Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-08-26
LOCAL MATTERS.


Club at 8 p. N.
LOCAL MATTERS.
WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Aug. 2G. 1852.
For the Middle Atlantic States increasing
coudiness with rain. castcrly to Soulhcrly
winds, slight rise followed by falling baro-
meter, stationary or lower tcmpcrature.
BASE BALL.-The Alexandria Base Ball
Northumberland, pitcher; Beach,
catcher; Baker, short stop; Taylor, LIST base:
Brill, I'd base: WcutZcll. Sd base Adams.
right fielder: Cox. centre fielder: Swain. left
feldcr-and the lloolcy nine, of Washing
tOn-LcBarr, pitcher: Fitzpatrick, catcher:
L. Collins, short stop: Davis. lst base: VI.
Collins, I'd base: King. 81 base: McCaulty.
right fielder; Belt, centre fielder ID. Collins
left tielder-played Il match game of seven
innings i'll this city yesterday afternoon in
the presence ola large crowd of spectators,
resulting in Il victory for the Association bv
Il score of ~ to IS. The score by innings
was rs follows:
2345G7
Association. "a :}O1 6-19
Hoolcy, :Sl0625 lis
A match game of base ball was PLAYED
this afternoon between the Alexandria As
'coSatpioii tliC NcSOlllbt nine,
At a meeting of the Board Of Directors of
the Alexandria Base Ball Association last
night, with +. T.. Corbclt i'm the chair and
W. Y. Gentry secretary. G.. l.. Carln was
saectcd IN additional Director and Charles
NJ. Adams manager and captain Of the nine
on the field, subject 10 the orders of the
Directors
The Association has accepted Il challenge
to play the National Star nine, of Washing
ton.
FREE llYDRANT>.- The late mayor in one
OF his annual messages to the city council
urged the establishment OF five or six nv
drantS in the city TO be located where they
would do the most good. The proposal was
popular ut the time, and may sooner or later
be carried out: for if the plan can he put in
to operation ut anything like moderate
cost it will meet universal approval 1t is
thought, however, that the Alexandria Wa
ter company would be indisposcd toward
such project but no one has Il RIGHT TO rs
sert this until the company has been called
TO act IN some way upon the matter. Ii is
largely composed ofthc most public spirited
citizens Of this city and its ncighborhood. If
six or eight free hydrunts could be set up in
the town each at Il cost no greater than the
open hydrants which is now MAIN
tanned i'll the market square, the public ben
elt would be very largely greater than the
outlay. The only public supply Of water
except the river, now arc the pumps.
Many of these have rottcd, disappeared and
not been renewed. \ few have been kept
up for special reasons. and OCCASIONALLY II new
one Is put up on the outskirts Of the town.
Most OF these pumps. however, furnish hard
water, unfit for washing clothes. unpleasant
to the palate and little lifted for domestic
purposes. The pumps that are not of this
character are tewin number and all of them
except the Diagonal pump are on the edges
of the town, outside the thickly settled parts
of the city.
Miss CLAIRE SCOTT and her dramatic
company will appear ut Armory Hall on
Monday and Tuesday nightncx Inspcak-
ing OF the actors the Atlanta Constitution
says:
This lady, supported by Mr.. :. X. CO.
burn and fair company. appeared at De
Gives Opera House last night in the char
acter of "Lucrctia Borgia. to quite 4 mag
niticence audience. The dreaded Borgia is
character hard to interpret and difficult to
lmpersOnatc. Miss SCOTS quick transition
from the contemplation of Il dabolical re-
venge to the almost idoatrouS love for Gc-
mario; then i'll the court scene when plead
ing for his life: and her presentations of the
doting mother and dcmoniac duchess. bore
evidence of her being and actress of merit.
She possesses superb physique, mobile tca-
lures, grace of gestures and n voice strength
ened to the tragic tones, and we see in her
the promise of Il tutureq queen in the realm OF
highest dramatic art
The souvenirs to he presented to each H.
dy that attends the entertainment are beau
tiful.
JOHN T. EvANs.-Thc John r. Evans e..
tate case. i'll reference t" which Il letter purport
ing to come from John I. Evans ir. ha, rcawak
ened interest, has been pending in the court,
here for two years. The John r. Evans, ir,. Of
whose return after having been given up for dead
the letter * supposed To be evidence. was long :
halter i'll this city. He failed in business here
and went of to seek his fortune in the fur region.
Ill Oregon and Alaska. He was gone for wears
then came back. Soiourncd awhile and went of
again and all traces of him were lost. Some few
years ago his father, John /. Evans, the well
known Alexandria halter. died leaving IN c>tat,
OF S16O,OoO. His daughters Mrs. Young. (now
Mrs. Stewart Mrs. Watkins and Mrs. Ellis re-
ceived their portion Of their fathers estate and
there being no proof Of the death of John T
Evans, jr. One-fourth of the estate was held fol
him i'll the custody Of the court. J. T. Evans
reputed wife, put i'll claim for dover right
This was disputed on the ground that the Younger
Evans had died before the elder and no dove
right had accrued. The suit stands now Oh thi.
question of fact When did John r. Evans ir.
die: And now comes the letter rs mentioned il
thursdays GAZETTE, which says that he is moi
dead at all If the claimant who wrote the ette,
IS the true Jack Evans" there are scores of PEG
pie III Lhis city who can recognize him.
PROPERTY SALE.-Cireen Il Wise. auc
tioneers, sold to-day for Mr. J. NJ. johnson
commissioner, a tract of land on Hunting
Creek, belonging to the estate of the late
w. +. Dennis, to Mr.. John Tucker, for 81. $50
The dwelling offered by Mr. Henry Ham
mill was withdrawn
y, Puny, weak, and sickly children, need