Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-08
A HUNGRY RADICAL.--A prominent white
R,a;ol ~ .bo Third Ward and until lately If

Radical OF the Third Ward, auu uu'l' i'le'9' II
not now. an Office holder in Washington, went
into small grocery store on north Alfred street,
day before Yesterday The proprietor beng
absent, his wife, who, with her small children,
was eating dinucr in IA back room, came INTO
the store TO wait on the customer but the slhcli
aud sight Of the dinner proved 100 great.
temptation for that Individual, ana walking
by the counter, he entered the dinner ROOM
and taking Il high scat--vacatcd by enc ol inc
little oues, who was alarmed at his approach-
he helped himself, aud ate the cntlre dinncr'
which consisted Of bacon and greens, Spllling
the vinegar he used with the latter on the n'or
to the we'll manifested dislike OF the lady g,
tcrday he called at the same hour, but inc lazy
fearing repetition Of the previous day $ per-
tornauce, shut aud fastened the DIOR between
the store and dining room. ING VISITOR then
said he wanted watrrmeon,and being told the
price OF one was % els. he pulled out Il ~ cent
note aud laying it Oh the counter SAD that was
ali he had, but that he was going to have IA
watermelon or die, aud he seized one and tore II
,tf The lady, however, ran after him Tor the
distance of a hall a block where she caught MN
and after prolonged struggle, witnessed by
quite crowd Of interested spectators, succeed
ed in recovering the coveted melon
ESCAPED FROM THE CHAIN GANG Hugh
Strldcr, sentenced to the chain gang at the last
term of the Corporation Courl for an attempt
to break into the ticket "fhcc at me far'hX-
street lcuot, aal who found great iau with
the Superintendent OF Police for DOT puttl
him on the streets at once, awaited himself ol
Am onuortuuity this lEo.ang, while the gang
was at work, TO slip his ball aud cham aud
make his escape II he will unIy stay away
from the city The Police will promise ''uI to 60
after him.
MonE SETTLERS. Among the strangers who
arrived in the city to-day were several parties
lrcm Ohio. who arc on their WAY To JOIN the
colony trom that State, which has lately been
planted near Nokesvillc, on the Virginia Md
land Railroad They report that 'lrgnla
emigration lever is raging III tbs section OF
Ohio from winch they came, aud that large
numbers of settlers from there may bc expect
cd 10 this portion Of Virginia during the cur,
rent year.
RELIEF ENGINE House. The contract for
rebuilding tue old Relief Engine Bcusc has
been awarded by the Committee on Public
Property to Mr.. ". I. Mitchell, he being the
lowest bidder. The bids We're !: Stephen Swain,
81 POS; b. f. Price, 81 900; ". /. Mitchell,
1918 The work Of tearing down will be COM
mcuced at once and the new work pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible
LAND SALES. -Grccn & Wise, aucIonccrS,
sold to. day two tracts Of land belonging To the
estate Of the late Fix Richards, lying 90 the
Little River Turnpike, in F.riaX county and
three miles from Al Xandrla one tract con
tanning "A acres for $2S yer acre TO loser u.
Cats, and the other tract containing % acr"s
to David G. Watkins, for 81 per acre. The
land has no improvements upon IT,
Coal CONTRACT The Committee on
School-houscs and Furniture of the City School
Board met this morning and awarded the con
tract for the supply of coal TO the public schools
to Mchaffcy 4 90. and \. 5. Pcrpencr. The
bi Is ran: Mchaffcy & Co., 1915 per ton; y.
s. Perpcncr, 1918; John Leatherand, 5000:
Thom4S Lanunn, $G.23; and W. y. Smoot,
81. "a all for chestnut coal
FALL or a CHIMNEY. About clgh! or nine
feet OF the top of the chimney Of the house
adjoining on the south St Mary's Academy,
on north Fairfax street, belonging to Mr.. W.
n. Brown, but occupied by Mr.. +. RoScnthall,
fell early last night, and the noise made by the
falling OF the bricks upon the root startled aud
alarmed the whole ncighborhood