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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31
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~ ALTON A L T E A r E ,
~ Washington, ID. q.
Four Nights only, commencing, MONDAY,
April 8, 1876
MILE. THEkESA rlTlENS
AID TIE
STRAkOSCH GRAND ITALIAN OPERA
COMPANY.
Comprising Nine. E Pappenheim, Miss Beau
mont, Mime Carreno Saurct. Brignoli, TrEi
Kari, Tsgliapletrs, Orlandini, Reina, Vierlne,
Bari!i, Miss Cooney and Signor Ba: bars Full
Chorus and Orchestra.
Musical Directors and Conductors
MAN MAREiZEh AND g. CAkLBEEG
Will appear on
Monday. April 5........."... .............. NOM
,uesd y, April A.: .........;@..;ThA VaA IA 4
Thursday, April DON GIOVANNI
The sale of seats will commence at Metzerott
s. Co.'S, Music Store, No. 925 Pennsylvanl II
ave W. dncsday, March 70. mn p A6
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Loo Al BkEFIIiES.

The new canal boat lately built at the ship
yard was launched this morning.
Randolph Dickens, of Fairfax county, has
BEEN nominated for second Ii utenanl IN the
Marine Cerps.
The only officers to be voted for 10 the
equity next May will he County Treasurer,
Commissioner of the Revenue, Constable, aDd
Delegate to the Legislature.
A new engine just turned on. from the shops
of the Virginia Mdlar road 10 this city, Was
sent across to Shepards to-day. to be Used as "a
f'eight engine between that point and Badens-
burg.
Second Lieutenant Simon c. Vedder, 18th
infantry, acting signal vfhcer, uow al Fort
Whiprle, in his county, has been ordered to
Saute Fs, New Mexico. TO assume charge of
So much of the lines Of telegraph provld d for
by acts OF Congress as may be designated by
the chief signal officer OF the army.
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We have no change to note in Flour since
our last report; there is fair local demand for
fancy brands, but the market generally is quiet,
with prices unchanged. Wheat is active and
prices good, the sales to-day were Of 1914 bush
els red 1T l59, l52 and l55 for good to choice
Corn is quiet and dull; the sales to. day amount
ed to 1874 bushels mixed at So and Sc, which
shows slight decline on opcning prices 10
bushels Of Rye sold for gu. The total receipts
Tor the week were Wheat 6342 and Corn 1855
bushels. Fair sales Of Glover and Timothy are
made at quotations. Country produce is scarce
and wanted.
R1cHMosD MARKET, March SO.-The mar
ket is quiet. with light receipts Of Wheat and
sales e ali that was offered at l40sl55 for fair to
prime. Corn dull, with sales OF prime lot at
IS Oats IN fair receipt with a difference in the
views of buyers and sellers, good spri.g selling
At 40. Rye quiet
ket is quie, and DULL The receipts OF Wheat
are hight; white l2Osl35, and llJal25 for red.
Corn is in fair receipt and demand ut % 100.
Receipts of Oats limited, with sales at 90 f1r
spring, and 65a70 tor western.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, March 30.-The
market is very quiet recelpls bong light and
quotations unchanged, w: Wheat 1l0al5O Tor
tair to choice Corn 5O.52; Oats 4Oa45, and
Rye 7Oa75.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
Sugar-We hear Ot no sales OF raw Sugar, but
there is a good inquiry particular for grocery
grades Porto Rico, OF which there are some lots
aow offering. and We write the market steady
and firm ali round. We quote, however. as be-
fore, viz:
Cuba, grocery grades. %
Cuba, centrifugal os o.
Porto Rico, or. Gerry grades. Z? 81
Denerara, vacuum pam. OF W
New Orleans, grocery grades. ............. 10 st
Cotfee-The market for Coffee continues very
strong, but it is quist no sales being, made to-
day rs far rs we are advised. though rumor
was current, not, however, confirmed, of the
sale OF l, o. bags Rio to arrive. The stock here
IN first hands is now about $1,000 bags Rio, but
very little of it is on the market most holders
declining to offer their stocks at present. We
now quote as follows, viz:
job lots-Ordinary ...... ......-......... l5f 10
Fair ... ............ .............. III ia
Good .................... .......... 18 16t
Pine ........... 1874 49,
Choice to fancy-...............
Gold, gu dsys.)
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CATTLE MARKETS.

ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET. March 81
The receipts of Cattle this week were limited,
srd the quality offered generally inferior we
note sales at 4l6!c per Id for ordinary to fair
Calves are in good receipt, and sell at from D t"
&c. Sheep are scarce, with no extras offered;
sales at 6 TO 74c; lot of fair clipped sheep
brought 61c. Hogs are also scarce and wanted {;
but few dressed were brought in this week live
sold ut lOaSll per TO lbs. Cows and Calves are
quoted 81 25aS5O
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET: March 80
Beeves-keceipts z4SS head The average
quality WAS scarcely medium; the fat Cattle
were generally coarse, and, inclu ing seven
carloads OF Texas and Cherokee Cattle ard TOUR
csrs of Colorado stock, there were too many
light ordinary Cattle for the season and the de,
nland The market therefore was dull and
weak, with further decline in prices equal TO
nearly tc per ID Cho.ce selections from prime
lots were sold at lI3al2c per 10 dressed; f.ir to
prime lots at 103al3 ordinary and medium
native Steers 1t 9aal04 and fat Texas and
Cherokee Steers and Oxen ut 9aa9ac per pound.
The reduction of rs per cent III live STOCK
ireghts gives general satisfaction
Shcep-Receil Is 1894 head. Prices were
much the same rs reported yesterday and Mon.
day for similar qualities, but the market was
extremely dull, and several carloads remained
ket changed hands at SC per ID; commonest do
81 So 3 per 100 lbs, while the bulk of the sales
ranged from 63s7sc per ID.
Hogs-Receipts 1889 head A carload of fair
eeorn-ted Ohio Hogs. 1919 lbs average, changed
hands alive AT SEC per b. Dressed Hogs were
quiet at lOstlt T. per ID for city. No western
dressed in market.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. March 30:-Cattle
receipts 900: market quiet and weak; ssles
range from 25aS5 rs stockers and feeders sold
NJ 599 81 25; guoQ shipping at 81 S4 s73 !;
best 5,l5 10; sh pnents 45OO. Hogs-receipts
eto; market active and lower; bacon grades
SO; packing ssSe 70; shipping Sl2a$s Is,
and PhllsdeIphlas 504SS Is; shipments 1000.
Sheep scarce and firm; sales cf fair to choice at
ossI F.; Texans and Colorados 20. $4 IS.
GEoReETowN CATTLE MARKET, March So
me offerings of Beet Cattle this week reached
lou head, which were taken at prices ranging
LON 3 81 per 10. There were but few Sheep
=" IN the market and they sold 81 State per ID.
COWS and Calves EO4j}5
CINCINNATI Hoe MARKET. March so. 1876
nogs easier, but in good demand; common to
good light SASS %; FAIR to medium heavy
>-oaSs so; receipts 1885; shipments TO
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ME TE.t'GS.

THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF TIL h
L BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE l.
hXANDRJA Ii BRARY at the lib a"y room,
corner King and Washington streets, on FRI
DAY, the 3lst instant. ut p m. A full al
tendance is requested
NJ. SLAUGHTER, President.
j. J. JAMIE-OS, Secretary. mi ~.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

CHILDREN's LECTURE Parents should no
tail IT, let tiler cnilireu attend DR.. Wright
lecture, a. Peabody Hall, Tomorrow (Satur
day. atieruoou, commencing at three u clock
Admission only five cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

COMMISSIONERS SALE BY virtue of
~ the dacrec Of the Circuit Court of Fairfax
county, entered u,nt Nore'nbeT term, 1873, in
tn. suits q. W rowelt W. j. Wooster,
Richard Hirst and others, the Undersigned,
commissioners named in sail decree viii. en-
MONDAY, the l7tn day o. April, 1876. Court
day, nj O'clock m, IN front OF TIE door 81
the Cou:t House Of said county, sell to IN high
est bidder the following LOTS OF LAND:-
Lot So |, containing 81 acres, 3 roods and ~
uoles and 1T NO. 2 containing % acres, rood
and 10 30 as said Lwn lots constituting lot NO.
3 in the division of the real estate Of the late
VIM Nelson and were purchased by Richard
Hir>t This band lies near Largely, IN IL thrifty
neigh borhood, and is of good q'ailty. -,
Terms Of Sale: So much cash IN h4nd MS VIII
Day the costs OF suit and expenses Of sale and
The rcsidu. ii three equal annual payments, To
bear interest from the day OF sale, an To be SO.
curcl by the notes Of he purchaser, with good
personal =. curt, and the title to b; Retained
until tho last payment Is made
+. l.. SMITH,
THOMAS MOORE,
Fairfax co NH lG-w4w Comn'rs. of Sale.
NOR SALE-A FIRST GLASS BRICK
l. MILL, known As the
"UATLAND MILLS"
on Goose creek, miles from Lees burg, and .
mi es from Aide, directly on the Aide End
Leesburg Turnpike, combining Flour. dfist
AMI saw NJ ILL., al in thorough repair. Attach
ed to the mill and to be sold with it is II sSsFa
comfortable MlLLER'S HOUSE, also otEaE1
brick, with lot OF two or more acres Of good
land Sale to take place at the Oakland NJ Ills,
on Thu RSDAY, april 18th, at II O'Clock N.
At the same time nd place, will offer for ssIo
500 ACRES,
more or less of land, being mt portion OF tho
OAKLAND state lying fur herest west and south
bounded on the one side by the land Of .. u;
carter, and on the ether side by the lands OF
J scphus Carr and John Me"d, Goose creek
and the rest OF the oakland tract forming the
other boundary. The greater part OF this land
is IN good timber, about % 80 acres Of clear ed
lunt. and ID u, the same or more in good boz
| tom snd Oh Goose creek. The land will be sold
in parcels of one and TWO hundred acres, u SUIT
| the purchaser.
Terms f S.le: One half cash the residue In
| twelve months, with interest, secured by pur-
cs.aser's bonds with per.onal security aud u
| deed OF trust
For further particulars apply to Col. Arthur
Herbert, Alexandria, Va, or to Geo CARTER
GEO. CARTER.
Loudoun CO., NH Is cots
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By r. A. kerby, AuctiOneer.

ISOM MISSION ER'S SALE-Unders decree
" o. the Corporaion Count of ANe1andr'a
city, rendered 81 the June t,rm, le13, in the
hsnccry cause of John p Emerson vs. Charles
shirley, shall offer for sale by public suction,
at u o'clock m. OF SATURDAY, April 18th,
1876, IN front OF the Market House, on Royal
street in Alexsndrs. Va, the said Shirlcy's
ONh-TWEL TIL INTEREST IN A gJsasI
FRAME HOUSE and LOT OF GROU ND .EassaA
No. IA IN the east side Of Washington street.
between King and Prince, and the said ;ohr-
leys one twelfth interest in $50 ground rent
suing vut of the mouse and lot Of ground on
the 1t side { Washington street, north of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church
Terms of sac: Enough OF the purchase mon
ey IN cash u bay the costs Of SUIT ani EXPENSES
o. .alc the residue in one, two hi d three years,
with intcrast secured by the purchasers bInds,
with personal urcty and Il retention of the TILE
Until the wloi2 OF the purchase money shall
have baen paid Cost Of conveyancing TO be
borne By purchaser. ID. Il SMUOT,
NH lots Commissioner OF Sale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

Que of our most cs,ilnabie citizens may be
thankful for the introduction of DR.. BulPs
Cough Syrup, for its timely use has saved hi!
lfn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

FISH REPORT Affairs at FlshtoWn this
morning we're rather quiet, the freshet 10 the
river and the coosc quent muddy water having
ptcrTerred considerably with the fishermen
Since our last report, there have been received
about 600 shad, 500 herrinss and TOO buneh"s
Of white perch aud rock. TIE shad sold at,
from S32 to $50 pr hundred, The herring from
SIG to $50 50 per thousand; the bunch fish
irom 233 TO 81 cents per bunch ; one LOT OF very
large rock brought 46 ceots per bnuch Inc
troubles among the OILERS at Na'Jnmoy nave
also caused a considerable falling II 10 the ar
rivals fish.
The condition of the Washington tlsh mark, {
yesterday was as f.ow<: 500 s'ad sold Tor sSi
to s37 per HUNDRED; S 900 herrngs sold for $50
to S22 per Thousand /; 500 burches rock, perch
and catfish. sold from 10 to IS ceuts per bunch.
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TELEGRAPH NEWS.
FROM NAsHIa GTON.
CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Mar. 81, lS76.-Ther G
were fewer memorials presented TO day thar
usual.
The Mississippi resolutions OF MIR. Morton
we're then taken up, auu the coI0red Senator
from Mississippi MIR. Bruce, read a speech TO
the Seuae, reviewing The progress OF the col.
ored race in the South, and insisting that the
elections 10 Mississippi are carried by VIOLENCE
which keeps Republicans from the polls. Tie
Discussion was c)utioucd by MI. ChrlstlaDcy
and Others
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
The Fl use of REPRESENTATIVES, w's occupied
IL the call on Committees 1or private bills. A
number of unimpriart ones were passed, a0d
the House then took w. the Silver bill. which
was discu ,sed at length and passed Ii pro-
vdes 70! The resumption of specie payments IL
i yer 10 sums of fifty dollars.
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~ Office.

NOTICE.
MARINE RAILWAY s.
SHI!-BUlLDING CO.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
a. NJ. r. W. 6 ). b. Go. will be heid at the
Commercial Exchange Building, in the city OF
Alexandria, OH TU ESDAY, April 9TH, 1876,
between the hours Of 10 and II o'clock ~ m;
NH 2S-td Nm. b. BACON, Secty.
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,.ooxcTaRyAND COMMERCIAL.

In monetary affairs there is nothing OF spec's'
nota Money is tight" but the demand Is not
r.essins for business purposes, and on good COL
istersls is easily obtained In New York the
money market is quoted very easy at Ora per
cent on call, and $50 per cont on prime mercan-
lila nsper State bonds are somewhat dull;
Virginia consols are steady, with small sa'es at
Gsl Railroad securities are quiet; O., & Ms.
u,osk selling at S1A-a.decline Oft we quote:
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FOR s.iLE vie XE.t.T.

m FOR RENT-The desirable DWELL.
Es LING on the n w. corner Of Wolfe and
Fairfax streets Apply to L. BELL, Jr or ut
81 King street NH "0-3t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

LIBEL FOR DAMAGES The suit of the OVID
crs of the bark Madre Cerruti VS.. the schooner
George R. Vreeaud on trial for two days 10
the Uuited States District Court, a! Baltimore,
was decided yesterday The bark some months
ago was Wing at anchor in Chesapeake Bay, ntt
P. .plar Island, whcu she was run into by the
schooner George r. Vreelaud. The owDers OF
the bark then litelIed the scho.ncr for the
damage caused 10y the collision. The defence
was that lights on the bark were not placed 10
proper position, and that it they had been the
collision would not have occurred. After hear
ipg the testimony and argument, Judge Giles
decreed in favor Of the libellants, and referred
the case to R. Lyon Rogers, the United States
Commissioner, 10 take testimony as to the
amount IF damage The Vreeland is we'll known
at this port, where she engages IN the coal trade
during the season.
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R.D. BEcKLEY The Fredericksburg Her
aid says: K d. Beckley used to be power
10 the Radical party in this end of the State,
aud though haiIing from Alexandria, he used
to kindly take uUder his guard 'anship and pro-
teeting care, the FIVE Northern Mex COUNTIES,
Spotsylvania and Louisa thrown in. 1t seems
that with the loss Of flee B ck'ey's power has
waned, until now it seems clear gone ! ln Al
exaudria. the other day, he appeared 10 the
Convention as delegate from the 3rd Ward,
but the Convention inconlineutly turned hlm
and his confrefres out in the cold as usurpers
and gave the seats to others. Time was when
Bcckley wouldn't have been treated that way.
Alter bis defeat, Beckley was making his ex t
FROM the hail. amid the greatest confusion,
vixen member rose 10 point OF order" and
profound quiet prevailed. My point is: The
wicked e &C. when 90 man pursucth, but the
righteous return.
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PORT OFALEXANDRlA, MARCUS
Gun rose............ 45 Moon sets ....... q q
GUN sets ...........6 % High water......... W

SAILED
$. Steamer Express, Baltimore, by JOS Broders
Steamer John w Thompson, lower Potomac,
BY A Reed
Schr Mary Sands, N York, by K NJ Lawson.
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TRUoEEh'S >A III. ~ the request OF Cas-.
4 sius Augur, esq tho srsntor in the deed OF
trust TO me, dated 4 pr It'll. 1871, recorded in
Iiber NJ, No. 4. folio 3n', and the deed OF trust
to me, dated Ny Dist 1878, recorded in litcr
p No. a. fclio 4j6, and Tor the benefit OF the
creditor secured by the said deeds of trust,
which past luc, shall pursuant to the au-
tlority conferred by the said deeds, proceed TO
18Th 1876, on koyai street, in front OF the Mar
let Rolfss, a exandria Va, by PUBLIC auction,
vii that REAL ESTATE. in West End, Fair.
fax county, Va, north of the Little River turn
pike, consistit e of SlX LOTS OF GROUND,
with comfortable FRAN HOUSES thereon,
and one VACANT LOT.
Terms of Sale: One fourth cash the residue
in six twelve and eighteen months, with inter
est, secured by purchasers bonds, with personal
surety, and a deed OF trust gu the property sold.
Cost Of conveysnclng to be paid by the pur
chssers. plat OF the property Will be e1h'p-
tied at the sale.
Mr.. Augur Sho lives near the property, will
BE- pleased IL exhibit LIE premises and furnish
all information concerning the sumo
j. l.. SMUOT, Trustee.
] consent TO the above. Z. AudUH
feb ADD
lss The above sale ha: been postponed till
SATUn DAY, April Sth, 1876, at the ssmetine
and place
NH 70 I'd ID. l. SMOoT, Trustee.
THRUST SALE-By virtue OF deed of
l. trust from Sussn NJ Jackson and her trus-
tee, dat the 3(th day Of January, 1860, record
ed amongst the band records of Fairfax county,
iber G., No. 4, folio 8, and for the purposes
therein mentioned, l shall Offer Tor SALE at
Fairfax Court House, on VI )NDAY, tn" l7.h
day OF . pril next that being Court day me
following pr 'perty. to wit: TWO LOTS or
PARCEL:, OF LAND, the west or north
west side # SCOTS run in the county Of FAIR
lax, containing together thirty-fve acres, three
roods and II poles, lying about one mile north
Of the village OF Townsville. and sdjoins the
lands Of said Susan NJ. jackson
Selling rs trustee, shall convey such title
only US is vested in me, which, however. is be.
lieved to b.. unquestionsble. Sale between II and
o'clock Terms cash.
NH 2l-eotd TI!OS r. LOVE, Trustee.
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MARKET GARDEN FOR RENT

SIX ACRES OF GOOD LAND, on the
Lochsbar farm, just north Of the Canal locks,
now occupied by Mr.. Peverll as market gar
den, will be rented for the ensuing year or leas-
cd for term of years to good tenant at reu-
sonsblc rates. Possession given or the first oil
the year Apply at this office. doc 2S~tf
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FOR RENT-A very desils able Dwell
III LING, in perfect order on Duke ST., one
door west of Fairfax will b. for rent after the
18th OF February Appl, to DR.. +. j. NJ U r.
PLY, At tho residence of r. l.. WOOD south
Washington street feb ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

DEATH OF THOMAS JEFFERsoN's GRAND
DAUGHTER Miss Mary Jefferson Randolph,
sixth daughter Of Thomas Mann Randol phi and
Martha Jefferson. aud granddaughter of Ihos.
Jefferson, died las' night at the residence OF
her pec,, Mrs. Johu w. Burke, in this city.
She was born at Edge Hill, AIbenarlc county,
Nov. 9 1903, and was consequently 10 the "A h
year of her age. Her brother, Thomas J,tter-
son Randolph, died last fall. Miss R :ndolph1
was a highly cultivated lady, and was esteemed
for her lovely character and gentle disposition.
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A SANITARY CoRsET.-Wc desire to cali
the attention of our lady readers TO the fact
hat Mr. Chas. Baum, corset maker ADD ladies'
flu nishing dratr, No. 40S Seventh street,
Washington, D. e., has become justly cele-
bratcl from h" manufacture of his Sanitary
Corset. This corset, recommended by all med
ica men, especially for married ladies' wear,
il fast supersed:ug all others. Full partlcu,
lars of this corset are given In catalogue, which
will be seut free TO any orders.
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TOR Rem L.
A MALL EA KIM

between Alexandria and Washington; conve-
nent FIR dairy garden purposes AccoInno-
datios first class and easy terms on SHARES or
otherwise. Address I. l.. SA y BOEE, box G'3
Washington. ID. G., or cal! ut his residence, IN
the couuby of Alexandria NH - -eu3t
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20. FOR RFNT-The STOkEHUUSE No.
y; 90 King street, ut present occupied by Mrs.
G. L. Simpson Possession given March 23rr.
A nr,ly tn Llnb 23-aoltl W B GREGORY.
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ROUND TRIP Tickets The suit OF Robert
E. Talbot against the Potomac Steam Navi-
CATION Company, which has occupied the Cir
cult Court. IN Washington, for two days past
and has attracted considerable attention, Was
concluded yesterday, the jury timing verdict
of $3.50 for he plaintiff TaIbn;t, Oh the 25:h
Of August, 1874, bought for - 81 an excursion
ticket 90 the steamer Pilot Boy to Blackstone 8
Island and return, good for this date only.
The price of pass lgc each way was iwn dollars
The Pilot B. lett 90 the 18th for Blackstone $
Island aod returned to Washington the ncxt
day. Talbot went down on the 25;h 10 the
steamer, but did not r. turn unnt the Ugh,
wien his ticket was r@Iu-ed aud Two dolials
fare demanded. He refused TO pay and was
put ashore at Ma.scy's wharf, 10 Vrgl MA
about fifty miles irom Washington, whence he
came to that city by amor her boat. He brought
suit soon afterwards, and a verdict was render
ed yesterday afternoon as above stated.
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DEATHoF AN OLD VIRGINIAN.-MT; fhl
lin Putnam, prominent cl'lzen OF oeeoan
doah county, aud one of the original are ctor:
10 the Manassas Gap Railroad Compahy' u'ee
on Wednesday. He was 10 the SUN year
his age, ard was formerly well known ID th'
CITY,
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Police REPORT Two cases have been

POLlCE hEPUKT WO Cases NaVE Uteu
tried since yesterdays report
John Detorce, member Of the chain gang,
for threatening violence to Capt. Dillon oil the
gang, was recommitted to Jail or the present.
Heury Lincoln, colored for stealing three
dollars from john Crllly, was committed for
further examination.
Four dodgers were accommodated at the sta
ton house last night.
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NyOTICEi NOTICE!
~ have this day received large supply OF
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER, and BOS-
CHEFS GERMAN SYRUP-Ague Conquer
er Also some sample bottles.
W. F. CREIGHTON,
suql3 IS King street.
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+ .HAMO15 SKINS, Uphan's Meat Cure,
y Buirs Cough Syrup, Porous Plssters, Nc.
Allstcrs All Healing Olntment,' Lubin's All
Cologne, Co per's and Cox's Gelatine, English
Must I'D Canary Seed, Pure Ginger, Pure
Cream Tartar, Husbands Magness, Refined
Sum Camphor, etc, just r, ceived by
feb Id f. s. LEI DBEATEK s. BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31

A NOTHEk LOT Q + THAT EXCELhENT
n JAPAN TEA FOR FIFTY CENTS =
Inc demand for this fine Tea continues to i'll
crease No such article has ever been offered
to the pubic b fore. One trial and you will
continue to use IL ~
GEO. McBI'RNEY s. SON.
NH y lG6 aud 10 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-31
LtjCAL ITEMS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES War Depart
ment Office Of the Chief Signal Officer, Wash.
mgton d. c. March 81, 1a7s-lU:3O a. m
For the Middle o,ates, clear or fair weather,
and northerly winds, stationary or slight rise
10 temperature, aud rising barometer.