Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-21
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
For Thursday fair weather and stationary
temperature arc Indicated for the Middle
Atlantic States. $500 I'LL.
TIE DEMOCRATIC MARY.-The demo.
cratic primary election held in tho city yes
terday TO select delegates To the Congress
sional convention, which meets in this city
on tho 9TH prox imo TO nominatr Il candidate
for Congress Cor this, The Eighth, district,
resulted in the choice of delegates favorable
TO the nomination Of Mr.. Frank Hume, Of
this county, in every ward. The election
passed of comparatively orderly although
whiskey flowed quite freely, but no breaches
of the peace occurred. In the First and
Third wards the contest was sluarely be-
tween the Hume aud Leo tickets. In the
Second ward there was no opposition to Mr..
Hume, but two independents ran and one OF
them was elected over one Of those on the
regular Hume ticket. Iu the Fourth ward
there was a triangular contest, the friends
of Messrs Lee, Meredith and Hume each
presenting a ticket. The entire Hume
ticket was successful. The vote in tho city
was considerably less than that cast ut tho
democratic primary 10 May. The following
shows the vote as cast in the vai ous wards:
First ward-Hume delegates F NJ. Hill 14",
P. Aitchcson 1875, N. Lindsay 124 Lee dele
gates: Geo DutIey 12O Thos. Hoy, no. j. K. NJ.
4 Norton lob.
Second waril-Robt Gronau 49, G. f. Prico 96,
q Cleo Fisher 90, John Harlow 70, l.. II. kell 30.
Il In this ward Gen Lees friends put no ticket in
the field. but Mcssrs. Grouau and Kcll ran indie
81 pendent, Mr.. Gronau BEATING Mr.. Harlow, VINO
81 WAS on the regular Hume ticket
81 Third war Hume delegates: S. III. Ilnnt :'31,
sssssG W. Dix $50, E. E. Downham 335, w. NJ. Col.
.,.pt nlt m
sssRodsers 1913. Lee delegates E. Il. OPrien POS.
sssR. II. Atkinson GA, C. J. W. Summers 225, J. A.
Al Smith POS, II. bryant POT, Geo. Hon'z 2c' Geo.
M Uhor BIO
~ Fourth wsrd-Humo delegates: J. T Sweeney
III 1873 II. G.. Brcnts ISL, Z. III. Hawkins 1872, Wcs-
"A ley Makeley Sc Ice delegates: i. NJ. johnson
III 20, K Kcmper 81. w. Summers G2, G. O. Put
II man 81. Meredith delegates J. i. Marshall
i IL, F. j. Smith 1o2, r.. NJ. Fairfax 30, James
McCuen 81.
j POLICE REpoRT.-Last night was cloudy
81 with rain about $50 o'clock. There were
IA four prisoners at the station house.
q The Mayor this morning disposed of tie
IA following cases:
81 The case of Edward Sopsr, charged with
IL disorderly conduct and with resisting an
- officer, which, after partial hearing yes
terday, was continued till to-day, came up
III this morning, when additional evidence WAS
N# heard OF very contradictory nature he
8Mayor reserved his decision till tomorrow.
@ Albert Richardson, colored, arrested by
Nh Officer Lawer, charged with an assault on
SCyntbia Webster, also colored, was fiued So.
M Arthur Gorham, arrested by Officers Ii.
sscer aud Thomas Hayes, charged with at
attempting an outrage upon Julia Walker,
twas dismissed for lack OF evidence.
# Townsend Solomon, colored, arrested by
&# Officers TIGER and Thomas Hayes, charged
M with being drunk and disorderly, was
III fined ST.
III Tip Burke. colored, arrested by Officers
u Tcer and Thomas Hayes, charged with dis
i orderly conduct and with an assault was
4 fined 81.
" Robert Webb, colored, charged with dis
n orderly conduct 10 the market, was fined So.
i A little girl. living in the Fourth ward.
4 eom planned Of the ill treatment she received
& 1t the hands of her mother. An officer WAS
II Instructed to sea the woman and notify her,
u binder tho pNnalty of the law, not to cruelty
E5 treat the child.
8 This evening Justice May had before him
& the case Of junk dealer, charged with
( stealing chain helonging to the purchasers
pf the wrecked steamer Armenia. After
( ong trial the case was dismissed, "a there
WAS no evidence that The dealer knew the
4 chain had been stolen.
PERsoNA1.-Mr. H. G. Emerson and fam-
n.lw-