Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-08
LOCAL RKEYHTfES.

The dog pound at the Poor S House was brok-
en- open last night-probaby by some one whose
pet dog had been captured-by drawing out
the staple from the door, and every one of the
imprisoned dogs liberated. About ten of them
were recaptured this morning, but the others
| are still al large.
The fields are SO dry, IN consequence Of the
prevailing drought aud the late heated term,
that spark FROM passing locomotive set fire,
yesterday morning, to the grass in the lot OF
MIR. James Pcvere;l, between this city and
Washington, and burned it, and also some OF
the fencing.
The receipts into the treasury of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Company for the week
ending July were as follows From Cum
bcrand, $23, lis 06; Georgetown 81 ,039 IS;
Wiamsport, $3.50 81; Harpers Ferry, for
the month, $49S SO; Lock IS, for the month,
$ll9.23i total, S24, 935. ~.
Almost daily young couples who come to
Alexandria from other portions of the State to
be married have to go to Washington to pro-
cure the necessary licenses, as the laws of Nlr-
GINA, to the disgust of the clerk Of the Corpo-
ration Court, will not allow the license to be is
sued here.
According to the estimate of the foance com
mlttee the entire debt OF this city is $l,019,-
Ola II, Of which over million Of dollars has
been funded at six per cent. The assessed
value cf the real property in the city is about
six millions of dollars.
Mr.. Valentine Baker, who lives at Welleug-
ton, a short distance below the city, brought to
this Office, this morning u SIMPLE Of the tmo-
thy raised on his farm, which equals anything
10 that line ever before seen in this neighbor-
hood.
Thomas Howard, while engaged in covering
| . root with pitch in the 4th Ward this after
noon, was sun struck and is lying in very pre-
carlous condition. DIR. French rendered the
| required medical assistance.
Among the graduates in law at the late SEES
sion of the University Of Virginia WAS JAS. Y.
| Brooke, jr., of Fauquicr county, who attained
the distinction 10 one year.
George Il. Calvert, of New Market, Shcn-
andoah county, has been appointed notary
public, and \. + l.. Reese, Of Washington,
ID. e., commissioner OF deeds for Virginia.
The opening of the Northern mail aud the
! departure of the Lynchburg train were delayed
an hour this morning by the late arrival Of the
| train from the North.
young man, named Emmett w. Ruffin,
has been committed to jail, in Richmond, Tor
| formerly OF this city.
There was another break in Rock Creek,
Georgetown, to-day, and all the canal boats
bound Tor this city had TO come by the Alexan
dria Canal.
Flames broke out among the debris Of the
late fire at Nlakclcy'S distllry, near FIshtown,
last night, but they We're Su5dued by the watch
nan without rai,iug an alarm.
a. H., L.. L.. l..:1
agreeable than that lately prevailing, the Their
mometcr only reaching So in the shade at
noon.
\ yaw boat stolen from the ,chooner tx
press, at Washington, last night, was recover
cd here this mOrnipg.
The steamers Pilot Boy and Mary Washing.
ton carried large excursion parties down the
river to-day.
The barrel mauufactory of Mr.. Blythe is now
10 full operation aud is turning out Il large
quantity of excellent work.
New wheat, graded as prime, sold on
Change this morning at !. So, netting more
than if it had been sold in Baltimore.
Several Of the coIored Sunday schools of the
city, went on an cX; urSiou to Carlin $ Springs
to-day.
Ii stand were erected in the postoflice lot
the Alexandria brass band would play there
two Or three times week.
A we'll known resident of Majors Hill, maui
ed Pierce Rowland died suddenly yesterday of
cholera morbus
The young and estccmube wife of Mr.. Thos.
Lcadbeatcr, died last night after prolonged
illness.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has cut down salaries to employees and 10
per ceut.
The Gesangverein Virginia, of Richmond,
will visit Washington on the 5th proximo.
INTELLECTUAL CULTURE-A cultivated mind
may be SAID to have iulnte stores of innocent
qualification. Everything may be made nter-
estiog to it, by becoming subject of thought
or inquiry Books, regarded merely as a graf
ifcation, are worth more than all the luxuries
on earth. a taste for literature secures cheer
full occupation for the unemployed and Iau-
guild hours of life; and how many persous in
these hours, for want OF innocent resources,
are DOW impeIIed to coarse pleasure? How
many young men can be found in this city,
who, unaccustomed to find companion in
a book, and strangers to intellectual activity
are almost driven, in the long, dull evenings
OF winter, to haunts of ntemperaDce aud
bad society.