Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-31

Il NEW STEAMER. There is n Icnort tha
! ihesc Is 10 b. nrw steamer put on tho lowe
| i1t0msc RUE to run 10 connection With TIT
steamer Jahn w. Thomrs1u mkt sprng, bu
| there il 30 crtanlY 10 regurl 10 tho matter
| Capt. John Il. Wnol let for Now York thi
| mrrnlrg, ii is understood, to examine tho boa
| and report the result 60 lis company. 1t 10 asc
| utdcfs God that iba steamer Jane Nioseiy viii
| be Withdrawn ifom thc rouio upon which shs i
nov ruoniDg and have B"w boilers placed ia hcl
ard be thoroughly r0pntcd. ShO viii then be
| n:e Of the fastest end best beats or tbs river
lE"ruGE.--r converted JcwisI, rabbi, who
!AoIlr@d g0n:c weeks aEa 10 the Methods
l'r1tcatrs.ani Church, piTiog supli general sat
ls!aciioC. will preach Sabbath (t0 iaorr0w
| mGrnirg il! the Aan'o church. Ga Tuesday
! night rsE. he sill GcVer ano:hir If bin inter
| tsihg lectures. Sutj:o: Tho Jewish Taher.
rac!c, 10 which = 'ncdci e ill.,, tabernacle viii
b. exhibited. and LA fn0,ict; OF It's furniture
p;c@cp.rl AID Explained 70 tho lecture on
Tuesday night an admission Of ten cents will he
chafggd at tic door,
4 PLEASANT AFFAIR --Ariiuptop S0cia
GLIB gave = very r'2.saat entertainment at the
rcaIdcnc2 I, I Mir. NayCc7. IN Arlington iown
t"In, I@s'S tight. There WcTG qaitc q large sum
Der 81 guests prcsr3t, and GaLc,sg was kept Gl
until C'T!r this motUirg. \ 81 l,ndid euppcr
Was siir0tited on lilo (caasInn, aud all present
crJ2ycd tEciuscivCS greatly. Lap y4hr has
certainly commenced we'll, for the people have
done nching but hop and get married since
1850 lnado It's appearance.
TIE ER.-iho liver TO day presented a
rather drcory appearance. There WAS net q
saiiug Vess, to be seen. except two scGoonorR,
which cs'Nc down from Washington loaded with
oysters. where they had been expecting to tiud
ready hao Ter Their c1re0cR, but bcirg diicp-
pol0tcd rotGr0Ch 10 this city. There was very
littlo dcing on ;ho |harscs in constquOLcI of
the rcn. There we're pIGoty Of 05sto;s, whicIl
were selling ohoapIy, but slowly.
CArIUREn.-It was reported ia L,cshuTg
tc-day that !hc negro Wallace, vino escaped
from tho j.ll nt that p!&c, low days awo,
where no waI confined on tho charge committing
az Outrage On white lady, had hncu captured
il Frederick, Md. and wculi be brought bscl,
TO !i3 CI! quarters on Monday next. Ii is also
slated that On Tho Wight Of hl4 cscsp3 ho CONS
mlitcd another brutal outrage on a Hkito va.
man whom 20 met - Tho rrai
a New lINrgKrRlSs -rhrousil tIio cT1I!s
OF Dir. L. a. Reed new enterprise hag BON
established in this city which il expected to
grow to largo proportions and provo q great
boneiit to this CRY. The bark Hannah Mclean,
which arli9cd hero lew days ogo from New
York, is BOW being loaded by Mr.. Reed and
MIR. s. +. Nlcrrell. for Cuba with $500 hog
had shocks, $500 hogshead heads and 4 500
bundles Of hogshcad hoops.
AUCTION SALE.-Groon Il Wise, real ostllc
agents. sold to day at public auction, for Ieo-
nard MarhurV. trustee, the house ana lot now
occupied by Mrs. f. A. Williams, situated on
King street. between Columbus and Alfred
froniug 4G feet 5 inches, and runGing back lO0
feet to an alley, to N. ID. Rlttnour, for tho sum
OF 81 ,015-ono quarter cash, and tho remsindt I
in six, twelve and eighteen months.
COMMITTEE MEETING.-M7. s. G. Ncals,
chairman Of tho committee to make firaI mr..
raugemonts Tor TIC public meeting in behalf oil
I e sufferers 10 lrtland, having been called Ii
New York on business, will return on Wcdocs
day next. when meeting OF the committee
will be held a; the ntlica of the Ci'y Tren. urcI
at ! O clock that night, and arrangements made
for n general public meeting ct 40 early dag.
CoNTRACT AWARDED. The oantrecl for
bulldog Emanuel Church. at tho Theoio2lcs
Seminary. near this CITY, wal awarded 10 Gay Il
| to kluohnioe Il llbrr'son. Tho bids were as
| fO(0ws: klbchel6e Il Harrison, so 100 les.
81 500 for old material; Alexander Lyles
$40 600, iuciudiOg old materisl; Swain
Mcknight, sll,%96. including old material.
A Coon lNVeSTMENT.-A gentleman wcpi
| lo!o ircrchan,s st3Ie, nasr he Fireloia Nid
| Iatd depot, this morning 10 get five cent )i:c.
| OF tobacco. aud throwing down ten cant plrc'
received in return 6va dollar gold piece. A;
Tho nru OF the tcighborhcod commenced tt
buy tobscc,, bat tho lni,take did DOT harper
again. This is something that dors not hap
peo cltcu.
| CFF TIE TRACK The engine M. % of iht
| Virginia Midland Railroad ran off the track hi
m0Fong about six 6 click lust ns IT. Waa rOcnd
icg The curve below the tunnel. on WiIkc
street, but o3casiooed no damase. Alter
short delay it was gotten on tho tracs agsii
and prCc !edcd 90 lis way as usual.
| MARRIAGE LlCENSES.-6larriago lisunsf
were issued 10 Washington yesterday ond III
day before to VIM. T., Mcrean and Carrie i
| Bryan, both az Alexandria, Va } ohm ID. Mills
| OF WastloEtna, aud Rosa Erown, OF Ietno
| GeOrgn's county, Md.
| To Day. weather this m0rniug va
very disagrentlc, Int it cleared of this evening
ih* snn cane out brightly. and tho streets Ver
llironged with people. who had been kept i
tho t.olse all tho morning, making their rur
chascs for to morrow.
| PAID QrF.--All tie employees OF the Ca
pD,a,iou. Fro DEPARTMENT ADD Public Sohot
L.. If III
Treasurer NJ. Is. Harlow. Quito busy tean
4 III a,I kon 10 rstar ia nlnf