Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-07

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LoUpoUN COUNTY ITEMS From the Lou
doun Mirror. Circuit Court. Judge Keith
presiding, is still in session. A great deal of
business has been disposed OF: and several i'm
portaus cases thus stricken from the docket.
An An interesting Confederate money transaction
was decided last week The suit was that of
Robert Bently, ir., vs. Gustavus Lersner, on
an obligation given in 1868, for property near
Richmond, purchased by Bently at a Confede-
rate seouestrasion sale, and afterwards sold to
Lersner for $4,000 The jury found for the
DlaiuGf-scaled the debt to $685. IA 10 gold
upop which amount they allowed interest from
the first of December, 1864, till paid. Hunton
and Foster for the plaintiff; Powell Harrison
and Taylor Scott for defendant. W. s. Dow
pey's road case, an appeal from the County
Court and which bas been heretofore warmly
contested, was granted on Tuesday court
allowing $3.50 for opening the road-W. s.
Downy, or some one for him to enter into
bond of $1,000 to complete the work for that
amount. Court will probably adjourn the end
Of the present week:
Loudouu is grand old county. There is no
estimating her boundless resources wheo the
proper facilities shall have been afforded for
their development. and the ". & O. Railroad,
since it's completion to Purcellville, is realizing
the truth Of the assertion. And it's success so
far should serve as stimulus to the people
and an Incentive to the company. to spare 90
effort to press it forward. At our request, the
obliyipg agent at Purcellville has furnished us
with the following report OF business done there
during the month of April. For the period
named. there was shipped from that station
S576 bus. corn; 5206 bus wheat; LII bus, oats;
225 barrels -four; 100 bus. corn meal; 42O bus.
potatoes; 81 bal. Q hay; l Is calves; 81 barrels
eggs; ll6 boxes eggs; barrels brandy; 2 tar
reis wine. The agent adds: There were sent
off quantities of butter, lard, older, vinegar,
chickens, geese &C., that have not mention
ed 10 my report. There is about 900 bus
grain 10 cars and depot of this date, April 80,
1874
The evening trairs on the W. l. D. Railroad
Tuesday-so that hereafter there will be two
trains each day to that point.
The PEABODY DONATION FUND.-The trus
tees of the Peabody fund for providing homes
for the poor of Loudou have made their report
for the year 1873 They had received from
Mr. Peabody's executes, in accordance with
the will, duriog the year. one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterliog. The whole amount
bequeathed and now givea is over half million
pounds, and this has been increased by rents
and Interests over seventy eight thousand
epouunds This would be about two million
eight hundred thousand dollars-a grand sum
and noble bequest for the poor. The fund
was to be applied specially, as is generally
known, to the acquiring Of land aud the erec-
ton thereon of cheap. comfortable dwellings
for the deserving poor. Up to last January the
trustees had expended three hundred thousand
pounds for land and in building namely, one
hundred and two thousand for land aud one
hundred and ninety eight thousand in build
ing. The number of families DOW occupying
residence 10 the finished buildings is eight
hundred and eighty two; and they occupy one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-hve
rooms averaging over Two rooms to family.
The average rent of room is forty cents week
within fraction. The average earnings week
Of each family is about six dollars. How many
times over forty cents week do our laboriug
Door pay for not such gaod accommodation,
and often only for one room? At the Sbad-
we'll and Isingtou buildings the rents are even
a little lower. The trustees have recently
purchased site of four. and half acres at
Pimlico on which to erec, buildings There
will eoon be ready two blocks for the accommo-
dstion of forty-four families on the Blackfriars
road estate, and sixteen blocks to accommodate
three hundred aud fifty two families are IN
course of construction near Stamford street.
Besides these there will soon be ready Six new
blocks at Bermondscy for seventy two families.
The net income derived from the buildings
il about two and half per cent. The expense
of management seems to be very small. ~.
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