Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-23

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT GRANGE. The
Northern District Grange meets at 10 a. NJ.
on Wednesday next, in Peabody Hall. The
following are the officers Master, Col. S. S.
Bradford, Culpeper county, Va; Overseer, Jno.
NJ Meade, of Frederick county, Va; Lecturer,
A. NJ. Moore, of Clarke county, Va; Steward,
Geo. w. Metz, of Fauqucr county, Va; AS
sstant Steward, Wm. N. Green, of Orange
county, Va; Chaplain, j. l.. Strlngtellow, Of
CuIpeper county, Va; Secretary, A. j. We'd
derburn, of Alexandria, Va, Treasurer, W.
r. Snow. Of Prince William county, Va; Gate
Keeper j. Nj. Benton, Of Loudoun county,
Va; Ceres, Mrs. VIM. R. Snow, Of Prince
William county, Va; Pomona: Mrs. Vim. A.
Carter, of Frederick county, Va; Flora, Miss
Carrie Washington, of King George, Va; and
Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs JAS. H. Grymes,
| OF Prince Georges county, Md. The following
is the programme: Wednesday, morning ses.
sion from 10 to 2; attarnoon session from 4 to
6 night session begins at s o'clock Thursday,
morning session begins at o'clock with closed
doors; doors opened at 10 o'clock for public
Installation of officers, after which j. w. White,
WYNN W Hazewood,W w. S, and j. W. Nor
ton, w. L., of the State Grange, will deliver
public addresses together with other prumi-
| uent Patroos. The Master of the Maryland
State Grange, and Hon. VIM. Saunders, first
Master of the National Grange, are expected to
be present There will be an afternoon session
of the Grange when the W. Master will instruct
| the members in the unwrltteD work. At p.
N. the Grange will meet, and the Master will
coofer the 9Th, or Pomma Degree, upon all en-
| titled to receive it. The public are respectfully
invited to attend the Thursday morning session.
| SNAKE CHARMER. Considerable merriment
was created on board the steamer Mary Wash
ington yesterday afternoon while returning
from Mount Vernon Sprags, on her regular
Sunday afternoon excursion, by young man
named Charles Golway resident of South
| Washington, who is said to be snake charm.
er. After arriving at the Nj. Vernon Spring IS
he jumped off the boat aud began immediately
to look around the river shore for snakes turn.
ing up every leg he came across, trying to find
the reptiles Eventually he found snake
about foot long, aud put it in his pocket, as
though it was nice red apple. After huutng
for while longer, he found two more, both
being about the size of the first. and he like
wise put them in his pocket. He then per-
formed several tricks on the ground, and az
ter getting on the boat he showed to the pas.
sengers the wonderful control he had over the
| his sleeves, and run oil over his body, and also
made them crawl in his baud at the call of his
voice. One of the snakes bit him on the fngcr,
but he seemed to be little concerned about it,
| only placing leaf taken from tree on the
river shore, on the sore place, remarklog at the
same time that the bite would not affect him.
GOlway is an unassuming lad, aged about II
years.
FREE LEcrURE.-T. n Ramsay, esq.,, State
Lecturer of the Independent Order of Good
Templas Of North Carolina, will deliver free
lecture on the Evils Of Incompetence, in
the room of the Young Mems Christian Asso.
ciation, on King street, in this city, tomorrow
evening at s o'clock. The Christian Assoca-
ton and Good Templars extend a cordial in
vitatlon 10 the public, and it is hoped large
number OF our citizeus will be present. ana
thereby show that they are in sympathy with
these truly good Institutions, engaged, as they
are, IN work that every good citizen ought TO
feel Jan interest in Mr.. Ramsay is repre-
sented by those who are capable to Judge, TO
be young gentleman Of talent and ability,
and We are quite sure that those vino are
r"AaAnt will be abundan.lp rnra;a io- onr l;t.la
sacrifice they may have to make 10 attend.
All are invited, old and young, but those hav-
ing the matter in charge would be especially
grati6ed to see large attendance on the part
OF the young men of our city.
| TEARING A RING FROM a LADY's FINGER.
One evening, lately, during the absence of
| Capt. w. H. Davis, who was down the river
10 his vessel, the Pcart, while his daughter Was
sitting on the trout steps Of her house, a man
named Thomas Payne, who lives in the ad.
joining house, on Wolfe street, approached
ber, and suddenly Selling her hand iorcibly
removed ring from her finger, tearing the
flesh away with it, and leaving her 6uger al
| most dcnuded OF its lntigumeut, aud then ran
! Oft. Capt. Davis returned last Saturday, and
almost the first thing he did was to get out
warrant for Payncs arrest, aud this morning
the brutal thief was brought before Justice
Padgett, by whom he was committed to Jail for
sixty days, during which time he will work on
been a member, and from which he has here
totore escaped.
PAINFUL RUMoR. IA painful rumor reaches
here from The Plains, 10 Fauquier county, to
| the effect that on Saturday last, while Mr..
llltc was driving some ladies to camp meeting,
the horses attached to the carriage ran away,
and overturning the vehicle, threw out the oc-
cupants, among whom was a Miss Brooks,
| whose collar bone was broken and her shoulder
dislocated; Miss Meade, daughter of Mr d.
u. Meade formerly of this city. whose back
| was broken, and another lady, who was also
badly hurt. As there is no Geographic COM
muncation with The PlaiDs to- day, in couse-
qucnce Of the absence of the operator there,
the correctness of the rumor cannot be ascer-
| tanned.
| ELECTION IN PRINCE WILLIAM AT the
primary election hold in Prince William county
to determine the choice Of that county for
candidate for State Senator, it is understood
that Judge G. +. Sinclair received very de-
clded majority. The vote at Haymarket was
70 for S'ucair and for Nico at Waterfall
Sinclair 90, Ncol 80; al Hickory Grove Sinclair
9, Nicol IA; at Saoders' Store Sinclair 10, Nicol
II; al Manassas Sinclair rs, Nicol Al at Sud
| ley Sinclair 29, Nicol Is; at Dumfrcs Sinclair