Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-07
COUNTY SCHOOL BoARD.-This body was

ter followed by cooler northwest winds.
| COUNTY SCHOOL BoARD.-This body va!
called together at 2 p. m. yesterday; present
Messrs. Richard L. Carne, County Superu
| tendcpt and President ex offcio, and John T.
| Johnston and John Slater. of Jefferson; George
r. Adams ADD Harvey Bailey, of Arlington
and George OFT Wuudcr and Samuel Il. Gross
| of Washington district Trustees
| The minutes OF the last meeting having been
read and approved, Philip Rotchford was
! unanimously re elected Vice President. and
Ernest L. Allen, Clerk.
The County Treasurer presented bis annual
report, which was referred to Messrs. Adams,
Slater and Gross and the President for eXaml-
nation.
The clerks of the several districts also sub
| mitted their books, &C., which were referred as
follows:
Those Of jefferson district, to Mcssrs. Bailey
and Gross; those Of Arlington district, to
Messrs Adams and Slater; those Of Washing
ton district, to Messrs. Johnston and Adams:
A recess was then taken TO enable these com
mittees to perform their duties and, on reas
sembing, the President, from the committee
rect, with two slight errors, one FIR and one
eighty c"u,s against himself which the com.
mittee recommended be allowed him next year.
The voncher7 wera also reported correct ex.
eep three or four, which lacked the signature
Of the chairman Of the District Board, which
tho Treasurer was 10 correc'. The report was
adopted
Each OF lbs other committees reported that
the books Of the clerks were properly kept
and their disbursements properly supported by
vouchers. which reports were also adopted.
The bill OF II. l.. Allen Clerk, FOR services
and stationery, 81 %, was tlicn presented and
passed.
The PR, Si.!ent next laid before Tie Board
two circnars Of the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction relative to text books; wherHunoo,
ca r.uilyr Of Mr. Adams, the Board declined
taking aoy action on the sill jet al prcscut
o. melton ci Alr. Adams the thanks Of the
Board were rendered to the County Treasurer
iuf lr very courteous and efficient manner 10
Which be had discharged his duties. and, at
1:3A =. IT,, tie Board a0j,urned.
TnE rANAI.--the Cumberland News Of yes.
tcrd:;y says: LIVERY many reports as TO action
BY TIC joalmon upon the freight question were
in circu !a.ou yesterday, but it was difficult to
verify thcu. 1t is understood that a vote was
to be taken Yesterday upon the question Of re-
Stunning work at the rates offered by the ship
p:ra, heretofore noted, but diiigent itQulry yes.
teriay and last evcuiag failed TO elicit anything
but the fact that Z vote had been taken among
fourteen boancn Ct the Consolidation line,
when niue votes were cast in favor Of resumng
at the rates offered. three against it aud Two
blank. ptrsons qualified tn give an cpluion
thini; hat the vote will be favorable to a re-
sumption Of business. The sieril! and States
attorney Of Washington county visited the
blockade ut Sir Johns Ran Saturday, and
found everything quiet there.
FELL. TnRoUGn a IlATCIIWAY. during the
carly part Of last night Mike Laupheinlcr, tho
", i knnwr rag dealer, was awakened from his
aIuuii,erA IN She second story of Henry Baadcrs
jarx s.crc, on King street, near Fairfax, by
some one knocking al the back door. la bis
haste to reach and open the door lie forgot the
TACT thai The hatchway leading to the lower
fGnr was uncovered, and walked directly into
it, faiiug to the floor below and bruislog hlul-
self quite severely. fortunately no bones were
broken and Mike was about the streets as usual
lhis rjcrl;uG. His escape from serious injury
seems ttlc short Of miraculous. The parties
who Knocked at the door were SO much alarmed
by the noisc made by Elikn az he struck the
h)0r that they ran off ard have not returned
BfAps.--h Philadelphia exchange says -
~ Tho last meeting OF the Academy Of Nat
ur2l Sciences, DR.. Hora called attention to a liv-
| ing specimen of rare beetle, ambycheila cyliu-
| Grilornis, and stated that it was Impossible to
farce i; to cat during the day, although grass
hoppcrS lett ia tho bax during the night were
! l1.,x ,,orn Ill
record thu occurrence in vast numbers in the
cellar Of q iec;i store at AlcxaDdria. Va, OF q
common European bcetic, Blaps mortisaga,
which had been confined to the ooc locality lol
| upwards oil twenty five years. Dr.. II2centc
spike of tho af1initics and geographical disri
| button Of the beetles spokeo Of by Dr.. Horn. y
| ADscoNDED -Gity Sergeant Lucas received
3 telegram from p. II. Boisseau, Constable o.
| DanvilIc, stating that u man named G. J
Lewis had abscondcd from that town en- thi:
mornings train, taking with him three trunks,
full of shoes, and asking that the trunks anc
their contents 10 attached upon their arriva
here. As the process Of attachment is n civil
an I not criminal one. aud the Sergeant hat
no attachmcnt 10 his hands, he did not fec
authorized to act on the mere authority OF ;
telegram frnm 3 person unkG0W0 to him, anc
therefore did not Interfere with the goods 0
man. .-.n..-...
| Police ITEMS. Tie only case al The Mayor
Office this morning was that of George Swans
bury. for drunkenness AID obscene conduct, VIII
was fined add discharged by Alderman Moore
who presided in the absence Of the Mayor.
Six small boys for attempting to rob tn
nrath orchard Of Rev. L. NJ. Mills, 10 the cauu