Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-27

represented 10 Do I'LL iDOSG encouraging, anu
the canal was stated to be in splendid
! condition for business. Unfortunately there
are but n limited number of boats and fewer
built this year. The decrease in tonnage
up to the first of August over the year 1885
is about eighty thousand TONS The compa-
ny is now making an effort to keep the OK
penses Of the present year within tho pres
ent receipts. One hundred and twenty
three thousand four hundred and fifty.tbree
tons of coal had been shipped on the canal
up to the first of August.
ATTACHED FOR TAXEs.-Mr. 8. K. Field,
one of the city tax collectors, was this morn
ing informed that quantity of old iron and
some of the machinery at the Virginia Iron
Shipbuilding Works at the foot of Wolfe
street, were being removed to be shipped
from the city to Washington for sale. The
owners of the works being in arrears to the
Corporation for number Of years back
taxes Mr.. Field Immediately went to the
place and levied on all the effects there.
He was told by Mr.. Orlando Ford, who is in
charge of the works, that tho iron, &C., was
to be sold and the money derived theretrom,
with d sum now on deposit in bank here, to
be used in the purchase Of some new ma.
chinery with which work was to he resumed
at an early day, but collector Field declined
to release the property which he had attached.
Mr. Ford claims that he has leased the
property from its owners for two years from
last July and that it was specified in that
lease that the old material was to be sold
for the purposes as above stated. he has
notified Messrs. Moody and Goss of the at
tachment and says he expects the matter
will be settled in few days.
REPORTED SALE OF A RAILRoAD.-It was
reported on the streets this morning that
the Richmond aud Dnnville syndicate had
bought the Washington, Ohio Il Western
Railroad and that the object Of the purchase
was TO prevent the Shenandoah Valley road
from becoming the owner and thus securing
better connection with Washington than
the one they now have via the Metropolitan
branch of the Is. & 0. road. Superintendent
Bell and Secretary kimball of the w. Q.
w. road, were asked for information respect
ing the report but said they knew nothing ola
sale, and Col. Andrews of the Richmond and
Danvile system said the matter had been
discussed last winter since which time he
had heard nothing of it. He said also, that
the Shenandoah Valley already had good
connection with Washington and did not
think the w. Q. & w. would give them
much better one.
POLICE REPORT. Last night was clear
and warm with one prisoner and one LODI
ger at the station house. Alderman Down
ham again presided at the Mayors Office
this morning, and disposed Of the following
cases:
Hugh Smith, arrested by officer Sherwood
for being drunk and disorderly, was sent TO
the work house.
Lou Brown, coorcd, arrested by officer
Bettice, on the charge of assaulting Maria
Henderson, also coored, was fined 81.
Henry Munson, colored, arrested by OIL
Ger Davis, charged with throwing water on
Asbury Bell, also colored was dismissed.
A Young man arrested on the charge Of
disorderly conduct on Wednesday was dis
missed.
REQUIsITIoN FOR SwALLoW.-A requisi-
ton from Gov. Lee for w. H. Swallow, alias
Law and numerous other aliases, the noted
forger, arrested in Washington nearly two
weeks ago, and who has since been dctain-
cd at the Jail there, was received by the Dis
trict Commissioners yesterday. There be.
ing no Judge in the city to act on the requl
sitiou, swallow willingly volunteered to re.
turn 10 Virginia without further delay. Ac.
compsnictl by an officer, he left for Fred
ericks5urs on the quarter to five p. M train
to answer TO q charge of obtaining smal
sum cc money from Father Donohue, of
Fredericksburg, by forgery.
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EXCURSION TO CAFE MAY AND ATLANTIC
CITY-Another excursion to Cape May and
Atlantic CITY will leave Washington on Sat
urday the 2Sth inst. An additional attrac.
ton at Atlantic City is the presence of the
Washington Light Infantry Corps, which is
now in its summer camp at that point. The
number of tickets to be sold will be limited to
500. Tickets for the excursion will be sold
at $500. The train which runs through to
the shore without change of cars leaves
Baltimore and Potomac station, Washington,
10p. m.
JUMPED FROM A TRAIN.-A colored man
who had been badly injured by jumping
| from n train on tho Virginia Midland road
| near Rap;dan, was brought here this
| morning and taken to his home in Washing
ton. II was said that the mau was stealing
a ride on tho rear car. when the conductor
came out on the platform, whereupon the
former became frightened and jumped to
tho ground, sustaining severe injury. The
| train was stopped and the man picked up
aud brought TO his him.
PERsoNAL.-JudgeJ James Keith is at ca
pom Springs.
Mr. j. H. Harding and family have gone
| to Leonardtown for 81 two weeks visit
Mr. H. J. Thomas and family are at Rock.
bridge Alum Springs.
| Miss Fannie Dixon is summering at Cape
| May.
Councilman l. Eichberg hasreturped from
Orkney Springs.
FIRE-The barn on the farm of Mr.. Geo.
f. Sangster, in Fairfax county, was de.
stroyed by fire on Friday last, with 200
bushels of oats, hay and a colt belonging to
Mr.. Simpson. There was an insurance on
the building for $3.50.
COCAINE IopoFoRM OR MERCrIIALS in any
form in the treatment of catarrh or hay fever
should be avoided, as they both injurious and
dangerous. Iodoform is easily detected by its Of
| fensive odor. The only reliable catarrhr remedy on
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