Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-30

- .uanarrtu courcd people created much dis
nri.r Am ,ug those present on the platform
w.ra Nests Lewis Mchanze and A. Il. Add
W. "' If The Guy School Board. The exercises
".,.,ri of s,rg,ug aud the award Of houors.
r,,. SUPERINTENDENT 5, medal was given to Ma
ria, { K, OF tlaIluwtl School No. l, and the
r.r,t.rs II .d4 10 the samc school 10 Harriet
,r,. In H.lowvlI School No. 2, the teach
ar'> maiu. was awarded to Susan Douglass.
li;r ,,es were made by LEWIS Mckarz'c,
Esq., Of The School Board, and Rev.
Fl,is COX, colored. Several premiums were
als, rivya 10 these schools by MIR. Mckenzie,
an nuu ruus cards OF honor awarded. The
c5siu. exercises of the Washington School, for
white boys. and the Lee School, for white girls,
viii take place IN the NJ. E. Church to-nlght at
5 o'clock.
UNFAIR Practices Much complaint he's
ha,,n made at The coal agencies here of the un-
fair practices iuduiged in by solue OF the cap
,ains Of III. boats plying on the river. 1t Is
claimed tia: thaSc captains go some distance
DIVA the river, meet vessels bound up ADD per-
>u:d, their masters that it is contrary to their
iut r,st to stop al this city, aud that much
h,,I.er rates Of ,rcght and better dispatch Gao
b. obi lined Il, Georgetown. The tug boat men
ai>o c,arg. more TO tow vessel 10 this CITY
than they 10 TO carry the same vessel to George
t,wa. tn less being made good to them by
pouus Pad "a each vessel by the Georgetown
co;.l asc:l> who also pay the towage back 70
this IT, This practices IS certalaly Injurious
10 Lv interests OF our city and coal trade, and
should be discontinued by every fair mloded
man. especially by the tug boat owuers who re-
sid" AMONGST u, aad whose interest, 10 the
main. aust be the same as ours. Another
thiDg comp alued of Is tbstth these same tug boat
mru after getting possession OF vessels by mis-
rspres ntation as above stated, 10 passing this
city carry them upon the extreme edge OF the
.N.r3lan chaunel, in order to prevent their
Icing >pok ken and chartered here.
SABBATH, GERMAN AND HEBREW SCHOOL
EXAMlNATloN.- the annual examination OF
the Sabbath, German ADD Hebrew School of
the congregation Beth e." under the guild
auce OF R.v. A. j. Bonpheim, which took
place at the Synagogue, yesterday afternoon,
in the presence Of large number OF the rela-
tl:eS and friends Of the scholars, the following
pupil, received IN dali. and testimonials:
German and HeJreao tSchooI-First Glass
Goi Medal to LA. E.chOvrg for correct de-
portment, puuctuality and diligence; silver
medals to Maurice Kaufman aud E,tclla h!uf-
mann.
Second Class Silver medals to Henrietta
Blon!heim aud Ida Brager.
Third Cta>s-Silver medal to Sam ochwarz.
Fourth CIass-SiIver medal to- ohu Rafferty,.
Sunday .School-For regular attendance,
correct u,poI ment aud satisfactory improve
ment, testimonials to
FRS. ClasS-Estella Kaufman, Sigmund
Marcus and Amr'a Gcnz erger.
Second CIass-L wis E.chberg, Phillip Liod-
heimar and Ida + chberg.
Third CaSs-Samuel Schwarz aud Simon
Dealham.
IMposToR-lhe Lyuchburg Star of yester
day says:
Our readers will remember that short
while ago mention was made o. man named
Davis, who pretended to be a deaf mute 10
oder to swlndIe our citizens On being dis.
covered he left for parts unknown. He was
published 10 the Star as an impostor. He has
OF Simpson, aud claims to be from Daovlle.
We were III Alexandria, Sunday evening, and
havprncd to meet Davis, alias Simpson, at the
the busiueSs men of that city. Davis is about
light halr, has a remarkably Intelligent face,
dresses very well, wears a small moustache,
ad Is continually using tooth pick. He ire
qneutly make> queer ooise with his mouth,
and oiams to be a shoemaker by trade. Our
advice is 10 pass him around"
SUIT AGAINST THE G. & O. CANAL Com.
PANY.-Stcpheu D. Castenau instituted suit
in Washington Wednesday afternoon against
the Chesapeake aud OHIO Canal Company. G aim.
log 81 500 damages for the loss of a canal boat.
Tie sets out that on the 18th Of July last his
boat, worth $1,000, was lying iu that part of
Rock creek controlled Uy the canal company,
aud that the canal company, without uoticc,
withdrew the water from the creek aud caused
MS boat to sink upon an obstruction, by which
1t was wrecked and rendered totally worthless,
The case will come up for trial next wiutcr.
Mrs. PADdEITs SCHooL.-At the closing
OF Mrs. Sarah l. Padgett' Preparatory School,
which took place to day, cards of honor we're
awarded to Misses Mimic G Padgett. Carrie
4. Padg,tt, Vesp,r q. B. padgett, Edith I.
Dooneljy, Mamie Stanley, Anna j. Roberts
and Laua Coleman, of the female department,
and to Albert Cogan, Bernard Donnelly, Fred.
die Ahey, Eldvi Dean, Burch Roberts, A.
Carleton Padgett, Charlie Lindsay and Enoch
Lyes, Jr., of the male department.
CROPS IN TENAs.-A letter received in this
city to-day from former V.rgiuiau, now resi-
dent III Corslcana, Navarro couoty, Texas says:
, he harvest Is over; wheat crop fair; worth
OF ceuls per bushel. Oat crop good; abou 81
o., bushels TO the acre; worth Is cents per tushe.
me growing crop has seldom been better.
zero crop immense; worth 40 cents per bushe |
Cotton III bloom. Large amount of grain and |
'o'ton left over. Cotton worth from to S |
cents.
DEAD.-Mr. John Marbury one of the best
Snown citiz.us OF Georgetowo, died at his res
dence in that place yesterday evening. He
was lawyer by profession. a native OF Annap-
Is, No., but had resid, 10 GEORGETOWN sine.
Us lie was loog connected with the b"
ind Insurance companies there, and ;,
5SrSaly rstaemeI Tho doo.,cod aux