Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-26
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land.
FREAKS OF LlGHTNING.-During the heavy
thunder storm, on Thursday night las, the
LIGHTNING struck tree in trout Of Mrs. Squier' S
house, at Arlington, following a wire cIolhes
No which connected the tree 10 the house
! When il reached the end OF the wire it Jumped
few inches to :. nail, part flying about two
feet further and running down log chaIo to
the ground. That which struck the ua vent
through, hitting buck saw, following 1t and
anotl,er 20 the fl ,or, rather to pile OF coal,
inst under, which it scattered, filling the loom
with smoke and dust. Fortunately the room
in whirb the lightning struck was store room
and nobody was hurt.
u. s. CIRCUIT CoURT.-Juc1ge Il. w.
Hughes pyesiaiag John AVilvs. Alexandra
Water Company This suit arises out OF the
coniscation and sale Of certain Water Go. stock
belonging to ". N. and j. Il. Mcpelgh; jury
and verdict for defendant; motion 10 arrest OF
| Judgment and for new trial.
| IT, s. District Comt.-ln re NJ. Eldrldge
j. Co.; suritcs Of assignee paid funds into Court
ard Clerk ordered to deposit them to creuit OF
cause. REGISTER ordered 10 check cut funds 10
accordance With tiual dividend.
LuNATlC. A s.rauga tramp WAS locked up
| 10 the station house this morning On suspicion
| of being insane. lie imagincS that murder
| has bncn committed at the station house where
! he has slayc,! Tor Two NIGHTS past, and that he
| is accused Of It's commission. lie VehcmeDtly
asserts his iDnaneucc OF the crime, but Will not
| be convinced that no murder has been COM
mittcd. lie says that his name Is William
Gabriel, that he is a German, and belongs 10
| Baltimore.
FISH REPORT. Since yesterdays report
there have been received at tishtOwn about
4 600 shad aud 275 ,0@0 hcrriugs. Prices have
falj1n considerably, nulcr the iDflucncc OF tho
large receipts aud warlu weather. Shau solu
today IRON STA to $l4.jO per hundred,
aud herriugs from - to IS per thousand Ii Is
a noticeable fact that nearly al! OF the llah re-
ceivei this season have been cut and c!caned,
aud DOT sailed gross, as OF late year,
ALEXANDRIA AS \ GRAIN MARKET. -Thcrc
was considerable rise in the wheat and hour
market today consequent upon the war news
from the East. Wheat brought from s. 10 to
So. 10 per bu Shell against =! to 81 20 per bu-G-
eli, tho prices quoted n the tclcEraphlc reports
from Baltiuore-aa0.hrr evidence OF the su
rerioriy of Alexandra - Il grain market.
Flour advanced from City to sereuly,hVa cents
per barrc'. --.
THIEF ARRESTED. u DIN Batter, co.ored,
was arrested at Ferry Llndiug tiShos shore,
near Mt Veruon, to day, by Captain Webster
aad Officer VIM. Phillips, charged with steal
log a niue from 4 canal boat Ia he0rgethWo,
L., f.u ms inn i'hlu,bsOn rpnlmitteQ INN TO
Jail to await the reQusiiou OF the District au-
thoilir>
s.ar..! t2@cviIies.
The hoi.4n il Prince Georges ctunty, Nd,
opposite this city, tho burning Of which was
mentioned in yesterdays Gn@atte. was occupied
by q colorcl man named Basil Bush, who lo3t
everything ha hal, except one bed and lew
chairs.
A match game OF haso bail. y. Tho Episcopal
High School, yesterday, between the Howard
club of that school, and tho Washington CLUB, or
Washington resulted IN victory lOr inc lalIer
by score Of - toS.
Marriage licenses were granted, in Washing
ton, yesterday, to VIM. Cox and Fannie Coseen
Of this city, and G. +. Bailey and Mollie j.
Mann, OF Prince William county, Va.
The number Of tythcables in this city tor the
present wear exceeds thst OF list year by 100.
There has also been I'll increase in the number OF
births.
Attention is calal to the advertisement Of the
Life Association Of America, In another column
Maior George johnson Is thu AIr1andri% "gent
OF tho Association.
A negro named WIN. Lindsay WAS sentenced
to twenty years in the PoGi:enisry for outragng
white GGmwn, nt Orange Court House yestor.
day.
Mr.. Charles RNuch has openoI q broom fac.
tory on Prince street. ncar Leo and Is perpared
TO supply tho trade.
The union prayer meeting Will DO held nj The
NJ H. Church 10 night, ~ eight { clock,
There WAS no quorum at the calod meeting OF
tho Columbia Tiro Company last night.
Life Is but Short but We should do all We
can to rroonE it. Check c cough or cold at
once and use au old reliable remedy such as Dr.
Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Liver is more frequently the seat oil DIS
case than is gcncray supposed, for upon Its
regular action depends, III y great measure, the
powers OF the stomach, bowels, brain, aud the
whole nervous system. Regulate that import
ant organ Ivy taking Simmons Liver Resua
tor, and you prevent most Of the diseases That
flesh is heir tc.
DIED.
On Friday morning, April 9Th, 1877, SUSIE