Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-03-31
LOCAL NEWS.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT FAIRFAX COURT
uorss-Yesterda moruinga gentleman call
- at the fruit nursery Of Mr.. Spencer A.
u,ath, near Fairfax Court House, to buy some
~. hut found the house locked up, and no
tr'i rec, .hont but colored man, who had also
p ',n' on business, aud who said he supposed
Ar Heath must be away, though when he had
..an him last, on Saturday evening, he had
~, mentioned anything about going away. The
,snt,man having come considerable distauce,
lnJ not wishing 10 make a sec md trip,g some
anrn for his horse, supposiug that by the time 1t
w,. eaten, Mr.. Heath would return, but as
that gentleman did not appear, be and the
.,I,r,d mau-who was familiar with the prem
;s.s having #, queutly worked there-in ex
aiming the house, found Il back door open, and
upou enteriug aud going through the rooms,
discovered, In bed, IN one of them, MIR. Heath
lying cold and dead.
The news soon reached the village. and Great
Cd the greatest excitement, large numbers OF
m, residents Fastening 30 the spot where the
dead man lay After viewing the body and
Surroundings, the house, and what was in it
were secured, and coroner sent for, but up to
FIVE ocl OK yesterday evening one had not
been found. The wife Of the dead
uau, who had been away since Saturday,
made his appearance soon after the
house had been locked up, broke it open, and
took possession of letter that was found on
fable uear the side Of the bed upon which the
corlse lay aud the contents OF which were not
known She also, it is said, opened all the
drawers In the cabinet and ranSacked their con-
tcrs. 1t was also said IN the village that she
had left her husband some time ago and had
only gone back aud lived with him upon his
lo, I,lf
erly. 1t was also said that the deceased had
stated to people he had seen Oh Sunday that
he had just eaten some cake his wife had baked
and that it had made him sick.
PERSONAL Madame LlVert who is pay
ing short visit to her friend Gen. Pike in
this city, went to Mount Vernon on Monday
last. She is an cX vice regent OF the Ladies
Mount Vernon Association, and Was received
with marked attention by Capt. Holiingshead
Of the steamer Arrow and Col HolhnssWorth'
SUPERINTENDENT of Mount Vernon. 1t is the
EXPRESSED wish Of many that the accomplished
and distinguished lady may give one OF her
popular readings here before the eud OF her
visit
Mayor X mper, who has been indlspoSe j
for several days past was we'll enough to be
out this morning, though not able to preside
at his Court, which was again held by Alder
man Janney.
Sir David Wedderburn, of Scotland, an ex-
member of the British Parliament, Is 10 the
city, on short visit to his relatives here
Capt. L. Beattie, whose purchase of the
O'Bricu farm, near this city, was mentioned
10 Yesterdays Gazette, will improve 1t at once
BY incosiug il with a neat and ubstautlal fence,
by planting an orchard Of thousand peach
trees, aud by erecting upon 1t handsome resi-
depce.
POLICE REPORT. The following cases have
been reported at police headquarters since yes
terday:
Green Crawford for stealing rooster from
another colnred man named jackson, was sent
to jail for 30 days and put on the chaln gang.
The owoer of the rooster said it was stolen from
him last Monday and that he had found it in
possession of huckster, who proved that he
had bought it FROM Crawford, who said 1t had
been given to him to sell on Sunday last by a
colored wonan who swore she had given him
rooster and puIlet to sell, but, that the rooster
was not the one that had been stolen, and her
evidence being corroborated by another colored
witness Crawford went up.
Thomas Robinson, alias Dorsey, colored
member OF the chain gang, for dlsordcrly COZ
duet and refusing to do duty, had two months
added to his term of service.
Ell Cross, culored, for stealing hair mat
tress from the house on the southeast corner OF
Prince and Henry streets, into which Mr.. kelth
Is moving, was comml tied for further examlua-
tio0, the stolen article having been recovered.
Ten dodgers We're accommodated at the sta
ton house last night.
THREATENED INVASION. The threatened
Invasion of Prince George county, mentioned
iu Yesterdays Gazette; is thus spoken of in the
Washington Star: "Sincc the recent lynch
ing of Scot, the negro ravshcr OF Mrs. Nelson,
on the Motley Hall estate 10 Prince George S
cnuuty, Md, opposite Alexandria, there has
been considerable alarm 10 the nelghborhood
10 consequence of rum4rs that party has been
organized in Washington for the purpose OF
making a raid to rob aud murder in that uelgh
borhood aud aveuge the lynchiog of Scott
Many families nightly sleep on their arms and
some in the immediate nei ghborhood OF Fort
Foole have become so appreheuslve OF rad
that they fed 10 the Fort for security, aud have
Judged there for several Dlghts past Last
nlght resident of that section was IN town
aud called on Lieut.. Austin to inquire II the
police had any knowledge of the proposed RAID
and asked that Injuries be made Lieut. Aus
tin promised to keep sharp look out and to
take such measures as would lead to the cap.
ture OF any gang of raiders should one start.
NEW ROUTE. "A force of laborers was put
to work this morning getting the railroad track
and the Wilkes street ferry slip i'll order for
the trade and travel that will commence to 90
via the East Alexandria ferry on Tuesday morn
ing next rhc first trains that will pass over