Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-16

oaooIING AFFAIR For g,u, tine Hn;
. aiA:ug hos b.ea brewing b.tRcen L?ui5 +,
fa9Io Gni E!lnuCa Burke. 10 Well koyw1
YOUNG lawyer EElaiiy siIl;ri tie .sd 10 b. 6,
hc bottom Oh the u9p.casan!ne:6 paTcc i; is
'epofted, h2s. slnce the b?elnorg # he cf,ic,
fepeateol7 aVGTei On The streets his ioteotion
OF klllIog Burke. aud came here from Wash
II gton tuesday as; armed With revolv;r.
HLlca ho d!solaycd. Failing 10 meet Bu:ke be
returned to Washington lLd came here sg.ia
yesterday evening % the : o'clock train.
Burke, sho Was Informed Of The pies.
enco OF Payto in the city, nrmtd himself
lor lhe expected meeting, which cccnrr,d
as: night about quarter sitter ten o'clock, 10
ihe barr rom OF the To1tine Hotel, Gu Cameron
street. Burke Wss standing 10 the plaoe talk
irg to some gen!Cmsp. when Payne entered the
irort Goor, u1hrned. Burk,, as soon IS he saw
Payne. retreated toward the sid door Leading
lDto the yard. ard. drawing his revolver fred
one shot. Tie ball from the pistol entered
Payne right coat sleeve at the wis. and passed
SUI a. TIC elbow, ersZiog the arm and itil!c:ing
OILY IGht Fl 'sh wound. amounting to nothing
mora s,rlous than 40 abrasion. OEcrs James
Smith AMI Julian Arnold inmediat y app jared
Oh the scsno a.; d arrested both Payne and Burke
and lodged them 10 The station hous) until an
exaninst!on c,ud he hell. Rhioh took place
| ct oncc before the Mayer, Justices Thompson
and B,lIcDGer. Burke was committed Without
bali Tor farther examination. aud Payne was re-
:ased on $500 bail, with Dir. S. j. R:ed as
his sur2y, 10 Keep The pecc, until three
0 cccs this sfur1ooo.
This at e:ooon j. i Payne vas pu. uod3r
bonds ty Justice Thompson iu the sum Of 500.
with Gen. L3msx as surely, to keep tho peace
iJr one yasr. Edmund B1rke waived gu exam,
natlon and Wis Committed TO i.il to answtr 30
indictment at the next grand Jury torn Of The
Co'porailon Cou;t. Bu:ke was then taken bo.
lore Judge Chlitou en- writ of babess
corpus. ADD vas admitted to bail in
the SUN OF $500, with q. II. Smith, r. L. La
cas-, j ohu L. Hammond aud Robert Bsliouger
as sureti"s. Mr. a. w. Armstrong appeared
icr MIR. Bake aud Nj. s. G. Brent for the
Clmnonwealth There has been considerable
txatun2nt on the streets to day over tho aft iir.
MEETING OF CONSERVATIVE REArJUsrERs.
The Conservative k:a. jlstcr Club bed a meet
Tag. which Wsa ls'g.ly attended. at their head
G1aTters. 90 King areet. las; night, With DR..
a. L. Cox 10 tho chair sud James w. Shinn
Secretary.
Resolutions were adopted p'cdyirg tho sup
poTi ol the cub 10 the nominees Ct tho Demo-
cratlo S;a,o Convention. |. vas also resolved
TO $3.50 40 address to the conservative read
lu5'r5 Of the State setIi5g forth the principles
- Us cln:eEGcl Tor 10 tho approaching canr
~ 81.
Ire lo'lo1iog were s.l.c!id IS The candid ates
81 the club, to be voted fer OF tho ward meet.
Inga en- the eth lest, for delegates 10 the
Democratic State Convention. which meets 10
Richmond 10 August ncy!: First Ward Y.
". Power aud }. F.. Norris; Second Ward,
Zoe. u. M0ur0f; Third Ward, Jsmcs +. Wad.
deg, James ". ShiGu and j. u. MotteT;
Ecurh SWGid, j. II. HaEkins. ard j. Z.
SWsCCry.
Atstr hs transaction CT stmo other routine
nu-iGr%s tie meeting &C u'ned.
TIE GE0RUE'S GREEN CoYNEcrtoN.-It ia |
reported list the Maryland Board of Public
Wo:k3 has sGrscd II give tao GEORGES Creek
ard Cumberland Il. Ii, Go. q conuoc'ion
wnh tho tracks Ct tho B,l;inorc ard Ohio
Eiilrosd ComraDy at Polk street. Cumberland
Nd. IL Is understood at Cumberland thst this
approval ls made c1nti0gcnt upon tho furnish
Ing Q! o7Idauco by tho Georges Creek aud
CumbtrS SD Rlliroad Company thst it had
previously, 10 scc)rdaroo with the law, made
application aod bocn refused by The Baltimore
snd Ohio Railroad Company connection at
tho designated nGint, which evidence wi be
promptly furnished.
MARRIAGES. -Mr. Wm. g. Johustou, OF
Alexandria c'u1ty. who vas married o few
days ago 10 N3s York TO Miss lsugl;y, of
that city. has rctur1ed with his bride, 10 bis
home lc the c)uutY. where tho haHpy couple
aie neR srCDflag their Honeymoon.
Mr.. }. II. Johnston. G!s) OF Alexandria ooun.
~ tho father OF Mr. W. q, } ohnstou. wss mar
He'd 10 WASHINGTON, ycsicrdty. to Miss Emma
l.. Fairfax, o! Pfifc1 William couoty. Va. This
qlirictto Ct lo9iog hearts have the beat wishes
OF ;h.lr ns9y friends Ter their cluliuucd hsppi
nCss and pr)srcTlty.
QUARTERLY Conference. The Qlsrterl9
Coniersrc: Of the NJ +. Church OF this oily WIS
held las: night. with Rev. VIM. Ii. Forsyth,
P'c;i3log Elder Of ;ho district, 10 the chair,
aud Mr = &. llarnoo Secretary. Oaly rou-
tine business Ess transacted. ard rho oonferebc,
aGi>rrncd til the NIX. regular mectiag. Mex
Sucd4Y will be observed IS "Childron'6 Day"
and Rev. ID. pou,soo, pastor Of the church. will
prcaca s2rmon appropriate to the occasion.
COORDINATION CoURT-Ju4gc 4, ". Gill;
ton presiding - ossph Pad2ctt. elected j as
!ice o the Peace in the 81 ward qualified.
Ch4r!e3 Dearborn YVES appointed Commission.
cr in Charco!y. and designated ss Commissioner
CT hc2Ourt.
Allen W. McVoigh chancory decree subro.
eating John Howard 20 sll the rights Of w. N.
McVo'gh in hcjuigmonts assigned by latter 10
iOrncc.
Cous. adjourned 10 Court in course.
EXCURSION AS will BE- sen by O notice
elsewhere, The Alexandria Musical Association
~.I! give hu excursion to Marshall Hall next
Monday evening The excursion by tho "ocy
band last year was enc CT the pleasautest
which ever lett The city, aad no!hirg will be
;p:rCd by the managers TO mako this years