Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

! Country boarding houses are being patch
! ed up for summer victims.
| Oranges are now selling at one cent {
! piece, and large sales are reported
The weather operates very materially
against the sale Of all kinds of spring goods
Mr.. Fred Baker was this morning ap.
pointed Tyler of Alexandria Washington
Lodge of Masons, vice John Craven, decd
The testimony in the Massey-Wise con.
tested election case will be resumed before
commissioner Benz. Austin at the old court
house on Saturday.
IHE GAZETTE's Leesburg correspondent
has been misiniormed in regard to the sale
of Major Nuts farm, near Gulford. The
farm has not been sold.
The Rt. Rev. William Hobart Hare, mis-
slonary Bishop Of Niobrara addressed a
large congregation in the Seminary chapel
after services on Friday last.
The Hon. John Goode, of Norfolk, has ac-
cepted the invitation of the Episcopal High
School to deliver the annual address at com.
mencement the 9th of June next.
a delegation ofmembers of Golden Light
Lodge ofGood Templars Of this city will
visit Herndon tonight for the purpose of
lnstituting lodge of that order in that vii
lage.
A small marine loss on schr Annie f.
Reynolds with cargo Of wheat from Mr..
VIM. A. Moore, of this city, consigned to
Baltimore, was settled yesterday, by the
Insurance Company, Of North America.
Wise 4 Co. agents.
Mr.. William Z. Latham has been elected
by Marty Encampment, No &, of this city, a
representative to the meeting of the grand
encampment of the State, which convenes in
Richmond on April the 10TH
The County Court was engaged all day in
the trial of the nuisance case but the Jury
being unable TO agree, were discharged and
the case continued till the next term of the
court when another jury from Fairfax will
be summoned
The Rev. Walter w. Williams, D. d., of
Christ church, Baltimore, has accepted the
invitation OF the missionary socity OF the
Theological Seminary to deliver the usual
final sermon in the school chapel on the
night of the oath Of June
The arrivals of fish are daily increasing and
soon there will be q bountful supply. The
benches in the market were filled this morn
ing with large variety. Two vessels came
up the river this morning from the lower
fisheries one having on board 22O0 shad and
the other 1900
Colonel David A. Windsor, of this CITY.
sold yesterday one of his new buildings,
which he erected last fall on Nineteenth
street Washington in rear of the British le-
cation, for fancy price to wealthy lady
who desired handsome home in Washing
ton.
The [. S. steamer Dispatch having on
board ex-President Daz, of Mexico, and
party passed this city at II o'clock for Mt.
Vernon. The Dispatch was followed by
government tug which was to transfer the
passengers from the steamer TO the wharf
in case the former could not make a landing.
5. t. Mitchell and J. w. Mitchell were
before Baltimore magistrate yesterday on
I he charge of driving OIL in Il wagon be-
longing to Mr.. \. J. Wedderburn, formerly
of This city, without his permission. The
Justice lined the tirst-namcd party $40 and
costs and the latter $40 and costs. Both
were committed III default Of the payment
of the fines.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton yesterday to George c. Willett and Jen-
ME +. kdwell both of Vienna, Fairfax
county, Benjamin F. G. Dcvcnes and Rebec-
ca Tyler, both of Accotink, William G.. De-
walt, of Baltimore aud Elizabeth A. Brent,
Of this city, Nathaniel w. Simpson, of Mel
son county, and Cora Walstmcn, of Char
lottesvile.
|. 5. Commissioner Fowler desires to say
that the statement in last evenings GAZETTE
in relation to the arrest, &C., of the colored
boy, Harrison, was incorrect, SO far as it
relates to his action in the premises. The
case was ut no time before him in such form
as would authorize any official action on his
part, therefore none was taken. The boy
had letter containing draft for mer-
chant of this city in his possession but as he
told straight story about finding it on the
street lie was not arrested
DR.. ". J. New5ill, Carriers Creek, says
Il Use Browns Iron Bitters extensively i'm