Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-11


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Huy'i| CtHrch Service at II Il. M. aud
1$op. m. b. Rev. @. +. Hippo.
Iiaiy nfh. EpiS. Ourrh. Services M
II H. m. and $50 p. m. ty Rev. John Ed
ward- Revival services following the nignt
rrr'aon
Ut5. Eyis. CNprcF Souih. Services at
}}a m and 30 p. IN by Rev. Dr. Rogers
Gtd. Prot. Nurct Service at ! a. ~.
nal T.. HI. hy Rev. Mr. Smith.
Irr' iiHhoiiSi. Preaching al II a IN. and
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German lutheran Cnu,.,l. Service at 10
10 m in German hv Rev J. \. Schwoy.
Ioaqg MEMS Chri&iioa I~Soci0tion.- Pray
rr meeting NJ tn" Jail at > =. IN. Aims;
House at $50 =. IN. Meth. Protestant
C5urrh n 1870 y. m.
The Alexandria City Committee on open
air wcI.hip have arranged Tor preaching on
-au:h At:td street, al & p. III. \ welcome
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'THE DIXON MUEDER.--A correspondent
ot the Baltimore SIN writing from Leonard
towa, Nd, says:
Nr. Daniel &. Hammell. States attorney
ur;' Mays county, Md, ba: industriously
VOL ri'' u Il NAG Val lOVS ClcSS iii Inc l'iNDa
murder hat ~ get has reached nothing ,a!.
mile in :he way Of a conclusion. He thinks
the first thing TO be ascertaned ia whether
larrc was one or more engaged in the MUIR
drs. No little difficulty attends this dc ci-
ION ;or the reason that contrary evidence :
@jy,n ~ ii number Of reliable citizens who
have no personal interest in the case. Mi
john Perry, Of tha firm of Perry, Snoot &
Co. 'Al"xandriA, Va, writes az follows: 81
inquired Of several parties if Capt Dixon
shipped any hands from this city on his last
TIP down the river, and they all say shat
ne did not stop here on his way down"
This IS in direct conflict with the statement
OF Capt. King, of Alexandria, who stated he
saw the man Bradshaw shipped in the Mary
J. at Alexandria as she came dow. the
Potomac on her last trip. Stephenson x
Bro, OF Washington, ID. c., write ~ tollOaS:
Mr. Cater says that Capt. Dixon info,m "a
him about two hours before he left here that
he had employed two men TO 90 on bis boat
Major B!scOe says the same thing was told
him by Capt. Dixon. Neither Of them know
whether they went with him ornot. Mr.. Car
ter says Just before the boat left he saw Capt.
Dixon and light comp!ectioned colored
man gong on the wharf towards the boat,
hut ho does not know if this was one Of the
men. and he says he would not b. able 10
identify the man again" This statement
OF Stephenson x Bro, is contraGicLed bv Mr..
George w. Dixon, q nephew of the murder
ell man, who stated that bis uncle told him
IN Washington, just before the beat sailed
down the river, that he had hire;: but one
man, and he only wanted one. His n;ce
assigned IL Il reason for this that he was 20
IN on the ways in Wicom;co river for r..
pairs previous 10 the opening OF the oyster
season, @ud did not want to incur the cx-
ptn5e OF the hire and feed Of an additional
mhn. George Reed, colorcd, resident Ct
"e7lnorcanG county, Va, says that rs he
caiGe down the river Saturday neon lie saw
ihe -'oop Mary J. with Captain Dixon and
Two men on board. The captain Was eating
his dinner on the hatchway. The muIatto
man vas Standing near him and BacOe was
at the helm. With this contradictory owl
denco il Is impossible to say whether one or
more Committed the murder.
The locality Of the murder has been de-
'clloCa BY Biscoe to Capt. GeaghegaD, Of
the steamer she, and the latter decided it
was N the Potomac river. Ia consequence
d th'> doubt about the locality Of the mU!-
der, Justice Morgan has held }isros over
20 AVA! The action Of the grand ju:y Of s..
Narys county. In 81 talk with u CORES
rondtut B,Scoc said For days after my ar.
fr-l suffered from coldne--, tho;:@h the
|eutner was warm, | was 20 scared. ! am
nothing but 81 boy. ] have been scared all
u" time. ] am scared TO death now. SAW
tart. DlxoG last night. He LOOK Ell a, IA
rai as life. | dreamed about him night
before. He spoke TO me. He said How
are you John? Don't be afraid; yen won't be
hune; don't want you hung ! saw the
PAGES on his head where he was airucr:. He
was rs pleasant TO me r. ever. | wish every
body could zee him. He never goes out Of
nay mind. am all the time thinking 0!
him, and sometimes think an on the
boat talking To him. | would get aou.,
much better if had company. I expect Ia
Set hung or go 10 the penitenliary. | don /
want 10 be ,iicd in Virginia. | hope the
cline Was not done in Virginia. 1t was
JUST al the banks"
Ter contra, ii is said that the murder was
'o"l'nlttce on the Virginia side OF the Poto.
T rl ''Y'r, ana is is likely THAT reGui-iiicn
~ A'''coe viii be shortly asked for.
q IHE TELEPHONE LISE.-Mr II. n. Draw
.5'' NE contractor for the work, has writ
i .'" letter to a stockholde Of the Warren
y; ;"., AIMS aud Alexandria Telephone Co.,
~ va city, in which he says, he has order
80 '"s ".re, and will put up the telephone
,+"' between this city and Broad Ran as
~" as possible. the poles bsve been
"et'ed Is far as the Stone bridge, at the
;"eS'ern extremity of the city He will put
. :" oat one phone in this city, and none he.
,"'en here and Broad Run, until the trou
4 oIe between tho Bell and the Pan Electric
- ,olnpanies Is over. Mr. 3. also saws "wo
81 could not bargain with the Bel, COMPANY
. 70 run our line on their poles in Alexandria
81 ihey wanted Sl5 per year rent for use y;
"a '1e poles, and to use their exchange $50 nor
q Year rent for phones end 20 per cent. oi
d gross receipts of the line after dcduaiuy
a rent o! 'phones!"
n i Is TO he regretted that an agreement
, ,N net have been reached between the
.~o companies, as by it the erection of an.
81 U.ssF line OF unsshtly poles along the streets
N ''"id nave been avoided
M h4bRAuLIoN 5. L. I.SGIHE Go A called
III PonE OF this company was held last night
M i4Aro i. Carue, lSt vice-prc>dent, in the
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