Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-25

WEATHER PROBABILITIES. War Depart
meat Office of the Chief Signal Officer, VAST
,noton, d. c., October Is, lo76-l0:3Oa. M
| In the Middle States nearly stationary followed
| by rising barometer northwest to SCUM wes'
winds, colder, clear or partly clouder weather.
COUNTY CoURT-Judge James Su"gster
presiding :-Com. Us. Henry Sampsou; CARY
ing Concealed weapons; not true bill ols-
charged.
Same W.. Frederick Freuoh; grand larceny;
| recosnizauce enlarged till next term.
Same VS.. Samuel Hereford; grand larceny;
recoguizance enlarged I'LL next term.
| Same VS.. James Church; CreaklDg aud ell
teriug: plea not guilty; jury aud verdict guilty,
| aud IMPRISONED fix at one year 10 The Eepl.
| teniarv; judgment accordingly.
Sam 80. James Pearson and Mark Bake;
uo!lc prnscqul.
+. Nj. Nj lis was appointed commissioner to
examine and repori upnn the condition OF the
bridge over Hoof's Run
Deeds fir m Buckiy TO Nauch; Gardiner to
SinvlIe Carter TO Johnsoo were ordered to be
recorded.
Report Of l.. w. Hatch, Special Commits
sioner of Roads, stating that the new coun!y
road, leading from Frazier's farm TO point
near the Theological Seminary, has been com
pleted by rbos. Territt and B. j. Lacey, the
contractors according to the terms OF the con-
tract, was approved and filed.
Jefferson lacey was substituted as trustee 10
the place Of ID. l.. Smoot,'iu deed from Bailey
to Smoot, dated September 7, 1872.
Accounts of Samuel Birch, John K. Gray,
Harrison Grldman. L. W. Hatch, Johu Il.
johnston, Johu Kemp, John Adams, William
Mullen, Samuel Lee, and others, re allowed
and ordered to b. paid.
Richard s. Minor qualih ID as attorney aud
counsellor at lew 10 prac;Ic1 10 this Court
John ADD James Walker were relieved OF an
erroneous assessment OF taxes or 1876.
Jefferson lacey was author'z d to purchase
a SCOOP to DO used on roads in District NJ. 3.
VIM. H HmmcrmGu was assigned as guard
to convey james Church to the penitantlary.
James Lucas VS.. John ApplemaD, appeal;
G.. l.. Birch W r. A Vctch, motion on forth
coming hood; Nj. f. Matter Vs. VIM. Wolfe,
issue; Continued.
Richard S. Minor, esq. was assigned as
counsel to defend Jam2s Church, Indicted tor
breakiog and euierlng.
Court adjourned TIL Court 10 ursc.
SHOP LITTER ARRESTED. About noon to-
day Mr.. G. Wan. Ramsay detected colored
woman in secrrting under her COAX, box OF
se.ars which Sh" had jas: s;nIar rom his couu'
ter He at once called in Officer Bn;ls, who
took the Woman to the stat"n house, where
she CAV, her nane as Mary Brow, irpm Wash-
iugton. She lis qutea good l@okiuS uegro woiuau
aud WAS well or ssed Oa searching her there
were found 10 her possession vaIlsc s'oleo
from Mr.. Geo. +. Fr~nch. Il piece OF ginshatn
stolen trom Ii. /. S!aymaker Co., aud 'srke
bo!te Of valuable perfumery stolen from Jan
ney Go. 5 branch store, Royal street. ne
owners IF the several articles fully lden'lhcd
them and the Womau Was scDlcocGd 10 receive |
thirty ashes, lw:uty Of which were admlnls-
tered at once, and she was put on BOARD the
Washingtou ferry boat with orders to report
next month for the other ten 'ashes, which,
hoseyer, she viii hardly do. Several OF the
storekeepcrs on King street have been missing
articles from their counters lately III! unit TO-
day, the thief could not be caught. There is
20 doubt that The wjuan Brown was the per-
petrator of all of these theftS.
THREATENING LETTER. "A we'll koowu COL
cred conservative of this city Of going out OF
the door of his house, THIS morning, found a
letter under it stating that ii he did not put
that flag back his conservative friends would
have a funers! to sttcud." The fig referred
to is supposed to b the one at he c9raer CT
Duke aud Washington streets, which was broken
loose aud rua down on Sunday Dght by iW1
coIored boys. As the party notified rad moth
ing to do with thar matt r, he will take 10 10
tice of the threat, aud take his chances for the
funeral, unless troops are ordered mere lof his
protection.
CRIMINAL TRIALS la the County Court,
Judge Saugster presiding, the case OF James
Church, charged with breaking and entering
Mr. Mnrlimnres shor, in Alexandria couoty.
was tried. Richard S Miner, ESQ, who has
lately neeu admitted to the bar, appeared Tor
the offence, ADD made very able argument
to the Jury. In the absence of the couo.
sal tor Hereford and French, charged WI h the
larceny of grapes from the farm Of Mr.. Joo.
E. Febrey, in Alexandria caunty, those cases
were continued unit! the November term ofthe
Court.
RABBIT HUNT The quiet which generally
reigos 10 Fishtown at this season of the year
was Interrupted this morning by the appear.
anc, there of a full grown hive rabbit, which,
bv some uoknown means, had Strayed IN from
the rural districts. immediately upon his APP
pcarauce there commc need grand hunt, In
which almost all OF the deuizeos OF the classic
locality took part. The rabbit, after beng
chased 10 and out of the various alleys aud lanes
OF the neighborhood was hpally captured III the
gas house yard.
REGISTRATION. The registration books will
be opened in the several wards tomorrow anu
continue open until Saturday cvenlDg This
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