Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-17
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last night Christ church, that was once Wash
;n,tou 5 place of of worship. The tombs, with
oil Inscriptions on them, some dating an hun
Srsd wears back; the firm brick in the walls of
the church and the ivy clustering on them re
minded one that the church Is connecting
i;,'I with the past. The pcwS, however, arc
rcmoleed, and the pulpit supplau,ed by mis-,
'rahe lec,erns. 90 the right of the pulpit is
e s'm"woral tablet of marble dedicated to George
W.sb;nst,n m. and on the left another correspond
;',,T dedicated to Robert ..E lmund Lee, two
na,nes cnshriued in the memory of the South
crn people
There is an air of dullneSs that hangs over
.,ms Of the towns of Virginia that were laid
nul in the last century, Urbaua is dwarfed-
p,rt ROYAL has declined until people wonder
how it stands decay SO long, while Fredercks-
hnrp, notwithstanding its immense water power
facilities, has discussed the question each year
far near half century, whether it has Il family
more or less than it had the year preceding.
Alexandria used to be immersed in this same
atmosphere of inactivity, but it is gradually
piriiDp its skirts about its loins and entering
the march of progress. King street the broad
way of the town. is thronged with persons and
hu, now doube-track street railway.
4 magnificent market house has been erected
on the ruins of the DID, which was destroyed by
fire. The lower part Is used tor market pur-
poses, the upper for the Offices of lawyers aud
of the various city officials One portion is TO
be devoted to Masonic purposes, and another
ST the upper rooms will be used as court
room. The steepe contains the town clock,
the interior of which is illumined at night so
that the time can be seen no matter how dark
the night. The cost of the eutire building Is,
| understand, $6O,O0O, and the rent accrulng
to the city amounts year, y TO one-thlrd OF that
sun. The market is very abuadantly supplied
with meats and vegetables. and when lit up at
night presents very beautiful appearance with
its long row of gas lights.
CORPORATION CoURr-Julge E. H. Lo'ce
inq-CONTlNUATIoN OF ESTERDAf $
PROCEEDINGS. Com. VS.. Alfred Contee; on
au ndctmen, for malicious woundlng; jury rem
dered verdict of guilty of assault and battery
and assessed fue of $2j. The defendant
moved for new trial. which was overruled
aud Judgment according to the verdict of the
Jury and for two months IN the city jail was
entered by the court
To DAY-Wm. q. Sim p,cu vs.. JAS. Javins;
case assumpsit upon an award; Jury sworn; case
tried and the jury out considering OF their YER
dict at the close of this report.
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sumpsit; suggested that defendant had gone
into bankruptcy and case continued.
Turnbull & Bro. VS.. Brockett ct ais in debt;
demurrer to special plea and joinder aud over
ruled, and case cOnlinued.
". T. Bier'S administrator VS.. w. III. Bailey;
In assumpSit; plea uou-assumpslt; replication
and issue joined; jury, and jury out considering
of verdict.
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miles from Brandy Station, on the W. c., Y.
NJ & e. S. r. r., coIored man named Ike
Carr, who was lying near the track, was struck
on the head last night by the COW catcher of the
engine attached to the passenger train that ar
rived here this morning FROM Lyuchburg. Ow-
ing to the thick fog Tying close Co the ground,
the engine driver did not see him until the ac
cldent had happened. When the train ran back
TO where he lay, he was found 10 be badly
wounded and no hopes Of his recovery were en-
tertalned; Two farmers living near by, came
down aud took charge of him. He has been
employed by Mr.. Markham as farm hand.
Mr.. NJ Lived but a short distance trom where
the accident happened. The conductor, Capt.
John Fossett, did all in his power to have the
injured man properly cared for.
DROwNED.-A colored deck hand on the
Southern mail steamer Charlotte Vanderbilt
was accidentally drowned while that steamer
was making her landing here at the Prince
street wharf, at noon to-day, on her way to
Washington from Quantco. The gang-way
plank, GU which he had stepped, tilted and
threw him into the water under the wharf.
When next seen his head and hands were vlsi
BILE for an Instant about twenty var Is nor.h OF
the wharf, after which he sank to be seen alive
no more. The accident was witnessed by many
spectators, but it was utterly impossible to rem
der him any assistance. His body, which was
at once dragged for, was found about three
O'Clock this afternoon near the spot where he
sank by colored man named VIM. Weaver.
The deceased was named Warren Dorsey, and
he is reported to have been the best deck hard
on the boat and a very worthy man.
ARLINGTON REpUBLIcANs--A meeting of
she Republicans of Arlington was held OH
Tuesday evening, Captain H. Dwight Smith in
the chair, Mr.. George w. Jackson, secretary.
Ben Austin, Richard Butler, and John B.
Syphax were appointed to select three dele
gales to the County Convention. The commit
tee retired, and after consultation, recommend
ed John B. Syphax, Alexander Scott, and Eir
gil 2. Corbett as delegates and they were cleo
ted. The meeting then adjourned.
CASE OF WIN. JACKSON The reporter Of
the Washington Chronicle has furnished that
paper with statement made by WIN. jackson,
now lying in the jail Of this county, convicted
OF the murder OF his wife. Appended to this
statement is a letter 10 May last, addressed to
Messrs keat & Nesie, which refers entirely to
the Particulars of hisr wife's sickness oh the
birth of child. which appears not to have
been concluded, aud has no signature, and
Which ls not, therefore, necessary to publish
NEW REsERv0I R-Civh engineers Blythe
and Haveuer have been engaged to-day 10 lay
Ing off the land upon which the new reservoir
OF the Alexandria Water Company is to be
built. The work will be commenced as sooe as
the surveys are completed, and will be flushed
before next winter. 1t will adjoin the present
reservoir on the north, and will occupy nine
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