Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-22
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FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST.
LOCAL MATTERS.

For the Middle Atlantic States tnteI a'. ~;
weather and occasional showers. ,v;nds lower
weather, southwest to northwest. VIM" r,iI oo,,ar
Temperature. For Saturday.-si'S"'''
generally fair weather is indica'e"'
PERsoNAL.-Mr. G'eSor AshoS' "no
has been engineering near ieterSoufg' 10 III
the city on short WISH 10 MS ft'"'i' ,,u
cards are out for the marriage OF Mr.
Vim II. Saunders and Miss Golda {. Norris,
daughter of Mr. H. d. Z. Norris, which takes
place ut Trinity Church. Marshall, Fauquler
county, on September I'd.
Miss Mamie Broders,o of Washing ton street,
is spending u few weeks at Oak GroVc,
Fairfax county, the home ot Miss Bessie
Harrison who is SO we'll known ana greatly
admired by inuny Of the young people OF
this city.
Mr.. /. Eichberg aud family have returned
from Orkney Springs.
Mr.. James H. l'ickin, Of this city, was
married ut L-wisburg, w. Va, yesterday
to Miss Alice iIenning OF that place.
Mr. w. j. Hall left here to-day on his
annual visit to the watering places through
the North. He will visit Long Branch,
Coney Island, Saratoga, &c.
Miss Ida Nj. Cunningham, of MarLinsburg,
w. Va, is visiting Miss Chilly, on Duke
street.
Richard A. Neitch Sheriff of Alexandria
county. who has been confined TO his bed
for some time past is slowly recovering.
Mr.. Robert Lee Feitch, his sou, has been
appointed Deputy Sheriff, and took the oath
OF office this evening.
The Woup DIVORCE CAsE.-Judge Hag-
ner, i'm chambers, in Washington yesterday
i'm the case of Foster =. Wood against EliZ-
abelh Wood, for divorce, denied the appii-
cation of the, defendant for ahmony pen
denie lite. and Tor means 10 defend the SUIT,
saving that on proper application he would
make an order directing that her witnesses
hr heard. This is the case III which the
rlaiut:i charges his wife with adultery with
jansen, the resurrectionlst. win whom she
came 20 this city and remained over night
nm Two occasions The wife admits coming
b.r,. with Jansrn, but denies the charge OF
,Jn,,,ry pre;endiug that her visit was to
,.si., him I'm recovering watch. she 1ur-
thar saws hen. husband hired Jansen to rum
her In disposing Of the case Judge Hag-
n.r sad WHAT sensible person can be-
Iieve that n respectable, vlrtuous woman
would 90 to Alexandria with IL man. COM
narrative stranger to her, TO look for
watch? No one, | imagine; but II she
wants to be- heard she shall De-
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telegraph columns of the GAZETTE yester.
,ay. MIR. Fawcct,, clerk and treasurer and
Mr. Smith. cuuiue-r, of the {. X y. Canal
rendered their rcsignntions ut the meeting
of directors in Baltimore Yesterday, WHICH
were accepted. During the meeting IL was
stated that the force is now as small as II Is
practicable to have il and opernte the canal
at all, but the condition oi the BUSINESS
makes this retrenchment necessary. Inc
canal i in good working order and coai
shipments are increasing. The hands were
last week paid for the month OF June. Inc
board of directors discussed the pending
suit i'm the United States Court against
the canal and their answer will lie filed IN
due Time.
CoRoNEH's INuU EST-N. :. Wright, esq,
Coroner OF the County, reports that on The
2Oh instsnl he held An inquest near Long
Bridge on the body of Samuel HOLMES, col
ored, of Washington. The jury after hear
ing the evidence in the brought in
verdict that the deceased came TO his death
by drowning, and censured Kirk Hopkins
and Will. Hart, both colOred, Of Washing
ton city, rnr cnticiu. him away from home
for the purpose of learning him to swim
The Coroner added from the evidence,
which was only hcarsay, that he suspected
ahis little boy, but six years old, through
The ignorance carelessneSS or purpose oil
Kirk Hopkins and Willie Hart, came to his
,'lcath.
POLICE REpoRr--I.ast night was clear
and warm. with neither prisoners nor
lo1r,rs at the station house. The Mayor
this1nornins disposed of the following cases
John Brent, co.ored, n stubborn member
of the chain gang, who was oucked anu
gagged Yesterday for INSTRUMENTATION, out
who was released on 'squealing' was again
sentenced to II similar treatment lot persist
emily refusing to obey the rules OF the gang.
Peter Bremen, for being drunk III the
market. was fined 81 and costs :,
Mary Lewis. small colored girl, Tor phi
ferng in the market, was released on Deihs
reprimanded by her mother.
COUNTY SCHOOL BoARD,-At the meeting
of the County School Board which has just
adjourned, the clerks Of the several districts
submitted their annual reports, showing
that after paying all outstanding warrants
against the school funds of the several dis
tricts balance would he on hand in each
district It, WAS decided to open the schools
ON the 18th of September, and run them for
nine scholastic months. At the examina-
itiou of applicants for teachers certificates
there were present sixteen applicants to It'll
five vacancies
HOTEL. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS House. Aug.
Ell. II. d. Rowan and wife, Baltimore;
J. ". Elder, New Orleans; J. G. Cochran
and B. Baer, Virginia J. B. Heck, Lexing.
ton, Va; Il. Coates, Westmoreland, Va; H;
H. Johnson, A1illboro. Va. ). Iayior' houho
Hill Va: C. M. Martin, Maryland.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
rha soason for black birds reed birds, and