National Republican., 1880-08-17
ALEXANDRIA JEF,1IRS.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. August 10, 1880.
Sixty-ilve carloads Of cattle passed through
hero Saturday night for Baltimore
Tho Potomac Fruit Growers will give their
fourth annual excursion to Marshall Hall OH
Tuesday.
The schooner Emma Aory was launched
from tho ways at the ship.yard this afternoon
aud the schooner NJ. G. Knight will bo taken
in tomorrow
Many citizens left hero to-day to attend the
political discussion at Fairfax Courthouse
this afternoon between George A. Mushbach,
conservative congressional canvasser; Colonel
Cameron, the head Of the roadjuster electoral
ticket, and others.
Annie Holmes and Henrict Washington
two colored insane women, who have been
confined in the Jail of this city for some time
past, will bo taken to the colored insane asy.
lum just outside of Richmond tonight by
City Sergeant Smith, accompanied by Mr. IL.
NJ. FOltz.
The steamer Harry Lodor and the yacht
Witch of the Wave from Washington, in which
were seated several men and number OF
boys, collided this morning near King-street
dock. Both the steamer and the yacht were
slightly damaged. The occupants of the yacht
escaped unhurt.
There was to have been colored excursion
to Culpeper to-day, but owing to the failure of
the committee to make the proper arrange
ments with the railroad company, the crowd
that collected were much disappointed to find
that after making their arrangements no train
would leave for that place.
At a meeting of tho Catholic Beneficial So
ciety held last night at st. Mary's hall, with
President NJ. b. Harlow in the chair, Mr..
Edward Hughes was elected delegate and
Mr.. Lawrence Baino alternate to tho ma
tional convention of the Irish Catholic bene-
| fetal union, which meets in Wilmington, Del.
on the 26th of September.
The meeting at the Mansion house Satur'
| day night for the purpose of organizing boat
| club for this city was largely attended by
| young gentlemen. Mr.. A. G.. Uhlor presided
and appointed two committees-one on finance
and ono on organization. The meeting then
adjourned until the 1st of September, when
the officers of the club will be elected.
J. d. Smith, the man committed to Jail to
| await the action of the grand jury for beating
his stepson, George Leonard, on the morning
of the 9th Of July last, escaped from Jail this
morning by scaling the wall. The escape was
effected by means of a rope secretly furnished
| him by some unknown person who visited
him yesterday afternoon. uo is still at
| large.
The steam tug Brewerton, which has been
| engaged in transferring cars from this city 10
Shepherds for the past three years, left Satur.
day night for Baltimore to undergo repairs
| Tho tug Transfer, which is to take her place
WAS mot at Point Lookout, where the crew oil
the Beaverton took charge OF the new tug and
brought hor to this city, arriving here about
$3.50 o'clock last night.
| 1t being against the law to shoot reed birds
and SOFA until the lst of September, and com
plant having been made to the Alexandria
| Game Protective association that the law !.
being violated daily, the association has beer
called to meet at the treasurers Office tonight
ut o'clock TO take some action in regard tC
the matter. The voators Of the game law
if their names can bo ascertained, will be ar
rested.
A passenger on the steamer George Leary
reports that shooting affair took pac,
on that steamer yesterday evening while
on her way TO this city from Norfolk
| When the steamer was in the bay 4
pistol-shot was heard in one Of the state.
rooms, where was man and woman, and
Immediately after the explosion the woman
fell bleeding to tho floor, breaking the window
of the state-room in her descent. The names
of the parties could not be learned, and il il
not known whether the woman attempted
suicide or the man shot her.