Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.

:, Company, incorporated lase ouiy' he'u III
w., w., .hinptou last night, there was tree dis
a,ssou aud inquiry Into matters connected
,r;,b the company. The new steamer winch
me company desire to procure for the existing
'" III. of the river trade has not been OBJ
paoj II was stated that the amount of stock
~ called 10, ii a vessel were built or purch'
I" ~ would be about 333 per cent; if steamer
A"ns chartered the am unt would DC much
r'h,or The spirit OF the remarks revealed
n .t' ;nnortauce attached TO this new carrying
..sa, and commerce which Is to be developed,
snI d;snosition was manifested to reorganlze
S,'J - coumeuce business at ouce. The fol
VIM board Of directors was elected: john
~ Tnompson. w. u. Metzerott, Samuel Ba-
w. YIN Stckney, A. II. Herr, VIM. B.
Tndd, John H. Baxter, A. 4. Shepherd and
Wm Thompson.
rorSTr OFFICES Under the new law to
"nroyide TOR the election and qualification of
o,,rtv officers" there is to be elected, on the
fHurtL Thursday 10 May next, the following
oG,ers. Sheriff, commonwealth attorneys,
commissioners of the revenue, aud county trea-
ss,rers-cach to hold Office Tor the term OF four
ve,rs, Cuuoty clerks, who are also to be elect.
ID m that day, hold their office Tor six years.
IN others of superintendent Of the poor and
cnunty surveyor are to be filled by the county
,Iuds, upon the recommendation OF the board
If Supervisors. The Judge has the power,
though, TO reject said recommendations and Mi
said offices by his own appointment. these APP.
o,intueuts are to be made at the June term OF
his court, and for four years. At the same
election there is to be elected IN each maglsterl.
al district one supervisor, one constable, three
instices. aud one overseer Of the poor each to
hold for TWO years All Of these officers enter
anon their duties on the lst day of July next.
y. 5. CIRCUIT COURT Judge Robert W.
Uu.hes presiding. The April term of this
court commenced to-day. ln the case Of Turn
bull & Co. Vs. Thomas and others, decree
for the resale of the Mount Vernon Cotton Fac
tory was agreed upon by the parties 10 interest,
modifying the provisions of the last previous
decree, 10 the terms OF sale. Under the decree
as now settled the property Is to be sold at
public auction on thirty days notice, the terms
of sale to be as follows: $500 cash; residue
10 four equal instalmeDts at SIX, twelve, eigh-
teen and twenty-iour months from day OF sale.
The sale will be advertised as soon as The ad-
vertisemeut can be prepared
A vetire tacias was issued Tor twelve jurors
to try the issue in the ejcctmeCt case OF Lucy
ID.
turuable to morrow.
The court adjourned till tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
PERSONAL The Gazette has of late men
toned the departure Of several Of the young
men of the city. who have taken the advice OF
the late Horace Greeley aod gone west to seek
their fortunes. 10 the list already published
is added to-day the nano of Mr.. Eroest Lam
bert, who will leave here this evening for Cal
ifornia, He takes with him the best wishes OF
lis uum erous frieuds and relatives.
Mr.. JAS. h. Cation, who has been for eleven
years 10 the clerks Office of the courts of Alex
andria, and for many years deputy clerk k, has
been engaged by NJ j IT Geo. Johnston 10 the
fire aud life insurance business, aud entered
upon his duties this morning.
Mr.. |. g. ONcsl returned home from R'ch'
mond last night, the General Assembly OF the
State, in which he Was the Delegate from this
city, having adjourned. His course in the
Legislature upon most of the questions consid-
cred by that body met with the approval OF
bis constituents.
POLICE REPORT The following cases have
been reported at police headquarters since yes
terday:
Benjamin Mullen, for cruelty to his wife, on
complaint Of Mrs Burnett, was dismissed as
the charge was not sustained.
Elizabeth Storrs, for disorderly conduct, was
fined and discharged.
Mrs. Brown for az assault upon Mrs Ange-
META Michigan was dismissed as the charge
was not sustained.
Richard B .act, committed on the charge OF
robbing the store of Kelley l. Carter, was re-ex-
amned and released.
Ja,ob Lyt>on, for disorderly conduct at the
St. Asaph street depot, was locked up tor eX-
animation.
Six dodgers were accommodated at the station
house last night.
THE FlsHERY.-rhe arrivals OF fresh fish at
Fishowu suce yesterday, as reported at noon
to-day, have been 1000 punches of catfish,
mucls, perch and rock, 600 shad, aud 5000
herring. The perch sold at from Is to 20 cents
bunch, the rock at FROM 90 to 30 cents
bunch, the shad at from $40 to $25 per hum
dred, aud the herring at from S22 to $24 per
thousand. The receipts, under the Influence
of the prevailing favorable weather, are To-
crcasing, as is also the demand. On Sunday,
Mr.. Knight, at his fishing Shore at Daisy run,
made haul Of 500 shad, which were included
IN a lot of $50 from the same place which were
sent to Washington, at which city the arrival
OF $40 was reported this morning James
Beard, of this city, who is gllling, 10 Nanje-
moy, caught forty odd shad 90 ouc drift OF his
next yesterday.
New SALooN-When the proprietor OF the
Mansion House Cancelled his license as hotel
keeper, the bar-room of the house was closed,
aud has since been transformed into reading
ROOM Mr. John Lanaghan, the presiding
genius of the place, has since had one OF the
store rooms Oh the Fairfax street front of the
building, fitted up Handsomely as u bar.room'
friends with ali delicacies in the way of refresh
ing beverages iut juleps being bis speciality.
Attached to the bar-room is billiard saloon,
which will he opened on the lst of May, the
day the Corporation licenses date from.