Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-04-08
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THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL s.
LOCAL NEWS.


For Friday fair weather with, slowly rising
temperature is indicated f,r this section.
ARRESTED 1t is reported that Benjamin
Hall, partner Of ]. w. Bell, has been ar.
rested and put in jail for connection with
the crooked brandy that was discover after
the fire at Culpeper last Saturday, and that
number Of other persons are being watch
ed and will shortly ba arrested. II will be
remembered that sixteen barrels OF apple
brandy, without the I 5 stamp, were found,
and that no one claimed the liquor.
A letter from Cu'peper to he Rin hmond
Di<putch avg: AFTER the excitement Of the
fire it wa discovered thai six! cen barrels of
handy and wh'sk-v had been rolled out
rom somewhere and deposited in the garden
lot Of the Norris estate, opposite the burnt
district. On investigation it was found
that no Government stamps ornamented the
larrel-heads, and no one came forward to
claim them. Later some eight barrels sud.
denly disappeared, and crowd soon assem-
..Ied around the remaining eight They
were taken preseason of by the deputy
marshal, but before he could have them re-
moved the head of one barrel was knocked
in and a regular scene of confusion ensued.
Cans, buck cts, &C., soon took OFT the contents
ofthis barrel. The maj shall had the others
locked up and set about trying to find out
where the liquor came from aud who was
the owner. Sunday it was stated to the
authorities that five barrels OF brandy were
lying in Il piece of pines on Mr.. J. Amber
Brooks farm. These were seut for and
also locked up Later two kegs of bran
dy were found in Mr.. Nelson's meadow
Monday morning Deputy Marshal Grayson
rested Mr.. lie, jamin Hall, liquor merchant do
ing business ut the store formerly occupied by j.
e. Bell a. the suspected owner Of the liquor, ana
from whose premises. it saleged, it was removed
Mr. Hall dsclaims ownership. David Alexander
and Geo Hicks, two colorcd men, were also arrest.
ed as concerned i'll the removal and sixteen wit
II, sscs were summoned tho whole I" start to
Richmond to night. This affair has created con-
siderable cp4 i.emcnt as it is believed there are
Others concerned in the illicit transaction.
The New Truck AS stated in the GA
ZErrE the Board of Fire Wardens of this
city, at called meeting held yesterday
evening, awarded the contract for building
the new truck for the Relief Hook and Lad
der Go. to the Gleason 4 Bailey Manulac-
turing Co., Of Seneca Falls, n. y. There
were four bidders, one from Richmond, one
from Baltimore, one from Chicago, and one
from Seneca Falls. The latter's bid being
the lowest, secured the contract. Accord
uu to the terms of the contract the Glea-
son 4 Bailey Co. furnish the new truck and
receive therefor 81 100 and the old appara-
tus belonging to the Relief Hook and Lad
der Co. which they value at $500, making
$llu0 The wardens will pay over to the
Relief Company the $500, with which money
the latter will buy pair Of horses. BY this
arrangement the city will secure new
truck and pair Of horses with the 81 400,
the amount recently appropriated by the
City Council. The new truck will be
handsome piece of fire apparatus, and will
he built in first class work manship manner.
1t is to be supplied with Sarvin's patent
wheels, oil tempered; platform and side
springs; one fifty five feet Bangor extension
ladder five ladders of so, %, 90, Is and Is
feet respectively, two y feet oofladders; two
gallon Holloway extinguishels, and is to be
furnished with lanterns, foot boards, rails,
buckets, poles, hooks, chains, door openers,
axes picks, etc. The new truck will be re-
ceireu here about the first of July next, and
is to be paid for within ten days of its de-
livery. Alexandria will then have the most
Efficient fire department of any city Of its
size in this section of country.
DEATH OF A CIVIL ENGINEER Chas
7. Manning, civil engineer, died of pneu-
lnona Tuesday evening at his residence,
No. 81 West Preston street, Baltimore. The
deceased will be remembered as the first
Chief Engineer of the Alexandria, Loudoun
and Hampshire (now Washington, Ohio q
Western Railroad) who with Washington
Blythe, Reuben Johnston. Sidney &. Miller
and Others were the officers OF that road
during its infancy. The first train on this
road ran into Leesburg in 1860, and Of those
composing the crews Of tho trains at that
time but few survive. The conductor, VIM.
II. Carlin, is dead, as is also Nat Hayes and
Elijah Collins, two OF the engineers and +.
Ii. Ta,sapaugh, brakeman. Robert Meade,
the bag gage master, is, however, still in the
land OF tho living and still ralrGading,
having but recently been appointed fagman
on the A. & F. road. There was coored
brakeman employed on the road at the time,
Frank, who previously had been sexton OF
the First Presbyterian Churci,--who may be
living, though we have lost eight of him for
years. 1t was gala day at Leesburg when
the Iron horse" bedecked with innumer-
able haga, snorted up to the depot, and
nearly everybody in the locality was on
hand 10 greet it.
WASHINGTON PREsBYTERY.-The Wash
ingtou PreSbytery reassembled at the First
Presbyterian Church, in that city, yester'
day Rev DR.. Nourse moderator. aud Elder
.. l.. Brown temporary clerk. Rev. J. NJ
SourSe was appointed delegate to the gen
cral assembly, with Rev G. b. Patch alter
nate, and Elders n w. Pearson and f. B.
nalrymple lay delegate and lay alternate
The committee recommended the renewal
OF the missions in connection with the
church in this city and Prince William coun
ty. The report was accepted and the rec
concentrations of the committee adopted
The committee on foreign missions sub
mittcd their report, which was received anc
adopted.
THE HYpRAuLIoN ENGINE--Engi neel
Young, of the Hydraulion steamer, ha:
made beautiful Improvement to his engine
Attached to tho ceiling, just above its dome
isl copper hemisphere and above it a ball
Upon which is perched large gilt eagle
The hemisphere sits so lightly upon tn
dome that when the engine goes out or il
il Sims nnlnr il and vet il looks as if it wa