Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-13
LOCAL NEWS.


"A regular meeting Of this company, held
-. n;ybt Benoni Wheat, Vice President oc-
hs' ;.{ the chair and NJ. Mclean was secretary.
tculiraray committees that had been appointed at
S,.;nus meetings were discharged, and the
INKS of the company rendered them Tor their
'H .,c,s \ communication was received from
Th;.f Observation-Disclosures enclosing w from
Sc''mnel Miller, ESQ.,, tor services rendered at
~, Marshall House fire, and requesting the
'' 'n,n,ny to appoint three delegates to attend
fireman Convention, to be held during TINS
lmiL ar the month of April, aud i'll accord
month ,ib y, the chair appointed Mcssrs. d.
au'I Windsor, r. W. Falls and NJ. Mclean, aud
" n.Srs II, H. Jauuey, K. Kemper and NJ. b.
i n'n ~ alternates. The thanks of the com-
Dan "nr were rendered Mr. Miller for his kind
P'" "',on, and the secretary was ordered to ac
,IS'rj,.l,e its receipt. The executive commit
MN A"' we're ordered to see the proper parties and
w w, trnm them two Or more good lanterns, 60
nsrI upon the fire ground Ut night along
~. line of hose and in Keeling them up. The
',n. committee was requested to examine into
.S"rvpruses Of this company for the last year,
rho ,.ypcusc from the report OF the W ardens,
''rl very heavy. The following resolutions
,,rr adopted rendering the thanks OF the com
",a,. "a the hereinafter named persons tor artl-
paw .', furnished tor the parade on the 22d OF
i binary. aud ordered to be printed aud sprcad
.,,,n the minutes Of the company:
Hp<,treR That this company will remember
mi, sra,i;ude the many kind acts Of Mrs. Thos.
i.,t5,a;cr, and especially the gift of four beau
,n Xix flags and other decorations tor the
t',nn.u, parade, and to the following ladies
mr. the beautiful flowers aud other decorations
:, generously furnished for the apparatus:
W: ,irccnaway, Mrs Jas. r. Cation, Mrs. Al
,.iru, Brown, Miss Melchor, Miss Stella AT
Vii, the Misses Lunt and others.
p,alred. That the thanks of this company
10 rendered to Mr.. George w. Moss, acting
,.rp and Mr.. Geo. Smith, of the Adams EX-
1re>s Company of Washington, for their kind
mes. in furnishing harness, plumcs, fays, Gc.;
to Chief Engineer Croniu, OF the Washington
Fire Department, for extra pipes loaned this
rompauy for the parade; to MIR. Z. +. Breuncr
t:r the efficient manner IN which ne managed
the tour-u-haud attached to the Columbls
w,ron, upon which was mounted the II. H.
lee Hook ard Ladder Truck and members; to
N,.srs Richard Windsor John Slater, ID. \.
Wlud,or and L. {. Atwcll for horses furnished;
- III, following gentlemen Tor their Kindness
" W '"' ,Ir OCCASION MesSr<. b. +. Price, r. W.
r,rs +, ii. Hawkins, j. W. Harris, john
summers i. |. l,ieiiu, J. Calvin Stewart, Il.
q Acton, Major Geo Dutfey, VIM. |. Her
rick, G. ". Green Il Bell, jr., NJ. II. Janney,
IjAnnich and Others: to President K. 5. Falls.
Of the k. f. Lee Ilook and Ladder Company,
FIR the hanlSomc display they made IN councc-
lion with this COMPANY aud 10 the Misses Fails
f,r decorating the truck and wagon SO hand
,oluclv also to the committee OF arrangements,
Nrs,rs Falls, Mclean, Uhlcr, Rishi"ll and
Strauss. ior the taste displayed and energy ex
crtrd in performing the duties assigned them.
The meeting then adjourned.
FmE WARDESs' REPORT 1t is understood
that the report of the Fire Warleos, published
IN Yesterdays Gazette. has created some talk
among the iremen As will be seen by refer
cace to the proceedings of The meeting of the
Columbia Company last night, published else
where in to.days paper, j committee has been
ap!ointed to examine that report critically
with the object Of disc Jvcrlng the cause OF the
D great difference in the expenses OF the TWO
steam 6Tc engines Ii is stated that the city
Auditor, one nf the Fire Wardens and a mem
Z Der Of the Columbia will Tomorrow make
4 thorough examination Of all the bills against
D the Ere Department tor the past year.
q DvoRcE.-The Washington Chronicle says:
u Judge Wylie in the Equity Court yesterday
n granted Il divorce a viuculo matrimonil to
Il laoH;ts Robbins from his wife, Carrie Rob
u bins III" compliments petition sets forth
81 that he married the defendant, who was then
b Carrie llOb>ou Of Alexandria, Virginia, IN 1867
n the ccEcmony being performed by Rev. Or.
Ri tray IN Capitol Hil that for a while they
n lived comfortably together, but thereafter she
81 deserted him, aud has since been living lite
b :, Prostitution, under the name of Carrie
y Ervwu. in what is known as the dutch Cor
y Ia III Murder Bay, where she now is. -
q HALL THIEVES hall of the parsonage
8 d the VI. L. Church, on Prince, between ST.
A,alh and Washington streets, was entered
dunn, the night or early this morning aud the
4 Iars Obbcd otall that was upon II, lnc'udng the
lat and overcoat of Rev. Mr. Boyer, the new
pastor, lady's water proof, some chlldren
.vc!co,hing aud two canes belonging to Key.
Nj. llcmcnway. Mr.. Boyer was lett without
ha, and this morning had to walk barchcad-
r',town the street as far as Mayor Berkeley
F.lcace, where he borrowed one. The THIEF
SNnei admttance by the failure OF the servant
Sil 10 let down the night latch.
GMLows-For the last week, during which
Tic sailows upon which a colored man named
Charles Nancy will be hung here on the 18th
'S has been IN progress OF construction 1T
the coach factory of Mr.. r. |. Edelin,, that
factory Las been visited 10y SO many people that
NV r'nrinycc> arc embarrassed 10 their opera
"''s and the proprietor has, at length, been
IA TT;'Il'0'l TO keep the front door of that cstab
rTI u, locked, in order to exclude the crowd
1"e Salows lsalmoSt completed now and Will
E ,''>' about TWO hundred dollars 1t will be pre-
|E served 70; the hanging of William jackson.
|E N''EN NEwS.-Thc steamer Arrow having
|E WV" repaired made her usual trip to Mount
| m s1I S"n TO 91y The Express has also reship
|M 'r;n ",i 'aicr and will start on her regular
|H >,lrs " 'a't,'noFe tomorrow night The Iron
III ii" S "vh' down to Quantico this morning with
thu E ,".''erh Passengers and mail in place OF
j"w, t. port /. Later in the day the Report came
wb "u IRON Washington as far as the upper coal
Is out immediately returned