Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-02
Alrxanlr]a Oaset,te.
FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH ,.
LOCAL MATTERS.

FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 2
LOCAL MATTERS.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Nnrrh >, is;%;;.
For the Middle Atlantic States light local raiu.
followed by partly copdy. slight Y cooler weather
northwest /" southwest winds aEd higher baron
rtrr.
THE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. "A
temporary traci; has been laid around the
scene OF The late accident on the Nir
ginla Midland Railway and now trains are
passing the wreck without loss Of time. II
i said that both engines are lying on their
sides badly disabled across the main track
ami The wrecked cars are piled up al: around
them, but the extent of the damage has
not Vet been a>certaincd. Men are now At
work clearing away the debris and getting
The engines and ears on lin. track l,rrpara-
tory TO sen,lin" them 10 this city lor repairs.
The condition Of Mr. barley. who was 81
badly hurt al The Ii!nr al the accident, is
said 10 be more !avorlhr today. and ii is
hoped he may speedily recover, though he
received an internal injury which, il i;
feared. MAY prove scriu,la The others who
were hurt are all doing we'll and are .coin.
about The funeral of Engineer Hauev who
vas killed. took place this evening and Was
largely attended He was buried hv La
iayrttc Lodge |. y. NJ. of which order he
was a member. 1t is said ne held 4 policy
ur his life for 81 .otN.
TIE poroMAr FLATS Major liainy& the
engineer III charge Of the Potomac iIats iu-
W"yern"ni. says that the present uppropria.
ton OF 500 900 for the reclamation of the
Washington Hats vii be exhausted Oh the
10th OF september. II which time the con-
tractors say tha, they vii! haze carried olll
The terms of their contract. If they have
moi finished the work hy that date their
time will be- extended on account of the de-
lays occasonri by the weather during the
past winter If no appropriation is
made by the present Congress the work will
come 10 4 staud still III the fall, anu il will
require some time 10 start again. Major
liaiDe$ thinks that Congress should appro-
pirate SS0OnOn at this session, and then
plans could he made for continuing the
work during The fall and winter.
THE OYSTER WAr-A dispatch from
Crlsiield, Md. last night says AT nine
o'clock this morning one of the steamers of
Gov. Cameron fleet. which left Noriolh; OF
Tuesday night, WAS sighted off Nandua
creek, and Il cutter ,ilcd with armed men
steamer was seen chasing four vessels that
had left Pungc.cagur creek in the morning
People in the vicinity oiPungctcague creek
said they heard firing from The election OF
The Rappahannock Yesterday.
The prisoners captured on Wednesday
were committed to Jail III Norfolk yesterday
bv order Of the mayor. 10 await thc action of
the Northumberland county authorities
The captured schooner Palo Alto has five
hundred bushels of oysters on board
-
and mild until about : u'clocl; when il be-
came cloudy. There were two prisoners
and four dodgers in the station house.
John smith. arrested bv officers Franks
and Arnold. charged with being drunk and
lisordcrly. was fined -,
Richard Zeal. co!orcd arrested Nv officers
McCann and Walker, charged with an rs
sault on Sarah Fair, colorcd Wa sent 10 Jail
for thirty days.
The two women from Washnetun who
were arrested yesterday by order of the
Mayor, were discharged later in the even
ing with Tcprimand
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named William Hunter. about IS years old,
was caught stealing letters from he letter box
ut Garfield posto:iicc in Fairfax county YES
lerday evening and sent TO the courthouse
where he was examined before Mr.. John
Broadcrs who committed him TO Jail to
await further action. The hov extracted
the letters with the use of two thin strips Of
wood which he inserted i'm the slit of the box
and was thus enabled to draw them from
the repository. Mr.. e. Kane is the post
master It is said That letters have been
taken from the office there lefore and it is
supposed that the boy has been engaged fer
some time in these lepredation..
The CANAL-Prcsiden Smith and Su
pcrntendent Stanhopc of the c. 4 o. Canal
arrived at Cumberland yesterday on an in.
specton trip, travelling in buggy driving
over the Iow-path. The trip was made
while the canal is empty, that a thorough
inspection might be made. Excepting two
week or Ten DAYS the canal was fnnnd TO b,.
in p.rlrc, order The water wiIl probably