Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-05

judgmen ts for debt have been obtained
were conspicuously posted on bill
boards to-day.
A warrant was sworn out in the Po-
lice Court this morning by Chauncey
Davis against William Pruitt. The
latter is charged with assaultiug Davis
and with using threatening language
toward him.
Col. Campbell came here to-day from
Washington and went over to the Ma
ryland shore to see if he could make
arrangements with some of the farmers
for dispositing part of the Washing
ton garbage on their lands.
Superintendent Kimball, at Wash
ington, is informed that the sloop Al
bert in ballast from Atlantic City for
Norfolk, Virginia, stranded off Lewes.
Delaware, at three o'clock this morn
ing. The crew of three men was saved.
The tug Maud H. yesterday evening
towed up the river and to Washington
the British schooner Gypsy Princess,
loaded with asphalt from Trinidad.
The tug Templar lowed up the schoon-
er R. /. Carter, loaded with ice for
Washington.
The following letter carriers are en-
titled to the back pay allowed by Con-
gress: T. E. Hayes, George w. Dix,
George T. Price, deceased; Charles A.
Howard, George Keegan, Alvin Pow
ell, Frank Quinn, Robert Lucas, and ].
D. Brown. The sums range from $3.50
to 5000.
The thirty days. stay of execution in
order to take an appeal in the case OF
David Thompson, colored, convicted at
the last term of the corporation court
of robbing Sefer Blouse and assaulting
his wife, for which he was sentenced to
the penitentiary for eight years, expired
yesterday.
The ladies and gentlemen who have
promised to form the choir for the
Scheduled meetings are requested to
attend the preliminary services to be
held at the NJ. E. Church South on
Wednesday and Friday nights OF this
week. The singing books have arriv-
ed and will be used at these services.
Rev. S. P. Shipman, presiding elder,
preached in Trinity M. E. Church Sun
day and last night presided over the
meeting of the fourth quarterly confer.
ence, when the reports connected with
the general work and activities of the
church were presented They will be
taken to the annual conference which
meets in West Virginia on the 14th in
slant. Rev. Mr.. McAllister, on account
of sickness, will be unable to attend the
conference.
Officer William Webster has return
ed from trip Town the Washington
Southern Raily 4, whittier he went for
the purpose OF finding the horse Reef"
stolen from the Driving Park few
nights ago. At Mason's Neck, about
p miles south of this city, ne found q
horse answering in several particulars
the description of the stolen animal,
but upon inspection it was found to be
much older than the stolen horse.
Alexander Robar, pensioner from
this city, and friend, Robert West. q
young man, were found in an alley
near Four-and-a-half street and Penn
sylvania avenue, Washington, very
drunk, by Officer Hamilton, last night,
with a half-drunken sailor who has
been living at Central Union Mission,
going through them. Robar had re-
ceived S24 pension money, and had not
cent when found. The sailor fought
the police viciously and refused to give
his name. He was so rough at the
Sixth precinct station that he was
! placed in the dungeon,