Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-04
LOCAL nj ATT RS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
WEATHER PRoBABlLlTIEs-Wd War Depart
W, OHes of the Chief Signal officer, Wash
'' ,too u. t., Hay I, ls76-lU:30 a. M
T =" th,, M:ldc St4.es. falling barometer, ln-
III .", .,utherly winds. warmer, partly cloudy
s n,',hrr aud in the uorthero halt rain areas,
WI :, 4 tonight by westerly Winds, rising ba-
.o ,n,.ter and colder, clearing weather.
p,.ru,c SpEAKlNG.-Ab)u two hundred
.,,,, assembled in the market square last
=, ii, 70 hear speech from Mr.. u. w. NJ.
S,nms who said he was graduate OF the Unl-
'.,r.tr Of Virginia. had been Commonwealth 8
,,,,rI.v for Green aud Madison counties, had
.,nc dtpAlbemarlc where the people waited to
.Doh HIM for bis views Ia regard to slavery, had
u'.,,i for Graut 10 1872 and afterwards tor
Homes for Governor, but that he lnteuded t,
,.,r, ror the Democratic uomluee tor President
n I>-6: was n favor Of viva voce voting, had
h..,, IA this c0uaty year aud Was candidate
'rIou.uonwealth' Attorney against the pre-
~, able Incumbent, Mr. j. Nj. Johnson, aud
w,s running On the poverty plea. He said but
rrL. about the charter, of which he was 10 favor,
mn \ treat deal about the immutable prl0cl
MO. If Justice, right aud religion, ThoS. Jeher
.,n and Henry 4. Wise. Mr.. Sinus Was fol-
Inv i by Dr.. j. B. johnson, who made
.y..ch about the rights of the people as against
. The boadhold.rs He favored the election Of
al ,;iccrs, even collectors aud policemen. The
ney, sneaker was Mr.. Brown, who commenced
n, remarks by yelling 'hurrah for Jefferson
D,yl>, and then proceeded to accuse the pre-
..u: Council aud officers of dividing the taxes
collected from the people among themselves,
which was the reason the taxes were 50 high.
vol NJ d. Ball made speech, during which
he made some assertions that were haly coma
ira ictcd by Capt. }. NJ. Steuart, and which the
speaker then modified. Mr. Hugh Latham
.qukc last and defended Council against the
cl,arg made against that body and against
other Of the city officials. AT the CONCLUSION OF
Mr.. Latham speech the crowd dispersed. 1t
wls remarked that no Two OF the speakers
agreed as to the construction OF the proposed
amendments, Mr. Simms holding that clerks,
policemen, &c, we're DOT meaot, u. johnson,
tia, all the officers were to be elected, and Col
Bal ,ha. wnl!. he did not believe that police
men and clerks were included, yet he would
vote for the charter 10 order to get change.
The EIECTION.-lhe main subject OF utter
st 10 day has been the vote 90 the amend
meut to the city charter. About halt OF the
tu.l vote has been cast. OF the number OF
rants on each side, of course, no estimate can
be- made until the close OF the polls, but 1t
IS conceded that the amendment has been
adopted. The negroes, as a class, have voted
so.l1ly for the amendmout. AT four O'Clock
this afternoon the humber OF votes recorded
was as follows:
i: Ward 29o
nd Ward r.
I'D Ward .......
Total ..... 81"
FISH RtPoRT-Receipts of fish a. FisEtowu
contluuc good, and everything and everybody
there look busy. Since yesterdays report
there have been received abOur $500 shad aud
200 900 herriugs Shad sold trom $l5 10 SIT
per huudred and behring's from $40 TO Sll5
per thousand. Most ofthe fish come from the
upper shores, and the lower shores are catching
very lew. Mr.. Joseph Cawood, at Fowkes
Llndiug one OF the largest shores 90 the riv.
rr. cut out yesterday. Bug fish, III large uum
beers, have made their appearances 10 the lower
part OF the river.
Police REPORT j Justice May presided at
Police Headquarters this morning.
Tie Only case tried was that Of Julius Horse
iuun, fisherman, for assau'tlng Capt. james
Jrhusun who Was bound over 10 keep the peace
Tor six months.
Only three dodgers were accommodated at the
station house last night.
FRosr.-The weather last night was quite
COO and ovcrcoats were comfortable. Durlog
the night heavy white frost fell, which was
plainly seen at an early hour this morning. 1t
Is feared that the fruit prospects have been ~
jurr, by the cold nights and trosts We have
had lately.
Coal TRADE. The product of the mines of
the Cumberland coal region for 1916 10 April
%. was 1913, 1888 tons. a decrease of u.s.
400 l6 tons as compared with corresponding
period of last year The shipments by canal
show decrease over last year OF lis 10 tons.
kECovERlNG.-Capl.G Gregg, of the steamer
Ilarblugcr, who was so badly wounded iu the late
h>hcrmeu's fight, at Tosoo's wharf, has So far
recovered rs to be able to walk to the wharf
this morning Capt Denly, who was wounded
at the same time, is also rapidly recovering
SENT ON.-The woman, Jennie Havenner.
whose arrest on suspicion Of throwing a child
into we'll at Falls Church was mentioned yes
trrday, has been examined by Mayor Moran,
OF that place, and committed to Jail at Fairfax
t.. H., for her appearance at Court.
PEABODY FUND.-The Superintendent of
Public Schools has received check for ST 900.
granted by the agent of the Peabody Fund to
the schools of this city.
The w. & o. Il. Il. Go. has disposed of
400 of Corporation of Leesburg bonds,
subscribed by that Corporation to that railroad
before the war, for $4,000, the Corporation of
lIeesburg being the purchaser.
The buyer of H. g. Siaymaker Co. is now