Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-08
LOCAL MATTERS.

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WEATHER PROBABILITIES War Depart
aeut. Office ofthe Chief Signal Officer, Wash
nation, D. g., March s. lS7S-lO:3 80 B. m
For the Middle States rising followed by iailine
barometer, cool westerly winds. gradually shit
ing 10 warmer eastery or southery, increasing
cloudiness and followed on Saturday by rain
areas.
THE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD. The ne
gro laboreEs in the upper end OF the county
held an indignation meeting yesterday and 70
solved that the railroad company, commencing
operations 10 this county, near the Aqueduc'
bridge, promises to be curse ioStead Of pesS
log, by Offering 60 cents only for len hours Id
Dor, by the obligation to purchase at their own
oommissary aud at their own rates, aud they
further seek to iotimdate, by representing That
laborers from The District can be procured upon
these terms, aud assert their ability to Introduce
convict labor from the Richmond penitentlary;
that we frown down aud protest against thls
imposition upon our rights; this unhoy adVan'
tage of the already oppressed poor; and that we
demand what is just aud fair, and respectfully
request lahorers Of the District and the CITY OF
Alexandria to do the same. The contractors
havo about twenty, five men At work, and Will
shortly put 90 about one hundred more. all 70
ceiving seventy. five cents per day. Men VINO
own carts receive $I.75 per day II they pay
their own toll over the Aqueduct bridge, and
S | SO il paid by the contractors. NO arrange
ments whatever have been made With the
Auueduct, in reference to the road crossing IT,
The present arrangement is 10 have tempo
rary depot at Rosiyn, and when the road IS com
pleed that far, perhaps Georgetown will carry
it across the river.
ADJUSTMENTS. --Thero will be 40 opportunity
afforded this evening Of seeing one OF the tnes.
Yankee character entertainments now before
the public. Aunt Polly Basset' and hel
family ("Jededah" aud "Miriam") have good
reason to be proud of the fine reputation they
have made for themselves ia Washington and
other cities. and those who enjoy an evening OF
iunocent amusement will not be disappointed II
they attend tonight. There will be matinee
Of two p. u. to morrow.
The lecture of j. Webb Rogers. at Saropta
Hall, last night. was poorly attended, aud some
even of the few present we're disappointed be-
cause they expectad to hear less OF abstract
questions of Church and State, and more OF
the everyday Ito and times OF Plus H. and
his ilustrious contemporaries. The lecturer
attempts at iacelousuess in his remarks COO
corning Alexandria were neither we'll timed nor
10 good taste.
CORPORATION CoURT-Jmagc Z. ". Love-
presiding. Murphy was exonerated
from payment of the capltatlon tax, on account
Of bodily inirmity.
The last will and testament Of Aun f. Ar.
mold was proved by Albert Stuart and w. u.
Stuart, two of the subscribing witnesses, and
o1,,kn Ii y Z.
mold qualified a. oyecutrlX.
We!mau W.. Adams ct ais; in ohancerJ; the
report of Commissioner hilton with accompany
iog vouchers were filed.
TRIAL OF CURTIS The trial Of h. IL. Cur
lis alias Ray. the ono armed mau accused OF
outraeing Miss Tydinga at the National Hotel,
10 Washington. was continued in that city yes
terday. The evidence was very strOng against
the accused, aud large crowd collected around
the entrance to the court house with tho aVow-
ed intention Of lynching him, but the Deputy
Marshal succeeded, by q stratagem, 10 getting
him out of a rear door and conveying him to
Jail. The evidence having all been heard the
ARGUMENT was commenced this morning.
ACCIDENTAL. BURN1Na.-Nellie Grinner,
aged five years, child Of Mahala Grinner. col.
ored, living 90 south Washington street, near
Franklin, was severely burned this morning.
The child was standing near stove, when, by
some means, its clothing became lgnited and,
before assistants could be rendered, it was ter.
rbly burned about the body and face. 1t Is
also feared that it Inhaled the famos. DR..
Gibson was called 10 and rendered the necessary
medical Attendance, but he has not yet been able
to decide whether the injuries will prove fatal.
BALTIMORE ANNUAL CONFERENCE.-THE The
Baltimore Annual Conference yesterday the
characters of Rcva. w. X. Boyle and i. NJ.
Mills, Of this city, were passed., and tho latter
was Continued 10 the supernumerary relation.
A paper was read, signed By Row. S. S. Roszel
and others, stating that recently there has been
much discussion 10 the pulplts and wide differ.
epoo az to the question OF endless future puu.
ishmeut and requesting the presiding bishop
to deliver sermon upon that subject during
tho conference.
BROTHERHOOD oPTHE UNIoN.-Tho follow
ing officers of Jefferson Circle 3. u. 81. E.,
were Installed on Wednesday night by John l..
Boyer, Supreme Delegate; Exalted Washing
ton, j. W. pattcrsoo; Chief Washington,
James rravcrs; Chief Jefferson, John Watkins;
Chief Franklin, Andrew Brent; Treasurer,
Mark l.. Norris H. s. X, Thomas Kelley;
Register, John l.. Boyer; Herald, John StOn.
nell; ". D., James SCOTT; W. N, Emmanuel
Webb.
NARROW EscApE-A little sou Of Mr..
John Dornoy narrowly escaped horrible
death, on Union street, yesterday evening. He
was flying a kite. and, absorbed 10 his play,
failed to notice the approach of freight train
which was backing down towards tho point
where be was standing. Tho conductor, seeing
the boys danger, jumped of and succeeded
10 roacbing him aud suatchiug him from the
track whom tho train was only few feet from
him.
NJ. i. CHURcH.--Tho lecture delivered il
the Nj. +. Church, last night by Bishop An
drcw5 upon bis travels through India, was o
much Interest to the large audience 10 attend
ance The Bishop reports the rapid spread 0
religion in India, and prsdiots grand achieve
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