Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-05-02
LOCAL BREVITIEs

The Grand Council of Red Men will NIECE,
~ Richmond on the 10Th instant.
Why is Il large two-cent stamp STAMPED
upon Il live cent box Of matches :?
Mr. Lawrence Stablsr left here last night
Tor Ne" York on 4 trip Of pleasure
The Alexandria Reform Club will hold m
open air temperance meeting next Saturday
might
he Alexandria Light Infantry will hay.
st dress parable and sGirmish drill on Colrnss
grounds TOMORROW evening at ) o'clock.
Mrs. Captain John {. Graham, her MANY
friends will regret TO learn, continues yer,
III III her residence on Prince street
soda "ater dealers are complaining oil the
c"ntln'ir't cool weather. which has IN mia
! \"Iahle effect upon their trade
Mrs. Mary {. Summers, wlio has been III
! Tor = week two past, is, her MANY friends
Will he glad TO learn, improving.
/ Messrs. James Eyeleth and Thomas HOY
are making improvements and additions 10
their residences ON south Fairfax street.
The steamer Mystic is to be fitted up for
| an excursion boat. A new engine is to be
put IN her and other improvements are to
be made
While Capt. Frank Beattie's herd of COWS
was playing Sunday on his farm, near this
city, one Of them was killed by being poled
by another.
One hundred and fifty thousand herring
and two thousand shad arrived at Fishtowp
to-day and sold as follows Herring S4.5Oa
- Per thousand shad sl2aSl5 per hundred.
The repairs to the American Coal wharf
have been completed at q cost of over Sl5tE,
and II Is now one of the best wharyes in the
city, perfectly satisfactory to the company
using it.
AT 4 meeting Of the Supreme Council
Royal Arcanum, held in Baltimore yester
day, }. j. Wright, of Virginia, was elected
one of the Supreme Trustees. Richmond
Va, was selected az the next place of meet
ing.
The remains of Mrs. Or. Vim. Post were
brought here from Baltimore by undertaken
B.. Wheatly to-day and inferred. The fune.
raj took place from the railroad depot and
was attended by number of the friends
and relatives of the deceased in this city,
The funeral of the colored man George
Slmms who died suddenly in the Alfred
street Baptist church, Sunday last, took
place this afternoon and was attended by
all the colored Sunday School children vi
the city
The laying of the railroad track from the
corner OF Wolfe and Union streets to the
snip yard, now occupied by Messrs. j. p.
Agnew Il Co, was completed to-day The
new office at the yard a neat. two-stury
frame building, Is fast approaching compile
ton.
! The Committee Oh Streets Of the CITY
Council and President Barbour, of the Viz
ginia Midland Railway Co., having agreed
upon the repair Of Onion street. Superin-
tendeht Of Police Coleman is engaged i'm
Collecting material for the early commence.
ment of the work.
Services in memory Of the late W. ~.
brantley, ID. pastor Of the Seventh Bap-
list Church, Baltimore were held in that
city last night at which Rev. W. S. Pcnck.
/! formerly of this city, read the Scripture.
Rev. DR.. Biting also formerly Of this city.
delivered an address.
number of King street merchants are
much exercised over recent order to re-
move all swinging signs from the buildings
and all boxes from the sidewalks. Some
angry words have already been INDUCED in
and the prospects are favorable for another
':muddle' equaling the Fishtown affair
Rev Frank Stringfellow lecturel LOST
night in Baltimore, detailing his adventures
while a scout in the Confederate army dur
ing the late war. realizing good sum for
the benefit Of his churches in this Stare
Mr.. Stringfelow will lecture at the Theo
logical Seminary, near this city, tomorrow
night
Marriage licenses were issued in Wash
inngton Yesterday to VIM. J. Dugan, of this
city, and Virginia G. Gibson, of Washing
ton John r. Southland, Of Rockingham CO.,
Va, and Mary F. Grieves, Of Anne Arundel
co., Md; John w. johnson, of Anne Arun-
dei CO., Nd, and Georgesnna Birney, Of
Prince Georges CO., Nd; Thos. H. strother,
Of Culpeper CO.. Va. and Hester Raiedc. of
Washington.