Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-17
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES Var DteRar''
nlent, Office ofthe Chief Signal officer, Wash
'ngton, ID. g.. April II, l877-lO:3o d. NJ
For the Middle STATES essto1ly to s0utIeri{
winds, partly cloudy westhtr and hRnt Io-1
rains with slight changes IN temperature anu
during the day falling barometer.
U. S. COURTS. Judge r. ". Hughes pre-
sdng-Crcut Court. Alexander Hay W.
the Alexandria aud Washington RAILROAD Co.;
in equity; demurrer argued by 5. +. beacn loi
company, and by II. II. Wells and Ceo. otou'
| for plaintiff. and case submitted to Court.
| District Court. -Issi.h Miller, ~, vs.. the
motion of libeant's attorney.
In re Gunnell Smith; attachment against
bankrupt returnable to g n inst.
In re John w. Loveless; proceedings III
bankruptcy dismissed.
In re VIM. N, Hough; order for sale oil real
estate.
In re G.. W. +. Smith; order confirming
REGISTERS report, and assignee to collect rent
due from bankrupt, and the report OF sale or the
| Tomlin and Padgctt tracts OF land confirmed
| and assignee to collect amount due OF Hur'
chaser, &c.
Ia re Btni. f. Smith; referred 10 register to
| ipouirc what will be reasonable allowance to
| Thomas Smith as attorney inr Services r1a.
| derrd bAnErupi'a estate.
Iu re g. f. Tyler; order c,nilrmlng assignee >
report relating 10 sale at real estate, ana as
siguee directed TO pay bills Tor advertising, Nc
In re VIM L. ilntchIsnn; order directing as
sgnee and trustee TO pay the claims OF John IL.
Graves filed against the baukruplS estate.
Both ,essllrts will adjourn this evening until
Thursday, the Goth inst.
BARREL CASE. Mike lIouphcimer and Lip
man Gcntzbergcr, both Ct the Junk dealing fra
teroly, yesterday morning bong 1T coal OIL
barrel Gen.zberger purchased 1t first from a
colorcd man named Coates, well known TO the
police to be Il sneak thief, and gave him fifty
cents for it, GentZberSer absenled himself for
few minutes to obtain 4 cart to convey the
barrel to his general repository Tor all tho <cIen
,!lic aud ,uechanical productions OF the world
his Junk shop-and while being thus away the
yendcr, who had already been paid the pur.
chase money, conceived the idea Of another
speculation 10 the oil barrel business. 50 he
drttiy rolled the barrel to the shop OF Loup
hciulcr, 4 similar onc to that Of Gentzberger,
where he again sold ii, receiving 10 payment
sixty cents, and then skipped for pastures new.
w hen juuk dealer No. returaed with his cart
and found Nn. , 10 possession OF the property
war ci words cnsued compared to which the
confusion 10 the tower Gl DaOle was as tue
W., M of ,nr rnr,rsl and believing the sub
isct Of it te be stolen property, traced the OWL,
ershp to Mr.. Srluks. corner Of Columbus aud
Princess streets. 10 whom II was restored last
night. Coates was arrested and brought before
loh, last r,,-bt l,n
to receive thirty stripes. twenty u which to be
administered at once, aud TIA" remainder III
twenty days. ---------.---
rur r,S,l --Th, Cumberland, Md, News
says:
ut Is tumGred thar tn" canal company not
TO br GuIuoue by the Baltimore ana oh'0 rail-
c.rtan shippers over that line we mayo not
healu "'l'cu c"'"''''''' a'0 '"a' '''o''N' Io'
The AIl"gariau If the same CITY says:
The pnnrc Of Cumberland are deeply To-
f.r,.tnd IN ,h, surcas3 Of the canal, and should
Ian1 ,0arv MD TOWARD securing its SUCCESS. The
Rahimorf r.;al seems determined to use every
effort % drstrnv It's utiIi,g and it il the duty OF
The people uuA !hn State 10 sec that such effort
is couulcrac!ri President German aud q nor
ton Ct the beard, will arrive here to-day on
the 24o t!aio T.: lha purpose Of making trip
along the i,:,,. t,i The canal 10 the sea,.rr Mary
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"Sua L" '"' '''''''.''' y a." n NV &C., ,
in'S iH9rnioE IA '.tr io,'ca n1;''' a, "u1E"
nhei' hci' Jon" n''G !os '"c Sia"u J"'S -"
charge OF ''cai'hS 4 morse III" wagon. pHu 10
ABOUT fourtccn ycaI1 OF age! a"t a'"' NEa''ps
the team, 1'u TO A!eSahafla, va "i'F'' "'
This ia correct, except ia ooo particular. End