Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-02-10
LOCAL NEWS.

nlsli. .,r If ST. johns Academy, was complete
s0c,so The neat little hall was filled, and
>u'e ssho attended we're delighted with the ct,
al. VIZ, If the Young gentlemen who participated
t'F 'Ss - ootertaipment. The part of the Dutch
10 luz in the frs: act of The Fast Young
S Mnn was played by Sa:uu4B. Loeb, of Har-
- iaui in manner which made everybody
ls, While Charles P. McQuaide, of the same
N I"ns as Fri.zwigsins, The fast youth, and
f1ao,, II, f. O'kectfe, of Richmond, as
En"roat, the fop. and Pcytou q. Bowman, as
uosev, the rowdy iremaD,alI did their parts ad'
n,r,bIy. The m'uor characters OF the drama
m u,r supported by Charles II. E'hman and
Erark &. Woodson, Of Harrlsonburg; /; Il.
a ,T Burke, of Stafford; Frederick William
Hart and James B. Fitzgerald, of Alexandria
aannty: ". B,rjamlu Dent, OF 81. Mary
oonnry, Ma.; WIlird &. Potter, OF Quincy,
II and Robert ". Arnold, Frank NJ. Hill,
W W. J Dugaa and Samuel a. BartIe, OF this
city, with great satisfaction to the audience
nd credit to themselves The great feature
Of the entertainment, however, was the scenes
from Handy Andy; Ihe immortal blnudeIer
heinz Represented by Charles t: McQualde,
T Tb'u D. Downcy, Mr.. Murphy, aud s. B.
Loeb Simon The parts selected were the hot
ter
rrp,cnicd Drunkenness and the breaking OF
rho hottie containing the cooks hair oil, aud
,hcr were all the occasion for the display on
,bs mart of the performer of his very 6ne taeus
IN he line of Irish comedy. The pertor-
name concluded with the reading OF "Shamus
O'Brien' b. the same young gentleman.
log. +. OF VIRGINIA. Since the visit
- Major Dsvjue, the State lecturer Of the
Grand Lodge .. g. T., Of Virginia, to Ar
linpton during the holidays quite revival has
taken place in the cause of temperance III the
ncghtorhood, and Excelsior Lodge, No t, the
oldest Lodge Of the Order, have rented Il new
hail, fitted it up very neatly, aad have been
active.v engaged in gaining recruits. Ibis
Lodge although organized IN 1867, have never
had lodge room vi their owe until last week,
and on Wednesday last they took possession OF
their new hall, aud Deputy e. W. Z. I. Fred
erck S. Corbett installed the officers tur the
eusuiug term. The Lodge bids fair to be the
most popular resort Tor the people CT Arlington
and vicinity.
DR.. Wa. j. Prints, G. w. G. T., and Maj
Divine delivered addresses at Vienna last night
on the subject of temperance, and Will lecture
at Fairfax Z. H. tomorrow night.
The WEATHER. The cold snap DOW pre-
vailiug, though unfrcquent in this latitude, is
BIZ no means without precedent. On the 10th
day of February, 1885, ice fourteen inches
thick was cut in Smoot's dock, and during that
same freeze u railroad passenger car was brought
from Washington to this city Oh the ice that
covered the river. The thermometer at half
past six clock yesterday stood at degrees
above zero, and the average temperature our
ing the day was liz degrees above that point.
At the same hour this morning 1t stood at :
degrees above zero, and the average tempera-
ture, up to nine . clock, was the same as that
OF yesterday, but after that hour 1t began to
rise slightly, and at noon stood at 233'. ut SUP
rise on the 10th Of last month it stood at zero.
RIVER News. The river this morning
looked more like pictures Of scenes 10 Alaska
than it has done at any previous time this wiz
ter. As far as the eye can reach IN either d.
rec,ion not one drop Of water can be seen to
break the vista OF continuous snow covered ice.
Peope are waking about on the surface of the
channel as though they were treadlug upon
solid grouud, aud ice seven inches thick is cut
FROM the deep wafer at the end Of the wharves.
But one oyster boat, besides the raised schr.
Union Belle, is lying at Quanico, and except
at that point the river is reported to be clear
Of vessels.
TRAINS DELAYED. In consequence of de.
LAYS of the railroad trains north Of Washing on,
caused by the cold weather OF yesterday, there
was a failure of connection, last night, and no
Northern mail was received here. For the
same reason no connection was made and 20
Northern mail received here this morning. The
through train from the North was two hours
behind tune this morning aud could not be
waited for by the Midland train at Washing
ton, but the through passengers arrived here
on the \. Il I. r Il iu time to take the Mid
land train before it left this city.
Police REPORT. Affairs at police head
quarters this morning were unusually quiet
There were no cases before the Mayor 5, or any
o. the Magistrates courts, aud nothing talked
Of that is likely to be brought before any Of
those courts. None Of the parties charged
with stealing fences ADD with robbing Mr..
Hines store 10 the county, for whose arrest
Justice Wright issued warrants yesterday,
have been caught
But one ledger applied for aud was furnished
with accommodations last night.
FIRE.-The alarm of fire between one and
two o'clock to-day was caused by the partial
burning of the roof OF framed house on the
west side OF Patrick street, between Queen aud
Cameron, belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Skid.
more but occupied by colored man named
Thomas Ashton. The fire department was
speedily on the ground and at work, and owing
to its exertiou the damage doue was but slight,
and is fully covered by $3.50, for which sum the
house is insured in the Virginia State lusur-
auce Company Of Richmond,
FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT 1t was stated
10 yesterdays Gazette that MIR. Patrick Finley,
who lately moved from this city to Seneca, on
the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio Cana,
had three of his children burned badly by the
bursting of an oil lamp. Since then intelll-
geuce has been received here to the effect that
one of the burnt children (kate) has died of
the injuries She received, and that the other