Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-01

rgE RECENT PRIZE FlGHT.-Ine Baiti-
"a American gives the following account
- The difficulty the newspaper men expe-
ED in sending of their reports of the
l',. firtt at Fort Foote, Nd. esrly yester.
=. morning, between Duffey and Mcmillan
~ r,rticulsrs OF which were published In
s.G4,grTE, yesterday: Representatives
at. press started in skiff for Alexandria
a,ira az the news This is just across the
..,sr from the place where the fight took
.,s landing was made at an old wharf
.be INNER eud OF the town, and from here
'.sosrty ran to the ioHn proper Ia going
...on,h the yard attached to the wharf they
..--,'-,ss,tscked by two vicious dogs, which
w. f1slly driven off by the aid OF several
r'.,o, sbo;s. The firing alarmed the neigh.
.,,boad AID thinking some murder had
Ian co,amsted, Il half q zsn citizens jump
a. an, q, bed ara pu'eued the Tying news
I'M ,oeo. But they were too far in the
, ouy train of csFs and switching
,.,,ss d-'a4ed lntm again for some mir
mas n ore If The crossings, but they final
10 c,s,t led under and around the cars and
no, on the other side looking more like
5nrnt.cork artists than newspaper men.
Wban ut last he telegraph office was reach.
"a =
sos,otor whom they had employed for So
M. had gone home Az hour before His
,on.e about mile away, WAS reached af-
rsr more running, bat II cannon could not
bsca awakened the rascal. A peighhor,
who caloe to window. directed the party
n the depot. v here BE said an operator
Sonld posiuvely be found. Another trot,
and this .ial WAS reached, bat he said he
c,pd not send private messages over his
wires Ho advised The spokesman OF the
osr,y to use the telephone at the police sta
'ion Here the captain objected, but con-
.a.red 10 find the Central telephone Office
and rjng up the chief operator. He kept
NJ. word ind the message announcing the
,s.ult Of the fight was gotten of to all the
osp4r- It 345 a N. The party then went
IN hotel AID after little trouble, got
nrst,y fair breakfast By seven o'clock they
were all back in Washington.
PoLICE REPORT Last night was clear
and mid With three prisoners and five iodg-
ers 81 tie station house.
The Mayor this morning disposed Of the
following cases
Albert Lyles, arrested by Officer Jones,
for stealing pair OF shoes, had his case con-
iirned
James Coleman, colored, arrested by
officers Davis and McCuep, fJr dsorderly
conduct. was fined 81 go
Thos. Morris arrested by Officers Davis
aud lcCuen, for being drunk and disorderly,
was fined 81.
Georges Piues, charged with being drunk
aud disorderly, was discharged.
Emma Douglas and Mary Green, colored,
charged with disorderly conduct, we're fined
s. each.
FINAL Poss EssIoN.-During the war
mall frame house on south Washington
street together with much other property
ia thIs city was sold under the oonhscatton
AVS After the war the rightful owner
sued aud recovered his property, but the
purchaser refused to give possession and
was repeatedly ejscted but would invariably
renter after night Finally, the purchaser
speed to pay rent, but he soon tired OF this
sal Yesterday was again evicted and his
hrniture again put out In the street. The
owner fearing that a re entrance would
s,ain be effected, last night took several
carpenters to the house and reed it to the
Wouud The owner to day has full posses
.on Of the lot.
ANOTHER CHARTER Judge Charles r
Stuart has granted charter of incorpora-
lion to The God snd Silver Low Grade Pro
cess Company The object of the company
i.ihe mining, separating and amalgamatibg
olores aud metals, and the manufacture
snd sale Of machinery for the treatment Of
ores and metals The capital stock is 10 De
Sil1OOO. divided into shares OF SO each
lse principal Office is to he in this city, q,
the officers are T. j. Anderson, president
c. Pomsroy, vice president, and 1hu
Johns, secretary and treasurer, all Of W"eh'
layton. The aooys named. together vi
B c. Washington, of West Virginia, and j.
R. Tlm5y, OF Washington, are ihe directors.
PHRsoYAL Mrs. Kate Hupp aud son,
snd Mis-. Maggie Ramey, who have been
visiting Mrs Iden, oc Duke street, returned
10 their homc, N StrasburS, today
The Misses Cavalier l'fs for R'c2mrnd
% day 20 be gone several weeks.
Ms N f. daughter is visiting her dauge-
Ter, Mrs Geo ~ NAYS. or Cameron sneet.
Hon. S Barbour this evening returned from
New York whcro he went to attend meeting OF
TIE nUioua c,mmittoo he reports tho democrat
eo1i'o'S IS bo;as most encouraging
RgGIsrRArI n LIST REMOVED 1. is re-
ported ih4i oie NJ the recently appointed
5. Sup,rvtNcr7 Of elec,iln last :'i!;iit rfh Y
I'd d i=, OF aamcs of persons who bad resi5-
tered turrs tne pA-t few weeks, aaj whch
had h-ea = : % IN ;he Fourth ward, TOOK
ri0ths repubii 2au headausyte;s Waera lie
k'ti iar -oue tins IS cepls"ed II Sc 5eTai
aour- ahsrwa:d Tne supervisor OHIO; S