Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-26
ALEXANDRIA,
Reported for THE EVENING STAR.

CRY CoUNo1L.-The city council which be-
gan its biennial term in july 1887 held it's clos
ing meeting last night. Presidents Marbury
and Sweeny presided in their respective
boards. The boards agreed to give the finance
committee power to compromise the canal suit
between the United States and the corporation
OF Alexandria upon the best terms obtalnabie
report of the finance committee adverse to
the payment OF 5000 for publishing council
proceedings in Progress newspaper was
adopted. A communication from the mayor
was received asking the boards to fill the va
cancy IN the police force occasioned by the
resignation of Mr.. VIM. Bontz, and the matter
was laid over. Tax-reductions were granted TO
L. L. Hooe and others on cases before 1876, and
refused to Mr.. Buchanan. of Washington; H.
Arnold, j. W. Green and others since 1876
The purchase of the alley between the Hy-
drauion engine house and the stable south for
$50 was authorized. Authority was given to
adjust claim against Potomac lodge, T. o O. F.,
for Columbus street special improvement tax
Resolutions of thanks to the presidents having
been adopted the presidents made appropriate
replies and the boards adjourned.
SUNDAY Law MISUNDERSTANDING the ses-
sion OF the lower board CT the city council last
night 1t was stated that as the city and state
laws now stand prosecutions of bar-keepers for
violation of the Sunday law must be under
the state law, and all fines go into the state in
stead OF the corporations treasury. The code,
in filming dealers whose bar-rooms are open on
herein contained shall apply to any city having
police regulations on this subject and an ordi-
nance prescribing a penalty equal to that i'm
posed by this section" An ordinance was
adopted passing city ordinance in the same
words as the state law, but on second thought
it being held that the present city law, which
makes the fine from $40 to $40, could be made
effective, the vote was reconsidered and the
subject tabled.
The Cry REPoRrs.-The annual reports of
I'm 1r.at -
light, with the reports of the auditor treasurer
and the sinking-fund commission, were sub
mitted to the city council last night 1t ap-
| peared that the receipts OF the year, including
| the small balance at its opening, had been
S101 307.2l and the expenditures 800 Il3 4S.
and that the city had not quite 5000 in its treas.
ury to begin the new fiscal year. The gas re-
port showed the annual receipts to have been
S21, s69,63
ScHooL CLosrSa.-The Washington public
school for white boys held its closing exercises
| this morning. and the superintendent's medal
| was awarded to Fred X. Vogelsang The exer-
cises were held ut the Washington school build.
| ing.
THE VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL HIGH SoHooL.-In-
tere sting exercises were held last night at the
| Episcopal high school, near Alexandria by the
| Fairfax and Blackboard literary societies. as
| preliminary to the closing exercises of the
| school. Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving delivered
| the annual address, and Principal Blackboard
made short speech of welcome. The pro.
| gram included valedictory by VIM. M
| Fletcher, of Rappahannock, and the presenta.
| ton of the Fairfax declaimer's medal to Jas.
N. Mason, f., of West Virginia; Fairfax read.
| er's medal to Addison W. Greenway Arkansas.
| the Backford declaimers medal to VIM. III
Peters. ir.. Virginia, and the Blackboard readers
medal to w. Chase Adams, Virginia.
| Notes.-The United oil company is putting
| up its tanks on old city lot No. 1, north o1
the gas works.--Samuel wapper, colored, has
been fined $3.50 by the mayor for assault and
| battery.----St. Johns Cadets will return from
camp Thursday morning, and the school
commencement viii take place next Saturday
morning at the opera house. Sergeant
Smith has carried the grain thieves, Albert
| penitentiary Motley, the coiored
lunatic who occasioned so much disturbance in
| the streets on q recent Sunday morning. and
another colored lunatic named Tempus Lucas.
were carried Monday to the state lunatic
asylum.--There are some light cases of scar
let fever at West End, one of the suburbs OF
| this city.---St. Pauls church is to be repaired
and inwardly renewed during this summer.
The lecture-room will be used for church
| services.--The auditor of the state hayina
refused to pay the bills for stationery, &e, oi
the corporation court of this city, the Question
whether these expenses shall be paid by the
city or the state win be brought before the
Lodge OF Good Templars had q pleasant meet.
ing last night; with music, recitations, &c.-
Judge Norton chartered yesterday afternoon
the Carnegie land company, whose oficers are
J. ]. Weldon, ]. A. Maher and ID. s. Mcintyre
all 81 Tennessee, but now residing inswashing
ton--Ihe Y. 8. court, Judge Hughes, viii
Mary Z. Hill has bought for es00 frame
house and lot on the west side Of Lee street
between Wolfe and Wilkes etreetg