Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The first lightning Of the new year WAS seen
last night.
Complaints are again made of the condition
of the street lamp at the Jail corner
An epidemic of cholera morbus is said to be
prevailing in this city.
Hoof's Run was higher yesterday than it
has been for years.
The river presented beautiful appearance
to-day with the many sails that were upon it.
The roads leading to this city are said to be
in as bad a condition as was ever before known.
The late SHOWS and rains and breakings Of
water-pipes have caused the flooding Of many
cellars.
There is now fine, substantially built wharf
at Riverside, formerly known as Nanjemoy
Stores, on the Potomac, in Charles county, Nd.
DR.. Spieden, surgeon in charge Of the rail
road hospital at Punta Limon, Costa RIGA, has
arrived here on leave of absence, having sus-
tanned an injury by railroad accident.
The many friends Of Col. G. +. Stuart will
be glad to know that that gentleman has en-
tirey recovered from his late severe ludisposi-
ton.
The remains of the late Captain Nathaniel
Boush were escorted to their last resting place
at Ivy Hill Cemetery, this evening, by large
funeral cortege
The remains of the late Mrs Elizabeth A.
Gould left here or the through train last night
for Hamburg, New Jersey, where they are to
be inferred.
Several slight land slides occurred on the
A. t. f. r. H. Yesterday causing some delay
in the arrival of the trains. The road is all
clear again now.
Justice Samuel Beach was badly, though
not seriously, injured yesterday by accidentally
falling from the porch of his sons house on
north St. Asaph street.
The sidewalks near the cxtremltes Of all the
street are in such a condition that it is lmpos'
sible to traverse them without getting muddy
up to the ankles.
There we're no new cases Of smallpox, nor
any deaths from that disease reported this
morning. All the cases at the hospital are i'm
proving and several Of them will be discharged
this week.
The rain of yesterday and the sunshine of to-
day have entirely removed the last vestiges Of
snow, and were it not for the ground hog the
time for the singing Of birds might soon be ex-
pected.
The water in the G. & o. Canal, at George
town, was let off this morning. The president
of the canal hopes to have the repairs com
peted and navigation resumed by the 9TH
proXlmo.
The only case before the Mayors court this
morning was that of coored man named
William Anderson, who was charged with
choking his wife to prevent her from having
the ''last word.
Mr.. George Sheckcs, the lessee of Glymont,
lett here to-day for that place for the purpose
of raising the yacht East Wind, which was cut
through by the ice aud sunk near there some
weeks ago.
Mr. Lannon contcmplatcs making extensive
improvements to his property at the corner Of
Pitt and Cameron streets, and for that purpose
has purchased of the Messrs. Daingcrticd the
bricks from the houses Of those gentlemen on
Union street, lately destroyed by fire.
The steamer Lady of the Lake will, it is cx
pcctcd, resume her trips to Norfolk next Mon
day The Wawaset will come up the Potomac
on Sunday, March ID. The steamer Virginia,
of the Maryland ferry line, resumed her trips
this afternoon.
A fire kinded in the stove of the public
school corner of Royal and Cameron streets,
made such a smoke yesterday afternoon that
an alarm of fire was raised and section or two
of hose run up to the roof Of the building by
the Hv1rauliOn Fire COMPANY