Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-12

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MORTON FOR REMovAL.-City Sergeant
smith to day served notice on Benjamin
Austin. clerk Of the county court. that at
the next term of that court motion would
be made to remove him from the Office
of clerk of said court on tho charges
Of mafeasance, miseasance and gross ne
.lrrt of official duty. Mr.. }. r. Clements
represents the Commonwealth and Capt. G.
4, Mushbach the Board of Supervisors of
the county, who at u recent meeting direct
ed action to be brought. The following are
the charges:
That Benjamin Austin has e,ubezzed all
taxes collected by lin on deeds and con
tracts relating TO real estate, removals from
u,tictS : courts probate Of wills grants OF
administration and seals Of county court
from Sept |, 1879, to Sept l, 1885, amount
ing TO ut least : ,03l 10.
Tha, he has embtZzed all fucs paid into
court by justices of the peace during the
s,llnc period.
That he has never filed with tho Auditor
q, Public Accounts . copy of his official
bond and has repeatedly refused to do so.
That he has refused to comply with the
net of lSS3-4 chapter 5IS. section 3 relat'
ing 10 furnishing the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts with statements OF taxation III Alex
nrdria county.
That he has kept no docket oil justices
executions.
That he has kept the iiauciary account
hook in an illegal AMI improper manner.
That he has pcrsistently and w!llully, for
the sake of the small fees involved, violated
the marriage license laws of the Common
wealth. and issued licenses to persons whom
he knew were not entitled to them.
That he has kept no fec book, IL required
by law.
That he has failed to index the minutes
of court, and
That he has refused to post list of re-
corded deeds at the front door of tho court
house, as required by law.
The WASHINGTON THEATRES. Mime. An
ma Judic's engagement in a series of comic
operas began at Albaugh's on Wednesday
CHIT Oftnbach's ia Belle Helene" was
given last night and to night Lille will be
produced. At the Saturday matinee "Grande
Duchesse" will he presented and the engage
nent will close Saturday night with LA
Femme Papa in which Judic is said to
be at her best Judic is uneXcellea IA ~ re-
fined actress, and her appearance" always
creates Juror.
Mr.. Robert Downing appears every night
this week ut the National as ''Eantour, the
Exile" The play is we'll received and the
setting is exceedingly handsome and etlec
tive. Mr. Downing's company is well Sc
lccted and evenly balanced, in fact, there Is
no percep,ible hitch in either the lues or in
the acting.
POLICE REroRT-Last night was clear
and cold, till about o'clock this morning
when it became cloudy. There was one
prisoner and one lodger at the station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed of the
following cases:
Joseph Level, colored. charged with an
attempted assault on Susannah Rich, also
coored, was discharged.
a young man charged with an assault on
another, was dismissed, on the withdrawal
OF the warrant
Officers Arnold and Martin report finding
the door Of Columbus street stable open
last night, but that nohirg had been mo-
Tested therein.
PERSONAL. Mrs. w. H. II. Gould, Of
Washington, and Mrs. J. Il. Griffith, of Bal.
tmcrc. Nd, visited Mayor Smoot Yesterday
The New Orleans Doiiy State of the Sth
says "AIr G. Lee Moore, Secretary of the
Board of Public Works. Of Richmond, Va,
is in the city, taking in the carnival. MIR.
Moore is n gurst at the st. Charles Hotel
Mr.. Fred. w. Johnston, Of the Il. X Q. Il.
r.. is in the city, on visit TO his relatives.
Mr. j. Il. Shinn, whose recent illness ut
Gordonsvllc has been mentioned, has re-
turned to his home in this city.
Capt. Joseph H. Davis and Mrs. Martha
f. Petit were married by Rev. DR.. Hippo,
last night.
THE OPERA HoUsE.-A largo audience
was present at the Opera House last night
A. x.E D.,r tnr
Match" The character Of "Old llo2s," by
Mr. Williams, afforded much alu,srmentS
while Mr.. Lester 30 the book agent. we'll
represented tho proverhial assurance of that
much abused class of individuals. Miss
Yeamans gave sprightly Interpretation of
the character assigned her and her songs
and dances received much applause. The
remaining characters were well assumed by
the company.
TUE ;IGGEsr Gun MADE IN AMERICA.
The largest steel rifle breech loading gun
ever made on tho American continent now
rests ON its carriage, all complete, in tho
machine shop of the Washington navy yard
1t it all eish,-inch gun, nearly thirty feet in
length. carries ball weighing two hundred
and fifty pounds, and n charge Of powder OF
half that weight. There are larger guns
under way at the yard, but this is the
largest linisht d.
PROPERTY SALEs.-Mr. BENZ. +. Peako
and wife have sold to Worth Hillush Two
story frame house and lot attached on tho
north side of Cameron street. between Pat
rick and Henry streets, for 1925.
Mr.. &. b. Chittenden has sold about 800
acres of land between Fairfax c. H. and
Vienna to Mr.. James II. Mari, Of Washing
ton.
ALEXANDRIA Observation-Disclosures. Per-
~ Smoot 4 Co., of this city have been
awarded the contract for furnishing the mill
work for two rows of houses to be erected
in Washington, their bid for such work be-