Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-08-08

LOCAL MATTERS.

LOCAL MATTERS.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Aug. 8, 1882
For The Middle Atlantic States warmer partly
cloudy weather and local rains, followed during
the night by slight fall in temperature south
west to northwest winds, falling, followed by ris-
ing barometer.
TROUBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN TELE-
GRAPH Colt was stated in yesterdays
GAZETTE that agents of the new Southern
Telegraph Company were in the city en-
gaging men, TO watch the poles Of the COM
pany OH the Washington road TO prevent
them from being cut down. About twenty
men were secured, and a portion Of them
were dispatched Immediately to the threat
cncd poles 1t is said that this action was
made necessary on the part of the telegraph
company by a letter from the Alexandria
and Ere, lericksburg Railroad authorities
claiming that the poles were being erected
on their property and that if those already
in position were not removed they would
be cut down. To prevent the destruction of
the poles the Southern Company employed
the men to watch them with instructions to
resist any attempt to injure the property of
the CON jany. These measures created the
imprcs il IN that there was to be war, and
when it Was reported on the streets this
morning. that Il courier had come to the city
late laSt"night for more men, it was conf
IDENTIFY asserted that an engagement had
taken Place and that several parties had been
injured. one party declared that the South
crn forces. among them many well known
AlcXandrian>, had been surprised while sit
ting Oh the road under umbrellas smoking,
defeated and driven up into the country
while olher@ stated that the telegraph men
men had attacked the railroad men for the
purpose of ascertaining their true strength,
and inding the railroad men were in the
ma atty had retired with great precision
and left the poles TO take care of themsel-
YES. There has been, however, no authcn-
tic news of any trouble, and none is antic-
patH. If there is any trouble at all it will
be il the shape ola law suit.
CONGRESSIONAL TALK.--The democrats
ar,slIot Yet thinking much about the com
ingCongressiOnal election in this, the 9Th
district, IA it is conceded by all that Hon
join :. Barbour will not only be nominated
without opposition, but that he will be re-
tuned to Congress by ma jority even great
er.han he received at the last election Such,
however, is not the case with the Malone
radiusters. The trouble with them is to
gd Il suitable candidate. Mr., David 4.
Windsor has said his business will not al
IL" Hlll W INll, anu IL Is unuefSlOOu MI.
Farr will not be candidate. The conven-
ton to make the nomination will meet in
ali5 city on the 18th instant, and there is
naturally good deal Of talk as to who will
>c the nominee. A readjuster and u re-
publican, from Culpeper county, in this city
yesterday, gave it rs his opinion that Mr.. l.
|. o Neal of this city would be the strong
est man that could he selected. He further
stated that he had travelled through all the
counties in the district, and that he had
found, to his surprise, that Mr.. O'Ncal was
we'll and Eavorably known in all of them.
The rcadjusters of this city are very favora-
bly, disposed towards Mr.. O'Neal, at least
many of them have so expressed themselves.
They say that Mr.. O'Neal is known by all
( parties as n conscientious and consistent re-
I publican, and that having carried the city
and county once, they believe that he could
poll Il large vote again besides he is man
of considerable personal popularity. 1t is
thought Mr. O'Ncal will have a strong fol-
lowing in the convention.
POLICE NEws.-Compared with yester-
tcrday things were dull at police headullar-
tiers to-day. There were only two parties
before the Mayor this morning, Annie Payne
and Fannie Boston, both coored, charged
with noisy and disorderly conduct on the
streets last night. The couple were SEN
fenced to the work house for thirty days
each
Lizzie Ashton, colorcd, fined yesterday
for diSoldcrly conduct, was to- day sentenced
to the work house for ID DAYS.
solomon krus, representing the firm Of
j. and l.. kraus, Of Baltimore, who was BE-
fore the Mayor yesterday on the charge Of
selling goods without IL proper license and
released upon giving bail in the sum of
$3.50, with Mr.. NJ. Schulcr rs surety for
further examination, was to-day promptly
discharged by the Mayor, and the license he
was selling under returned to him, it being
asccrtained it was legal paper The IL
censc under which Mr. Kra,ls was selling,
him by Mr.. j. r. Henderson, of Richmond.
Mr.. Henderson, it was proved, had paid $3.50
for a brokerage license, and $50 each for
three additional statesmen, making $400 he
has paid into the State Treasury. 1t was
one these additional licenses Mr. Kraus
was using for the purpose of building up the
trade of his house in this section, which
practice Is strictly in accordance with the
law on the subject. \ drummer for New
York house, in the city to-day, said that
Virginia is the hardest State in the Union
on travelling statesmen; that they have to
pay more for the privilege of selling and are
allowed lever privileges than III any other
place, and that Alexandria is regarded as an
especially dangerous city by the fraternity :;
that the city is we'll known and that a
drummer will not come here if he can pos
sibly avoid it.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR Con-
GREssMAN-ArLA LARGE Dawson, the straight
out republican candidate for Congressman
at-largc, is native of this city, having be-
longed TO Mrs Gordon. He left Alexandria
before the war and went to Canada. After
the war he returned to this city, his old
home, and married y widow named Bour-
bon. After remaining here some time dur
ing which residence he preached in one of
the churches, he studied awhile for the
Protestant Episcopal ministry. From this
city Mhnre his wife still nWna nrnnert,, hn