Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-01-09
LOCAL NEWS.

placed them in charge Of schools, as follows:
Washington .SchooN.Mh Department.
Theodore H. Ficklin, Principal Miss NJ Ellen
Price. Assistant No jantor as yet elected
This department will have the old Washington
School house, on Washington street near " olfe,
and will be opened as soon us The Necessary Ill
terations to the building can be made
Female Department. Margaretta Law,
Principal Miss Phoebe Littlcicld, Assistant
no janitor as yet elected For this department
no suitable location has as yet been found
Gusts .Schoo-M1e Department. --Edgar f..
Harper, Principal; Miss Sallie Yates, Assist
ant no janitor yet elected This department
will occupy the second story Of Harlow new
building, on the Northwest corner Of Cameron
and Royal streets, and will probably, bc opened
on Monday next.
Frnale Departments Lena K. Shay,
Principal; Miss \. Y. X. Shay, Assistant;
Mrs Jane II. Sweeney, acting janitrcss This
department will occupy the house next 10 the
Northeast corner Of King and Columbus streets
and will probably be opened this week.
.Snouciew School jttr cnlorcl chillrrn}. -
VIM. +. Powell, Principal: thaving in charge
boys of the first gr,dc) Miss Sarah \. Gray
(having in charge boys of the second grade, J
and Miss Harriet b. Douglass, lhaving in
charge girls of the second grade Assistants ;
Joseph Nicholson, i4nilnr. This school occu-
pies the roored school hou:r Oh Pitt street,
between Franklin and GiLbon. and is now open
with its full complement ot'pupls.
HrIIprM S,hoI tor cnIorcd chilIrcni. -
Mrs Matilda A. Madden. Principal ihavingi i'll
charge girls Of the first grade Mrs. Jane y.
Crouch, (having in charge girls Of the second
grade y and Miss Carrie Caggett. (havng in
charge BOYS of the second grade Assistants !;
John Field. ianitor This school WAS intended
to occupy the colurcl school house on Alfred
street, between Princess and Orumoco, but the
accommodations there being Insufficient, it has
been temporarily located in the same building
with the Snowlcn Schonl Ii is now open and
full
The above schools are all for primary instruc
ton only, the school law not permitting any
other branches than Spelling, Reading. Writ
ing. Arithmetic Geography ali;l English Gram
lier to be taught in them without special per
mission from the Board of Education at Rich
muud.
APPOINTMENT Tile place OF Col. Theodore
III. Fcklin as Teacher of Mathematics and
Commandment of Cadets in st. John Academy.
which he vaca,cs in accepting the charge of the
Washington School will be filled by the ap
pointmcnt of his brother Mr. Eugene ID. Flick
lin, Of Fairfax County Mr. I. WAS 4 member
of the graduating class OF the Academy when
the war broke out. being then about |, Years OF
age. He immediately enlisted in the 10th
Virginia. and served until disabled by wound
at Second Manassas Towards the end of the
war. he was brought in from the farm on which
he was working and lodged in our Jail, with
sixteen other persons. taken under similar CIR
cunistanres. but who We're announced III the
dispatches ~ being -. celebrated guerlllas
captured. Gen Wells sent the rest To the
Old Capitol but discharged Mr. Ficklin 4, he
could not easily fire gun Having lost part Of
his right hand. We have M doubt that the
cadet battalion will kccpup its reputation under
his command
SrNDAY SCH0uI. ANN1vERS.lRY. --Dcspltt
the heavy SNOW storm which WAS tlcn prevail
iny an Interesting Sunday School Anniversary
took place at st. Mary's Church yesterday
afternoon. The children Of the schnol, the boys
under the charge of fifteen gentlemen of the
congregation. and the girls under that Of the
Sisters of the Holy Gross: occupied the entire
centre of the church. and the side rcwS and
galleries were pretty we'll filed ly an attentive
congregation. Nespers were sun. IL install,
and after Magnificat the Rev Peter k"eS de-
ivcrcd an appropriate address to Ihr children.
after which he distributed large number OF
| handsome books rs premiums Ton punctual al
tendance and good conduct and lessons during
the past year The EXERCISES lasted until SIX
g clock. and closed. rs usual with the l}enetlic-
ton of the Blessed Sacrament.
Ou.ExrInsIoN. While Mrs John jenkins,
who lives on Gibhon street. near Fairfax, WAS
filling lamp from Il can on Saturday night lust,
it exploded, and scattering the burning oil iii
every dircrtion,se. the carpet and her dress On
fire. Almost cnvolvcd in flames. she rushed
into the store Of Mr. Graves on the mex, cor
m.r. when her burning clotllc: were torn from
her before she had received amy serious injury.
The neialhor< soon extinguiShed the fire III the
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