Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-26
CITY COUNCIL.
Last night was tie time for the regular semi
monthly meeting OF the City CouLciI.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
To the Bo,ri OF Aldermen, at the hour OF
meeting there were present ouly M"ssrs. Moore,
Smoot, Dnwubam aud Armstrong, who. alter
waiting hail 40 hour for quorum, and 1t De-
Ing ascertaioed that all OF the other members
were absent from the city, adjourned. Under
the rule the Board would meet again tonight
but i: is doubtful whether quorum will even |
then be in the city.
COMMON COUNCIL
The business Of the Councii at its regular
meeting, las. hight, occasloUed but little de-
cate.
Tie following contamination called out some
coml-eut:
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. a, 1876.
10 tie Honorable City Council:
GENTLEMEN :--lG accJrdaocr WITH your or
der auproprla.lng one hundred dollars, or so
much thereof a. III; gnt be necessary Tor he lm'
proyempnt of the Cases 10 the Auditors once,
|, after an understanding with DIR. +. l.. Brock
EFT, submitted sealed proposal Tor the carpeO-
ter's work, that being all that was equlreo at
ira, tine. Mr.. Brvckett informed me that
the bids must be in Oh Monday, the l6t inst,
as the committee would ucet on that night.
Nv bid WITH others was opened, and am
crcGibIy Informed was the lowest submitted
SAT So l. was then discovered thai there
was IA necessity l0r iucu 'lng the painting CT
the work which was an lC1cpeudcut uatter.
nave uuen Informed by Nj. Strauss that uoe
of the bidders was p:esen; after the bids we're
opened aud | presume iolued IL the consider
alton of the PROPHECY Ut rclssung Call Tor
other bids. This, think. was unlar towards
the other bidders, aud vas great Injustice to
me. | desire to inform you that under the
proposals the carpenters wGIk should have
been accorded 10 me, and | here state have
not Vi .Ited my claim to 1t. Ii committees are
allowed to disregard without good and suttlcicpt
| reasons the sauctlty U! scaled proposals sucn
proposal. will 5000 become little less thau
farce. Hoping it may be your pleasure to IN
va,ieatc acd correct the error complained OF,
am your obedleut servant,
WM. f. VINCENT.
The Chair (Mr. Lathau) thought that this
was the uucleus Of rug and should be lnVcs-
/ tlgated.
Mr.. Evans explained, aud said that he
thou.ht he other bids for the work w:re $50
and $50.
Auditor Brockett at the rcquest OF the Chair
| mau made statement. He said he under
| stoud Mr.. Vincent to withdraw his bid made
| 1T he first lueetiog with the understanding he
! would present II at be second meeting.
The snlart Vas finally referred TO select
! committee.
Mr. Mushbac'l being excused from service
| 90 the apccla! committee u Investigate the ac
ton oil the Mayor u allowing policemen to be
tried by Justices Of the Peace, Mr.. Latham
appointed Mr.. LaubdiD.
Mr. Lambdlu did rot wish to serve. He
knew nothing about the matter.
The Chair-So much the better to lnVeStl
gate :,
Mr. Lambdn added that his relations with
the Mayor were OF the most friendly character.
The Chsir-AIl the better reason that you
! should serve.
Nj. Lambdin-But know nothing about
Law.
Th. Chai,-You can spell "Baker?"
Mr.. LlubliL-Y IS can do that.
Tie Chair-W eli it Is as plain rs that.
| The Chair declined to excuse, aut Mr.. Lamb
! do having appealed TO the Board to excuse
him, tn. motion to eXcu>e Was lost.
| The Board adournt0 before c clock.
SHOOTING AN EAGLE.-A> Mr.. Jobn +.
CARPENTER, station ageut at Ashton, Rhode
Island, was out duck hunting near there one
forenoon betweeo l and II clock he saw a
very large bird fling over the tree tops, he
Judged about POO yards high. Without think
ing Of hitting 1t at that height he drew bead
on it and pulled the trigger. To his surprise
the bird dropped. He rau to pick it up, and
found it yiug gu It's back alive, aud with bill
and taons open, as If ready for 4 fight. In his
excitement Mr.. Carpenter did tot stop to con-
slider the corsaqu ,Dccs, but attempted TO take
Ii by the feet. when the bird fastened Its claws
into bis hands, aud nc was imprisoned by a
wounded black American eagle. There was a
severe tussle for few moments, but the man
fualIy conquered, thou2h his hands We're very
badly ra;chcd in the fight, AID the cugl: Was
taken to the station ana secured. Examoa-
tion disclosed the fact that bis " ings were ln-
jured, out it is thought they are not broken
and that his majesty will live. Ii he does live,
it Is Mr.. Carpcoter's Intention to present 1t to
Roger Williams Park, of Providence, as a
"Centennia Black American Eagle" He
measures i've feet five aches from tip to tip Of
its wings, aud is Thought 10 be about TWO years
Old Mr.. Carpenter mas already refused 500
for him, as he is. The gun was OF German
make, No. 10 gauge, with No. shots for
ducks He says that In all his experience 10
hunting, ne never saw game shot at so long a
range. His hands ar: 10 bad shape, ard he
docsu't banker TOR another sklTmlsh with 40
American eagle, even though he be wounded
one.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF ANIMAL RE-
MAINS An important discovery, hitherto not
mentioned 10 public OF numerous we'll preserv-
ed bones of duvian animals, is reported from
Steeten, on the LAIN, in Germany. The cave
10 which they were found was accidentally laid
open by the fall of colossal block of dolomte
which had closed i, water tight. A dry, soft,
dolomite sand, which filled the cave, had pre-
served the organic remnants most beautifully,
without any ncru>taiou The bones were
those of ii, caveliou, larger than the present
African lion, OF the cave-bear and of tie cave
hyena, the latter Of much more powerful build
than the living species. There were also rem
napts of the horse, the OK, the stag, the rh-
noccros and the elephant, as we'll as of several
smaller animals which had been the prey Of