Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Superintendent of Gas.
The weather has become much cooler since
the late rains.
1t is thought that the City Council will oc-
cupy its Chambers in the New Market House
by the middle of November.
A cargo of fresh fish arrived to-day; also a
supply of oysters by the steamers Georgeanna
and Lady Of the Lake.
Red egg plants-a new variety-are among
the vegetables raised in the garden of Thomas
Moore, esq, at Fairfax Court House.
The protracted meeting in progress in the
NJ. E. Church during the past week has been
we'll attended, and has excited considerable in
terest. 1t will he continued next week
The Sunday School children of the city will
be addressed by Rev. DR.: killgore at the NJ.
noon.
A large and interesting meeting of Belle
Haven Lodge of Con- Tenplars was held last
night at which sol five or six new members
were initiated.
Reed birds and s'< 4 have nearly all gone,
and but few blue viii pd sr1lu&r ducks are
flying. Partrldges a1s aid to bes less numer-
Gus than they were last year
A meeting Of the young men of Lee Town
ship, Fairfax county, was held at Pullman S
School House, this afternoon, to make arrange
ments for tournament.
A colored boy was arrested this evening after
a long chase by policeman, for throwing stones
with an india rubber sling at pigeons in the
streets.
Two small boys drank the lees from lager
beer cask in Market alley yesterday evening,
and were SO much intoxicated that the police
had to take care Of them.
Two suspicious looking characters mailing
from Washington, one of whom had IN his
possession silver fork marked II, were taken
up by the police yesterday and sent out of the
city.
Mr.. Portncr, Chairman of the Committee
on Streets OF the City Council, is engaged in
negotiating with the Board of Public Works
of Washington for the purchase Of large
quantity Of second hand tagging
The work of building double track on the
Alexandria and Washington Railroad will be
commenced on Monday next. Mr. David Pull
man, who has the contract, is having the ne
ccssary stabing erected along the line.
The Lynchburg passenger train due here
early this morning did not arrive until about
eleven clock, in consequence OF delay caused
by freight train OF the G. & 0. Il. K. run
ming off the tract near Shadwell Depot
Thomas Mahon drew with his horse two
threshing machines, each weighing over one
ton, from the wharf to the depot Of the o., A.
& NJ. r. r. and up the platform there, this
morning This equals the power of the famous
horses of the London breweries
ut cbo1l oil oI-
tempted to Jump aboard of the nine o'clock
f.rry boat after she had left the wharf, Wash
ington this morning, but failed and fell into
the river, He was rescued by the colorcd
wharf tender, who threw him rope.
Engineers connected with the projected rail
road from Opossum Hall, opposite this city, to
Badensburg Md, were here yesterday exam.
lining the grade at the foot Of Wilkes street,
at which point the connection with the o., 4 Il
NJ. r. II. will be made, it is said, by a line OF
ferry boats
William Whitley, who was committed to
Jail last week on the charge OF stealing watch
from Samuel Markell, brought out on writ
of habeas corpus, aud bailed for his future APP
pearance, was before Justice White to-day.
and was dismissed as the charge was not sus-
tanned.
A colored man, not known 10 this place,
passed himself off upon an elderly colored wo-
man, Yesterday, as her son who had left here
when small boy-and upon the. preteDce OF
buying house for her. cheated her out of
fifty dollars and then cleared out.
The bark Jennie Cobb, for Aspinwall, with a
cargo of coal which lay at Indian Head for
some days with mutinous crew aboard, sailed
Yesterday for her destination. The Captain
hand cuffcd the mutineers and put them in the
hold on the coal, but they had not been there
long before they agreed to 60 to work.
Three of the boys whose nightly disorderly
conduct at the intersection of Wolfe and Water
streets was very annoying to the residents of
that neigh borhood, were arrested yesterday and
brought before the Mayor, but promising to
behave better 10 the future they were repri-
marded and discharged.
In speaking of the China aud Earthenwarc
House of Mr.. E. j. Miller, in this city, the
Amherst Enterprise says: Mr.. Miller has
competed for many years with the most sue
cessful dealers in the country, and is in every
respect reliable and fair de aler." The House
is one of the most extensive in the Southern
country, importing direct and doing large
and successful business
Rev. Thomas Nj. Amber, of williamsburg,