Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-08-26

,.os toWed to this city from Baltimore for
rsnairs. on account of the ship builders
,raubles there, was to day hauled on the
wavs at Messrs. AgneW & Cos. shipyard,
and now has force of forty men al work
m her engaged in caulking and making re-
nsirs. Since Monday evening when repre-
Sentative of the Baltimore shiPrighis came TO
this city and was refused admittauce to the
yard, nothing has occurred there OUTSIDE OF
the usual routine aud no trouble Is anIlcl-
noted. There has been no increase nor re-
iiuction in labor here for some time, the 'o!-
lowing being the prices pad: FIRST Grass
carpenters, 50 so; second. Class, 81 10; cauik
ers 1925; sciapers, 81; laborers, 81 20. As
before stated in the GAZETTE slter me
delegate from Baltimore was refused aam'S
sion to the yard he had talk Win some 9!
the men employed there, but no lnteIrup'
ton was attempted, and the canIkers are
very glad TO get the work TO 40. Inc WoIN
ho. zone on Since the Denike came just os
i had gone on before. They firm say they
are willing to do all work that can be sent
ham from Baltimore or anywhere else.
The srhooner Iona, which has been on
two ways At the ship yard, WAS launched
i I"U Nm, the ranairs TO her hull having
hen completed. The Iona, last week, ran
into the bile driver belonging to Captain
R,nxs which sank at Swami Point some
,ime since, and received such injury as re-
n,,;rol her to be hauled on the ways. Inc
snnkan nile driver is in the way OF vessels,
md unless raised very soon, may cause
other accidents.
The schooner Ella Bowman, Of Washing
TN. is being rebuilt, and the long boat 70
c,nor,as is being repaired at the ship yaTc.
pFRsoSAL.-Judge Westo! Willoughby
snd family, who have been sumner!ng al
Colonial Beach, have returned to their home
in this city.
Gen. l.. l.. Iomax was in the city to day
n. is on leave of absence from his post 81
Fort George, Florida, and is spending a sGott
time with his family, in Fauquier county.
Mr.. :. +. Beach has returned from Sara.
io.a, where be went to attend the meeting
Of The American Bar Association.
Mr.. : G.. Brent is expected TO return
about the last OF the week. He left Mem
phis Yesterday for Atlanta, where he will
sperd few days with his sister, and from
there will return to his homo here.
Mr.. George barley, formerly of this city,
but now of Lynchburg, was in the city to-
dav on short business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McWillams have re-
turned from trip to Norfolk and the Ches-
apeake resorts.
Mr.. Julian Holt, who has been spending
some time with relatives in Maryland, has
returned to his home in this city.
IL HE CAN'T CATCH EN- HE WILL SHOOT
'EM.-E1 Mayor w. A. Duncan, of Falls
Church, Va, was in Washington yesterday
endeavoring to purchase dynamite car.
tridges to aid in DISCRIMINATING gang OF
proving rogues who, he says, have taken
possession of Falls Church and the vicinity,
rohbng hen roosts and orchards and de.
stroyiug gardens and even invading houses,
in every instance making away with vaIua-
bic property. He says the depredations are
committed by escaped Jail birds, who keep
that village in state of terror. MIR. Dun
can was unable to purchase the cartridges
in that city, but will send to Philadelphia
irr them He remarked: "Im going to
plant them around my premises to scare oil
these fellows, but wouldn't mind hurting
them little, and if ever get shot at one
of them he wont be able to sit down for six
months. For the benefit of others of their
ilk YOU can state that we don't intend to
make Falls Church a summer resort for
thieves, not by large majority"
SAMPLES OF INDIAN CORN FROM AMERICA.
Mr.. A. Martin, of Fairfax county, Virginia,
L. s, and formerly ofJedburgh, has, through
his brother Mr.. William Martin, Selkirk.
sent to this town eight large heads OF 1n-
dian corn grown by him last year. Some
OF the heads measured Is inches in length
aud Ga inches in circumference. During
the last two Tuesdays they have been ex-
hibited in the Corn Exchange for the inspec-
ton of the farmers attending the market,
and they have since been placed IN the
museum, where those interested i'll such
matters may SEQ them. -Jedburg, Scotland,
.idrOcufe.
Mr.. Martin is a prosperous farmer of Fair
fax county, and has one Of the best man
aged farms in this vicinity.
POLICE REpoRr.-Last night was cloudy
and cool with two prisoners at the station
house. The mayor this morning disposed
Of the following cases:
Mary Pendleton, colored, detained for
the non ayment of fine, was sent to the
workhouse for3 80 days.
Thomas Ward, arrested by officers Franks
and Grady, charged with being drunk on
the streets, was fined 81.
William Fountain, who was last week
sent 10 Jail for assaultlng police othcer
and who took an appeal to the Corporation
Court, was to-day, released on giving bail in
The sum of $3.50.
Acknowledgements B. F. Head, of
leesburg, while on his way to this city this
morning arrested and took into custody
Young man named Eugene Brittle, whom
he saw on the train and who is charged
with rohbing the money drawer in the store
Of A!r. S. A. Campbell, of Leesburg, OF $40
on the 18th instant. Brittle was brought TO
this city and lodged in the station house till
This evening when he was taken back to
Loesburg Brittle denies having taken the,
aOney, and says he was charged with the
!!iencc before, but was acquitted. He says
he WAS on his way, to his home in Prince
William.
NoMINATIoNs.-The democratic senate
lie! convention, composed of delegates from
the counties Of Cu!peper, Orange, Madison
aud Rappahannock, met at Orange G. b.
Yesterday. and, after number of ballots,
Nominated Mr.. II. d. Twyman for re cleo