The Evening critic., 1882-09-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
The Good Tenpiars-YOung Mems
Christian, ,AssOciatiOn--SchOo Mat
ters-Accident-B baseball Personal
and miscellaneous.

and Miscellaneous.
A largely attended meeting of Golden Light
Lodge of Good Templars was hold last night.
Two new members were Initiated. Tho death
OF Mr. G. Morgan Driscoll was announced, and
Messrs. George II. Lyles, George W. Francis
and II. NJ Foltz selected 20 act us pali-bearers
at the funeral on the part of the lodge Messrs
Julian A. Moore, George w. Hawxhurst and N.
$. Greenaway were appointed committee to
draft suitable resolutions OF respect to the
memory CT tho deceased James Grigg, N. s.
Groenaway, il. NJ. Foltz, Geo. II. Lyles, Miss
Jennie Iittinger and Miss Jennie Simpson
were elected delegate sto the Temperance Asso.
citation, 10 meet In this city on the 26th inst
The following were elected delegates to the
Fairfax County lodge of the order, to meet at
Vienna on September IS. Charles Hantzman,
II. W. Armstrong, Julian A. Moore, II. NJ. Foltz,
$. II. DeYaughn, Frank johnson, A. J. Fisher,
L. Phillips, j. F. Glover, b. A. Mullen, N. $.
Greenaway, q. 9. Carlin Q. A. Smith, George
W. Hawxhurst, Miss Eflle liainey, Miss Carrie
/ Dudley, Miss Gertrude Stansbury, Miss Martha
/ Foltz and Mrs. Il. j. Simpson. After the rend-
/ ering OF an excellent programme Of vocal and
I instrumental music, the lodge adjourned to
meet this afternoon at the hall OF the Alex
andria Reform Club TO attend the funeral of
the late g. Morgan Driscoll, which takes place
mt 4 O'Clock. The Alexandria item In yester
days CRITIC in reference to the young man
arrested and sent 10 Jail for drunkenness, was
read In the lodge and commented upon for the
benefit OF the young men In attendance.
The Young Mems Christian Association met
last night, and, after transacting some routine
business, appointed II. It. Pitts, Wm. A. Moore
and others a committee TO REPORT suitable
resolutions in respect TO the memory of tho
late O. Morgan Driscoll. The Association also
decided 10 attend tho funeral OF Mr.. Driscoll
this afternoon at 4 o'clock In body. Potomac
Lodge Of OddFellows Will also attend tho fu-
neral.
Mr.. VIM. a. Cave, superintendent OF tho
schools OF Alexandria, ana Mr. Benjamin NJ.
Austin, clerk OF the county school board, WIS.,
tied onlcially the schools OF the said county
yesterday and found them all In nourlshing
condition.
Mr.. John Slater, a woll-known citizen of Al
exandria County, who was badly bruised about
{ the head and body by being thrown from a
buggy and dragged considerable distance by
n runaway horse yesterday, was thought TO be
In an improved condition this morning. Mr..
Slater, who has many acquaintanccs and
friends In Washington, narrowly escaped be-
ing killed.
match game of baseball was played I'm this
city yesterday between the Mount Vernon nine
and the Eagle nine, local clubs. on the eighth
inning tho score stood 16 to 16, with the Eagles
at the bat and no men out, when the Mount
Vernon nlno refused to play further, and the
umpire declared the gamo y TO u, III favor OF
the Eagle nine.
The funeral OF Mr.. Henry Andrews, uncle of
Mr.. McWilliams, OF this city, who died sud
denly In Fairfax County Monday evening last
took place from st. Marys Church this morn
ing and was largely attended. Mrs. John W.
Henderson, OF this city, died yesterday after
noon at her country residence Hybla Valley,
Fairfax County, from consumption. The
funeral Will take place from tho Baptist
Church here tomorrow afternoon.
The four-mastod schooner @. NJ. Balch is re-
ported in the river bound up.
Amos woodward and wife left this morning
for Pennsylvania on trip OF pleasure.
There were no prisoners In the statlon.house
this morning. This is the first morning the
cells OF this institution have been empty for
several weeks.
The weather here yesterday was very op.
pressivc. Four colored mon at work on the
wharf were prostrated by the heat. These arc
the first prostratons by tho heat that have oc.
CURED here during the summer. Tho weather
to-day is no improvement upon yesterday, Tho
close proximity Of tho rev comet TO the sun is
believed by many 10 be the cause OF tho hot
days and nights, and many are the wishes that
tho ilrey visitor would change headquarters.
The Democrats are making arrangements to
bring out all their voters at the new regstra'
tlon In the second and fourth wards, TO com
mence on the first Monday In October and con-
tinue till the following Saturday. This new
registration is ordered by Judge Meade, OF the
Corporation Court.