Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-10
LOCAL MATTERS

hi. ssctioa slight changes in tempsrasure.
70. .sati,er preceded by rain on the coast, light
,, y. casterly winds.
r,r THIRD REGIMENT.-The State Mill.
Roard has reported favorably upon
~ ~! .iortesvile as place of encampnent for
VuTlird Regiment and the Governor is
'p' an order commanding the companies
'. .,bs Third Regiment to assemble in Char.
I. Lille on the 25th of June and remain In
.2. .,n subject to military orders until the
gJ b NJ June. There will be eight compa.
~ w.. comprising about $50 men.
Colonel Wertenbaker has offered the ser.
Of the regiment to the University au-
tics ~ en- escort to the President should
sssueud The University celebrations which
,ss place at that time.
The Jeftrs0nian says: We know that our
..i,aos will respond literally to any call
w, NAV be made upon them and all will
n in hear endeavor to make the sold
J., b1ys have good time. We can rely
9Th confidence upon our people sustaining
hair we'll earned reputation for hospitality.
IA doubt not that many will keep open
s,n.es. as it were, and the private entertain.
rsnts at the residences will be numerous.
The las. week in June will undoubtedly be
,.la occssi0n in our new aud prosperous
city, ------
Protecting THE FISH Under the act of
roocress of March, 1885, that made 1t I'm.
,gtal 10 fish with any continuance whatev-
.,in the waters of the Potomac within the
District of Columbia other than angling, or
thing with the outline, for period of five
TO- Ii 10
have largely increased An old fisherman
oiG-orgeiown said yesterday that he was
:,lisded that with hundred fathom5 of gill
ost drifting above the Long bridge he could
4lch 200 ehad on tide. The river is
dive with them, and the law has been OF
geat benefit to the Potomac fisheries. The
a.ters from below this city TO above the
CHAIN bridge, distance of twelve miles, are
aorough!y protected, shad and herring be-
rguumoeeted in the reproduction of their
:,eces. AT the Tina of the passage of the
.r hundreds of trap and pound nets flour
.lel between this city and Georgetown,
al several small seines were being hauled.
PERSONAL. Rev. l. NJ. Mercer, pastor of
the Baptist Church, leaves here this evening
10 attend the Southern Baptist Convention,
which convenes to morrow morning in
Richmond and will he in session until next
Tuesday evening. This convention repre-.
.ents all the Baptists from Maryland to the
Gulf OF Mexico, and from the Atlantic as far
vest as Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri.
Hon. j. w. Kincheloe, member of the
House of Delegates from Fauquier county,
vas 10 the city to-day.
Hon. A. H. Mansur, of Missouri, was In
The city yesterday, guest at the Braddock
House.
Capt. J. w. Foster, of Loudoun, says he is
lot candidate for Congress
ANOTHER NEW BoAT-Capt. Blake, of
tue steamer w. w. Corcorau, said to re
porter of the GAZETTE to-day that he was
low having plans prepared for new and
handsome steamer, to be finished oy the
first of next May. which he will put on the
NJ. Vernon route. to be run liz connection
with the COrcorau-one steamer to make
Tip in the morning and the other in the
evening Capt. Blake says the travel to
Nj Vernon is constantly on the increase,
snd that when he gets his new steamer he
will be able to accommodate all who wish to
visit that historic place. The captain has
secured the exclusive privilege of carrying
passengers to Mt. Vernon for the next five
years.
Police REPoRT.-Last night WAS cloudy
with rain till about = O'Clock There YVES
ono prisoner and one lodger at the station
i1pse
The Mayor disposed OF the following cases
tbs morning:
Ihos. Lindsey, colored boy arrested for
throwing rock aud cutting the head OF an
other boy named John Robinson, was dis
charged after being punished by bis mother
Abulcher in the market, charged with
lsauting colored boy, Was dismissed
without going into trial.
SHAD-The United 5 ates Fish Commits
sou has in process Of Matching in their build
lg 10 Washington over twenty million
aal the largest number ever In the hatch
ey at one time. Up to the present time
soout two hundred million young shaG have
been Matched there this season. Thirty
three million shad eggs have heen taken
rom The Potomac river at Fort Washington
alone, and four or five million are being
aiken each day. More shad have been
caught already in the Potomac this year
than daring the whole of the season OF 1887.
MEDICAL SOCIETY The monthly meet
iag Of the Alexandria Medical Society was
held on Tuesday night last at the Office OF
DtWm. Gibson. There were present Dfs.
Powell, Smith O'Brien, Herndon, Tebbs,
Hlipsteln, Jones, Thos. Gibson. Ashby,
aud Brdsal. DR.. Birdsall read q very in
iere,tiUg paper on Some Diseases of the
Eectum and their Sympathetic Disturb
ances, which was followed by discussion.
Dr. NJ Slaughter was appointed to pre-
pare paper for the June meeting OF the
sdely.
No Opposition TiCKEr.--It was said TO
dag By prominent republican, and one
Who has affiliated with the independents OF
tue city for some time mast that no ticket