Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-18

ToURNAMENT.-The tournsm4nt ct N!tun
Hybla yesterday was decided Success 10 eV%rt
respect. The riding Sas very f0e, and ID:
succeeding festivities we're keDt ~ una! md
night. The successful knights in the orde
named we're Mfsu5. l.. 6. Reid, j, ". Fla
piuder. Samuel Colierd ADD Everett TripIstt
Mr.. Reid transferred his right to Mr. Rcha,C
Copiirg, who ed Mis-, MARI Heynas. q
this city. as Queen of Love snd Beauty. The
Maids of Honor we're Misses Peck Of Wash
ingtou L5ura Padgct. and J.. Burroughs, G!
this city.
All Of those prete1t hal ap enjoyable time,
except one young gentleman. who vas dubbed
h7 bis compauioIs So tbs Knight Of the Light
Uumeutiooabcs, aad VITO, having bad hi:
horse Carried eff, had 10 walk back to this city,
distance Ct seveu miles. Upon his arrival be
found toe hcrsc 10 bis s,atle, nicely rubbed
diva oud locc the worse fer wear.
rERgoNAL.-M;s Margaret Bssyc, daughter
OF Gen. ". i. Thornton, formerly an associate
adi,0. Of the G5zette, i; 60 visit to her friend:
il this city.
Mr.. T. /. Holloway, grandson Of General
Thornton. is also 10 toe CITY,
Licu:. William P. Mcknight, the geutle
nlaO!y and efficient business manager of the
Soitfcra CEurahmao, Of Richmond, is 10 this
cly OF Vis. to his family and friends. He
Is Icoaiog we'll and was mos. cordially welcomed
bas,5.
Mr. Henry q. Graham, son Of Captain j. Q
Grshsm, Of this city. has been appointed mate OF
the new U. S. lighthouse steamer Manzsnetta,
which WA lately built st Baltimore, and which left
that port yesterday for New York, whence she
10 ho 70 NJ
Magellan.
FAIR NOTES. Tho goods for the Ladies'
Department CT the Fair will be received at the
grounds from the 26:h to the Goth IT'S.
4 Ill persona not directly ergsgsd 10 the pr:p
s:a'ioEs ltr the Fair will he excluded ircm the
grounds OF and after the 26h lost.
The reW track at the Fair, which has just
Been coupi::cd, is SAID TO DO csc ct the Gaess
in the State.
The President Of the Uo:cd States IS to be
:cpiiei to be present at tie Fair.
Tic Interest in tho daily trials Of speed con-
ilcuas without Abatement
READJUsTERs' CANvAsSER5.-Tha !1lloE-
og t!s;Ic, AID county c.rvasscrs Of tho re-
e6ju.ters party hLv. been announced Judge
H. II. CotkellIie, # Fairfax; j. r. Strother,
f Cuinerr; W. {. kenDery, of Clarke
". +. q. Sbuua;o. Of Fauqlier; Daft Green,
f S;atfoId. aud ". II. CaWood, of King
George also Col. n. L. Meade, Of Culpeper,
.ad Judge JobD Cltohcr, of Westmofelapd,
IS Congressional osnVasscrs. and Hon. James
beracu:, Ct Culpepsr, and 4. T. Fsuntlcroy,
u Winchester as can7asSetS at large.
milk SNaKE.-ilr. Weltsr Langley, VITO
ives at the f,ot CT Csmeron street. killed
snake % bis ir0ut paicmtn: yesterday, which
VS. aleu-. SIX feet Urg and es thick as O mans
yrs. Il Was w;ile 10 coltr. except 90 the
9cily, aherc i. Eas pure Whilo, aud was pro-
,oulcnG 10 be what is known as milk
nakc.' Sir. langley had btea complaining
CT soma sine OF other neis5t mixing his COW,
.td Vas pleased 10 God the cause of the t1ou-
2l9 acd &c; rid OF il.
SERIOUSLY BURNED "A colcred eomap, the
vie CT James Pic.sor, w5o lives near -Four
Vile run, on the od iictory road, was feii,usly
)urICd las. Ugh. by the explosion Of oual Gil
aU1H. Her lcjuTcs arc very slVere. aud it is
oc'itVt taat they will prove fatal. The house
9as tct on frs by the explo.i)r, and REQUIRED
:fftrt 10 save it. 40 old ooored
asu, who Hes oatGo,d 10 his bed by s;ckuots,
IA! 70 tc carried Gu; of doors 20 AVOID the
ls;a's.
ACCIDENTALLY cHoT-A youth named
;hsTi.s Burroughs, scu II Mr.. Itus. Burroughs
i the Pc: Ofic., prd who is The lupil u
SchoG! No, :. accidentally shot
Hmsc:f 10 tic !ctt iatd, absut noou to day,
'hrlo hanIns toy pistol. 90 the school
Iouods. Tho bali went through th; Il shy part
i the hand ccnlYg cut rear tho wrist. Dr.
fTCwn rendered The necessary surgical Gss!s.
n2c; a0G PRONOUNCED ihs wound slight one.
MhTCH FACTORY.-A Uunbsr Of gentlemen
i this CITY hra considering the prac;i1sbiiity of
ts:ticg q match tasury hele. They have
2ilLCn tJr - iuates G: ccg:, e.. and it is
'tic7sa tia. tic proposition Gu be c.riied
It, AID tie establishment, besides iuruistipg
mptOymcGt to lumber of persons, b. made
u pay handsome proht.
KNIGHTS CT PYTuIAs.-A number IF ma m
le!s Of Orco.si sCd Mcohabc3' i.9Ggcs
Knights Ct PgtLlas. vent over The road to
Georgetown las: light, and visited Haruioos
Itdsc tf that ,i:c. They were Hospitality re-
,2ved sDd elegantly entertaiDct. They 70
n!oea t0Hc at aa carl y hcur this mofoiug,
ruoh pi.ss3d Vljh their vist.
= OLICE lTESIs-Firgiaia Daev,ps and
ll=rly Boswell WI com mi;tsd to i.i for fur
her txaDaativu by Justice Lovtjoy yesterday
-veri0g, oD the charge Ct stealing $l3 from q
Eou0g man Hbo lived in tho house with them.
jeff. Stewart, colored, for dsorderly conduct,
YES dismissed on payment CT costs, by the samo
HEBREW NEAR Y AR.-Todayis observed by
;ur llswtrew fellow c,tlzens as thsir New Years
'sy. Tho appearance OF King street WAS coz
'ideTa5iy changed By the large Dunber of stores
,losed. Services we're held in the Synagogue,
70 Washington street at Q o'clock this morning,
until 1880 o'clock.
TIE CONTRACT fer tie brick work CD the
,sR store Ct Messrj. Japney g. Co., oa King
street, nesr St. Asepb, has becn awarded to
Nessrs. Psdgstt j. Bro. They &C skifal
90lkCer.
GET READY FOR THE COLD BLASTS OF
WINTER. -Hsye your Stove, Range, and Heat,
n work doue with efficiency and dispatch by
STANsBURY & Bros,
f,Orrcs nf King and Goumbus sto