Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-13


of dollars daily are rsked. Just south
of the Auueduct bridge is an old house
which has been vacant for some time,
and this being near al hand, and still III
Virginia, was taken by The crowd. De
tectives Block and Rail heard OF the
quarters. and laid plans to capture them.
they called upon Judge James SanSster of
the Alexandria ami Fairfax county courts
and secu, ed his GO operation IN raiding Tue
house. Warrants were procured lroln JUS
.lice Birch, aud, accompanied by Mr.. Cle,
,ments, the commonwealth attorney, anu
DEPUTY Sheriff Graham, of this county, tn
detectives went to the house, but on enter
ing found their approach had been made
known and the agents had fled. Clarke
and two alleged policy writers. George Gar
siiner and Frederick Dreuke, were, however,
arrested and taken before Justice Birch,
who continued the case until saturday. y
printing press a uuantty of manifold sheets
md drawing sheets and the usual paraphcr-
MALTA were secured by the police. Quite
large business was being done in the house.
amounting on an average TO about sou
sometimes reaching 81 600 day.
THE c. & 0. CANAL.-A supplementary
bill i'm the case Of Stewart W. the thc~a
peake and Ohio Canal Company was filed
'
Circuit Court by Joseph Bryan, solicitor %!
Daniel X Stewart, the complainant The
Daper states that he com claimant continues
20 he the holder of the bonds Of The com.
v,any specified in the bill and calle,! preferred
Sonds under the act of 18Th, and that since
tbs iiliug of the bill nearly all the bonti:
have become overdue and are stlll unpaiti,
and II vat the rest are about to become due
and n,'YabIa, aud that the complainant
j. entitl, Vi to q decree Of foreclosure ana
sale of the canal. The validity of the act
If ISIS authorizing loan for repairs ana
giving such Ioal. q preference over I'll OLE
ers is denied beca use II couid Only ", oe pall'
if the repairs were necessary no .o'"
pany was out of money ana Tue money was
actually applied to such necessary 'ei.,''
money should he supplied. ~ Is "eh'e"
that any of these conditions visited at the
time 1t is further held that the I'e"s'hs
of the body of the canal for the b she1i' OF
the lenders under the act Of 1878 HsaS u"
violation of the rights Of prior mortg; W
1t is therefore asked that James Sloan, ::
George :. Brown and Lloyd lowndrs, Jr'
be enioned from any further Issue OF snch
repair bonds, and that he act of 1878 be de-
clared null and void that a receiver be APP
pointed to take charge of the canal ana that
the trustees be directed 10 sell 1t. 1t Will
be remembered that when the suit was III
court before, Judge Bond refused the arpi-
cation for receiver and Injunction. Inc
bonds then were not due, and all the points
involved in the supplementary bill were not
passed upon. At that time the trustees of
the canal opposed q sale. A few months
ago they changed their course, and filed
petition for sale.
PERsoNAI.-Mrs. Geo w. Merchant, for
merly of this city, but now Of Texas, is visit
ing her parents III West End.
Mr.. j. K. Cation has gone to Eoches'
ter, n. V, on short visit.
Miss Mary +. Shnn left here yesterday
for Little Falls, n. V, where she will spend
u few weeks.
Miss Wala Clancy, who has been visiting
her aunt Mrs Hefiebower, in this city, has
gone to Marshall, Fauquier county.
Misses Cora and Florence Smoot are visit
ing friends in Rappahannock county.
Messrs. AL. Gibson aud VIM. PurviS have
returned from weeks tramp. They went
az far as CharIestown, w. Va, and greatly
enjoyed their walk.
NJ. aud Mrs. Allen G. Harmon have gone
to Connecticut having been called there by
the death of the latter's sister.
tS-SERNANTS OF HEN EkAL w AShiN''
ToN.-Auother colored person claiming To
have formerly been the property of Gen.
George Washington has passed into The
spirit world. this time in the shape of one
chloe Asbbv who died in Washington Sun
day aged ll6 years. (?) Her relatives say
that she was born in l1GS, on the farm OF
General Henderson, at Dnmfries, and that
lived as slave until 1851. when she
sh, Sased her freedom. She was the mother
pure vi children, two OF whom survive
VI SeN, aged seven,y-H!ne ana seventy
ner' sons, '~ely.
po,,o,, Demo eT.-I,sss night was clear
and cool, with 20 prisoners anu '''ee
dodgers at the station ty''se; ,oa If the
The Mayor this mora ing "''i''''
Moses stephens and Ben perry Jerry n "u1
colored, arrested by Officers \, - Tho
Goodrich for fast driving throus
streets, were fined 50 each.
Will Madella, colored. arrested on COM
plant of his father for 1isorderly conduct,
was fined s..
BARN BURNED.-T barn on the farm of
Mr. James Alfred jones. near sIddlcburC,
was destroyed by tire on Monday evening.
1t contained about POO bushels of wheat,
and machinery, and gear, worth ahon: $500.
The total loss will probably reach s. $50
HOTEL ARRIyALs-Braddock HnmSe, Aug
l3-J. J. H. kinoin and latly, and Chas. +.
Straus, Baltimore. Md. l.. c. Upton, Lex
ington, KY; II. H. Warren and J. ID: Eng
lish, MI Morris, n j.; T. ], Miller and wife,
Washington.
psy"ONIY Two WEEKS MORE. I'D
Our clearing out sale will only continne
this and next week. when our new store
will be ready. All in want of cheap goods,
staple goods and desirable goods ut much
less than regular prices, We say, now is
your time, at
augl2-1w |. EICHBERG & Cos.