Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-22

ne days are now an hour and three.
quayters shorter than'they Were two months
! ago
! Mr.. ]. NJ Hill has re- leased Launon IS
Oper" House for the present theatrical sea-
son.
Atten ion is called to the sale of the brick
works north of this city, advertised to take
place tomorrow on the premises.
The grand jury of Fairfax county on
Monday last broughtin indictments against
several parties, some in West End, for sell
Ing liquor without license.
The Committee on Light met last night
and ordered twelve-horse power boiler
from Messrs. German & Petit to be used in
the manufacture of the patent oil gas.
Mr.. James P. Smith, formerly we'll
known china and queensware merchant of
this citv, died at his homo at Worshsm,
| Prince Edward county on the 10Th inst.
This present August has bsen an unusual.
" wet month, the rainfall having been so
far nearly six inches, with ten days, or
about one-third of the month yet to come.
There WAS heavy fall of rain in this
vicinity last night and the wind blew quite
q gale. Ia the country west of this city the
storm did soma damage to the growing
corn.
The exterior brick work of new pub.
lie school building On south Washington
street. has been completed, and the build.
ing is now one Of the largest and handsom-
est in the city,
A fair will be held tomorrow and Fri
dey at Grange Camp on the Washington
and Western railroad, to raise funds to
erect monument at Fairfax Court House,
to toe Confederate dead.
A letter to friend in this city from an
Alexsndrian who Is now in Aniston, Ala
bama. says that after one remains in that
city ten days he ia required to pay tax of
50 for the privilege OF walking the streets.
letter received here to-day Gays that
Otey Jenkins, youth of this city, was re.
Gently knocked overheard by the main boom
of the yacht Lucy, of Washington, when
of Ragged Poiut, but that he was rescued
from drowning.
A delegation of the Virginia republican
association of Washington, oolored, came
here yesterday evening and presented Col.
D. A. Windsor with copy of the resolu-
TORS recently passed by their organization
recommending him as the candidate of the
republican party for Congress from this dis.
trict. Col. Windsor has not decided wheth.
er he will be a candidate or not.
Tho stockholders OF the Gray National Telsu.
tograph Company, recently chartered in Rich
mond came here to-day from Washington and
held meeting at the Midland railway ofiice, al
which some business of Importance to the oorps.
ny WAS transacted Among those in attendance
we're Senators Farewell, Plumb and bale and
Con. r. Nj. Logan.
The houses and stores on parts of Prince, Royal
aud King streets wore rendered almost uutenant-
able this morning by the terrible stencil of night
soil spilled from the avengers cart last night
The enraged property owners had to wash and
lime those streets and threaten to have the scav-
enger arrested.
The tug e D. Hartley left here last night
| for Dover, Del, from which place she will bring
three dredging machines which will be put TO
work on the Potomac fats at Washington. She
hadsin tow large three mssted schooner, loaded
with coal from Georgetown.
Sheriff Tancil, of Prince William county, was
in the city to-day having in charge white wo-
maa who was recently sentenced to the peniten-
tsry from that county.
Major Johnson, q colored cart driver, was ipjur-
en- yesterday evening while unloading his cart.