Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-03
Alexandria Affairs.

Reported for THE EVENING STAR
| REAL ESTATE SALES.-The property sale:
| made last week to settle up the estate OF the
| late w. b. Richards, showed that there is nc
demand for real estate on speculation mere. Al
| the bidders were persons VINO were looking FOL
homesteads, and in each case the sale was made
| to the tenant in possession. The old Spring
Garden lot, about three acres, between the rail
way on one side and Gibbons Lane, extending
at 500 per acre. 1t has upon il a stable and
| a dilapidated, but still tenantable, two-story
brick house, pump and SPRING, and was
| many years ago one OF the principal places OF
suburban amusement III the city. The price
paid Tor it was between $500 and $500, and il
was bought by Mr.. Owen Corral. A comrorta
BILE two-story brick dwelling on Prince street
Just west of the "six buildings" was sold al
81 ,O45 to Capt. John Beckham of the Midland
A RELIC OF A FORGoTToN FACToRY.-The
changes which Mr.. Geo. Ii. Harlow is making
in his property on Prince street, adjoining the
late Farmers bank, has opened an old well o
water which was i'll use over eighty years ago
when nail factory was carried on on that sigh
by John Creighton, who established himself
there early in this century, and brought several
nail workers from England with him. Many o
the older frame houses in Washington are built
with nails made at this factory.
POLICE REPoRT.-The police hold the follow
ing at the station house this morning: Geo
Stalsendorf, charged with assault on Geo. Nj
Cheshire; JAS Schewall, carrying concealed
weapons; David Thompson, colored. charged
with larceny OF iron from Midland yard, and
six ''drunkS.'
holds its regular meeting to-night.-The brig
ATLANTA has arrived here with fertilizers from
Pecho Keys for Messrs. VIM. A. Smoot ~ Co.
The station house is undergoing its spring reno
vatiOn.-In arresting Samuel Boldin yesterday
| tor drunkenness, the police We're compelled 10
use such force rs cut his head severely.-ThC
pastors filled all the pulpits here yesterday
except that at the Baptist church, Rev. j. $
Wharton preached in the evenins.-At the
German Lutheran church the confirmation o1
children drew.a large congregation.
Jas. E. Wilson, second artillery, and Second
have been ordered to Nicksburg, Miss, to in
spect the militia of the state of Mississippi to
assemble at that place May 10th, under in
structiOns from the adjutant general.
PERsoNAL-Rear Admiral r. n. Stembel will
sail on May II for Europe for a long stay
Mr.. Jno Jay Knox is in the city.-Solicitol
McCue has gone to New York for a few days.
Gen. Daniel Mcclure, Governors Island, Major
g. Hely, wife and daughter, Ireland. NJ. L.
Guirand. City OF Mexico, Edw. Dusberg, Nurem
berg. w. ii. Low, U. 5. A.. Abbott Lawrence
Milwaukee, H. S. Skinner, Newark. N. J., c. w
Wilkien, Reading, Pa, W. f: Snyder Findlay
Toledo, are at the Ebbitt-k. c. Kern, O
Washington, was in San Francisco, last Mon
day;-Dr: Dudley Morgan; who has been
has returned to his home in this city
Mr.. James R. Garfield, son of the late
Lees is OF 8rrna Co
wife, Of Raleigh, N. c, and D. J: Gregory, o.
Louisville, KY, are at the Metropoitan.-Gov
Farwell, Of Wisconsin, is in the city.-Gov
SwinetOrd, Of Alaska, Hon. A. g. Davidson, OF
Indiana, and Joseph Moers, of Cincinnati, are
at the National.-Harold Sinclair, Liverpool
England, Mrs. Jessie b. Davis, c. E. Locke, s
Z. Locke, w. F. Soule, Miss Emma Juch, Miss
Juch, American Opera company, Mrs. John
Drew, Miss Louise Pearce, Sidney Drew, of Phil
adelphia, j. NJ. Freeman, Greeley, Col, James
Coleman, Of St. Louis, and Horace Rubiee. MI
waukee, are at Wizards.
AN Iron Box DUG UP WITH $4,000 IN
1T.-A telegram from Havre de Grace, Md.
May 2, says: Great excitement prevails at the
little village of Stafford, ten miles north of this
place, over the finding by Alexander Wilson
Of an iron box containing $3.50, 900 on the farm
OF "Old John Stump" Old John was quite
| famous in Maryland during the early part Of
| the century because of his wealth. The British
General Ross knew of it, and sent q force there
in 1912 to clean out the old man. Among the
descendants of the Stump family who are
prominent I'm Maryland are Stephenson Archer
| state treasurer and ex-member Of Congress
and his brother, Henry w. Archer, a lawyer
who are grandsOns, and ex-State senator Her
! man Stump. Wilson disappeared after his
| lind.