Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-06
Alexandria Affairs.

completion. The walls have been raised six
feet and circular lights placed above the Gothic
arched windows. The ceiling. formerly arched.
has been made square, making the church six
feet higher on each side. The former semi-cir-
cular sanctuary has been extended entirely
across the eastern wall of the edifice, and the
small sacristies at the corners are taken away.
Three aisles in place of two have been made
one in the center and the others beside the
walls The side galleries have been shortened.
some of the pews made smaller, and the entire
interior of the church mOdernZed under the
supervision Of Mr.. Philip Dwyer, the architect,
who constructed st. Dominics monastery in
Washington.
The TELEPHONE TRANsACTION.-The proposal
to establish telephone exchange here will
either become effective or be abandoned before
the close of this month. The Southern Bell Tel
ephOne Exchange Co. have ordered ninety poles.
30 or 35 feet high, for use in this city soon as
the franchise to use the streets is granted by the
city council. The council has heretofore granted
rights OF way along certain streets to the pro-
prietOrs of MOrse's Electro Magnetic Telegraph
in 1916, to the Washington and New Orleans Tel
egraph Co. in 1857. to w. S. Morris and others
in 1853, and to the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
Co. IN 1876. The result of these grants leaves
all the poles now up in the city in the possession
of the Western Union Co. 1t is understood that
the Telephone Exchange managers will use the
present telegraph poles where practicable, but
that they have found such an indispositon to al
graph brackets that it will not be possible to
run the wires elsewhere than on the streets. AS
an Illustration OF the unwillingnesS of citizens
to allow their houses to become supports of
wires, it is stated that on recent extension of
private telephone from the Southern Methodist
church to the bedside of an invalid lady who
wished to hear the sermons at her own house,
the proprietOrS OF nearly all the large buildings
refused attachment and the telephone could be
made only by attaching it to stables, out-build-
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take action on the subject.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.-The granting of permits for
the public schools was begun this morning at
Peabody hall by Mr.. Hubert SnOwden, clerk of
the school board, who granted several hundred
permits. The granting Of permits for the white
schools will be continued until Thursday. and
the residue of the week will be occupied in
granting permits for the cOlored schools. There
were taught in the public schools last year over
twelve hundred children. There is promise of
considerable increase during the present school
year; and if SO, two new schoOls-one for white
and another for cOlored children-will be
opened.
MAYORS OFFICE.-The mayor continues to see
that the Sunday law does not fall into disuse.
To-day three or four liquor dealers were brought
up charged with keeping open bar yesterday.
Their cases will be disposed of at later hour.
CORPORATION COURT.-Judge Chiffon opened
the September term Of the corporation court to-
day. Its entire business will consist of motions
in civil cases, and there will be no jury.
REPORTERS NOTEs.-Though the streams
hereabouts are running low there's no likelihood
of water famine here. Alexandria has water
purer and in greater abundance than in any
other of the Virginia cities . Rev. Father De
Wolfe, late of Trinity church, Georgetown,
entered upon the assistant pastorate of the
Catholic church here yesterday. . The boy, JAS
Reese, shot through the hand near Mt. Hyba,
Fairfax county, yesterday, is doing well. =.
Seven coal vessels passed down this morning.
SECOND ESCAPE OF MARTIN, THE MURDERER-
VIM. F. Martini a desperate of southwest Mis-
souri,, under sentence to be hanged, jumped
through the window Of passenger car while
ascending Dixon HILL on the st. Louis and San
Francisco railroad, about two o'clock yesterday
morning, and at last accounts had not been
captured. He was in charge of Sheriff Goodall,
of Lebanon, who is now in pursuit of him with
posse of men. Martin is the man who was
resued from Lebanon Jail last November by
young niece of Sheriff Wilson, named Maggie
Wilson, who fell in love with the murderer while
he was in Jail and ran away with him after she
had effected his escape. They were recently
found in east Tennessee by Sheriff GOodall, and
were being returned to Lebanon when the sec
Ond escape was made. Martin was handcuffed
when he jumped from the car, but as he knows
the country well and has many friends all
through that section, the chances are largely
against his capture. The girl was taken on to
Lebanon.