The Evening critic., 1882-08-23
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

La Fayotte Lodge OF Mechanics, OF this city,
Is large and prosperous organization. At
nication was received from Excelsior Lodge,
I. o. NJ, OF Washington, stating that the Ex-
celsior members would pay their Alexandria
brethren q fraternal visit last night. Tho La
Fayette members went to work. They pre-
pared splendid banquet, arranged for tho
rendering ofan excellent musical programme
and appointed a committee to proceed TO tho
steamboat wharf and escort tho visitors to the
hall. A grand reunion was anticipated. Tho
opening ceremonies OF the lodge were post
poned, awaiting the arrival OF the committee
with the guests. The committee, after waiting
on the wharf for some time after tho last boat
came in, thinking that the excursionists had
chartered. q steamer, returned to the lodge
room and reported that the visitors had not
put in an appearance. There was good doal OF
disappointment, but still TWAS not thought for for
altogether to meet their appointment. Tho
members still waited, and so did the banquet,
and 50 dd the musical Not
not a musical note. Deep, dark disappointment
brooded over all, and now and then the silence
tSnt SSn't ucyss" y AID sowe mighty hard think.
Ing, and took 1t out In gritting their teeth. Ten
o'clock rolling around, the La Fayetto members
with one or two members Of Columbia Lodge
OF the order OF Washington, proceeded to dis
cuss tho banquet and soon tho great disap.
pointment was forgotten Tor the time and
most enjoyable time was had. After the ban
quet a vote. of thanks was rendered to tho
members OF Excelsior Lodge for the courteous
manner in which they had treated La Fayetto
Lodge of Alexandria. 1t may be that the Ex
celsior members think that La Fayotto Lodge
will prepare another banquet for them when.
ever they feel like partaking OF good square
meal. II they have any such idea, Just lot
them invite themselves again to such a repast,
without 0rst giving reasonable excuse for
their apparent meanness, and they VIII bo
fooled as badly as they fooled their Virginia
brethren.
drunken tramp from Now York named
John Wilson visited several places last night,
called for whisky and after drinking It ro.
The same worked pretty well until the tramp
reached the store or Mr.. Harry Bateman, near
the Alexandria Washington Railroad depot,
whore 1t failed. Here he got what he wanted
and refused to pay, as usual. The tramp took
exceptions to somo remarks made by Mr.
Batoman and became very insulting. This
was more than the defrauded proprietor could
stand and he knocked his obnoxious customer
senseless with heavy stick. This was the
last call the man MAJ made, made, for ho had to be be
fined by the mayor S16 for taking the law In
his own hands.
Clara Stuart, colored, was arrested yester
day afternoon in West End by onicer James
Smith on a warrant sworn out by Mr.. W. NJ
Preston, of Washington, charging her with
robbing his house several days ago OF guam
| iity OF clothing belonging to his wife.
Lucy Williams, for keeping house OF Ill
fame, and Cinda Rella, not for the larceny of
pair OF glass slippers, but for stealing 81 from
| Martha Coleman, are locked up In the station
nOubo awaiting trluis
gaDgof twenty colored men left here yes
terday with contractor to work on railroads
| In Pennsylvania. The con ntractor says he has
work for seventy-iive moro mon.
In addition to tho accident on tho Washing
ton Western Railroad, mentioned In yester
days CRITIC, there was an accident on the
| Virginia Midland Road, near Tye River, bo
tween Charlottesville and Lynchburg, BY
| which IN engine and several cars were badly
| damaged and Engineer John Lambeth SO
yerely bruised.
Harry L. Warheld left hero last night fol
North Carolina, to take position on the
| Richmond & Danville Railroad.
Messrs. L. GenZenberger and Fred Pan are
| rusticating at White Point Va. Alderman
| John b. Smoot and City Sergeant william Ii
| Smith returned from Cape May last night.
Miss Lizzie Underwood, OF Occoquan, Va.
is visiting her friend, Miss Lille Goodrich, II
| this city.
| Smith Webb, the gay deceiver of half /
| dozen colored women, has been sent to 1ai
| for failing to givo bond ito keep tho peace
| toward his former mistress.