Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-10
LOCAI4 NEWS.

LOCALE <N.EW WIS.
T. s D1srrearpcr 'CoUtar. The Court met
this morning, Judge Underwood presiding
wbsn the case of Ellen Weston, Of Fairfax
c,nnty. indicted for selling liquor 10 violation OF
Internal Revenue laws, was called, and the de-
i.ndant through her counsel, Messrs. Ball y
Mushback, plead guilty; sentence suspended
The case of the u. xS.iys r. I. Arrow, IN
a;c,n5 for purchasing u. S. clothing trom
EsIcral soldiers was called, and motion to
mash the Indictment made and argued by
Trs,rs Smoot and Wells for the defence, and
Mr. Worthingtou, Assistant U. S. Attorney,
fir the prosecutions and overruied by the Court.
The case was theu taken up and the trial pro-
cccdcd with, when, at the conclusion OF .ne
evidence for the prosecutions under instructlons
from the Court, the jury rendered yerdict OF
not guilty, and the Court adjourned till to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock.
RIVER NEWS The Potomac remains frozen
over from shore to shore from Georgetown TO
Ouantico and with ice so hard at this point on
that men walked across it this morning ne
ports from below, say that the steamship Joiu
Gibson, from New York, the steamboat Lazy
of the Lake, from Norfolk, the GoVernment
the latter with all her copper torn Oh, anu
several oyster boats, arc lying IN Qaantlco
waiting for the ice to brake So as to allow them
TO come on up the river. The Lady OF the
Lake will, it is said, attempt to force her way
through to morrow, irrespective OF the condl.
lion Of the ice. The ice is reported as running
below Ouantico, and several loaded vessels,
bound up, arc lying at different points along
the river below that place.
APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
CITY Council having neglected to fill the vacan-
cies in the City School Board occasioned by
the expiration, on the 29th of October last, OF
the terms for which Messrs. John W. Burke,
Henry B. Wilmington, Edmund +. Wilmer,
and Edward j. Evans we're appointed, within
the time prescribed by law, the State Board OF
Education has re.appointed them all, except
Mr.. EvaDs,swho was considered lnegl Die IN
der law Of the Commonwealth which prohibits
ncrsons holding Office under the United States
from filling State Offices Mr. s. Chapman
Ncalc has been appointed in his stead. The
commissions of the newly appointed trustees
were received by the clerk of the City School
Board last night.
Friendship FIRE CoMpANY.-A regular
meeting of the Friendship Fire Company was
held last night, B. F. Penn, Vice President, IN
the chair, and William barley Secretary. The
several committees having reported progress
in the discharge of their respective duties,
communication from the Hydrauion Steam
Fire Company suggesting that the Friendship
Company, appoint u committee to confer with
similar committees appointed by the other
companies 10 the Fire Department with refer
cnce to making arrangements tor grand FIRE
mems parade on the approaching ed OF Feb
ruarv, was read, its suggestion adopted, and
the committee appointed with Dr: >. b. 1ohn-
son and WIN. d. Chichester designated as Its
members The meeting then adjourned.
RELIEF ENGINE HOUSE Gen. Corse of the
Board of Aldermen aud Mr.. Risheill Of the
Common Council, members of the Committee
on Streets, Messrs. Emanuel Francis and john
Lambdcu, builders and Mr.. james Green, who
is interested 10 the property, Inspected the
Relief Engine House, about the supposed un-
safe condition of which complaint had been
made to Council, this morning and the result
OF the examination is th"t tho f""' -
Streets viii report at the next meeting OF
Council that the building is perfectly safe but
that they recommend the cupola be removed
and that the roof be repaired. 1t is under
stood that the building will be sold at an early
DEATII OF PHYSICIANS. Intelligence was
received here this morning of the sudden death,
from pneumonia, at his home 10 Upper Mari
boro, yesterday, of Or. Ed. L. Sheehy. The
deceased was native OF TINS city, out lot
twenty years past had been learned and sue
cessiul physician, and influential citizen of
Prince Georges county, Maryland
DR.. w. G. Hardy, formerly the proprietor
of the ole, Brown Hotel in Piscataway, died at
his residence, few miles below that place, a
day or two ago. Both these gentlemen were
well-know in this city and their death is the
occasion Of sincere regret to their numerous
friends. +. .-.. ...
THE PoToMAo FERRY COMPANY, at their
annual meeting 10 Washington yesterday, elect
ed the following directors III. d. Cooke, IL.
&. Fahnestock, William Remlen, John A.
Wills, w. A Darling, S. 5. Howlson, IL. Z.
Swain. The directors met immediately upon
the adjournment of the stockholders meeting
and organized by clec,ing the following officers:
President S. S. Howson, treasurer, ii. u.
Cooke, Superintendent, Samuel Gedney, Sc.
crctary W. NJ. Tenney. This company owns
the Alexandria and Washington Ferry line and
expects to re-cammeBce running the boats on
that line as soon rs the ice moves.
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.-Thc fol-
lowing Chiefs were raised to their respective
stumps last night in O<ccola Tribe No. l, I'm
proved Order of Red Men r. T. Lucas, Sach-
en-; VIM. Ii. TIGER, Sen. Sag. Augustus Dean,
Jun. Sag; William A. Sisson, e. Of Records;
Hugh Latham, X Of Wampum; Geo. Ii. Hin
ken, Prophet j. IL. Klcindienst, lst Sannap;
j. W. Patterson, End Sannap; j. s: Cogswell,
J. W. Henderson, James +. Phillips, John
poran, Warriors; VIM F. Dix, G. Of f.; Il.