Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-01
LOCAL BREHITIES.

LOCAL BREH7TIES.
The Circuit Cou.! for the city adjca:n:d S'a
terdsy vening till court in course.
G nt,uen from the Pied mont country report
fros tatre last night and the night bet'Fs'
Mr. Moh!er, of Centreville, had his poG.se.
picked of email amount of money on Inc 3a!s
grounds this afternoon.
Ths democratic barbecue in Leesburg on the
18Th pronises to be grand all ais. dogs, seesp
and steers Will bs roasted whole, and everybody
Is invited.
There were no CASTS at the Mayo;'s or ct
either of the magistrates Offices to day. Not
withssanding tho large ctoWd Of visitors 10 At
tendance en- the Fair. the city is unusually q1le'.
An attempt was made this afternoon to poison
the horse Msggie T., owned by Mr. b. Peters,
which was the winner OF the running race az Inc
Fair tot sy. An attempt was made to drug Inc
horse yesterday, and this afternoon small COZ.
oEod boy was dettced IN inc &C! Q, inJsUp y;
q syrioge poison into The trc ugh where the anil
NAL wss feeding. Upon being discovered the
boy made off, but Yves captured atter 1ong
chsss and lodged in the station house. 1t Is
was employed by some one whose interest it is
10 gst MsSeis 7. out Of the way.
A STRANGE FAcT.-lhs thitk:r fats rarl
Gus Thugs 10 ptcas!a about while passing
through iiis. l. il singular thss nGo. the
tipsd, is tie oEls auual .hs. requitos amu'e
NEXT NJ oibsr a5fns On the facs al tie earth
is crVoD to the hasa cxpedents to which man
Is c5mor'h i to resort ior diversion: hsr, the
aieasucc.losios tiped. mus. needs Iii time;
sod, if the criminal law were to seset out OF
Tho lcutderers ,hoaa who commit crime tor The
cake oi Something 10 Do. il would DO found that
YES; number of Innocent victims were used as
ultra wnx drl g or dummies. and that tn: to'ua
und purposcd vic i'm was r0cr Old lime. Why
tho ino CT these buaan bsings should be
created and livep ipto lhei: hands merely fJr
them 10 Kill i. a thas which The Greater there.
CT CAD s!oco explaio.
D1szScHAwrsD.-It is retod of Msrivaux.
the celebrated French dramat!ss OF the seven;
teenth century, that whiie sill youth he fell
deeply in love with q young girl to whom ne at
last declared himself ard WAS accepted. NOW,
the objec! of this passion was o c1quette whose
business it Was to play the young MarlVsux all
those little tricks which are believed to IAN the
hsme f love. One e7oning-it was the eve OF
their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., arriving very early
at the house of this young lady, resolved to take
her by surprise. Entering her room on tIptoe,
he found her before her looking glass busy at
her toilet. 10 fingered moment on the TIRES.
hold before revealing himself, when to his horror
he found this IDEAL woman rshearsing the smil.
ing and the o2ling with which she proposed yet
moro deeply to eaAmor her expected lover.
Unhes,d, aud before his mistress had Uncovered
his presence Marivaux re!ired--not 10 relurn
Qua ENORMOUS APPLE CROP. More than
81 900 barrels Ct apples wero shipped to Europe
last week from New York alone. and an equal
amouot FROM other potts. For tho present
week Nea York will send 10000 barrels. Large
shipments are also being made from the New
Yoik state crop by way of Montreal, the freight
charges being considerably lower at that port.
Tie super-a5uudanoa of tho Amerioln crop
gees to supply the foreign demsnd, arising from
tho fac: that apples have been q total failure
both 10 England and on the Copti2ent. 1t is
estimated that hslf 6 million barrels will be ssDt
actcs, the tc3au during tho PRESENT yea:.
Butter AND OLEoMARsARINE.-Jos MIN