Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-18

}ttf. Prot. ChGrch Service at ! / &. IN.
-, Rev. Mr.. Smith and at $50 a. IN. by
Gry Dr. FIipPo.
r.. MtbodiS' Preaching at ] / s. IN. and
~ p u. by Rev. J. T. Logan. Sunday
..po At 80 D. II.
G.raln Lr'h&rW Murch.-Service at ! !
n in German By Rev. J. 4. Schwoy.
rmGMa's Ciri&iiGm dissertations Pray
r. mrrtJn. ri the Jail at , p. III. Aims
House nj 80 =. N. NJ. f. Church South
a:i"op. IN.
Tgr FREE BEIDGE.-The Washington
rar 0. Yesterday says:
Nothing has Jet been attempted lookin"
y,h" requirement o! the Aqueduct bridge
yy the 'nitcd States, and the papers re-.
main carefully pigeon hoed in the War De.
r.nmcut, regardless OF the bill passed by
t5nue-s al lis last session. Provision was
made tia: Xix months should he allowed in
a..ch to settle ali question Gs to title, and
liz. the end OF that time the piers were not
..au-farred, the Three Sisters site should be
inquired into with view OF purchasing ard
ngclng bridge AT that point. Meanwhile
tie ram.hRck'e structure known as the
AlGciuct Bridge still remains the principal
means of communication between Virginia
s1t the district Three corporations are
ia,ertstcd in the Aqueduct bridge-the AL
egandria Canal Company, the Aqueduct
Badge Company and the Chesapeake and
OHIO Canal Company. TO the latter be
oDg= the north abutmcnt Of the bridge, and
10 The event Of their not wanting to aCqni-
r.oe in the provisions Of the statute on The
subject, Jury Ct condemnation waa 10 be
al n nal, "a
.0mc reason there has been studied neg
ret Of the public, and neither the Wsr De.
Yartm"nt nor the Department Of Justice
seems disposed 20 take action. As soon SIS
he oliicn- at the former consider the sub
e.' It viii he ietetied to the Attorney Gen
yra for settlement OF the site controversy,
'at there should be no further delay in provd-
~ better accommodations, not only for farmers
a the vicinity. but for tourists who desire to
r,:. Arlington"
Inc Washington corr eSpondent of the
Baltimore SIM of to-day says:
III" Alexandria Canal and Bridge Com.
paAy are pressing arrangements by which
Tile may be given the United States in the
canal sqaeduct and bridge across the Po-
lomsc river at Georgetown. They have
settled AL Inc outstanding deeds Of trust
held by the Common Council Of Alexandria
on tt" canal, and they hope to get such de-
crts Of Court within q few months as will
insure the erection of the free bridge at the
a4Heduct instead of at the Three Sisters.
where II will he begun ifa proper title TO
tne aqneduct Is not ready in time"
FERsoNAL.-Dr. Thos. ". Smith, resident
Paysclan at Bethel Academy, was married
70 Miss Mollie J. Black well, ny Rev Geo
v" Nielsen Of Wnrrenton, on last Wednes.
day
4ne ior'ionsvile Gd=cIesays: "The FAM
~ OF Col. W. Fl. Chapman of Alexandria,
1a' returned home after visit to their sum-
@rT residence, Clifton near this place,
I a1a Miss Ida Stringfellow, of Alexandria, is
On visit to the family of Rev. j.. r. Combs !"
Jige n. b. Meade has returned TO
'opepcr, where he and his family have
treh SPENDING the summer
>.T knights +. A. Reed, Edgar Warcld,
u. II. l.un: and A. A. Warlied and
Me'-'s Frank Lambert, Neville Greenaway,
worth ilulLsh, X. n. Tucker, r. G. Acton,
VIM, Buckingham and Isaac buckingham
VIII .eave here tonight for st. Louis to wit
hess the grand Knight Temp!ar demonstra.
"on which takes place in that city next
week.
Mr.. /. Brown, for many years salesman at
ScN"afHs dry goods house, left last Thurs
"sy Tor Winston, n. c., where no will en-
gage III business for himself
Mrs. Mary De!ano, of Westmoreland
county, is visiting friends in this city.
IoLlcE REroRT.-Lagt night vas clear
""A mild, with two prisoners at the station
house.
he mayor this morning disposed Of the
l'uoNlUg Gases:
,r louisa Alexander, colored, arrested by
J1ScF Martin, charged with disorderly con-
''g'; was fined 81.
bonn .oHn Hunter, colored, arrested by officers
u 11euce and Sherwood, for disorderly con-
e1t' WAS fined -.
81 cs IN old citizen, living on Royal street,
& et-a.Sri with indecent conduct, was dis.
q '"''sed with reprimand.
me ARLINGTON EsTATE.-At the Amer.
I'I Forestry Congress which adjourned al
.iIn'eF Col :, on Thursday, resolutions were
Vt'e' asking Congress to establish an ag'
n. y! and forestal experimental station
Cue c arlington estate, 10 be under the
TT%""o' OF the department of agriculture
+ 1GI solutions also ask Tor the passage o.
,b "',. Tor the protection and preservation o.
s snv timber land now in possession of the
8 government
4 n*iD.-Mr. Charles Briscoe, a vel
, 1sNONn young man of this city, and son
s'e 'ate DIR. VIM. Brscoe, of Odessa, Del.
4 n nsa Very suddenly at his home on north
Z ~. III street, about four o'clock yesterday af
,,t,Inoon, from Inflammation of tie stomach
s.,eF al illness of four days. The deceasc;
N "@s Very popular among his associates, ant
,+ 49,. death will be deeply regretted. HI
caves wife and two children
4 AccIDENT.-While Cunning near Huntin,
q TI[ees This morning a young man named
q 4uomas Henderson. living in the southwest
q =, s.l part Of the city, was accidentally sho
; n ne hand by the premature discharge o
"a us gun. The wound he ranniuea ras q sarior