Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-20
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wz,1urp PROBABILITIES Var Depart
ont Oaic. ofthe Chief Signal Officer, Wash
,n0ton, d. g., July 20. lS7l-lO:3o a. NJ; NJ
W. tho Middle States rising barometer, cooi or
18th and west winds, cloudy weather anu lign1
-s;us, followed by clear or clearing Wea'heF'
TUE CANAL TROUBLES Cumberland
Alleganian of yesterday says:
SIT was the current opinion yesterday ina,
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad strlSa "0u'o y
hc!p the counterpart undertaking OF 'ue '.',"uu
Davisatcrs at Sir Johns kuo. ana ~ou'u piuo
ably lead to some couprc'l''se oc'"cco w.,
lncn and shippers. This theory seems 10 W
Loruc out by the uudsputtd TACT tha' ycstrl
lay one OF our most extensive Doa' o"ucts aud
''5 ,,,;v,tr SINNERS interviewed 4 humber or
1852 With reference 20 havlag all The com.
no,;,s submit a rropnsil1a to the holtmco Oh
i,r;no 81 and 80 cents TO Georgetown and Alex
,Ir,, rr.pac,ivey; a!ao To unite Oh request
60 The cana: company to reduce to!ls or U
..u,s ,E, said reduction TO be gwen 10 the
hn,,;acu, thus making the rates to Georgetown
,ni Alexandria, respectively, 30 and % ceuIs,
~ q, cents ual $.00, according as the canal
.,,,ranr may concclc reduction ui or 10
.,.,. The suggestions OF the gcnlrrnen were
,.an...iy we'll rccaved by the agents, aud by
r, ..oyr1w We may be able to chronicle = move
,;so oi this kind taking practical shape. IL Is
Iaurh. that some reduction mag bo made by
ia. canal company If IL ii clearly guaranteed
,ha, the baatmcn will get the hcnciit OF II.
The canal beat Ludlow Patton, the only
ila. thu; has been Able 10 pass Ihc becEauc ca
IA. N!,vsaprakc and OHIO canal, arrived al
,;rorgc:own yesterday with hundred tons oil
GOAL FOX Hisritt Inc!cnaat3. OH: icP''rs ""''uS
,,,rL with considerable opposition from me
Jr;:,rs, who stoned am; dill everything to in.
tIniia;c her crew.
DHy,Elrs WAR --F,r long time paat there
las beck: :. ?:ul rxi:ting between the cwacrs
,o! drivers Of the ,liiltrcat lines o omuibuscs
which attend the dcpots, Steamboat ian"!pSS
&. s.: yi,icu, do thcir atcrcations s0mc',mHs
h,co,rc that the pnIi.a haze 10 make arrests.
.rj ;.,u,eni hne- have been i'm posed upon The
drivers and uortcrS by The Police Court. c3
,,r,I,y there vas ano.hgr outbreak, when one
Il the oruiD:!s owGCrS attempted TO EJECT inc
drive: q: AZ opposition hne from the MaoSloA
linn, whittier he had conveyed passenger.
i III nsr,irs were arrested aud carried before
-, Nluvor. who dismissed The case, as AnIor
;.trru, he proprietor of til. hotel, ,csttli"d mat
.hn tm, owner Was acting al his agen'. ihc
driver subsequently SworG ouf peace warrant
before .Jus:c, l'aIsvtt. BIZ It was dismissed at
,,naips.!nan!s tost. III the cglucHcc SHo"cH
ii.a, threats of iutiirr vi9seGee had h,an mad.
IL i, .S4rrtcd that the passenger carr!nh 10 the
Mansion House was carried tree Of charge to
,,r,.vrnt the other liuc from getting HIM
Tie ErFECTS OF TIE STRIKE -Anothrr t!'
ttcl Ct the loa!mcu'S strike, AMI consequent
uon arrival of coal by canal has begun 20 mani
irs. itself here. The numerous vrSscls hereto
IN t,nn Iln
and, which have been lying in the stream Tor
tw., or three weeks past, awaiting clrG9e6, nave
trrun to haul into the wharveS, and the captains
ar. dischargiug their crews and Tying W. 1Or
long secll of waiting. The coal WharveS arc all
entirely bare Of coal, and the large plumber OF
rcn who make their living on them aEe out OIL
a:up!ovmcn. 1t is earnestly to be hoped mat
III, ri ,rt being made at Cumberland, ~ mao.
!,onrt !scwhcrr, to put an end to this lament.
.I!r state ar Affairs nly prove successful ana
:l.. the coat trade may be resumed with re-
.Irysrl ylg0r in = short time.
|. LICE lreMs.-Tbc following cases have
hern tried at the Ma or's Office :-Enoch Cook
anil Monroe Wilson, the latter colcrcd, Ter
lighting AZ the Mansion House. were dismissed.
VIM. Jones cuiorcd. charged with obtaining
goods from Mary liioyham, also colorcd, under
f,sc prct.ncrs, was iound gully Of disorder'y
conduct, fined and discharged.
Tom Nelson and CciiI Chapman, both col.
orc! for being drunk ADD disordcr!y on the
street, we're fined and in default o! payment,
Hrut 10 jail.
Manroa Wilson. coIorcd. ob'aiucI peace
warran, against Enoch Cook. before Justice
!'aIgetr, but on hearing the evidence, 1t vas
dismissed at the cost ui the comI alnant
81 +. ClIuR.n CEMETERY. The trustees OF
lie NJ. f. Church i'll connection with the lot
!u,llcis contemplate makiag scnAc improvement
"a Ia, inr.l ground connected with their
church \ committee will be appointed u
wait UPON the trustees ct other churches to de
.i,a IL ans for the hric: protection OF burial
grc.,H4S generally Twelve years ago Mrs.
Wm. f. ller,ic> rcrsGycrrd and COLLECTED! be
,wccu three and four hundred dollars and erect.
ed an entire new fence around the Christ ana
". f. Uhu III burial grounds. The sane en-
rrgcVic lads bankruptcies ealing again II; 40
Early day !os subscriptions to enable her t. have
sal fence put 10 good repair, ~ Ii Il becoming
very much out Of order.
ARRESTED. Mrs Frances Smidtch waa ar.
rSttl to-day, Il the upper end OF King street,
hy City Sergeant Lucas on caplas issued by
die Corporation Court. She was found guilty
st The last term OF the court of keeping house
Of IL iame At the corucr OF King and West
streets, aud was sentenced TO pay fine OF 5000
an1 b. norrsoncd Cor fifteen days. ga tho
rcn lcriug oil the verdict, and before process
club! be issued >!ho fed the city, and only re-
turned this morning TO sec to the sale OF her
household effects, which the officer captured
; r aS stated.
hErAylNG.- The work OF tepavlrg Hing
street is being pushed lorwar! with Vigor The
",! pavement on the square between Lee and
Fairfax streets has been torn up, the strlngers
ana other lcayincs of the old street railroad
lave been removed. and the workmen arc now
Sr2 ng and rammipg down the earth prepare
'ory 10 commencing the laying Of the new pave.
meet Tie rcpaviug at the upper end OF Duke
street will also DC done at once.
Law To EE ENFoKCEp There is a law OF