and threatened to bust
open the heads Of any others who might sup
nlv their places. Their terms were not COM
plied with and with some difficulty sufficient
humber of hands to do their work was tempo
rarily engaged.
Fort Washington is to be temporarily evacu-
ated, and the troops now stationed there
Go. + 4th u. S. Artiery-arc under marching
orders for Fort McHenry, for which place they
will probably leave to-day. The stores at Fort
Washington will be turned over to the Quar-
termastcr az Fort Foot aud the Fort Itself be
turned over to the engineer corps who will pro-
coed at once to improve it, an appropriation
having been made for that purpose
Previous to the dismissal of the congregation
at the NJ. p Church, last Sunday night, Rev.
Mr.. KilIgore, the pastor, stated that the Rev.
W. u. Herbert would leave the next morning
for Waberton, as a candidate for admission into
the Pennsylvania Conference aud invited the
members up to the chauce to bid him farewell.
Nearly every one in the church then advanced
and, shaking Mr. Herbert by the hand babe
him a kind good bye, and expressed the heart
felt wish that his future path through life
might be through green pastures and by still
waters.