Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-11
LCC.dL BREVIlIES.

! e'ohn III GIT and Nep Penn was ar7ested this
"'tn' Hoon LOT Lighting h. FlshtoWn.
- Gay - the 10Th anniversary of tho capture
VI M Jefferson Davis, President of the South.
efh Con!e!egsc5.
q. q MSS meeting CT tna friends OF temperance
NH De heid ct SarepLa hall 10 Ms Ii! 10 nominate
Candidates 70: the City Council.
Tho Com niit!ee on Claims OF The Board Ct
oirecIofs Of the Virgins Midland Railway Co.
nave Oaen II session st The onica ottba! company
IN this city TO d0y.
The Alexandria Musical Association being
unable TO attend, there will bs no public dress
parade Of tho Alexandra Light lnfaItry TO-.
morrow, as proposed.
To-day has been the wsrmest Ct ths season
inc mercury n tho thermometer registering 90
| ia The shade. The thermometnr st the American
Goa! Cos. wharf registered % degrees.
Forty thousand herring and cC01 shsd arrived
g: fiShto"n 10 d,Y aad sold ss follows: Shad s
R2o per hundred End herring 10 2s$22j per
thousand
General YIN L. Payne Of Fsrqler, Capt
Nm. Il. Fowia, Of Staunton. L. =. Coghill
esq, Of AmherEt snd g. e. Holland, csG of
DaEvil!o, we're IL The city to-day.
Henry Brown, in old coorei man, Wis found
!?ing upon tho ground sick, noar the Virginia
sldl.nd dayo. by Officer Latin, this morning
Ee was sent to ji, by the Mayor for medcal
treatment
The EiIgi.la MiiIsnd R.ilwsy Company hsa
| awarded thp contract for repairing tho east end
o. the tu1re!, or Wilkes street., to Messrs. Nor.
rIs Desmond aad Jerry Caller. The work will
DO commenced next week.
Rev. Mr. ihsrp, of Grace Church, lott iii;
c.;Y 2Qndhy LAST 10 visit his brother, in Loves.
Vi!la, i &. ho vii! go from North Carolina to
tho Er!scop@l Convention, which meets in Dau.
villa on tho is h last.
Mr. Robert CaGood, 10 avoid The conaraps.
liri, Il Is crowd around his store, at tho corner
ot Lso hn1 Princess st:ee!4. tsrsed the top Of the
h7p ptnS q! that point yesterday. Among tho
victims was Mr. aaJton Arlington, who swore
Oh! warrant Tor tho sr.ts. cf Mr Uawood this
mrrrinG TEn trial of tha casa will come or
HrioIc justice Thompson tomorrow.
iha hay scales, which hsvo been talked atout
50 :HhG! iatsiv, h!o piled up 81 the tts.i1n house
IL i Godc7s!o"6 tho Conmlt.aa on Public Prop
cr;y Of lA9 City Council via rnsko arrange.
iil":ts io! tao weighing OF hay on the scales of
hF. "a cioS"E. 81 Tho corner of Duke aud Fair.
inS streets. uCl; the difficulty in regard to the
location o: the ragn;a. hsy scales Can ba settled
DT JU5g3 Chiffon.
4 dispatch w.a rtcaiscl here yesterday at!cr-
Eo9n ~ Capt. Webster, OF tho police force,
requesting hiE! 10 look out for MI e:c,pad con-
E.S!. : II: members Of The torco Wcra informed
q ihn contents of tho dispatch, ard last night
officers Jsm:a Smith sid RI. Latten CAPTURED
tHo man Oh tito Virginia Midland trsin. which
arrived hera 81 hs! past eight O'Clock. lie vas
lodged IN thc station house, wher5 no stated that
hi3 name #es Cass Ho@ard tia. ha was born
~ TeTn: :ssp, and was sen! TO tho Vraiais pom
Lse;.;!"y ttoH Wvt&ogIle over iva yasr5 ago
Tor Il ynsrs tof eating Ean thR. ha was
h!fsd I'll: 10 work 9! Loviugston from whence
no escaped . ieW days $50 Tho Clothes he hsd
on snd bunch Of keys ha had in his possession
ID SAID 10 bcloag 10 doctor st Lopingston. The
in@n, wEo is 3 young negro, was reno Cd to
la'i to.1&y 10 aTait the arrival o! tho proper
Authorities 20 take him in charge.