Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-02-16
LEGAL BAEVITIES


i'll such amuddy condition as they are now
The young ladies and gentlemen nov
while away the long evenings popping
corn
! The L. s. Circuit and District Courts adj
Iourned yesterday evening ill the specia
Term in May.
The retail prices of oysters ut the wharye
this morning were from ~ 10 TO cents pc
bushel
The indications SD far show that the com
ing one will he al unusually prolific fishing
season.
Mr.. Frank Wood has i hen that one day
this week laid two eggs--one early in the
morning and the other just before shutdown
The entire weeks washing was stolen
from the tubs i'll the yard of y resident OF
the eastern portion ofthe city last night.
A few struggling herrings have come into
The Norfolk market. with now and then q
shad
Some genius has invented machine 10
play pianos. This will give American girls q
chance to help mother hang out the clothes
Monday afternoon.
Men of birth, intellect, genius and even
great wealth pale into insignilicance beside
the man who has one Of The new Gye-cent
pieces.
Il. Il. Robertson, esq. Of Fauquier county,
formerly representative in the Legislature
from this city, is 4 guest at the Braddock
House.
Judge c. T.. Stuart left this CITY this
morning for Richmond. where the Washing.
ton and Western Railroad case comes M
before Judge Wexford
The repairs to the machinery at MeSsrs.
Agnew 4 Co.'S. shpyard having been COM
pletcd, several steamers will be hauled up on
the ways there soon.
The acknowledging bonnet. it is under
stood, Will be small enough TO go in Sara
tosa trunk, without the necessity of remoy-
ing any OF the trimmings
To give relief to burn, apply the white of
an egg. The-yolk Of an egg may he eaten or
placed on the shirt bosom. according to the
taste Of the person.
y 'possum belonging 10 a King street mer-
chant which had been confined in the third
story of his store, got out of the window last
night and descended to the ground by a
small bell cord.
Immense numbers Of crows, intermineled
with other birds, were swarming over the
Potomac Flats this morning, apparently dis
consulate at the Indictment condition of the
weather.
The lady gill net knitters are quite indg-
nant ut the publication that some of them
were knitting for fifty cents per pound, and
want il distinctly understood that the work
cannot be done for less than one dollar,
which price they are now receiving.
Letters addressed TO Miss Augusta Schu-
lifeline, Bellville, y. j.. Miss Sabine, no
Post ollire direction. and Miss Mary +.
Corhin, Leesburg. Va, are detained in the
!oSr Office here for want of postage and
proper direction.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton yesterday to William W. Booker, Of
Charlottesville, Va, and Mary II. Dixon, Of
Lexington, Ky; and to Augustus Patter.
son and Mary L. Jewell, both Of Prince
William county. Va.
Some men are ingenious When crowd
assembled in restaurant to day to get out
of the wet and didn't know what to do for
one of them exclaimed: "Bv
Jove, boys, let's drink water, Just for the
novelty" The bartender tainted with dis
gust.
The contract for building the Yorktown
monument has been awarded to the Halo
well Granite company, Of Hallowell, Me-,
Tor S6G. 92I. The monument is to be con-
structed of l1allowel granite with raised
letters, as recommended by the commission
ofartists.
The large and powerful tug Kate Ross ar
rived here from New York yesterday even
ing with dredge and two scows which are
TO be employed on the Potomac flats i'm
provement. The tow was piloted here by
Capt. Graham, who many years ago was
captain of a schooner that traded at this
port, and after stopping all night at the
American Coal Company's wharf proceed
ed this morning to Washington The Ross
is to tow five other dredges with their scows
from New York to Washington.