Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-10-14
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EVENING. OCTOBER Il
LOCAL N EWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
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MARRIAGES. Mr.. W. Il ,Smool. second
5s, %, Mayur :! l. Smoot. OF this cit: and
Nj, Ml,Enir, |. Gator, daughter .! Mr..
r.. .ari y. Cater, Of Baltimore, wtrr mar
mj yr-:r,.;.iy afternoon bY Rev james |
I,,..l. n-.:~',t hy Dr. barber. If Caln!ri,l,e
Nj Tn, marriage was at the residence q
IN. ,rl!r's fi,hrr, Maplewooa, near Balls.
,..,,r uui 81, 20 have taken p!acr ia rL,
-,,u.ug instead If The afternoon. ard iuyi-
grI.n+i, tt.' 'crrpion had beer, issued for
ilai iunr. bal were recalled en- acrc,n! 81
~, -trjuus il!nrs- 81 Mr. Charles l.. Gator,
MIS- MnrlaTel'~ brother. forthr same reu.
IN the u3nrs.asc Was private only the i'm
mediate !c.nt,"EH and IL few intimate friends
o,tur bride and groom being present nj Il"
r-rrlunay he bride was dressed in II
p.ur!- tnIurrd Goth travelling dress while III"
Groom wolc the couventlo uAl black suit ANA
immediately after the wedding they started;
ua !, Zip through the north. They were
the recipients Of many handsome and yalua.
n.r irrsrut- Mr.. and Mrs. Smoot viii
frayri for about Two weeks and then return
toGi4 city where they Will make thcir
h,mr occupying the residence on i[ing
street. prrv,rr Alfred and Patrick. which j.
nor iotn.. handsomely lifed up for them.
Among ms" present n the wedding frcia
h.- uly. were Mr~ors Harry Smool, J. {.
~.nooI y l.. Perry, W. II. Masters. J. II.
!rsre and RI. danger field.
MIR Alexander ". Whilicck. of Char
.olt,artjr AID Miss Mary c. Charles grand.
daughter a. Mr.. Jonas Fisher, of this city,
were married al the Baptist Church
Yesterday ""cEing III the presence OF Il large
number Of the friends .. the contracting
parties Alter the ceremony the happy
couple left on The Midland train for Char.
iol'r-N'r.
IHE CANAL COMMONWEALTH T..
WH,nr, president Of the Alexandria Canal
Company. Mr.. J. NJ. Johnson, one OF the
drrrtotS, Mayor s'Elooi, who represents ;hc
Sutra Interests in the canal, and Gen. II.
II Wells, one "t the ic~secs, held II confer.
ra.r At the Citizens National Bank this
morning, IN rJtcrtucn to the Transfer Of Tho
nt.Oriuct 10 the Government to he used a.
tlrt bridge Propositions from the canal
company and fro!n the lcssees were submit
ted aHl discussed, aui i, WA agreed That
both -hould he laid before the board OF di-
Trctor- Of The cana! for their action. and that
meeting Of the board sicuIi he held a.
Don rs possible. The conference WAS nn
am!cah!e one, and ii was agreed that SJic-
,or Of the Treasury McCuc should Ge no
ttri that negotiations were ia lruyr.sy,
aud that a settlrment Of differences between
tie irs-ees md the company would proba-
h.v he reached.
l'he board Of directors subsequently, met
III Il ~, t,.-
Ie7-ers aud adhered 10 their owu. aud irti
fed tn" ie-srts in Washington hy telegraph
oil their action.
ALLEGED kIDNArrlNC.-Mrl Alice Lui.
by, widow Of Mr.. John I.u-bv, applied to
Mayor Smool this morning tor II warrant
iGr the arrest Of Mr.. j. ". George. whom
tne plaintiff alleged had kidnapped and
taken to Washington her eleven yr:r old
-tcp.daa1hter Nellie Lusby. Mrs. l.. aud
Aer mother aud Mr.. George were examined.
ana from the e,i irmce it appcar,d that thr
defendant belonged 10 ~ lodge of which th,
drcfa~rd AIr. Lisby WAS also Il member.
an! that il had been alleged that since the
latte! : demise The girl Ncttie had been III.
treated hence. II committee had been n;-
l0.ated 10 place The child with lis aunt IN
Washington. To the evident diSgIuntir
mcnt 81 the plaintiff, the Mayor dismissed
III" case t"r want Of Jurisdiction, and the
would.he prCsecutriX and her friends left
the Office saying they would go elsewhere
Tor redress, giving vent 10 snndry invec-
tre9 aud eXpletives which were anything
nn' complimentary 10 Alexandria Justice
foIICE EEroRT.-Las night was n.ii
and clear, until about l. o'clock. hen il
became cloudy. There was Que prisoner at
The station house.
The Mayor this morning ,liapc1ed Of the
following cases
Hugh Smith, arrested hI Officer Henry,
ior hclng drunk and tlisordtrly, YVES released
an the promise to leave The city
Frank Scarce, CJlorcd, cha!se,i with dis
orderly conduct, was fined *;
Malta Terrell, coioreh, charged with dis
elderly conduct, WAS fined 81
The case Involving ii:e zig htlu! usiotiia;
a II II'Gr Sirl WIS dismissed hy he Ma,o:
on The grourd .; his want Of jurisdiction.
ii the request Of j. NJ Irwin. rhi,l' Of i,o-
ice OF Lvnchhnrg, 81 youth named Percy NJ.
hrtgcr, y hn bad run away from t!at city,
VA arrested here this morning by Captain
Webster and l., held at tho station hnlsc iii
he can he a"nt Tor.
W"EK STOPPED on THE SEN FIR CuuS-
en- CALLED. In constructing iha b.icit
sewer on Princess street, between Fin and
Royal, the contractors yesterday evening
,onnd the ground along which The sewer
Wa being laid 80 soft ana mltshy that
1t could not Sustain lie weight. \ further
examination was then made and i, was dis
covered that the marshy ground extended
about two hundred feet, and if the sewer
Was laid on it, it would soon sink halow the
grade and become useless, anti tha: to con.
Iinue the work it would be necessary 10
make a foundation for the sewer The con
tractor contenGed that he had only con-
tFAccd TO build the sewer, and Ind nothing
10 10 with making fourdations on which To
1ay u, 80 the work IVES stopped, and Mt the
request OF Councilman Corbett, who has the
matter III rhargA Mayor Smoot has called a
special meeting Of Council tonight to take
action IN reference 20 he matter.
SUIT FOR DAMAGES-Wm. }. Miller and
WIN. H. Dempsey have entered suit in
Washington against the Potomac Steam
budt l'lrupauy "A t,r, tn, II llD