Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-09

Like the foam on the river;
l. Ike the bubble Oh the fountain;
Be gone, aud forever.
,'oLrMBrA FIRE COMPANY. The regular
monthly mectng of this company took place
,>,nisht, Vice President Beooni Wheat in
.b,. chair, a:,d Thomas j. R,>lleiIl, Secretary
pr" IeW.
Osiug 10 the resignation ct Mr.. George
t hrr as Secretary, the minutes OF the laS
ace. Ing .rr laid over unapprOvcd, Whereupon,
George y. Worthiug'on. jr.. was unanimously
elected Secretary the Vice President casting
the ballot
The applications Of Robert Wheat and Wm
Rogers Tor active membership were tavorably
r.unrtcd upon aud they were elected members.
Mr. Mel au read u letter received from Mr.
i; r Price declining to rent his house on MUG
street for au cuglue house.
Mr. Chiffon made report concerning the
Displacement OF portion oil Justice May
door steps by the company bose carriage
when going to fire, showing that the accident
happeued through no fault OF the officers OF
the Company The report showed that the
street was i'm eli impaSSable condition, aud Ii
VA, necessary To put the carriage upon the
>td,aaik when the accident occurred. \ com
uitltc had teen previously appointed to walt
upon Mr.. May and pay him Tor ali damages.
The report was accepted.
Mr. Mclean moved that the Secretary be
Instructed al the ne 1t regular eetlug to give
public notice to all members who have ab-
>cutc.l themselves for four reg ular meetings Of
the coupauy, or have 1ot paid their dues, that
their names will be dropped from the roll, which
was adopted.
Mr. klsnelI from the Executive Committee,
reported that four hunired teet Of the com
Ial,y ; hose is getting utterly worthless, AMI
that ouly four hunu-td feet rem AIMS ut Tor SER
wee, and portion of this unreliable, and to:
;h"s> reasons the company wood not be 10 u
condition to do effective service IN case OF hre
aud that the executive committee had reported
The FAC, to the Fire Wardcns.
Mr.. Chiffon moved that, in order that the
Responsibility for any delinquency on this ac-
count might not be- charged to the company,
the Executive Cummlttre again notify the Fire
Wardeus of the fact, and urgently request them
10 supply the company with sufficient hose,
which was adopted, and the meeting then ad
Journed.
FISuTowN -Fishtown is about as desolate
aud disagreeabe place to look at as can we'll
be- Imagined. The whole surface of the ground
there is whitened and hardened by The salt that
has tecn spilled upou- it, aud reflects back the
rays of the sun with full effect, inducing tcm
rcraturc there that would make salamander
quite active. One booth only is open, and that
aud cobblcr' shop, newly started there, two
>nautlcs occupied by white aud two or three by
colrrcd people, constitute the Inhabited part OF
the lately popuhus and lively locality. No fish
have been landed there tor some time past
with the exception OF an occasional sturgeon,
aud that fish has now become SO scarce that
the few who still gill for them have TO cast
their nets as far down the river as Glymont.
\ lew caught at the last named place arrived
Oh Tuesday and sold at So apiece.
Observation-Disclosures truck dealers Of
Monday last for the purpose of purchasing or
making arrangements to purchase their sup
plies direct from the producer without golug
through the hands OF commission merchants.
Such purchases it appears are not allowable by
tue municipal regulations of the city by the
,ca, and the result was that two of the Wash
iur,ouiaus were fued $50 each, and that the
Acxaudrans, 10 order to escape similar fate,
had to avoid az introduction to the police As
vas the first time they had visited Norfolk,
they have not the most exalted Uplulou Of the
hospitality of that place.
LAND SALES. Green L. Wise, Land Agents,
have lately sold the following tracts Of land:
800 acres in Fauquier county, Va, about -
hikes south OF Bealtou station, Known as the
Green iarm," belonging to the Messrs: Clop-
lou, to Sheldon B. Hewitt, of Wisconsin,, TOR
$4,000.
~ acres at Vienna station, w. e. 0. r. r.,
belonging to O. r. lline, to Jeremiah OIell,
Vi New York State, for 81 500
80 acres in Fauquier cvuuty, - miles north
d Catlctt station, belonging to Chas. Berger,
10 the Misses Coates, Of Baltimore, Md, for
S2,Wh
APPOINTMENTS Martin Maddox, of Fir
s'n'a, has been appointed mail route messenger
'elween l.ynchburg aud Dauvilie, Va, on the
s'vmmcudatiou of D. T. Lewis, h Ii. Carter,
sH1 ethcrS. George f. Hamlet; has also been
appointed hail route messenger on the same
rvutc
LARGE SNAkE.-Mr. y B. White, while
Vu' huntIug near Salem, Fauquier county, one
way THIS week, killed the largest black suake
WAT WAT has been seen iu that neighborhood for
' '' 1t measured Ieet 10 length and was t
'1ee's II circumference. |