Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-19

PERSONALLY party oil gentlemen consisting
OF Judge James Keith, Captain II. Il. CARIBOU,
OF Warrentop. and j. NJ. johnson, Captain
John S. Chapman and J. r. Smoot, Of this
city, lett here Yesterday for Cobbs Island,
where they propose to spend a week or two in
fishing. hunting, &c.
Mr.. r. G. Lee will leave here this evening for
the West, whittier he will accompany General
Rosser on an engineering expedition. MIR. Lee
has the hearty good wishes of maDy friends
for his success 10 his new sphere of action.
Ri. Rev. L. NJ. White, ID. d., Bishop OF
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia,
will administer the rite of confirmation at
Meade Chapel (colored) in this city, to morrow
evening at eight o'clock.
Rev. W. X. Boyle, of this city, delivered
the commencement sermon at the Wesleyan
Female Institute, ct StauntoD. on Sunday last.
Of it the Spectator says 1.-The commence.
ment sermon 10 the morning, by Rev. W. *:
Boyle, was very appropriate, and Was delivered
in most pointed, clear.and interesting style.
SUPERIOR FLoUR.-Bread, when good. is
certainly luxury as we'll as the staff Of life;
! when otherwise, then otherwise; but to make
good bread good -four is required. We have
lately had occasion to notice several very su.
pcrior brands of family fur, made by the
"new process" but none that We have secu /:
superior to that manufactured at tho Cameron
Mills, near this city, and sold by Messrs. Hunt
Il Roberts, at the mill and at their warehouse
on Union street, and We can, knowingly, re-
commend trial of this cameron Mills new
process.
TRIED FOR ASSAUIT-Horaco NJ. and
Thurston Johnston, sons of MIR. Horace John
ston. of Alexandria county, were arraigned IN
the Police Court. in Washington, yesterday,
charged with assault and battery with lntont to
kill colorcd man uamcd John II. Dyson on
The Sih lost. The afffay occurred at the store
Of The father Of tho boys Oh PENNSYLVANIA evo-
uue, Washington, and Horace cut Dysou's face
with knife. Thurston was dismissed and
Horac, was fiucd $50 and costs or sixty days 10
jail.
NOT TIE HORSE CONSTABLE John Il. Gray
on Monday found at a livery stable 10 this city
Il horse answering the description OF one which
had been stolen from MIR. Hiram Cofforth. OF
tlar-isonburg. Va. He at once notified MIR.
Coff9rth and the latter arrived hero this moro
ing, and at first sight identified the horse as his,
but upon leading the animal out to the light
he failed to discover certain marks and declared
that it was not the one stolen from him, al.
though very much like it.
FIRE ALARM-Therc was an alarm Of fire
about twelve o'clock, last night, which brought
out the entire fire department. 1t was caused
by cries proceeding from framed house, occu.
pied by negroes in the alley back OF Vincent'5
CARPENTER shop, 90 Royal street, between King
aud Prince streets, where a family row was
golpg on.
HUNTING CREEK BRIDGE. -Thcre will be d
meeting Of the Board OF Supervisors OF Fairfax
county, at Fairfax Q. H.. to morrow, at which
tiuc The bids for repairing and rebuilding
Hunting Creek bridge will be opened, and the
contract probably awarded 1t is understood
that there are FIVE bids for the work already TO-.
Doc LICENSES. AS will be seen by the notice
10 auother column, the Auditors now prepared
to Issue the dog licenses for the cnsuiog year.
All persons owning dogs will do we'll to take
out their licenses and secure medals at once. as
The dog cart will 5000 commence its rounds.
GAME ASSOCIATION Among the members
of the Virginia Fish and Game Protective AS
scciatiou, as published in the RlchmondDispach
arc g. A. Baldwin. of Richmond formerly OF
this citv COL Arthur Herbert, and Gen. w.