Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-20
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

lLOCaG DhEf LIED.
The Red-Stone quarry, near Manassas,
ha- commenced shipping stone again to
Phiindelphis.
A garden party for the benefit, of Christ
Church is to be held on the evening of the
25th at the corner of Washington and Oron-
oco streets from 10 q. m. to Z p. M.
Charles E. Berry, aged 40 years, died in
Baltimore yesterday morning. He was born
in this city, and when, as young man, went
to Baltimore and engaged In the shoe busi-
ness.
Summer excursions were naugurAted yes
tetday by the steamers Corcoran and Mary
Washington, and both boats took host of
pleasure seekers to Marshall Hall and River
View respectively.
The spring term of the Circuit Court for
the county will begin on Monday next,
when the suit against the A. & W. r. R. for
damages resulting from the death of G. H..
House, who was run over and killed on that
road, near this city, on Christmas, 1887, will
come up for trial.
The third annual convention of the Vir
ginia State Firemen's Association Is to be
held ia Norfolk. on the 5th of June at p.
m. The departments of Richmond, Roam
oke, Alexandria, Petersburg, Charlottesville,
Suffolk, Berkeley, and perhaps other places,
will be repre- sented.
The warehouse of Johnson Bros, corner
18th and Water streets. Washington, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday night last,
causing loss of $1,000 When the fire
broke out the fishing tug Fannie III. Gilbert
was lying alongside, but she succeeded in
getting away, pulling two schooners with
her. The flames were distinctly seen in this
city.
Mr.. Hates. general southern superintend
ent of the Postal Telegraph Com 2any, re.
ports that the line is finished between Rich
mond and Fredericksburg and that work Is
being pushed rapidly on other sections He
says the Richmond and Petersburg offices
will be opened in June. Large invoices of
telegraph poles are arriving here now r
the company, which is erecting q line south
ward from this city.
A tub race attracted large crowd to the
fish wharf yesterday, the course being from
that point to the American Coal Company's
wharf and return. The participants were
Messrs. Schaher, Smith, Chichester, and
Samuel and John Sutton. Soon after the
start Chchester's tub began to leak and he
at the turn, but soon fell behicd. John SUIT.
ton finally won, with Schsffer second, Sam
ue Sutton third and Smith fourth. The
prize money was given to John Sutton. An
other race will come off there on Friday.
A smell similar to that which pervsded this
city when the matches of Mr.. B. ]. Burgess's ia
nous. fish chum vessel were taken of at wharf
here some years since. permeated the city 10 day.
1t came from near Fishtown, whore fish ctlal is be-
ing made into fertilizer, and WAS indeed dense.
Mr. septimus Brown has sold his farm in tho
county, containing 22 acres, and situated on the
Aloxandris road, about / II miles from Balls
Gross Roads, to gentleman of Washington for
$3.50 per acre.
Rain fell at intervals throughout yesterday a, d
also during the night. This evening thore was
very heavy rainfall, and many of the streets be-
came flooded.
1t is said that at an early day local tickets be-
tween this city and Washington will be good on
any train, including those on the Midland road.
'Huntley," in Fairfax county, below this city,
which was advertised to be sold st public auction
on Ssturday-next, has been withdrawn.
The mayles rapidly disappearing, the late
rains having washed many of them away.