Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-09-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
,scial Correspondence Of the Alexandria 9dset'e

fsasc;ol Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gdsctse
WAsHrHar oH. o. g.. Sept. IL: ls9l'
The row between the white ana DlacR re-
publcans la Alexandria cooked thetr gooee
a far as the place of messenger In the Lana
Office here Ia concerned. Harrison, the me-
oro vould certainly have been appointed,
so thew said in the chief clerk's office thus
morning. but for the opposition OF MI Lewis
McKepzie and some of the other ieeclng re-
nnhlicsns of Alexsndsia, who wanted 1t TOT
@ vvhite member OF their party, and Sne sn'
no,ence thew gave the Commissioners by tsg-
mo nm his time with their CAB, some OF
which ,s said to have been seneeiese, anu
ra.lIu did their own man more harm t1sn
God was 30 great that he determined to cut
| tbe matter short off and have no more both
or with 1t, and therefore appointed negro
Eho halls from Moutans. the trst ono who
ever held the place, his immediate prede'
cessors being VIM. Murtaugh and w. a.
Hammerdinger, bolh OF Alexandria.
The work on the Washington and Airing
ton Railroad has now progressed from the
Auusduct Bridge as far as the farm OF Rob-
inson and Lodge. within sight OF Arllngtcn.
Three gangs OF men are employed. Mr.
| Wheeless says the iron for the track Ia mere,
and that the contractors tell him the roao
bed will be- completed by the middle OF NO.
yenber, that is, the road bed from the Aque-
duct Bridge TO Arlington. Nothlng mas yeo
heen done from the Aqueduot Bridge TO the
Three sisters. On the proposed Three Sisters
hr;doe NOR on the proposed track of the
road on this side of the river.
An Alexandria merchant here to day Gays
the Ersde of his city With the country fur
ther south has greatly increased, and that
nosG from seventy.fve to one hundred cars
are required daily to ship freight from there
over the Richmond and Danvile Railroad
alone.
Mejor John G. Lee, who died suddenly In
New York last Wednesday, was related to
the family of the late Col. Richard Bland
Lee, of Alexandria. He and Gel. Gum
mings, who once lived In Alexandria, were
recently In tbs service of the Corean govern
ment.
A prominent lawyer OF Richmond here
TO day, In talking about the result OF the
primary election In Alexandria yesterday,
said 1t was gratifying to him; that the NOM
inee was considered In Richmond to be oDe
of the sblest lawyers In the State, and that
be believed he would be a member OF tho
next Virginia Court OF Appeals.
a New York democrat here to-day says
the democratic convention OF his State, to
meet next Tuesday, will determine the fate
of Mr.. Cleveland, 80 far as the next Presi-
dency is concerned, ss the fight In that con-
vention will be for the State committee.
The present committee is for Hill, snt il the
one to be appointed by the convention also
bs for him, he will have the united vote of
the State In the national democratic oonven-
ton. He Gays Governor Hi ls assured that
the next committee will be composed of his
friende.
The police boat Joe Blackburn, which arrived
hero early this morning from trip down the
river, reports that while near Stump Neck, about
eleven o'clock last night, policeman Adolphus
Constantine, who had shortly before been casting
| the lead line, fell overheard and WAS drowned
| He WAS missed at once and searched for, but was
mover seen after wards, and is supposed to have
been struck by enc of the fsnge3 of the propeller
| 20 leaves a vito and child. Some people here
want to know how it was that boat for the pro-
| ttc.ion of tho hsrbor should have been so far
| away from the hsrtor at such time OF night.
| w q. Fleenor WAS to-day appointed postmaster
/ at Greendale, Washington county, Va vice ]. b..
Bordwn, remov' d.
| Henry Clay Harris, negro hailing from Char
| lotte county, Va, has been appointed messenger
| in tho department OF Justice
| Though Secretary Foster persists in asserting
| that there is large surplus in tho Treasury, he
| today was forced to withdraw two million more
dollars from the depository banks in order to
| meet rent expenses.