The Evening critic., 1882-07-26
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

John l.. Boyer, No. Ill South Fairfax street,
is the authorized agent for subscriptions
and advertisements for THE EVENING CRITIC
In Alexandria. He will deliver tho paper
promptly and regularly every afternoon tan
early hour.
Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars, at
meeting last night, elected the following
officers; 7. W: z. T., A. W; Armstrong; w. Q.
IT, peitt Mrs Thomas Simpson
secretary, Charles II. Picken; treasurer, Mrs.
il. NJ. Foltz; chaplain, Rev. NJ. Trodway;
9 8Sbey e9sy
o. O., Samuel II. Devanghan; u. ii. s.. Miss
Martha Foltz; L. II. -, Miss Mollie Simpson.
meeting Of the lodge. The excursion to-mor.
row night Of this lodge promises to DO most
enjoyable AFFAIR.
Tho Board OF Directors Of the Alexandria
Fair Association held meeting yesterday
afternoon, but did not decide whom to hold tho
fair In this city. The board Will meet again
this week, when final action will be taken.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Alexandria
County met at the old courthouse In this city
to-day and made tho levy for tho county,
which is ten cents on the one hundred dollars.
Tho two washingtonians, Fred Johnson,
alias Heller, and Edward Dean, arrested In
this city Monday night last for drunkenness
and an assault on an old colored man named
Green, notice OF which affair has appeared
In THE CRITIC,were released from custody yes
terday upon tho payment OF fines OF i've dol
lars each. When tho couple, who were very
bold on the night OF their arrest. were SEN
fenced 10 tho chain.gang yesterday morning
by the Mayor, they showed tho white feather
and begged hard for mercy, promising to
leave the city Immediately and never visit 1t
again.
Just now the police are very active in bring.
ing up people for maintaining nuisances on
their premises. There were twenty.ono per.
sons before the Mayor charged with creating
and maintaining nulsances on their premises
detrimental 10 public health, and today there
were as many moro up on the same charge.
All OF tho accused were given twenty-four
hours in which to abate the nuisances.
william Curtis, the brakeman OF the yir-
ginia Midland Railway who was badly injured
about tho head some time ago by being struck
by an overhead bridge up that road, and who
was supposed to have entirely recovered from
the effects OF the blow, was taken suddenly Ill
at his home. In West End, yesterday, and is
now In very critical condition. Water on
the brain is thought to be tho cause OF his
trouble.
The Democrats are active making arrange.
ments for the reception of ExState Auditor
John L. Massey, tomorrow night
The schooner Drummond arrived at the ship
yard In this city yesterday afternoon, with
timber for the new schooner being built there.
AS soon as the present schooner is launched
from the stocks Captain Goss, OF Maine, will
lay the keel for another. Contracts have been
made for the building OF two other schooners,
and the prospects arc that vessel-building will
be continued right along. There are n large
number OF Maine men with their families re-
siding here.
Preparations are Delng nauc 1Or an earlyre-
sumption of operations at the works of tho
Potomac Manufacturing Company, and the
machinery for Il rolling and boiler plato mill
is daily looked for.
In consequence of the recent Lawsvile Il
Lexington (Ky) Railroad connections, the Yir-
ginla Midland hallway is doing heavy grain
business. over nifty carloads OF grain from
the Kentucky wheatgrowing regions have ar
rived here within the past two days.
There were no criminal cases before the
Mayor this morning.
Among the members OF the Alexandria Base
ball Association nine, which left hero last
night for Richmond, are two Washingtonians-
Kalbfus and Keppner.
Two political conventions are to meet here
next month, the Readjuster and the regular
Democratic. Mr.. John s. Barbour is urged for
the Democratic nomination for Congress, and
Messrs. II. II. Farr, OF Fairfax; Alexander
Hunter, OF Warrenton, and D. A. Windsor, Of
this city, are mentioned in connection with
the Read juster nomination.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Lewis and lady left yesterday for
tour OF the Virginia Springs. DR.. Lewis has
| not been we'll for several months, and he takes
| this vacation for the benefit Of his health.