Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-25

and geese at $50 per pound turkeys at l2ao |
per pound Butter varied from 20 to 30c per |
pound Fresh cod and alewives at Sc per
pound and l35 per bunch. Oysters Tjo per
gallon. Good porl; was bought At Wholesale at
from 6 10 1c Per pound.
10 drunken row at Norfolk, yesterday molr-
ing. between several negroes, Que banned VIM.
Watson was 50 terribly beaten on the head with
club by another named Howard that he died
shcNlg afterwards. The murderer was ST.
rested.
W. }. Taylor, telegraph operator at louisa
&. H., shot at j. i. Levy, depot agent there,
last Saturday, but without effect.
Legislative.
Bat little CT special interest was done 10
either trlrch Of the General Assembly on Sat
uiday.
10 the Senate number Of House bills were
advanced on the calendar, ard several bills of a
strictly local character passed. At an carly
hour the Senate adjourned in respect to the
memory ol Judge Guigon and to attend the
funeral.
In the House of Delegates bills were reported
from committees 10 take the sense o! the peo.
pie 80 to calling constitutional convention,
ami % gI;;loflz3 the trustees Of Blue Run
Baptist Church, colorcd, Of Orange county, to
borrow money.
Adverse reports ware made upon propositions
to repeal the Sth scct;Ga Of the act incorporat.
ing tho town Of Waterford il Loudouo county,
and in reference to rrpea!!ne the act requiring
one Of The members Ct the Court Of Appeals to
reside in Richmond.
The bill for the consolidation of the public
debt ard the payment Of uniform rate Of in
teres, vas made the order for Tuesday TO-
morrow.
The Scaa!c amendments 20 The Teapportiou-
meat bill were agreed to, and tic bill now goes
to the Governor.
a bill was introduced to Incorporate the
Mary Washington Association.
Pending the consideration Of The bill provid-
Jog for the lease Ct the neniteniary and hiring
out Of the convlcts, the House adjourned.
A THIRD Huron DISASTER. -The signal
officer at Cape IIateras lolet tclccraphs as fol.
lows :-"Af.cr diligcnt search and after having
found numerous papers, can fad only the fol-
loving flc.a conacraiog the bark ashore at this
placc: Her namc Ii Philip Suppicich, Captain
Ludwig kors, and from the papers found the
owner seems 10 be lIcbrich Bauer, of Rosock.
Her books and papers are all in the German
language. cln fad no clue as to where she
hailed from or her intended destination. All
the papers tJund are Of cd dates. The cap
tain's private ,urpal and masters manual of
navigation show no recent entries. The only
paper have bearing . recent date is a certih-
cate OF Insurance dated Sarilo Pool, Eagland,
April l25h, 1877, signed by CovcrdaIe, Merry.
weather and Todd. The cargo is supposed to
have Teen potash, ~ several barrels of that ma.
erial have washed ashore; also several chests
containing clothes an! bedding. Three bodies
have washed ashore. From the papers found
one OF them 10 supposed to be that of the cap.
tain. Fifteen pieces Of Engllsh coin were found
upon his person. The crew are all thought to
have baen drowned. No assistance could be
rendered on account Of the high sea. as the
bark was lying on the north point OF Hatteras
bar in the midst Of breakers She is now to-
tai wreck, broken entirely to pieces. All the
articles that have come ashore have been for.
malIg taken possession Of By the United States
Deputy Revenue Collector. II. w. Stvron.-
The bodies found were buried by a. j. Stow.
Assistance was impossible, the vessel strandiDg
in the night and the sea being very high. The
point where the vessel struck Is twenty tive
miles from the neareSt lie saving station.
HEATING y CRY BY STEAM-Th, expert
mcnt Of heating Lockport, n. Y, by steam
under the Holly system has proved highly sue,
ccss(ul. The following practical results are re.
ported By those having it in charge Three
miles Of pipe, properly covered with non con-
Quoting material, LAID underground through
some OF the principal streets, radates from q
central boiler house. and fifty different dwell.
ings and other ediiccs, including one largc
public schooI building, have been thoroughly
warmed all wiutcr by steam thus distributed
and turned on or off. as required by the tenant,
with the facility OF wafer or gas supply. Dwell
Hogs moro than mile distant from the steam
generator are heated as readily as those next
door. Steam meters arc provided, so that each
party need pay only for what he consumes. It
is claimed that the system can be so developed
as to furnish steam at fifty pounds pressure,
transmitted through twenty miles of pipe, thus
supplying power for engines and manufactures,
and steam for baking and laundry purposes, for
extinguishing confagrations tjrclcanipg streets
of ice or snow, or protecting hydrants from frost.
The rates actually charged to the consumer
here Go not exceed what his coal and wood cost
him to produce the same result, thus saving
Tue expense Or engineers or nrcmcD, tue cOSC vi
furnaces and the trouble of managing them
At the same time the, heat is always under con-
troll.
RoBBGNG 4 TRAIN.-A special, dated Dali
lag, February %, says, last night the south
bound tran on the Central road was boarded at
Allen Station by six men, who robbed the ex-
press car Of $500. The train had hardly
drawn up at the station when q man jumped
into the engineers cab, covering the engineer
and fireman with a revolver. Five other men
attempted to enter tho express car, when mes.
seDger Thomas showed light, firing three shots
at the robbers hitting one, and, it is thought,
killing him. The robbers fired five or six shots
at the messenger, rushed in and overDowered
him. They uneoupled the express car from the
train aud ordered the engineer to pull over on
a side track where the messenger was forced
to open the safe. from which they distracted
$4,000 in money, overlooking package con.
tanning about $400. The robbers we're all masked