Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-02-07


tors At some OF the corners crowds We're as.
semhled. from which al occasional snow bail
would lind its way to such Of tie slcluhS or
drivers as presented the most remarkable al-
pearance. There were some up>2ts but nobody
was burt.
TIE New SCHOOL HOUSE Tie CT 8
School Board having s!gnltiei their prle clca
FIR the plan of the ncw school house for girls
proposed II bc erected Oh The lot III III corner
Of Cameron aud Columbus streets, submitted
by Mr.. J.soph ilorkl:S, 4 member ot' the
! Beard, but ihat gentleman. for reasons ive'Gcd
by him go1d and sufficient. havinG thou ut II
advisable to Withdraw the plan 81 that i Nigh
not Gem. in contact viii, ot.lors ;h4t nj -nl b"
submitted, and also tend red his resi@n:'i n "a
a member Of the Bul;iing tnunIttce II III"
School B,afl. at lncciiu9 'ast nlgiIt he Is 5aid
unanimous decided BOT ~ accept he rcSlGna-
tons of hiulscf AID Mr. Wac4t, chairman Vi
the committee. and after urgent Soalialnn,
prevailed upon Mr.. Hopkins 70 permit she US
of his plan in the construction Of The schoot
house. The plan Is one that CA hard l! 10
please the eye, whc tAc arrangements ar
most admirable.
MASONIC CONCERT. The cuuccr: To b: Civ
en- at Sarepta Hail next Tuesday evening for
the benefit of Alexandria Washington Lodge,
\. f. d y. NJ, promises t. he an eulernir-
meut of the higicst order Of ularit. the Ma
sonic Choir OF the District OF Go uubIa, wiiIc::
will furnish the music, Is IMPOSED VI g'itIt-
meu of acknowledged musical talent, aui their
services, graluitou- offered, should 'noc' will!
warm appreciation by our citizens. S,ns.
duets. quartcttcS and cioruscS are rendered by
the Choir in a style and with finish dat
trop vet t,...I
aud the programme fer the evening, c1r-fu. ly
selected from the choicest Of their fcpvriury,
should be sufficient 70 fiji the hall to ovc.i i1E-
ing. The proceeds of h. conc1rt are 10 be APP
piled 10 furnishing the 10 e: rom OF the ell.
CANT structure erected by AiaxaL,r;a Washing
tou Lodge.
DIsTURBANCE. "A disturbances occurred last
evening about SIX o'clock in Il restaurant 1T
the foot Of King street am ing ii party Of five
young men, all Of whom, il appears previou
to the time were good tiiend<, a,d VINO h4L
gone there Tor the purpose of taking social
glass. The difficulty resulted rom one u!
them getting Eurt while "sky-a: ne, ai.d
an effort on the part Of another one . S'p lraic
the two who had commenced to ii.ht il earn
est During the fi'acas II war! Davis had his
face badly Gu, and an attempt was made by
another 10 stop one who was cn:elrorln- 10 AT
as mediator. Qlict, hcwcvcr, was soon Re
stored UPON the interference IT lri, D1> and the
lunded man carried IF TO DR.. Slabcl :. where
his Injuries were dressed. Sums oil those cu
gagged were arrested aud til, morning were
hued by the Mayor.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT SwiNDIING.-
An elderly woman entered the jew cry store of
W. W. Adam few days ago. and after looking
at some witches selected The III 81 costly Que
she could fluid, aud told Mr. Adam She was The
aunt of young gentleman Of this city, who
had told her to have it charged To hin. Mr..
A., thinking that not bu>iucss VA, uf max
ing IA sale, suggested that hc wacn be left Il
day or two for him to regulate, ani for him 20
make inquiries about her, huC she said she
could regulate it herself He then said he
should like to have order from the @"nt!c
man she had named or tnr hm to call IN
the store. She said ''v,ry well, III get or
der from him at once, ana left tn: s,prc, but
has not yet returned, and the santicuIan named
knows nothing about her.
POLICE REPORT Tie FLOWING cases have
been noted at Polic: Headquarters >ilcc yes.
tcrday's report
James Grnucll, haiIins from Falls Church,
for disorderly Conduct on The streets. was lock.
cd up until sober enough to bc sent Uut Of the
city.
Charles k.rsey. How nd Davis and William
| Phillips Tor disurdcrly conduct, We're lied aud
discharged.
Warrants were issued for the arrest Of VIII
liam Byrd and George Laycock, charged wlth
| dlSordcrly coaduct.
Eight dodgers we're accomno lated AT the
station house last night.
THE WEATHER The snow which commenc-
ed failing about noon yesterday Continued Ut
til late in the hight, and this morning the
GROUND was covered to the depth Of several
inches. The temperature during the nIght
was cold, and considerable ice t,r.ncd, not only
on smaller streams, but on tic river, no., INV
ever, of sufficient thicknc., to impalc u,viga
tiou There was annth spit ri SNOW tiiS
morning, and it rcmaus Cloudy, with the wind
still from the north
PRoposED IMPROVEMENT. The MesSrS.
Harlow will, as soon as the spring opens, COM
mence the erection of three two-story brick
houses with French roofs on the lot extending
from their building. corner of Royal and Came
ron streets, to the alley on Royal street, "ppo
site the Hydraulion E1gine House. George
A. Phillips has contracted tIr the brick work
aud Thomas Scott Tor the carpenters.
THE CHAIN GANG. The Superintendent Of
Police was in some trouble ty-day about getting
Commander tor the chain gang, as Captain
Warning hau resigned and gone slclgt-rdIng
with the canal team With Mr.. Jerry Gath
err 5 assistance, however, he got portion OF
the gaug Out and at work cleaning away the
snow FROM about the market square, but nose
of them wore ball and chain.
LOCAL Es;es.EiFiES.
Mcssrs. 4 + Addison, VIM. /. Caraa aud
J. S. Beach with the City Suparlntcnd cnt oi
Public Instruction attended this morning. at