Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-22
LOCAL NEWS.

CORPORATION CoUwr Judge T. ~ Lowe
,u,siHing-The following persons were appoint
I'd Judges of Elections for the year ending
Anr;i Is. 1874 LIST Ward, Jos. Grimes, Nj. ii.
Nash and Vim. Il. Howard; I'd Ward, 4. q.
Swami. f. II. Steele and \. G. Kell Sd Ward.
+ /, Brockctt, e. A. Yohe and Samuel Hef-
t,bowcr; 4th Ward w. W. Harper, Emanuel
Francis and f. \. Reed.
The following were also designated as Com
m;ssiyuers Of Election: w. w. Harper Il. L.
Steele, I. l. Brockctt, +. A. Reed aud Jos.
Accounts of W. Ward, iailor, against the
,.;tv and State were allowed and ordered to be
certified for payment.
john NJ. Johnston, register Fourth Ward,
OyerSccrs Of Poor vs. Henry Willis; bastardy;
verdict for defendant, aud recognizance of de-
tcudaut discharged.
Il. p. and Allen Dodge VS. B. & P R. r.
Co.; in case; plea non assumpsit; general repli-
cation and issue; jury out considering of their
verdict.
$. lIoush were app ,inted to appraise the es
tate of Catharuc f. Thompson, deceased
Administration upon the estate of Mrs. a.
+ Tn rpc, deceased. was granted to +. \,
Reed, who gave bond and qualified.
f. Minor VS.. Anderson CT al; issue ont OF
chancery; continued for defendant to July term
with order Tor a pcremtory trial.
Hall l. Hume VS. Daniel Picl; plea statute
limitations, aud special plea in writing filed.
OverSeerS Of Poor vs.. WIN. Hamilton; con-
tinued for defendant and default entered.
CARAVAN IA remarkable caravan passed
through West End aud West street on Sunday
evening last, on its way to Washington, aud at
ractcd considerable attention. y wagon load
of people was in advance, then came a wagon
loaded with calves then drove OF COWS and
bulls, then load OF hay, then wagon loaded
with all sorts of fowls, then u small drove of
horses and colts, the rear being brought up by
some mounted men. The rema kable part was
that the spirit Of di>cord seemed to enter the
travelling animals US they entered the town, and
as each species seemed to strive to drown the
noise made by the Others the c!amor produced
by the cacklug OF the geese and chickens, the
quacking of the ducks, the gobbllue OF the tur
keys, blatlng Of the calves, the lowing OF the
COWS, the believing OF the bulls, the nclghlng
Of the colts and horses, and the shouting OF the
men was tremendous, and startling from It's Ill
accord with the quietuess OF the Sabbath after
noon.
The Fishery -3UO, 900 herring aud $4,000
shad have been received at Fishown since yes
terday' 5 report. The supply Of rock and perch
is also increasing. Even with these large re-
ceipts the supply Is not equal to the d>''ilaud,
aud sales are quickly made at what are cousd-
cred fairly remuneratlve prices Among the
,.rgoes that arrived here this morning was one
from Budd' Ferry containing fI,y-odd thou
,,ni hcrriug and about four hundred shall -
tie largest number of herring received here in
one boat this season. The first sturgeon Of the
season. arrived yesterday ami two more We're
received this morning. They sold at 81 80
apiece. The quotations for Shad and herring
this morning We're $9aSlOd per hundred Tor the
frm.r, and $5a$5! per thousand for the latter.
The price of rock and perch still rcluaIus high.
IMPROVED Stock The steamer john Glib
son from New York, this morning, brought
thorough bred bull, some COWS and hciftrs Of
the AYRSHIRE breed aud Cotswod ram, from
the stock farm Of Mr. j. W. Freeman, of Troy,
~ Y, to the cnterprising and progressive MIR.
rl,"s. Walsh, If Burgundy, Fairfax county.
The introduction of thorough bred stock will
he Of nucn>c benefit to the country around Us
and will be of great profit to the purchasers,
on account Of the good markets OF Alexandria
and Washington. Already there arc several
gentlemen near town who are devotug them
selves to raising thorough bred stock only and
We trust thar the long desired Agricultural Fair
Association of Alexandria viii be successfully
lnaugurarl this fall for the exhibition Of the
same.
TIE Coal TRADE. Boats continue to ar
rive from and depart for Cumberland freely.
The water was drawn off on the Wiamsport
level last Wednesday for repairs to the AQue-
duct on that division and Il suspension OF IA
vi.atlon for twenty four hours was the result,
but as the arrivals here were ouly affected on
Sunday the suspension was unnotlced The
receipts Of coal here are increasing daily, aud
rs there is good demand and as vessels are
Size. frcights to ports in the u. 5. aud
West Indies have advanced considerably, being
higher than they have been for the last i've
years.
PERSONAL Messrs McCallum, of Washing
ton, and Daniel Clark, of Baltimore, and Judge
Ghvmas of Fairfax, were in this city, to-day
~ professional business at the Corporation
Court
Mr.. John NJ johnson left here this after
noon, on q mouth visit to Illinois, to attend
oS"lnc legal business in that State.
night in 'pctcrsburg' and on "Viuegar Hill
amolg some of the colored denizcns of those
localities, hut they were Quoted before the ar
',Sa OF the police. At the latter place the dis
V'argc OF gun was Immediately succeeded by
Streams, which were heard AZ far as Cameron
street, but the cause of which could not be as
certaucd
SOUTHERN CLAIMS Among the claims to
"n'e 0cen heard by the Southern Claims Com
NJ > ,% IN Washington this morping were those
80 ~" "uo' executor Of John s. Pcndletcn, for
miT T'T !, EXECUTORS of. G. Green, for SIC, $50:
M fr,,, ~ ~ .Aey Tor So, o. These claims arc
lltr ,"T ~ ILnpeprr, aud are presented by Col.
''"'e0 Chapuan, of this city.
'i''ct HEADQUARTERS. There were no
,',sS at roIlce Headquarters this morning.
~ warrant for the Arrest of : ol,od MON ,,uod