Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-10-07

lHE REFORM CLUB-ELECrION OF OF
FlcERs.-At meeting Of the Alexandria
Reform Club last night, with President H
NJ. Fotz in the chair and Geo. w. Hawk
hurst secretary, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year President, H.
VI. Foltz: 1st Vice President. B. W. Nails:
I'd, Lambert Lyles; Sd. Fl. W. Patton: Treas
urer, J. II. Beach; Financial Secretary, J.
+. Glover; Secretary. George w. Hawxhurst.
First Marshal, r. H. Hancock; I'd. Geo. III.
Lyles; Sergeant-at-Arms, +. NJ. Wood:
Librarian, James Grigg; Steward Of Hall,
Geo. Upton. After the election, the several
committees of the club made very eucour-
aging reports. +. NJ. Wood, from the COM
mittee on the Sunday morning outdoor
meeting reported four signers to the pledge
last Sunday. 1t was also reported that the
club membership numbered 400 The COM
mittee on the third anniversary of the club,
to take place on the evening of the 18th of
October and Mt which there are to be some
interesting exercises, reported progress Tn
der the head Of for the good of the Club"
&. 2. W. Minis of Boston, delivered an in
terestng address, after which the meeting
closed with the singing of praise God nom
Whom all blessings flow"
POLICE NEws.-The Mayor had before
him this morning tramp, for being drunk
and disorderly on the streets last night; a
man named Henderson for keeping pig
within the corporation limits; FredLoudoun,
colored, for refusing to remove nuisance
from his premises as ordered several months
ago, and number of parties charged with
creating and maintaining nuisances on their
premises.
The tramp, from New York, whose head
was bare Of hair on one side and had but
one ear, was ordered out of the city
Henderson was fined 81, and ordered to
remove the pig outside of the corporation
Immediately.
Fred Loudoun was fined S. for refusing
to abate the nuisance on his premises when
ordered, and 81 for not obeying summons
yesterday.
All the other parties charged with having
nuisances on their premises were discharged
after paying SOC. each for the summons
served upon them, with orders to abate the
nuisances complained of at once.
HEAVY SToCK AND FREIGHT BUsIN Ess.
Inc stock and freight business on the Vir-
gihla Midland Railway was never heavier
than at present. At one time the arrival OF
cattle was confined to one day of the week
saturday, but now large number of cars OF
cattle arrive here daily over the road. One
day this week fifteen car loads of very large
cattle from Kentucky arrived here 1t was
estimated that the animals averaged over
1000 pounds apiece. Yesterday another train
OF cars loaded with cattle arrived here. The
irelght business of the road outside of the
Stock business. is SO heavy that the compa-
ny finds itself in need gilmore rolling stock
w. w. Il. R.-Au employee of the w.
". R. R. says that the engineer corps has
succeeded i'll gettinga route over the Blue
Hiiige with grade of only 50 feet to the
mile That is certainly very much better
Than any one expected. The freight trains
now on this road are very long and heavy,
and the road is taxed to its utmost canacitv
IN moving the large quantities of freight
winch are now being shipped over it. New
engines and cars have been ordered from
The North which are expected to arrive here
soon. The company are eulargng the ex-
press office at Hamilton