Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-27
LOCAL. MATTERS.

| s,ent, Office Of the Chief Signal Officer, Wnsh
ngto,.. d. e., Sept q, lS77-lO3O a. III. =
| For the Middle: Atlantic States, winds mostl
from the northeast TO the southeast. part.
cloudy weather, possibly areas of light rain
| stationary or lower pressure and temperature
TIE FA1R.-The attendance at the Wood
lawn Fair last night was even larger than dur
The day, and the the hall was perfectly jamuet
until the time Of closing, Some disc omtor
was experienced, owing the to rude conduc
of number CT boys and young men, who dl
verted Themselves by pionipg cards. hand bills
&c. to the clothing OF visitors and throwing
soap suds about The hail. The Objectionable
practices, however, were put q stop 10, by tht
committee, and steps will be taken to prevent
their recurrence. The hall Was very beautiful
Iy illuminated by thu portable gas works. This
morning the bali and stock yards were agat
crowded, and much interest was manifested
Ths following exhibits were acciisntiy omitted
| from last evening 3 report, or have tten en-
| tered to day:
+. Z D0woham &Co, rye Whskey, Years
| old w. +. Graves, assortment OIL pears MIS-
George W ashiogton, set OF chi0a. Formerly the
property OF General Washington VIM. II.
Snowden, axes, hatches, picks, nc, OF stone,
relies of the pre-hstor sg', from Collog-
wood, Va; Thomas Walsh mare AMI col'':
r. j. Daingerfeld. diving horsc w. L. GRAY
es driving horse Peter Il. Pullman, three year
old 1t; Philip Sausb, rry. ! pair Of working
oyeD.
Among The many foe auiua!s 90 the grounds
the Devon bull Of Gen. W. ii. i. boa anal the
Allrruey bull Of Mr. thalica l}allHnscr Az
worthy Of especial meutioH.
II -f,l
which Eiveseish gallons ul' milk per day
The Two Chester hogs exhibited by Wisl'a'n
Gray are simply mm4nsc.
The stcau4 thrsshiug maohiuo OF Mr.. SAMUEL
Pu!lnau was rut Ia wlrE this afternoon, sud
It's operation exhibited to all present.
Among the most original home manufactures
at the Fair is bouquet made Of h)wcrs cut
from various vegetables, and so artistic
and iopaaiaus are tn; work ADD Arrangement
that Flora herself might stoop. touch and smell.
Mr.. Joho Slater has very handsome collec
ton Of Dahlias, arranged 10 Tie form OF a pyra
mid the Stiffness Of which is entirely relieved
by the graceful madeira vine, whose trailing
leaves aud A)Wers afford striking contrast.
TITS ia one of the most beautiful Objects 90 ex.
hibtiou.
The ageu, CT Russell Goes phosphate has Of
fered oEetcurth Of ton OF that article IS e
prize to the exhibitor of the best wheat and
corD.
By order IT the Sup:riuteaden OF Schools,
the children IT the rutllo s@h7ois w5re given a
half holiday ti2 ni,:rr.1n ~ nitar 10 enable
then, 10 a,eul ia: kit
The sure So + The lair has ben so sIaaii
thar even it, most araent protectors nay n*cH
surprised, aad The proposition to establish an
annual exhibition vt This city has hegua 10 as
sumo irfaite iorm. Ii is understood that the
CornSs estate ua the Northwestern border Il
the civ taa h. purchased Ga adorable ler;l1,
40 that Il .cLl!eman Of wealth has oiter,,.i l."
subscriLa QUE Thousand dola,s toward tttrs
it I'D, if it Is purchased for sn agricultural tar
grounds
There wac display ct horses AMI stock. nu
the lower end Of King street, this evening, and
several Trials ai speed. which will be contlnued
TO morrow srtLing, Thtn King street, liom
Washington 10 he wharf will IL ,!Frnfd TO
that purpose.
The PATENT OFFICE. MIR. 5. I. Il. Nor
sill. who built The Custom house at A''yAn'
iria aul other Government buildings. il iii
oarSi. ii the work Of clearing OH: toe debris "i
the Ere a. TIC Patent Office. ANA making pre-,
paration for = renewal OF the Work there. tie
has some lifiy lahorora under his ohargc The
WRIGHT building has been leased for thu tenn
porary use Of clerks OF the Interior Department
who cannot uow tiod room ia the Patent Olioe.
Ike whole uuulher ui patents harmed IL now Oh
6caly reported 10 be eighty seven thou2aGd.
Nj. II. Rraiusri, Amos llaa!ey, and Hire
Commissioner VIM. Il. Reed, have been ap
pointed by the Secretary of tue lutrrer cuui'
mission to investigate the causes Ut The late hire.
The commission trgur it, investigation yestcr
dav, AID holds i,s sessions with closed doors.
It Is the purpose Of the members Of the COM
mission to get all the facts thcy can IN thus way
before they will have open sessions lc5ter-
day only employees Of tie Interior Department
were examined. Their testimony was heard
separately. Il well known lady Of Washington
will appear before the oCm mission and testify
that she saw lnan climb into window Of the
stable on &. street that was burned and set hire
to q bale of hay.
WoRKISaMEN' MEETING.--A meeting Of
the ao-called workingmcu's party was held at
Hicks Store, across the canal. last night. The
meeting was presided over by Richard farKcr'
the colored county constable.
Speeches were made by j. Willard Greene
~N''o
were made for R. Il. Hopkins colored.
Mr.. Hopkins said be was there as president OF
The co'ogod conservative club. lie attacked the
course of the 50 called workingmcu's orgao 10
charactcrisiug the colored people al cattle:
This statement was denied by ). Wllllard
Greene, The editor Of that paper who called MT.
Hopkins liar but afterwards apo!oglzed, say
ING that the language oil ,cted to vas that OIL 8
local reporter employed on the paper.
Mr.. Hopkins then prcocedcd,at length, toatvo
este the Claims OF Mcssra. Mushbach and Hun
ter the conservative nominees for the llonsc Of
D,leeates. Ii was evident that a part, at least,
of the meeting was 10 sympathy with him, and
be expressed his qualification that the coIored
people we're not all on one side, as IorT1f'y'
aud were sensible enough to look out Tor their
interests.
There we're about twenty persons present, On
| " three Of whom wero white.
At the close Of Mr. Uopkus's speech d ies>-
luton was adopted to prevent any outsiders from
speaking in future.
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