Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-06-08
AIEAANpRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

P''iouo luanner on the wharf last night was
arrested by officer Davis and locked up. Hc
was subsequently released as it WAS asccr
tanned he was only trying to dodge the
payment OF d board bill.
John Dorsey went to the house Of Molit
Davis. colored this morning, for the purpose
as he stated, of beating the woman for cir.
cul;atlnS report, damaging both to himself
and young girl he was waiting on. The
Davis woman escaped from the indignant
John through back door. and applied ia
the police authorities for protection. A war.
rant Was issued for the arrested Of the man
anu nc VIII have to answer the charge of
assault tomorrow morning.
AN ALEXANDRIA PEovINCIAL.-Rev. r
). fllton has been appointed by the Father
GENERAL OF the Society Of Jesus. at Rome
provincial OF that order in the New York
Maryland Province, which comprises the
eastern section of the United States. Faith
cr fuii"n is native Of this city. where he
resided until he was six or eight Years OF are.
ms mother, now an aged nun in the Convent
VI Inc Visitation at Georgetown being, ut
mat time, popular school mistress here
ne Is man of great financial ability and 4
distinguished preacher, and will, no doubt,
90 good service to his order in the place to
wien he has been called. 1t is noteworthy
That the only two Alexandrans who have
ever belonged to Catholic religious orders
OF priests, have been thus calcIto the head
OF Them. Very Rev. John 4. Rotchford hay
my Just served rs Provincial of the Dominic
can order i'll the United States.
HE NEW SHIP IARD.--The keel and b,,l'
'o%5 Tor the schooner to be built ut the new
ship yard of the Potomac Manufacturing
Company, III this city, arrived here to-day
from Glymont, where they had been pre-
pared by Mr.. Spccr, of Maine Mr.. A. A.
duncan, OF Rockland Me, who is to super
intend Tor the owners. Of whom he is one
The building Of the schooner. and who is to
tie Captain of the vessel when completed.
arrived here to-day. 1t is said that plans
are on loot Tor the erection of Il rolling mill,
preparatory to the building of IN iron ship.
Inc prospects are now favorable for q yigor-
Gus prosecution OF work on all the enter
prses connected with the Potomac Com
mny, and the probability is that the building
OF an iron ship will be commenced soon after
thc completion of the new schooner, which
Will he i'll four or five months.
oREMACHINERY FORTHE SOUTH. Eight
more car loads of machinery from the North
passed through here over the Virginia Mid
land Railway yesterday and to day for Con-
cord, \. e., and other Southern points.
The machinery is for cotton and other fac
torres. Most of this machinery is made in
Massachusetts, and the Boston Post. i'm an
article on the industries of the South. saws
In the seven States ofGeorgia. Alabama,
tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and the
two Carolinas there has been an increase of
"hl ,"Hp III the number Of cotton spindies dn-
ring the year representing IN addition to
the manufacturing industries ofthe South of
near y SlO,UoO,0O0. This is the gratifying
result Of mindng their own business"
STEAMBOAT NEWs-The steamer Mystic.
which has been undergoing repairs at
MesSrs. J. p. Agnew & Cos ship yard for
some time past. will leave the yard for WASH.
lngton tomorrow afternoon She will he in
Spccted OH Saturday, and 60 on ar cxcu-
sion on Sunday. The Mystic has been re
modelled, repaired and repainted. and ,hus,.
who knew the steamer 4 short time AGO
would not recognize her now
The steamer keyport passed up the river
to Washington carly this morning Asslatrd
IN Yesterdays Gazette she will take the
place OF the Excelsior on the Quantico route,
and the Excelsior will 90 to Baltimore to
run excursions from that city to Bay Ridge.
The keyport is in splendid repair.