Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-11-14
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
The November meeting of the City Coun-
Ill gas held last night.
In THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
.oaorum did not appear until about eight
,rock, AMI upon the board being called TO
Nier,
streets. presented several reports on petit
tIions for The erection of frame sheds, &c,
g,thin the ire limits, and they were appro-
orately disposed of.
pet!ti0n OF Hel!muth u Bro. for the re-
.srtjap OF The curb in front of their new
tnudlnts on King street GRANTED by the
CANNON C0uncill occasional some debate
Mess ". Eenzis and Goodrich fsvorug
copcurrence and Messre. Burke ard Bryant
oooosirg. he latter urging that Council had
oo'rieh. to bear the expense OF such curling
sy4sr.t in CASES Of 1ew work. The matter
was finally laid over TIL next meeting.
some other papers which had been acted
rnon hy The Common Council were hen re-
csyed AMI their action concurred in, after
which THE Aldermen proceeded 10 the
chamber of the iower board Tor the purpose
of participating 10 the election Ct School
Trustees end u Readyman Tor lha police
free aui upon tGeir return adjourned.
COMMON COUNCIL
There were nine Coupci! men in their seats
)sst night when President Sweeney called
the hoard to order, but two others after
wards come n All the business set out in
me lfcis proceedings in another column
wastrsnsacted without debate except he fol-
tow.ng resolution introduced by Nj BaYne:
ReH rcSolrsd by The City Comet Of II
,,agdria the Boa5d Of A dermen concur
mpI That tine Committee on General Laws
h. and they are hereby instructed 10 drafG q
.uitsbie memorial 10 the usXt General As
.enblv of Virginia, asking for an amend
mertc the charter OF the Alexandria Water
C5npsny compelling that company to furn-
IN water TO the citizens Of this city at a
uflce tHai will pay fair interest on its cap
ns and correspond as closely as possible
with .be prices paid for the same service in
other cities.
o. the motion of Mr.. Snowden the resolu.
ton was laid over by vote of 6 to 5. The
vote appears in the official proceedings of
Council in another column.
JOINT MEETING
The Aldermen entered the Council cham
her ard united in convention, Presidents
MaFbury and Sweeney occupying the Presi-
dents platform.
1t was announced that the commissions of
four school trustees, Messrs. W. q. Mar.
bury, John T Sweeney, S. A. Mankin and
Wm F. Carne, had expired, and that nomi-
nations were in order.
Nj McKsnzie-Any objection to them
The vice chair was then authorized to
cast the unanimous vote Of the board Tor
these four gentlemen as school trustees Tor
three years.
Some iokes we're made wher it was stated
that the presidents were voting for them
selves aud then nominations for police
readymao were made as follows;
By Mr.. Fisher, Robert Travers.
BY Mr.. Smoot Bernard Mccain.
MIR. McKerzje-'Is he p sober man ?"
Mr.. Bayue-"Oh, he's all right"
Mr.. McKenz;e-"It is very important to
have sober man"
The beliotipg proceeded as follows
ballot Travers ID l3 being necessary
TO - choics) McCann
o her ballots at which Travers received
m and Mccain d were taken until it be-
came apparent that no choice could be eff
lscted. when The joint meeting dissolved
and the board a3journed
BURGLARY. The store of Mr.. J. 4. Mar
shall, or King street, between Roysl and
Pat gss entered by burglar last night,
who however. so far as known, took moth
ior etf An entrance was effected by plac
ing y plank against the roof of the back
hu ding. to which the burglar olimed and
hr ka through u small window. he then
descended To the first tl)or and rausack ed
The money drawers but finding nothing, lett
b. the same way be entered. An attempt
was made TO burg'ariz> the same stors few
weeks ago
PERSONAL -R-v I NJ Mercer and MIR.
mas Fisher left this morning to attend the
meeting of the B,ptist General Association
wbich eonyenes in Bristol, Tenn, to-mor-
low
Mayor D wnham ard Mr.. f. A. Reed are
In Ricimouj and to day attended the lay
ipg az the corner stone OF the Masonic lem
pie there.
TIE UNION MEETING The union pray
er meeting at the Baptist Church last night
wss conducted by Rev. I. III. Mercer, and
R4v Messrs. Vance, Bishop, Young aud
Mercer made addresses. The meeting wss
well attended many only finding seats 10
the gallery. To-night's meeting will be at
The FIRST Pr, sbyterian Church, on Fairfax
street
THE CoNFEDsRATE MONUMENT.
Tjty Council at it's meeting last night unan
imou-y granted permission for she erection
Oftbe proposed Confederate mot ument at
the intersection of Washington and Phnce
streets. Il is expected that the monument
Will be finished by next spring.
REsIGNuD.-I e. Clinkett, colored, yes
terday rendered his resignation to tne
County Board of Supervisors as overseer OF
poor for Arlington district, to take eifstt on
December lst next The resignation was
accepted ard the vacancy will be filled oy
Judge Chichester of the County Court.
MAJoR1T1Es The official vote of King
George and Stafford counties have at last