Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-18

The opening ut etin9. which takea place OF
Tuesday evening at /! o'clock. Oo this occa-
s'oo. after prayer, there will be delivered the
a1Grss OF welcclne. Ao address by DR.. Wiley,
OF .lem, Roar oke Co.. w.. aud the presi-
dents address. by DR.. l. s. Joynes. tf Ri,h-
mona. Do Wednesday and Thursday the pro
ceecioes will be Of interest to medical men ou'
y, for hose days will be devoted to tho dis:u,.
SOD OF medical and surli ,al q1ts ions, and the
IuhiI, generally are not expected to be present
al that limc. Tbs meetings will be held at
| Sarrpia HILL
TIE PRIMARY ELECII0N.- The ohel ak on
the str; cts lG day is about he COT s,fvative prm
| any electioa which lakes in this city 90 Monday
next, TO s,leat y candidate for tie House OF
Delegates. who Is to be tho mon--Musbbach
or Latham - is tie quts in. The friends Ct
hoih pcDtlsmen sic at work like the little busy
b9cs that ''ltup. o9e each siiLiog hour" Both
Scntlcmen have q largo following, and the con
Il 3 viii rrotaby be cosr All that can te
s!'d Is that The man who polls the largest vote
will Be the ncmlt c, OF the party. The volag
p'etlaoIs will be ns follows:
1t Nari--At the usual place on tue south
slin 81 Prince STREET q, d cast of Lee street
PM Wa!d-At tho h0u.c OF Juo. L. Smith,
~ Fairfax, between Cameron aud Quecn sts.
Bird WarG--At the cid Court House.
ith WnId--At the !rsmc h0uss 90 10 east
SIDE OF Co!uutus between Prince end Duke
.irce:s
The ptl!s will be opened t, :usrisc aud c osed
ii sunsct.
MAYORS OFFICE TIE city, TO day not-
@lth9tanIug tho excitement about of the cleo
ton on Monday. is very quiet aud orderly. A
good deal Of l:q1cr Il H lat. Iu. ii is net
o The t4htioe kind.
There was but one case at the Mayors CGiop,
thai Il c !Ored man named Henry Mason,
Ahl boa: & col0red w9maa uamed Ann Cole
man He paid s. for bis luo, and left with
u heart. TIE wimsn, who had created tie
.xMtcment, psit s.. 50, for. she said. hollow
Irp Will! The man beat Der.
/ he ma2 i.trstes arc having dull lime. ard
are last wliirg for "somclipg to turn up"
tl0TEI. ARRIVALS. - Mansion Housc-L
Tlipe,, Fauquier county. Va.
lonfiHc~-Geo. w. Williams, HernlOu, Va;
!. X. Wa;a. Washington;:.W %. Hougb, Hills
horcugh, Va; ". b. Vsusickler, Richmond,
Va. Cd VIM. a. Saacs, MounlssiIIs, Va;
j. \. Hutchinson, f. Il. Purcell. l. f. Hutch.
l,,Oo, ihoa.ss ". Lake, Juhu ii. Dwell, and
T.. 4 AirlhniIer I.oud0ua, Va Thomas New
map. Is sitiu!on: George II. II, I'll ebowtr, II.
/. Mhdluy. Baltimore; l.. +. Glasicock, Eau.
aricI; I. W. MatduE, Vh,mas p. Stewart,
Eiauqrlc'; George ". Washington. If. Linden
ksnt, A!cxsrdin.
he NEW GERMAN CuURCH. The steells
for the Few German Lutheran Church, which
MrV"d lew days ago. was placed 10 position
Yesterday rvcuios, and odds considerably 10 the
npp,atarcc Of the church. This church when
HI!Gnlatcd will present very handsome ap-
pearincl. AMI will be gr1a! inprogcmant.to
tEnt sc II Il tie city. AN effort will be
made - have The street 10 frCnt of the church
lm1r1v, d. and II i, hoped it viii To success. iul.
The draw lnes Tor TIE church were made by MIR.
Wm. H. Griman, who IS Supcrit .DdiDg the
work
He MARKET TO DAY.-Thcra was large
supply OF everything IN tho market, meat,
vegetables aud fish TO day, and purchasers were
numerous. Best cuts OF oil kinds of meat sold at
from Il to IS cctt5 per TO-; ro.ss beef l2o,s. per
10 pork ~ c.s., aud sausages 10 c's; butter
Is to Is els. per To-; cabbage to 5 cts. per
hea0i cora I'D cis. per dcZer; egg plants to 3
cts. apiece; sweet POTATOES 20 cts. per peck; best
apples 80 Cts per peck; fish, winter shsd aud
tslloIS, % 10 50 cts. per buuch.
lNFANTICIDE .--Justic, A. B. GruoweN,
acllog coroner of tho county. has returned 10
c!elk' 5 office the rQui.iiau tiken 10 tho coun-
~ ob the l2th instant upon the body of 90 no.
knowu mae infant. The ju'y find that tt
sid unknown male infant came to his death on
or about The Sth day Of October, 1879, by neg.
ie't CT DROVE Jag at the hatds Of soma persons
10 Us utEoowu, SID that tho said death Was tho
result, Of felony. by said unknown person or
persons.
INSURANCE SUlT-On utslay last Me:srs.
Kent l. Neala Instituted suit 10 the Cnc ait
Court Of the City of Riot moDd 10 sui G, the
Gcpt sit Oi the Life Association Of America, 10
he interest Of the policy holders 10 that c5m
paup. ii hatiog bien declared il s1lvent. Pol
ic2 hclicrs 10 this city end vicinity by ioiuog
10 these proceedings car s. cure to themselves q
dlSlfItujiyo share 10 whatever amount NAV be
realized.
lMpRovEMENT5.-l1 walking arouod the
city ore 10 surprised at tho amount Of work
lha. Is gelcg 90. aud business seems to be very
brisk, Notwithstanding o,mplainls TO The con
| tory. There is o great deal of building going
Oh. houses Of all liads are going up, b1lh store
sid DWELLINGS, esp; caly 90 The outskirts tfthe
city. Mr.. E0b:. Portuer ia making az addition
to bis already large essb shment. All branches
o! BUSINESS seem 10 be picking up.
|
PERSONAL -Ja jeo james Keith, passed
through this city yesterday. from New York,
where he has been to consul physician, on bis
wy to his home in Warrentou. apparently in
proved 10 health.
Rsv. Dr.. BalIcck arrived homs to day from
Blhimore, where he has been 10 attendance Oh
the Committee Of Foreigo Missions If The Pres,
bytarian church.
REVIVAL SERVICES "A large oRd was
PIES ,nt at the Baptist Church last night, when
Rev. iJr. Wharton preached al eXteedir glS
impressive sermon from the tex, God Tor
bid that | should glory save u the cross of oul
Lard Jesus Chris. There will DO bap,isios
10 this church 10 morrow.
ArrulhTED-Mr. J. ii. Pfendergfast bal
ecn appointed 40 ad ii Total telegraph operator
at he Virginia Midald Railroad, in conse
quencs ot tie heavy tu:iless Low being done
by that T0ad.