Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-18
TIE PUBLIC HEALTH.-Every where the
authorities of the cities and towns are taking

TIE PUBLIC HEALTH Every where the
authorities of the cities and towns are taking
precautionary steps in relation to the threaten
cd advance Of the cholera There need be nc
panic, but there ought to be the most vigorous
efforts to prevent, if possible, the spread Of the
disease. Where there are collections of care
less and lmprudcnt persons dwelling in shan
ties, NC, these persons should be made to keep
their premises clean. As We remarked ycStcr-
day, there are hundreds Of such places in this
city requiring the attention Of those having in
charge the preservation Of The public health.
The localities referred to arc well known.
TIE G. Il .. CAMILLA writer in the Wash
ington Republican thinks that the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal, soon or late, will inevitably be
extended to the Ohio river, and probably long
before either Of the other contcmp plated routes
shall have been put further under way; and
adds, ''To extend the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal to the Ohio river either direct or via
some one OF it's navigabc tributaries, will re-
quirc Governmental aid and as it is an enter
prise in which the interests Of the whole poo
pie are more or less interested, of course this
aid will be freely given, and the work pushed
forward to the earliest possible completion.
School COMMENCEMENT The Annual
Commencement Of the Mount Vernon lnsti
tutc, Miss NJ A. Roach, Principal, will be held
ut Sarcpta Hall, Tomorrow, beginning ut y.
N. These exercises are always OF the most in
tcrcSting character and many more tickets arc
applied for than the number OF seats in the hal
will permit to he issued.
During the day, however, fine display oil
plain und fancy nccdc-work will be made in
the hall to which any respectable person will
be admitted.
Police HEADQUARTERS. The following
cases have been disposed Of at police hcadquar.
tiers since yesterdays report: Nancy Lucas,
coored, for disordcrly conduct, was fined and
discharged; Joshua Phelps, on complaint OF
Mrs Nowlal.d, for threatening complainant,
was fined and discharged and put under bonds
to keep the peace; Edward Nlcalcs, who cs-
| capped from the chain gang last April, was re-
arrested and discharged upon the payment Of
the imposed fine; w. II. Barnes and Charles
Cox, IT., for fighting on the street, We're fined
aud discharged.
MARSHALL HOUSE, contracts for i'm.
proving the site of The old Marshall House by
tho erection thereon of handsome three
sturicd brick building, to include two large store
rooms and Il dwelling house, having been award
ed, rs stated in yesterdays Gazette, tho coli
tractors commenced work this morning. and
will push it to completion rapidly. King street
is being gradually Improved in appearance by
the erection OF handsome buildings along its tll-
tire length.
MELANCHOLY DELAY. MIR. William Bald
win and wife, while On their way from llavrc
dc Grace TO Fredericksburg, had TO stop here
yesterday evening, in consequence OF the OK
trcme illness of their baby. They put up at the
City Hotel, where, though tho little sufferer re-
crivcd the best medical atlentlancc it died last
night. 1t was buried this evening, and It's
gricf-strickeu parents will continue thxr jour
ney Tonight.
THE Doc CART The dog cart will COM
mcncc its rounds on Friday next, the 10Th inst.
after which date it is to be hoped there will be
a considerable dininution i'll tho number OF
ours of all degrees which, now proTl tho streets
to the great annoyance ol almost everybody.
People who own dogs would do well To sec that
they arc properly licensed.
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this city, including the knights Tcmrlars and
Washington and Andrew Jackson lodges, ac-
compancd by the Masonic choir OF Washing
ton, many friends, and 4 fine band Of music,
left here this morning on special tram, to
take part in the laying OF the corner stone OF =
Masonic temple at Hamilton.
PNEUMONIA-As an evidence Of the csti,na-
ton in which the medical faculty Of this city is
held abroad, ii is mentioned that the leading
article in the Virginia Clinical Record for j unc
is by Dr. Bedford Brown, Of Alexandria, and
consists of practical remarks on the observation
and treatment Of twcnty-thrcc cases OF pncu-
mona.
REAssEssMENr or LANDS -NIcssrs George
b. Ives Talmadge Thorn and James Watkins,
having been appointed by Judge Cockcrille to
| reassess the property of Falls Church Town
| ship, Fairfax county, met GU Monday last, or
ganizcd aud entered at once upon the discharge
| Of their duties.
ANNOYANCE Shields, the man confined in
jail here until admission into an Insane Asylum
can be gained for him, created considerable an
noyancc in the ncishborlluod Of tho Jail last
night, by his yells and slrirks, which were pro
| lungcd until the carly morning.
SMALLpoX. -One new case Of smallpox, a
colorcd man named Wilkins living on Gibbon
street, was reported yesterday and sent to the
hospital, where there arc now only two cases.
The case hcrctolorc reported OIL South Water
street is convalesccnt.
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