The Evening critic., 1882-05-03
The Sim is with the First.
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS,

All arrangements have been completed for
tho primary election, TO be held tomorrow.
Most of the present incumbents Will probably
be reelected. The most spirited opposition is
expected to be between Mr.. Brent, present
prosecuting attorney for the county, and Mr..
Leonard Marbury for the same Office.
Another case of smallpox has unexpectedly
come to light on Henry street. In the same
house where there was a previous case. The
woman taken sick has been engaged in nurs-
ing the former patient. She Will not be sent
to the hospital, as no danger Of the disease
spreading is approhended.
AT ) o'clock this afternoon the Alexandria
Light Infantry will give an exhibition drill at
the Colross commons, In the vicinity OF the
city.
Matchmaker simpson is buslly engaged In
his annual inspection of the weights and
measures used by the grocers and other deal
ers throughout the city.
Resolutions OF respect TO the memory OF the
late Judge Chiffon were offered and placed on
file in the Corporation Court yesterday.
The steamer Mystic is now at the shipyard
undergoing REPAIRS and Will be used to run to
lower Potomac points on her completion.
Henry Boswell, the heavy-set individual
who was some time ago convicted OF conjura-
ton, daily displays his skill machinist in
the chain gang. Our streets are famed for
their cleanliness, and Mr.. Boswell Will confer
favor by skipping the city, for the officers
say his appetite Is not excessively delicate
and he is allowed much rope In hopes that he
Will abscond, but tho gentleman knows he
has soft thing and appears anxious to MI
gade Of the chain gang is another white
mechanic and young darky.
The NeU Era, the Readjuster journal pub
lished in the sanctum of the SUHQdy PicdyRiie,
deceased, is issued in folio instead OF quarto
form, rs at first printed. Mr.. Whiting Is still
editor, and he continues to assail sole Viz
ginny" bourbonism with his mighty pen.
Mr.. Michael Smith is having twostory
frame dwelling erected on the corner of Pat
rick and Queen streets. Padget Bros, brick
layers, have the contract for erecting sub
Stnnrin1 Dddttlan ragf1anpa 2
zie Smythe, on the corner OF Cameron and
Alfred streets.
There were no prisoners In the station
house this morning. The colored girl who was
arrested for attempting to poison an acquaint-
ance had her passage paid to Washington
and ordered never to show her frame in this
city again.
Mr.. John Padget is having n twostory brick
residence erected on Alfred, between Gamer
ron ana Queen streets. Padget Il Bros. have
the contract for building IL.
Yesterday afternoon Mt 5 O'Clock Mr. Henry
Lerch, an attache Of Portner's Brewery, was
married to Miss Hannah Dilger. The bride
was the recipient OF numerous costly and
handsome presents
The quantity Of nsh at the Fishtown wharves
| this morning was slightly larger than yester
| day; tho prices ranged the same, herring
| bringing so to 5000 per 1000, and shat
erected by Burgess & Co. Qailed) 10 utiliz,
| the offal from tho nsh, is still continued by
Mr.. Davis, who formerly acted as foreman FOL
| bhi EA5h q w.
Tho extension of the Midland Railway 10 thi
| shipyard has bee n completed.
The large threemasted schooner Nose
| Webster, Captain Rhodes, arrived at tn
| wharves this morning from South Gardner
| Me-, loaded with ice. She was consigned to i
| A. Reed & Co.
| The wharf of the American Coal Company, II
the extreme northwestern section Of AleXan
drla, has been thoroughly repaired by the Cit
| at an expense OF 81 800, ana is now one OF tn
| most substantial wharves along the Potomac
| gentleman connected with the coal tlrn
| says that the strike in the Cumberland region
still continues with unabated vigor.