Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-03
LOCAL MATTERS.


!ysATTSa PROBABILITIES. Argus! 3. 1850.
70: be Middle Atlantic States cloudy or p:rt'
~ cloudy weather, occlsi1Dal rain, Wind5 mes
y from ncrthW2st to noythcSS ,aearJ s:aloi airy
tm.c.aura az ] : ationa!y or higher baromt ter.
rEHs0yAL,-lir. JAM i. Wadjcy. master
mechanic Of the Irsl9ia Midland haroad
Company, who went 10 Atoota, "a, several
wctks acc On business clLneo!cd With the road,
ms r,,nrnc1 homo. While at Altoona, he cZ.
sEiccd tw5 cn2iacs which the Pennsylvania
r5sd has !or sale, AID which the Virginia Mid
ard road, it is thought, wii purchase.
i:essrs. VIM. i. Smoot and John l}. Fossctt
If. this marning Tor the White Sulphur
SmI0ss.
& neral Fit2 lee, VII J has beer sick Tor some
r:ay4 2. the residence OF his mother, Mrs S. s.
be, 10 this city, has recovered AID is out agalo.
Tho GoacraI is expected to speak ct tho demo.
c.ali3 rliiicati1p meeting to b, held here on the
night Of the I2.h loslauv.
Piss Lila s. Washington, who has been 90 q
visit 10 trl.Lds il this city, eft to day for War
sac, I,ichmo0d county.
Tho Washington Sunday Herald SAYS :
"Hro.bcr Hugh Latham. Z. q. NJ. aud j. Il.
l.; 0! Alexanilia, Vs., was in the city ytser-
.!lg % saort visit from Orkueg Springs, to
which .laco tc will return 20 morrow. Ills
la.lh is vory much improved,
fif. Il. l.. HTGla aud mother are slum:rirg
ID .raioln county.
Sos Psttlo Carr, OF iauQlirr, il wishing
.i.n5- n ,hiq city.
hc2. Dr.. Bltlucii lett 20 day for BI:inore
10 aucul q n0elIrg OF tho committee On for
.iyG aoi domestic nIa.iQp4 o! the S0uIterp
Presbyterian Chu,cl.
Nr, Joseph E'c3dcTs. 81 ;ii5 ety. is v:sitiog
h,f I.aghtor Sirs. Moore, at Champagne, Lii.
U2aeral il. l. i. Bealc, Ct Wcsimnrelsnj,
made ~ able and eloquent spsech al B:cnts
vile yesterday Tor Hancock and Ea2tish. IL
.ati hcio tbs moralne Tor bin homa 81 tue
cem hr:Jwamith.
fH3 paowEIyG YESTERDAY .-Tcc body 0 /
he coorod n!o, Nelson Shepherd. who Was
drowned YESTERDAY evening .: Mr.. "A. Reeds
wharf, as m9nti3Ho! il the G:z.tle. was rtc)v.
red lat nirh, abou: n'c!ock By Mts:ro. Jos.
Davis, Wm. D2V3 aud Richard L,wrcGcc, and
r.ui,i 10 ;hc hCu5c If his m)thCr, on north
=. A7:ph street. where the funeral took place
ms AFTERNOON. Tho man, Will; engaged in
nA.OrdnE ice from the schooner ,Isc0b VI,
/ skc!i, fell from the ic3 shu;e, some SIX 0:
,Igh. Cct h2h. sCI. striking the wharf 10 bis
!rsc,Dt, i Is supposed hat Thcn fc touched
he water. he was ID 40 unconscious c,ndisiCn,
,r he satk 7CVGr 20 Use arao. Some tfiok
ria' the U..H' $ ntck vas b,0ko1 by the fall.
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49, .I - o. ''t y, - .,''2" ''';i ny
vi IL, "''! ''' G''H o' az 'cs'Gi: th2 Di2t
"hViur ";aa lnshtd eli from the Wharf three
ms. aga Tie cip,an, WHO wa :h.nn. al :h9
I0lc Of a., arct"Gt, sl!l la. r2H!, ia q con-
y,r-atio-. Il 4 3! Che ggs~ri "a! been togcd out
~ H., s.5.a;, - s,D.r # .i.s crowd = uqcstoH
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fi'i Gais a5i rI'b.'y Hlger. inc matt OF
h. - p ! 49, his. Ct al The c1lorcd Iuen 10
gha crowd o. he aaptf ho vas sluck by the
tee. tH..f5, a9n q: ;hrr. annn,r,d n >. sat IN
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