Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-10
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR

LEASE OF THE F1sH-wHARF-The real estate COM
miIsee q the city have just made lease OF The
$50. This Is the lowest price at which the wharf
has ever been rented, except in 1880, when,
for e a as' Tse rented 1or SOL IN so IL tented
L McGraw, W. NJ JavinS, w. A. johnson, j. Math-
ews, and $. J. Reed 1t is thought that the fishing
season THIS year will be later than usual
FuNERAL-The funeral OF Miss Maggie Ramsay,
great granddaughter OF the chief promoter OF the
establishment OF the town of Alexandria, in 1749.
took place at noon to-day from the residence of her
esteemed father. on King street. Rev. Dr. Left
wieh OF Baltimore, and Rev. DR.. Dinwiddie oficia-
TIE ". &. y. r. R. PAYMENr.-The first pay
meht 10 the Alexandria Washington railroad
oOhdhoidefs, a dividend on the amount coming to
Insh IRON the sale OF the road, Will be made this
week II VIII be about 1890 on each share. There
are several hundred bondholders OF the road,
mostly N small amounts, in this neighborhood.
considerable sum is to be paid the assignee Of
the e, Farmers Mechanics Savings bank, which
dep0stors-
SUNDAY sERvIcEs.-The only church here whose
puppy was nlled yesterday by members OF the
DallunoTe conference, low In session In Washing
ton, was the Methodist Protestant. where Rev. S
4 hllIon and Rev. D. A. Forde officiated. Rev. W.
church and Rev Mr.. Chickertng. OF Washington,
at the First Presbyterian church. The NJ E.
church was not opened for service.
hEPORTKRs NOTES.-The city council Will hold
1ts nrst March meeting tomorrow evening.
lunerai OF Miss Fannie Elliott took place this after
noon from her late home on King, near Payne
cratic state central and executive committees to
the cose ee next sSs +, said that
oerea were 9b greater than the highest bid
chemical engine for use In sothering fires by gases
In cases where the flame cannot we'll be reached
merry clerk in MI ferrys store died at his home D
IN MARYLAND on Saturday last-The general as
semby has elected John Z Freebry, Z. B. Graham,
OF alexandra cOunfy.-The legislature has ex-
empted salt ish brought into this port from abroad
fresh fish, and thus diminishing his fees-A pris-
oner named Petit was brought here this morn
Ing from Fairfax c. IT,, the jail there having caught
CO1Ored Schools i'm Virginia.
BILL TO SEPARATE TIKI TWO RACES.
The Virginia senate was the scene OF an interest
Ing debate Saturday on the subject OF a separate
system OF school government for negroes and
whites. The democratic platform pledged that
there should be negro trustees for negro schools
and White trustees for white schools. The bill be-
fore the senate is Slight modification OF that
90 be accomplished By the democratic extremsts
1t provides that the trustees OF all schools Shall be
white, but that negro directors shall be appointed
visit those schools, recommend teachers for them
and perform oil the functions OF trustees, except
That privilege shall be exclusively exercised by the
White trustees AS matter of course negro
teaCnefS Tor negroes follow, which makes the SyS-
tenn 0 negro control complete. The only colored
senator m The body made speech strongly oppoS-
Ing the bill
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BattaliOns Of Icebergs.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP NORTH TO SEND THEM
DRIFTING SOUTH so EARLY.
Tne New York Sun says:-The officers of the
Guion steamer Abyssinia, which got in Friday,
report that on the I'd instant, little over thou
SAND miles out from Sandy Hook, the steamer
passed sixty or seventy icebergs The largest was
ABOUT sixty feet out Of water and the smallest per-
haps twenty feet. The officers of the Cunard line
steamer saw Six large bergs about thirty miles
south OF the AbySsinia Oh the same day, but none
nearer than four miles, The appearance OF the Ice
Dergs on the banks OF Newfoundland at this time
OF year Is said TO be phenomenal None OF the Of
ncers OF the two ships mentioned had ever seea
before May. One officer expressed the opinion that
the 0ergs were old Ice, and that ii was impossible
that warm weather had set In at the north as to
dSengage them thus early. All agreed that some
thing very unusual had taken place at the head OF
the current that every year sweeps these Ice mon
Sters into southern waters
TO RETIRE FROM THE TURF.-GeOrge L. Lorillard
Is about to retire from the turf on account OF i'll
health, and all his thoroughbreds, with his country
seat training stables and track at Islip. Long
land, are for sale. He is now at his villa in ST.
Augustine, Florida and it is feared will live to
return. Two OF his horses, Sensation and Spina-
way, are Wintering In MARYLAND.
Charles n. Romalne, retired lawyer OF Peters
Durg Va. was found dead in his room in New York
yesterday, where he was temporarily residing.
Last Friday night a snow Slide. half mile wide.
at Alta, Utah, swept away the works OF the New
Emma mine and killed twelve persons.