Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-31
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Special correspondence uf the iieSa. Guze:te
WASHINGTON, d. g., Dec. 81, 1879.

Special Correspondence uf the iissa Guzctta
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 81, 1879.
gentl, maa from tho ValI,y of Virsiri4 to-
forms NO that duriur the trial Of tn. suit OF
Cogan VI Alexandra vs. Moore Of O!knry
Springs, last wc,k Mr. Ri idieb-rger, COUNSEL
for Ysp, said s,nc rough ibi 'gs abJu! Moore,
whu, when th sc Was over sDd Il ddeb,rIer
had left tie court house, struck him 90 the
back of b. head with stick of wood anG
Knocked him down. Subsequently the parties
met in the dining room Of the hotel Wheu Rid
dIcbergcr asked Moore if no was armed, aud q
negative resDo1se bong given, Rddcherger
took PTS oil out of bis belt, handed it 70 by
ISLANDER aud assaulted Moore, with bis ISIS
knocking him down and off tho hotel porch,
| wnere the CON bssaa's olinch, sod had a rough
end tuub fight, which lasted until they were
| = para;t by mutual friends.
The olain Of Mr.. +. G. Turner, OF Salon,
| Fauouirr couoty, Va, for property takun by
| the U. 5 soldiers during the VIZ, to the amount
OF $4,000, has been report, upon favorably by
| the southern claims Commission.
| Miss Jcuny Reynolds. we'll kuowo in Alexsn.
dlis, made hSr debut IS az &C ess 10 Louisville,
last week, before crowded audience aod is
pronounced ty the critics of that city .c!ded
success.
| Mir. Ross Turocr, formerly OF Alexandria,
WAC ie noH aud has been tor me- time past in
Europe, prosecuting bis ar istlc rtuGi. -, has
just forwarded to this country half dozen pic
lures, lis own " Tk, wflc1 sro mu b admired
| by the cOonOlss, us Of tuis City.
Tie loss By toe FIRE at the terra c,tta works
her vest; !ay is estimated by the fire commits
SiUUers 20 BE- 500 600; that BIZ the fire ct ex'
| Iaat iyhf hnh ot
$40 0G0 aru $50 000 TIE latter fire str I'd
large numb,r OF 8! ectslors from all pars OF
| the CITY, amOug whom were msny 'aGiss. who,
as the weather Wrs mild and car, went there
as thos would 60 to show, ADD tho sp-c ce,
wnen he flames we're olimti & up anG eaclr-
Ing the tCWers end mensreI- of the building,
Was ooo OF the yr,udest ever vi ncssed here
il cretSry Ut thr lptrrior TO day received
in,ege from the Ute Commission, which
relieved his anxiety about the safety OF the
members II that commission Considerably The
OH mlssi0ucrs having released the prisoners
that had Ue,n deliver d 10 them because sll had
net b>eu 6unon6ercd, had "rteG eafriy tUr
Lake City, aud the troops that had srar,d TO
their relief had been ordered back. 1t is now
geuc:aly supposed that as soor as tbs spring
op us be soldiers will DO put on III Indians
track. AID say en- il uolil The last r, kin has
D2eD r. hut OF CUlulafO
A c,uut oil the seventeen repub:i az ~, N bors
OF The Pennsylvania Congressional delegation
has boca taken with the following result /:
} Twelve ct them arc fer Grant for the mkt
President, two for B siCe, oue for Sherman aad
J TWO have act expressed any preference. VOL
lni"rDrd gentleman Let from Oain says that
30 far from Tbs Germans of north Ohio beirg
) opposed tc Grant, they Gre for him TO mao,
} aud that they are strcpg enough TO cv,rcome
any oIp atlon at ID y BE- msCe 20 him through
the irhucuc. OF MIR. Schulz 10 othcr parts of
that State. H. also says that the nomination of
Grant by the repuD leans is now reduced to o
mere tocmeiy.
Tho receipts al the Trea.ury to-day from in,
;erus! reVgnue and customs mounted TO over Q
milIloa Of dollars
ln;cIligcno" VAS received at the Treasury to
day TO the effect that August and George
Noel the former { hotel keeper and prominent
pUll'!c a. 81 Sher5rook, Canada, have been ar.
res.ed ior issuiog oount rfeit notes cf the Ma.
tioosl SAFE Bank of Troy, NV York
The negro exodus from Nuith CaroliGe has
Set 10 again with renewed impulse. The eu-
grants c:mo by the B & 0. r R, rou;e, sud
10 90 without sorpiug, being supplied with
through tickots to their destination in Indiana.
All the department viii be closed to morrow,
| ana Ne@ q; = Gals Will be the order OF the
day.
The ut,:aadipg c'cclsion of |, gal tend, r
notes snd fractional currency 10 dGy il IS fol-
lows: U s. notes S346 6Sl DIG. frGoticra cur
rency SIS 674 30S.
MIR. Lewis MckcrAie, Of Alex ,ndris, vas 10
the city to Day tor the purpose of doing what
h" couli toWsrd Inducing the ,craIary of the
Navy 10 lot the school ship Saratoga. now
lying at the Navy Y,rd, sochor eff Ahx,ndria
for we k or SO. His idea is that if the naval
spI rentices on that ship were to ma ch through
The Streets CT that CITY once or twice the Juror
th:y would create amoue the i'd, boys there
would induce many OF them to ens:. All who
apply will DO enlisted if tbcy are between Is
a. d IS years of og~, and are sound 10 wind and
limb. The s. cretary was 50 busiy occupied
70 day that it was impossible for visitors to SEQ
him.