Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-14

wr.TBER PROBABlLITlES- "" DTk"'s
w, Odice ofthe Chief Signal C0'cer' nas"-
"'SM D. G., March "a, ls7e-lo:so a. M
FSE Mdde STATES ssHss winds viii prevail
ard ha .odoilv lower tenn per.tur than on Mon
1.r and rising barometer.
r,.nr CONFESSED. Mention was made 10
,s,.r]avs Gazette of the arrest OF two negro
~, named Harry johnson and Il u.
W. az suspicious characters. Late last
, ma; J hnson confessed to Captain Web
e ''r nv whom he was Intercepted, that
: .ta money found upon himself and White,
~: sl3s and $3.50 respectively was
ptao .st Of SUM of 5000 stolen by them
.. r Charles johnson, his father, who
ILL., IN D,nyile; he further said that the two
lara If pauts and two coats found 10 heir
ppa aiG;. we're stolen by White from l.. Col
'o.sv and S. Brafman. both of Danvllle.
Tbs rest of the money had been spent 10
n,ncuring tickets 10 Philadelphia and 10
paving expenses between Danville ADD this
r;rr Information was at once sent 10 the
Dipve authorities, aud MIR. Williams, Chlo'
,f polies of that town, will arrive here
,o.nipbt to take charge OF the prisoners, who
bave been committed to jail to await bis COM
;,g johnson says that White opened the
rink, 10 which the money was kept, and per
shaded him to take it. Among the articles
tonnd in one of the valises were three razors.
CANAL STEAMERS The use of steam canal
boat. is fast becoming more general. Already
there are several OF these boats on the =. & v.
Canal, aud more are being built each year.
The Cumberland Aeghanian thus speaks OF
one of them: The machioerY tor another
new steamer to be placed on the canal this
summer ia now in the course of con ,iructlon
and nearly completed at the foundry works OF
Bull l. Co., 10 this city. The owners OF this
boat are Messrs. Benjamin Mitchell i Son, OF
Hancock, Maryland, where the hull has been
built during the past wlnter. The engine IS
an upright one of twenty horse power, with oi-
rect action aud reversing gear. he boiler 10
hvr z)uta, on the locomotive pattern. Inere
is que propeller with diameter 81 inches, and
40 Increased pitch of Al feet The shaft works
sIways on a lire parallel to the keel OF the boat,
aud is raised and lowered independently OF the
eugiue, Oh a plan essentially different from any
steamer now 10 use or contemplated. Inc YES
sol will be ready for operation sometime t1"ard
the close of this month.
CORPORATION CoURr-Judge f. NJ Lone
pres ding Mario HeIlmuh was admitted as
citizen of the United States.
Harrison Jacobs was appointed guardian OF
Matthew Williams and qualified as such.
License to KEEP an ordinary was granted to
John Criliey
,schment order for sale of att .ched effects.
VIM A. Johns N W. G. Dewitt; same order.
On motion of Philippine Cslmes the assess
menl on her property was reduced from $o,OU
to 500
j. Grigg & Go vs. 0. P. Evans; suggestion
VS.. w. a. McNeal; order on suggestee to pay
money.
On the motion of Thos. Dewitt the assortment
on his two pieces of property WAS reduced from
5000 to ST CD and from 81, $40 TO $3.50
Seiecmsn ct ais VS.. King OF ais; report of
commissioner filed a d final decree.
5 e. Nesle was substituted as trustee IN the
place of p q. Henderson, decd, IN deed OF
trust from <. G. Atvell.
The Gas WoRKs.-Messrs. Sprsgue aud
Dyer, of Washington, have submitted to the
Committee 90 Light proposition for lease
Of the Gss Works for term OF years. Ii IS No.
derstood that they propose to pay to the CITY
yearly rental equal to the average nctt prob
the street lamps public buildings, engine houses,
the price to consumers to two dollars ADD fifty
cents per thousand feet. Should their propo
sition be accepted it is the intention Of Messrs.
Sprague and Dyer to Introduce = newly patent
ed process for manufacturing the gas from wood,
which it is claimed is much cheaper and fully
equal to coal 10 gas furnishing qualities. They
desire to lease the Gas Works here, in order
that their process may be Introduced 10 this
section Of the country particularly 10 Washing
ton city. The proposition will be brought be-
tore the City Counoll at their meeting tonight.
POLICE REpoRT.-lu the absence of the
Mayor caused by sickness in his family, Jus
tcr May presided at police headquarters to
day.
Eddie Meade and John Bright, for stealing
tire pistols from NJ. Rafferty,, were sent to
the chain gang for thirty days.
Annie Triplett, drunk and disordery on the
streets, was locked up for examination.
Darrell Washington. for stealing bags from
G"o H. Robinson & Son, was sentenced to ten
days in Jail and put on the chain gang, by
Justice Nails. Au appeal was taken to the
Corporation Court.
Seventeen dodgers we're accommodated at the
station house last night.
TuE SALE OF MEATS. Some of tho butch.
Hs 10 the market complain Of the damage done
to their business by the practice Of selling fresh
meats BY the various green groceries and small
shops about town. The butchers claim that
they have to pay heavy rents for their market
benches besides the tax for carrying on their
business, and that the city has t! Q same right
to restrict the sale of meats to the market that
II has to make rules 10 regard to the recslpt
and sale of fish, and they desire that such re-.
s'rlcou be made. On the other hand the
sreeu grocers will undoubtedly opp .: such &C
tlon, claiming their right to SELL as we'll as the
s"nvenientc which their stands are to houss-
keepers, living ct distance from the market.
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURcH.-Although
the permission of Council has been asked for
ne building OF framed church for the German
Lutheran Congregation, it il not the intention
toould at once. They have purchashed the
lot the northeast ,orner of Cameron and AL,
'red streets and only asked the necessary per-
f,r tbo - Erou I'D k,,,I in