Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-25
CITY COUNCIL.
Last night was the time for the regular semi
~ ,uthy meeting OF the Cry CouLcil.

La the Board OF A!uermen, at the nour VI
meeting there we're presen; DOLLY MgsSrs. Moore
Snoot, Drwutam and Armstrong, who, alter
waiting halt an hour tor QUORUM, ana II oe-
ing ascertaiuec thar all of the other members
were absent FROM the city, adjourned. Under
the uIe the Board would meet again tonign',
but i, is doubtful whether quorum will even
then be 10 the city.
COMMON COUNCIL
The business of the CouDclI at its regular
meeting, last uight, occasoucd but little de-
bate.
Tie following communication called out some
comment:
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Oct. "a, 1876.
TO the Honorable City Council:
GENTLEMEN :-lu accJ:dauce with your Or
der approprlating one hundred dollars, or so
much thereof as might be necessary Tor the 10
provemenl Of the cases 10 the Auditor Once,
I after Az understanding with Mr.. h. L. Brock
ett, submitted a sealed proposal for the carpan-
ter's work. that being all that was equlreG at
that tine. Mr.. Brockett Informed me that
the bids must be il. DC Mouday, the 10th lust,
as the committee would meet On that night.
NV bid with others was opened, and l am
err 1ib!y informed was the lowest submitted
SAT 81. l. was then discovered tina; there
was necessity Tor luclu 'lUg the painting or
the work Which was an Independent matter.
| have nveu Informed by Mir. Strauss that one
! OF the bidders was prcseG: alter lie bi1S were
! opened. srd | presume Joined III the consider
alton OF the proprlcty ut rclssuing call fnr
other bids. This, think, was uutalr towards
the other bidders, aud was great Injustice to
rne. desire to inform you that under the
proposals the carpenters work should have
been accorded to me, and here state have
not yiel1ed my claim 10 Ii. Ii committees are
allowed to disregard without good and sufficient
reasons the saactty Of scaled proposals SUCH
proposals will soon become little less than
| farce. Hcpiug it may be your pleasure 10 To-
vealigate aud correct the error complained or,
| au your obedent servant,
VIM. f. VINCENT.
The Chair (Mr Latham) thought that this
was tho nucleus OF ring aud should be lnves'
tgatcd
MIR. Evans explained, and said that he
thoupht the other bids Tor the wck w.rc $50
aud $50.
Auditor Brockntt at the reques; OF the Chair
MN made statement. he said ne under
stood Mr.. Vincent to withdraw lis bid lnade
at the first II Getting with the uudcrst adding he
would pr sent it at the second meeting.
The sui iect was finally referred to d select
committee.
Mr.. Mushbach being excused from service
on the special committee to investigate the ac-
too oil The Mayor Ia allowing policemen to be
tried by Justices OF the Peace, Mr.. Latham
appointed Mr. LaDbdin.
Mr.. Laubdlu did not wlah to serve. be
knew pothng about the matter.
The Ctair-So much the better to lovcstl
gate.
Mr.. Lambdin added that his relations with
L { r irtn IIu ahnro ar
The Char-Ali the better reason that you
snouli serve.
Mr.. Laubiiu-But know nothing about
law.
The Char-You can spell "Baker?"
Mr.. Ln.nb .!u-I - | can do that.
The Gnalr-N eli 1t IS as PLAIN as that.
The Chair declined to excuse, an Mir. Lamb
:. din having appealed to the Boarl to excuse
him, the motlon to cXcu5e was lost.
Tie Board aijourned hetur" 9 o'clock.
SHOOTING AN EAGLE.-As Mr.. John f
Garkeuter, station agent at Ashton, Rhode
Island, was out duck huniog near there one
forenoon between ! :. ADD II clock he saw
very large bird h,,ag over me tree tops, be
Judged about POO yards nigh Without think
iug OF hittiug it st that height he drew bead
on it aud pulled the trigger. To his surprise
the bird Dropped He ran to pick 1t up, and
fou9d il lying CD its back alive, and with bill
aud talous open, as i! ready tor fight. In bis
excitement Mr.. Carpenter did not stop to con.
sidcr the consequences, but attempted to take
il by the teet, whcu the blri fastened its claws
into his hands, and he WAS imprisoned by a
wounded black American eagle. There was a
severe Iusse for few moments, but he man
finally co.quored, thcu-n his haods We're very
J badly scratched in the Eight, ard the eagle was
taken 10 the station ami secured. EXamlna-
ton disclosed the fact that his wings we're in-
iured, but it is thought they are not broken
aud that his majesty will live. Ii he does live,
il is Mr.: Carpenters intention to present it to
Roger Williams Park, Of Providence, as a
"Ccntcunial Black American Eagle" He
measures five feet five inches from tip to tip of
its wings, aud is thought 70 be about Two years
old Mr. Carpenter has already refused 500
for him, as he is. The quo was of German
make, No. 10 gaugc, Will No. shots for
ducks. He says that In all his experience in
huutiug, ne meyer saw game shot at SO long a
range His hands ar: 10 bad shape, and he
doesn't banker for another skirmish with an
American eagle, even though he be wounded
one.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF ANIMAL Re-
MAINS. An Important discovery, hitherto not
mentioned iu public, Of numerous we'll preserv-
ed bones Of diiuviau animals, is reported from
Steeteo, on the Lahn, 10 Germany. The cave
10 which they We're found was accd entay laid
open by the fall Of a colossal block of dolomite
which had closed it water ,ight. A dry, soft,
dolomite sand. which flied the cave, had pre-
served the organic remnants most beautifully,
without any incrusta'ion. The bones were
those of III. cave-lion, larger than the present
African lion, of the cave-bear aud Of The cave
| hyena, the latter Of much more powerful build
than the living species. There were also rem
nauts of the horse, the OK, the stag, the rhi-
noceros aud the elephant, as we'll as of several
smaller animals, which had been the prey OF
the lion, the bear and the hyena. 1t seems
that the elephant calves had by preference been
attacked and devoured By those diluriau carni-