Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-29


| County CoU2T-Judgc James Sangste'
PfeStdlng-CoNTINUATIO OF YESTERDAY S
PROCEEDINGS: Alexander Hunter, agent, vs..
Dreamer & Wright; distress Tor rent; case dock
eted and contirued.
In the matter of the old county road Leading
to Georgetown; road ordered to be re'locatea
90 its old bed, where it ,uas through the LANDS
of L. r. Windsor.
| 40 Inquest on the body of az intaDt white
child, found dead on the Washington Turn
pike, was returned to court and filed.
The report Of II. l.. Holiness Commissioner
Of tie Revenue under the Motfett liquor law,
was filed.
| Michael Hart was relieved of an erroneous
assessment of taxes for 1877 and 1878.
Court adjourned till court IN course.
| PERSONAL Aban s. Payne, Of Eau
| q1er, whose paper on smallpox, read at tho
| late meeting Of the Virginia Medic,l Society,
! at Richmond, gave the profession some useful
| information cooceroiog that disease, is now IN
this city, in obedience to instructions from the
| Commissioner ofAgriculture, investigating the
| disease that sfflicts to some extent the cattle
in this ncighborhood. From hero he will 60
| to Mddleburg and enquire into the same dis
ease which has attacked some OF the cattle
there. The Decor is of the opinion that the
disease is really pleuro pneumonia.
! Major r. Fl. Henderson, articles from whose
| taciIe pen have SO frequently delighted the
| readers of the Gszatte, has returned home from
az extended stay In the mountains OF Virginia,
| looking hale and hearty.
FINE STocK.-The Winchester News saws:
"At the late fair here some stock OF tho H9l,
stein breed was exhibited from the farm OF
Judge Fullerton, Of Fairfax county; it being the
| first of that breed, attracted considerable at
tcntiou. There being 20 premium offered Tor
that kild. the committee on cattle recommend
ed that the executive board take the matter
! toto consideration and give what premlnm they
think right, for the encouragement CT others
that may from time to time Introduce IN this
Valley new sock. Some corn raised on the
same farm, vas also exhibited, from fold that
produced this year twenty seven barrels OF corn
per acre, the cost Of 81! the fertilizers used Oh
ssid land being about sixteen dollars pei acre.
previously tic land beiog very poor.
DISPUTED PROPERTY. -Rcgister Webster,
of the prutate Court, 10 Washington, has be-
fore him contest between the u. s. Govern.
lGect auL Miss Hamilton and Mrs. DuerlDg,
claiming TO be heirs Of Robert Harrison, de-
erased. The amount involved is about SIS 900,
aud Miss Hamilton and Mrs. Dueripg, sisters,
icunded their clsilu 90 the DE- C araton that they
u. first cousins Of the deceased mother. The
Government il eDdeavoring to show that Robert
Harrison Was not the son Of Mrs. Harrison,
born Iamiltco. but OF one lilly Ashford, who
il known to have had a child 10 Alexandria by
Robert Ruhetttrl.
tlol
County School Board WAS called for yesterday
afternoon. but UP to half past two there were
present only the County Superintendent, who
sou, and Adams, Bailey aud Febrey, of Arliog'
ton, just enc short OF quorum. as Washington
district was not represented. As important
b2sn 81 is 10 be transacted, the Board, imme.
ciatclv alter beiog called to order, adjourned
10 Saturday next at ]:3O p. %.
The Poor. The Committee Oh the Poor
OF the City Coupcil met last night ia cotjuuo
ton with the Mayor and the newly elected
Ovcrseer of outdoor poor. Arrangements were
made for the care Of the poor during the com-
irg winter. 1t wGs also resolved to ask the City
Couacil to appropriate fifty tons Of coke for Inc
use of tie poor it being believed that many
persons can use it aud considerable mooey
ADJUSTMENTS. "A srecial boat will be run to
Washington tomorrow night for the benefit OF
those VINO wish TO attend the opera or other
amusemcn:s now open there. 1t will return
alter the close Of the performances 81 tho thea.
tres.
Oae hundred boys arc wanted by MesSrs. j.
Nj. Hill a. Co., at Sarepta Hall, TO night, to
engage in torchlisht procession.
REGISTRATION. The revision OF registration
was mado on Saturday. Tho changes are as
follows First ward, whites added; Second
ward, } whites added; Third ward, whites
addad; Fourth ward, whites added.
Very jistle ioterest seems to have baen taken
10 the registration and The registrars have had
Ell easy timc.
Police RgpoRT.-The following cases have
lccn tried since yesterday Alice BroWn Tor
sualcbing braid cf hair from Rebecca White,
both colorci, was dismissed for want OF cvldetce,
by Jus;ic, Padgett.
Eddie Meade, for beicg drunk aud discrlerly.
was fued and in default Of paymept sent to the
chaia gang for 90 days, BY Justice Ballenger
TIE CoLD SNAP.-There was sudden
change for the colder last light, aud heavy
irtst was found upon the ground this morning.
leo formed in exposed places to considerable
thickness. The signs of the weather all seem
to presage severe wioter. The farmers and
gardeners have all boen fortunate 10 scouting
| their crops and produce before severe weather.
ARRIVED. Tho schooner Mary Standi,h,
which arrived here this morning from Boston,
! haa large cargo OF fish for our. merchants.
Some apxiety was felt by those, interested as to
| the safety OF the vessel, because she was cut
during the recent storm, bat she arrived all
sale aud uni'jured.
i ESCORT IENDERED.-Tho Princpal of st.
y ohu' Academy has rendered to Maj. Smith,
Superintendent OF Bethel Academy, al escort
from the depot to the steamboat wharf on the