Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-24
County News, and that the Alexandria papers
be requested to copy the same.
- e i. IRA WILLIAMS,
s Township Superintendent.
g.: H.LBLtNCuE. Secretary.

8 e Township Superintendent.
G. H.LB ! Secretary.
VIENNA, Va, Aug %, lS74.-The call
for i meeting here to day of the Conservative
voters of Providence Township was responded
to by about forty-two voters, when the follow.
lug proceedings were had:
The meeting was called to order by Dr.. Ira
Williams, Township Superintendent, precisely
clock pm; aud having stated the object,
the organization vas completed By the appoint
ment Of Geo H. Bincoe as Secretary.
Thos. Moore offered the following resolution,
which was adopted
Resolved. That the Convention proceed to
nominate three delegates to representthe Town
ship In the Congressional Convention, to- meet
10 Alexandria, and that tine vote be taken by
telers. I:
1t was conceded that one delegate should be
selected from the Court House, one from Wen
pa, and enc from Langley neig hborhood, aud
that the vote for each should be taken sep
ara1ely.
| 4hos. Moore R. R. Farr> and s. Simpson
were pun ii. nomination for the Court House
end of the District: and the vote being taken
resulted: Moore 81, Farr II, Simpson 3.
Capt. j. 0. Berry and Dr.. Ira Williams
were put IN nomination for the Vienna precinct,
and 90 counting the vote it was found that
| Berry had received IS and Williams Is.
JQLathan Magarity was, elected from the
Langley precinct without opposition.
| These are all avoWed Hutton men. There
were not more thon' three or four Barbour uen,
the opposition to Hunton being prompted by
the hope THAI Judge Thomas might be brought
before the Convention, and the personal friends
of the opposition candidates, 10 some cases,
voting without reference to choice Of can
| didates. ,r.... a -s
The delegates to the County Convention are
Thos n. Williams, Geo. Gaines, j. Moore, D.
Gunnell, w. S. Oliver and Jonathan Magarity
all Broadwater men for Treasurer and Richard
son for Clerk, who will have noopposition from
the opposite party. ~g A.
| Z. 5. Motion was made after the vote for the
Court House delegate had been announced,
and indeed after the vote tor the Vienna dele
gate had been taken, to reconsider the vote by
which Mr.. Moore had been elected, and he
waving opposition, the resolution was voted
down by about the same vote he was elected
| =, u Pursuant to notice number OF persons as
s.mbled at Bayley' Cross Roads on Saturday,
the 22d inst
Dr.. D. McChichester, County Superiuteu.
dent, took the chair, and on calling the meet
ling to order, stated the object to be the election
of TWO delegates TO the Congressional Conven-
ton, which is to meet in Alexandria on the
Goth, and also to elect delegates to the County
Convention, which is to meet at Fairfax Court
House, Monday, Sept 2lst, to nominote can
dIdatr for County Clerk and Treasurer.
Ol motion, Mr. j. Lee was appointed
Secretary -a-a
% motion he meeting declared unanimous
ly for Cen Eppa Hunlon, aud requested their
delegates to vote tor him. 49,, ..
On baIloting for delegates Dr. Cyrus Nc
Cormick and G. q. Lee, esq.,, we're elected del
egates to the C1ngressiona! Convention, aud
hlessrs. D. 6. Watkins and j. Il. Watkins,
alterDates.
To the County Convention, Messrs. W. Bay,
ley, A. Cox, and j. Il Watkins We're elected
delegates, and Messrs. j. Burch, B. Shreve
aud d. g. Watkins, alternates.
! 1t was ordered that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Alexandria and
Fairfax papers.
d. Nice CHICHESTER, Chairman.
F. J. LEE, Secretary.
At meeting of the Conservatives of Mount
Vernon Township, held at Puiman's School
House on Saturday, the 23d inst, Peyton Bal
lenyer in the chair and A. L Mckenzie, Sec
rotary, J. O. Kerby was unanimously elected
the delegate, aud Chas. Potter, the alternate,
to represent the Township 10 the Coogressson.
al Convention, to be held in Alexandria Oh the
Goth inst. and Chas. Potter j. 0. Kirby aud
Charles Landstreet, delegates, aud Robert
Wiley, h. i. Nevitt and w. &. Moore, alter
mates, to represent the Township 10 the County
| Convention to meet GU the 2lst prylmo.
Mr. Kirby was elected as Hunton man.
At the meeting of Conservatives 10 Lee
Towoship, Judge James Sangster and Nlr. Bud
Skinner were elected delegates to the Congress
sioual Convention.
Potomac CITY-Our new city is slowly
growing. Several new houses have been erect
ed 90 the avenue leading to the new wharf. MIR.
Kind has erected two storp dwelling and store
covered with tin and fitted with large plate
glass windows Mr. Frankeuberg and Mr..
Curtiss have also erected fue houses Oh the
same avenue. Mr.. Hoyt intends erecting
this season block of brick buildings, l5l
feet front, so feet deep, and three stories
high. One of the buildings in the block will be
arranged for bank, and has been engaged by
parties from the North who contemplate estab-
fishing bank next spriug. There are two
brick yards in full operation, employing about
fifty hands. Mr.. Hoyt who owns extensive
lumber mills in Michigan is having a large
shed built to protect from the weather dressed
white pine lumber. After paying freight it
affords handsome profit, as is proved by the
sales of the large quantity already brought here.
Manassas Gazette.
| CAPTURE OF SUPPOSED FUGITIVE. -
Messrs. w. w. Kipche,oe and JOS b. Read,
of Brentsyile,n foIlowed and took up q colored
rnan at Woodbridge Station, in this county, on
Wednesday last, supposed to be Joe Clarke,
an escaped murderer from Pittsyvania county
jail, for whose arrest $lU0 reward has been Of
fered. We visited the Jail Oh Thursday and
| from the ad4ertised descrlntiou of the murder