Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-11
Fo. this section light rain, slightly c0o'eF'
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TIE SALE OF Lors.-Ths frat sale OF ,o o.:
In me North West Alexandria improve
,nent Company took place on the company
rroDertg to-day. Owing to the thres.enins
heather the attendance was lot as lai oH n9
wss expeoe though there we're aooo o.nino
,,eople on the grounds. All the mo.nd
r.hi..les of every description were epgd ~
n conveying people to the grouna.Is n n;,r
sc,rrelo a mile and half FROM Tue Ii'y.
=, Iiclcck NJ. s. G. Brent, 10 shoLl
, - the crowd aud shortly
s .iaat,s. Mr. Qlackanbangh, the auc-
lDeI eai's' ~ - the lots for sale. beginning
1,oeo' I'm ..lsn1e northwest of the property.
Sanncsd that stock at par YOU'D pe
= ID in neyment for the los and tnst
,,ter peyments would be 20 per cent
80. and ner cent monthly on the Iur-
80 money. Tbs bidding visa not very
e,.j,it.d ri first, but sooD numoer OF Io's
~ "a solG &c prices ranging from Sloo 10
$50 encA. Among The pufanssers were
messrs Geo Vice, L Baiiey, l.. snnman
pafr W. DAunepho~or, E. B Kemp, q.
". Fisaer, III S-rsuss, Whsas, q. r. Ill.,
G Uhler, Eliot, Of his city !. NJ.
Whitney AID G n Stafford. OF WssningtoG
! 2 Joaee, Il. P. Bryan, A. d. Smith ana
Trip Ell, of FaUqlier; P. a. Triplett, OF
,'plgepsf; 6. 2. Hill, Of Roanoke; +.
Ss- eI. OF Columbus, Ca and others. The
largest purchaser WIS Mr.. J. +. Jones. q
&c 1e-, who b1ugbt 6ga lots for - 2OO
III. highes5 price paid vas S5oOi by Mr;
Ga. Wise. The s&!es tc-csy aggregated
81, 600
Gaming OF 80 o'c ock--on the grounds it
.irfus Of the Opers HOUSE, in this city II
me weather be uDtsvorsbe.
~ NRs. WHBAy's Defense sea ".
T3cmas, IT,, OF Louisville, KY, WAS pat BY
I,,i,e Stewart under 81 COO bond in Bali
c,nre Yesterday TO keep the peace toward
.1i,ton NJ. Wheat. As heretofore stated the
,eauole grew OUT of the divorce suit bs-
e,ysen Mr.. Wheat aud mis- wife, who Ia the
lister OF Mr. Thomas, aud during lhs las
Nv deys. on several &C ,asions serious trouble
tss ,seu anticipated, should Messrs Thomas
spd Wheat CONE together. Mrs. Wheat,
y no vent to Baltimore from Louisville, for
t6e purposes of the diy0re case. was also
e-aesat in court while the bail was given.
+, q.il, be remembered that SOON after Mrs.
Wheat entered euit in Baltimore for d.
7orce Mr.. Wheat filed cross bill in which
Ia made some serious charges against
..if5 This caused much indignation among
Hrs. Wheat's friends. and brought forth the
following letter.
LOUISVILLE, KY Nov. 3, 1890.
o. ". Thomas esq Louisville Ky:
Ilesr sir: saw in Saturdays Louisville Post q
report copied from Baltimore paper that in an
swer Mrs Wheat's ,ttion there for divorce,
her husband charges her, smoog other thing
with improper relations with her Baltimore law
yer. Mr.. Horwitz Although l have no connec-
ton with This civorce suit. feel it duo TO Mrs.
lghcas and Ter children that l should say that
when was her counsel had number OF inter
views With Mr. Wheat, both before their rec III
iaticn in 1885 and since their last separati n, and
he not only nogor minated such charge against
nor bot on tn con ra-y, although he many times
stated tn mo 10 great detail all his grievances
again her in pallaIiO OF his own admitted
saoI cominge, he exprtss y gave me to understand
ih4t her moral srscter was above reproaca. You
NAV 81 upon me at aay time ID testify to these
facts aud nay make sny use you may deem proper
Of this le.tor. Very truly yours.
TEMPLE BoDLEY.