Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-19
LOCAL BREyITIEs

reminds one that the fishing season is nra,
III hand
The prospects for the erection of large
nllmeer of small dwellings the coming spring
and summer are said 10 hc good
y man may IL we'll try to make a speech
IN 4 deaf and dumb asylum, * To- do a lar.e
business without advertising
The strike is over and the hens have gone
10 work again. The egg market is weak
! and demoralized. Lent keepers are happy.
Mr.. Geo. Bossart left here this morning
Tor the lower Potomac on 4 ducking and
fishing trip
The schooner Flying Scud w. S. Meek
ms, master, arrived Yesterday TO load with
grain by W. A. Moore.
The taking of dispositions in the Massey
lSc contested election case was postponed
to-day till tomorrow.
The remains of Mr.. Sandy Yates were
brought here from Washington to-day and
buried.
Orders have been given for several new
lock gates to replace those in the canal at
this city.
Mrs. Sophia NJ. Provost, relict of Henry
NJ. Provost, Of Philadelphia, and sister of
the late Edward 5. Hough, Of this city, died
in Richmond on Friday.
The sloop Daniel Shetts belonging to Capt.
Jerry Robb, was run into down the river by
the schooner Fanny, of Washington, on Sat
urday during the fog and slightly damaged.
The steamers which were detained down
the river on account of the fog arrived here
on Saturday evening and are now running
on their regular time
Shippers to this market now wagon their
grain and other produce over the new roads,
which are said To he Just about ten inches
below the old ones.
The Virginia farmers complain very much
OF petty larceny since the whipping post
was abolished The lash was terror to
petty thieves.
The three-masted schooner W. ID. Hilton
New York with $500 empty barrels, de-
signed for The coming trucking trade.
The fishermen below Norfolk are begin
ming to have fair catches. The shipments
of fresh fish arc on the increase 4 good
season is anticipated.
The Gospel temperance meeting yester-
day was led by !. G. O'Neal esq, and was
largely attended +. NJ. Bradley. esq, of
Washington, delivered n fine address
\ colored man was baptized during the
snowstorm yesterday morning in the river
at Battery Rodgers The ceremony was
performed by the pastor Of the Third Bap-
list church colored.
Tie building boom has struck this section
Of Virginia and new buildings are being
erected in every direction. There is a
brisk growing demand for lumber aud all
kinds Of material
Mr.. AL. Richards has been appointed pilot
of the steamer City of Alexandria while that
steamer Is running on the lower Potomac
route. hut will be transferred TO the steamer
Arrowsmitt when she resumes her trips on
that line.
Mr.. William Darby, who for some time
past has been the foreman at Mr.. Risheil's
planning mill. left this city to-day for Texas,
where he intends making his future home.
Mr.. ID. carries with him the best wishes Of q
host Of friends.
Mr.. John Aitchcson, jr. has purchased the
dwelling owned and occupied by Mr. Joseph
Hopkins, on Lee street, between Duke and
Wolfe streets Mr. Hopkins, who ism bust
ness in Ilagcrstown, Md, will remove his
family there about the first of April
rs stated Ill the GAZETTE last week
meeting of the congregation OF the Second
Presbyterian church will be held next Wed
nes'lay night for the purpose of electing ad-
ditional dcacons and elders decided upon ut
n previous meeting.
4 well known river man of this city al
tended Il sale in Washington on Saturday,
and, for fun, bid on u horse which was
promptly Knocked down to him. He brought
his steed home and told his friends he in
tended to make fine trottcr of him, but
the horse died yesterday, and to-day his
owner had to pay to have his carcass hauled
outside the city limits.
Rev. Fields Cook preached Yesterday for
the first time since his recent church
troubles. He held services at II o'clock
Il. IN. and p. III. in Odd Fellows Hall.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, he had large congregations on both
occasions. The congregation consisted in
part of the members OF the Third Baptist
Church, ofwhich Rev. Cook was the former
pastor.
WE ARE IN RECEIPT TODAY of large in
w voice of PiSn'S Cure for Coughs, Colds and
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