Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-22

afternoon tor he arrest OF Johu Davis. charged
| with turning out some glandered aud 1arclcd
| h 1rSes IL the county.
Two dodgers were accommodated at the sta
ton house last night.
THE Doc CART--The dog catchers, under
command of Capt Dick Beach, were out again
this morning and added seven more to the num-
brr Of unfortunate ours now IN the pound, at
| the Poors House. awaiting death or ransom.
| On Monday evening last some uDknown bcrHh
visited the pou0d, ADD opening 1t, allowed elght
| of its occupants 10 escape, but Yesterday auu
| To days captures amounted TO nlneteep, Which
number are now confined there. The market
SQUARE is the place at which most OF the cap
lures are made, though the ca'chers visit all
PARTS .! tna city. Most dogs quietly submit
when they tiad the net over them. but others,
such as large white fellow, this morning,
make Il succe stu resistance, aud lifting up the
hoop, effect their escape, anu some, US also
| happeucd this morning with two cJloreu "o
men. are preserved by their owners, VINO hln'
| der the catchers by uterpo>ng between them
| and the dogs The occupation OF dog catching
| il not without danger and several or those Gu
paged in it have oeen severely bitten. The dogs
Which are not rausorncd arc killed by a colored
man whp cutters The pound with an axe and
| kuuchs their braluS out.
The CHAIN GANG AGAIN-A colorcd man
named Johu Mansfield, committed to Jail last
December for six mont 5 FIR Threatening to
shoot Mr. George Bossart, but who escaped
| from the chain gang shortly thereafter, was re-
captured cary in the current month and re-
| committed 10 serve out his time, but Yesterday
while at work with the chalu gang at tiShtoWn
ne pick, d the lock witch fastened the nall and
cjaiu to his leg and made his escape, as the
captain Of the gang, Patrick Dillon, was a!lai!
that i! he pursued him the other add only re-
mairing mau oD the gang would run away too.
Hugh Sridcr who i, also member OF the
gang and whose refusal to work was mentioned
in yesterdays Gazette, gave as his reason Tor
refusing to do duty the fact that though Mans
field, more able bodied mau than himself,
aud who had escaped once, Wore only ball
and chau he (StrldCr) was Spanceled. Strlder
and the other Iuan, The only TWO now IN jail on
the gang, we're not taken cut To work this in0rn-
lug, and the captain announced his Intention OF
resiguiug his position.
THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL. The lessees Of
tie Al xapdria Canal are rapidly pushing for
ward the work Of repairs now Ia progress at The
scouc of the late break at Four Nile Ruu. The
trcssels for the aul2duct to De built there were
nut in Yesterday, and the whole work will be
Completed, and the canal be once more 10 nava-
gable order, it Is said snuetime between the
lst and the TO h of August. The new route via
Rock Brock and he Potomac River, by which
Cumberlani coal now reaches here, has prov
ed 5, successful, however, that 1t Is extremely
doubtful whether the canal can ever regain all
tie trade it has lost-ccrtalny not as long as
ha,- hn nj
break.
LEGAClEs. The late Walter Lcnox, of Wash-
ing1ou, ia his last will and testament, says
Il give to Lucy Brown, daughter Of my piece,
Mary Browu, Of the city of Alexandria, my
gold watch which was a gift from my mother.
| give 10 Glenn Browu, son of my SAID niece
Mary, III. Bible presented to me when mayor
Of the city Of Washington By the teachers aud
pupils Of one Of the schools districts Of the city Of
Washington | give to Wu Brown, son OF my
said niece the likeness of Gen. \. L. Jackson
He also gives to Mrs Mary Brown, wife OF DR..
Bedford Brown, OF this city, halt Interest 10
lot fronting ~ feet ~ inches on Pennsylvania
Avenue, aud running back to Z street North,
in Washington city.
ARREST OF ANOTHER SUSPECTED MURDER
ERA colorcd mau named John II. Bailey,
alias Doctor Bailey, was arrested here yester-
| day afternoon by constable Gray and committed
to Jail by Justice Padgett, on suspicion OF being
implicated in the late supposed murder OF d
clored man named Pierce Richardson, near
Ashland The accused asserts his innocence,
but says he was boarding 10 the house aGj IlDng
that in which the dead man lived, and that he
heard Of the death before he started to walk
TO this city There are three parties, two
white and one colored, now co flcd in Jail here
charged with completely 10 the supposed muir
der alluded to.
u. S. CIRCUIT COURT. An adj ,urned term
Of the u. S. Circuit Court Judge Il. W.
Hughes. commenced this moroing.
The case Of the u. 5. VS.. Carey Mutt, OF
| Northumberland county, indicted for violation
of postal laws, was postponed till January, aud
the witnesses Recognized to appear at that
tine
The case Of the U. S. VS.. L. R. Taylor, Of
Culpepnr, indicted for mail robbery, was then
takeu up and jury cmpauneled and the ex-
animation OF witnesses proceeded with.
Messrs. i. l. Lewis aud Wolthlngton ap.
pearcd for the prosecution, and Messrs. Chan
dlrr, Morton aud Hoxcy for the deteuce.
tASSAJ III AND IltBbER1 uSliSC ~. ~
Wright, of the county, issued warrant yes
terday for the arrest of young map named
Robinson, resident Of the county, and a com
pauiou FROM Georgetown, on the charge OF IN
vitiug stranger in Georgetown to accompany
them to a supposltitous pic uic 10 Virginia,
and When they had gotten him over the Aque-
duct bridge aud in cuivert this side OF that
bridge Knocking him down aud robbiug him OF
So The warrant was placed in the hands OF
constable Golnan, who, with u policeman from
Georgetown, started in the afternoon to exc
cute it Ia that city, where the parties were
supposed to he.
| GARBAGE CART The repairs to the one
garbage cart belonging to the city, which have
been in progress Tor week or SO past, will be
Completed the Superintendent OF Police says,
by to morrow, when it will again confluence It's
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