Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-06-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Inc regular monthly meeIlnS Ol Inc Clty
School Board will be held tonight.
The friends Of Bernard Richards, the
wounded boy, say he continues to improve.
When last heard from the legal excursion
lists, who left here on Monday evening, were
oil Piney Point.
A colored deck hand on the steamer Jane
Moseley fell overheard while engaged in
trucking at Reeds wharf yesterday evening
and came near being drowned.
Mrs. r. F. Maddux, widow OF the late DR..
T. Clay NIaddux, died suddenly ofheart dis.
ease yesterday morning, at her residence in
Baltimore, aged about 81 years.
The tax-bills for the year are now in the
hands of the city collectors, and on such as
of ten per cent. will be allowed.
A large crowd gathered at the corner of
King and Fayette streets yesterday even
ing, attracted by a row between two white
men, which, however, did not result in
blows.
Upwards Of $500 have been subscribed in
this city toward building a telephone line to
Broad Run, to connect there with similar
lines running through Loudoun and Fau-
quicr counties.
The closing exercises Of st. Mary's Acade-
my will he held at the Opera House to.mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock. The front seats
will be reserved for the scholars and their
parents.
The little four year old daughter Of Mr..
Charles Williams had her hand badly mash
ell and four of her fingers broken yesterday,
by the falling of window sash at her home
on upper King street.
The hook and ladder truck has been
placed under the sheds at the Concordia
restaurant, where it will remain till the re-
pairs to the Relief company's house are
completed.
1t will be gratifyin" to the many friends
of tho seminary to learn that the effort made
during the last two years to add 800, 900 to
the endowment fund has been so far success.
full that $50, 900 has been collected.
A horse, attached to market wagon, left
standing at tho corner of Cameron and
Fairfax streets this morning, ran of and
created some excitement, but the animal
was caught before any damage had been
done.
Mr.. Frank Hume, of the county, was in
the city to-day making arrangements for
holding meeting here in the interest of
uoWO lulO AVA AiClaAo oho IVA ouhihE up .
subscription to aid the cause. The meeting
is to be held on Tuesday, July 6.
A building permit was issued in Washing
ton yesterday to the Richmond and Danvllc
Railroad Company, to make general repairs
to their new office at the southwest corner
of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania ave.
nue., at an expense of 5000.
Hon. J. r. Tucker not being able to make
the annual address at the High School yes
terday, the Rev. Julius Grammer, D. D.,
| filled his place happily. and charmed all
who heard him. DIR. Grammer is always
ready and always interesting.
Henrietta Hughes, colored has been adj.
judged lunatic by commission composed
of Drs Gibson and Smith, and Justices
Whittlesey, Nails and ArnelI, which met at
the city Jail on Tuesday. She will he con-
fined in tho Jail here until arrangements are
made for taking her to one of the lunatic
asy lums of the State.
The Columbia engines suction pipes were
tested at the river yesterday evening and
proved to be in good order. This morning
ut trial at the engine house few leaks
about the bolts in the boiler were found
which will be remedied by. the engineer,
Mr.. Campbell, who expects to put His en-
CINE into service.again on Saturday or Mon
day next.