Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-31
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for The EVENING STAR.

reported Tor Il HE f@ENING oIAR
The ELECTRIC LIGHT IMBRoGLIo.-The mayor
called the city council together last night to
consider the settlement TO be made with the
representatives, of the Schuyler light company.
The finance committee had declined to admit
the demands of the company and litigation was
threatened The finance committee reported
that the Schuyler company had originally
offered to furnish and run for sixty DAYS on
trial sixty arc lights with poles. wires, dynamos
DC, complete for a circuit of seven miles at
Sl5, 500 In notes running through ten years,
but that $4,000 was agreed upon ON condition
that incandescent lights be substituted for a
portion of the arc lights; that afterward the
city dispensed with the incandescents and took
all arc lights. and that now the Schuyler repre-
sentatiyes claim S11067 from the CITY, Part of
the addition, say about $1,000 for extra wire,
Two wires being used instead of one throughout
most OF the seven-mie circuit. and some 500
Tor running the plant for sixty days before il
was accepted by the city. The company had
offered to compromise at S14,500 i'll the city's
negouable notes and the committee had offered
$4,000 III non-negotiable notes. The report
was received, and, after discussion, the whole
matter was unanimously recommitted to the
finance committee without: instructions
SCHOOL TRUSTEES AND TEACHERS. NUM-
| eipal joint convention last night reelected
Messrs. Robert p Aitcheson, first ward; Tnos.
Leadbeater, second ward; j. L. Harrison, third
| ward. and F. L. Smith, fourth ward schoo!
trustees for three years. The superintendent
| OF schools finished at nightfall Yesterday the
examination OF fourteen female candidates for
public school teachers. These were Misses
| Arnell, Broadus, Brown, Butler. Chichester
Cook, Davies, Dearborn, Duifey, Fisher, Foley.
Knoxville. Sherwood and Thomas. The newly
| elected trustees Will be sworn in for their new
| term and the vacancies in places of teachers
| and substitutes filed at the board meeting next
| Thursday night.
s.NoTEs.-Mayor Downham was last night
chosen president of the Friendship fire com
pany.@Two attempts were made to rob the
| establishment of Sefer Blause last night. Off
Ger McCuen made some arrests.-1he ladies
are busy at Armory hall preparing for the poor
| chlldrens dinner tomorrow.-Ncw Year eve
parties will take place in several sections of the
| town tonight. The principal fes.ivity will be
| the ball OF Alexandria canton. No. g at Odd
| Fellows ha!l.--State Attorney Clements has
| turned over to United States Attorney Borland
the case Of Robert Pinn for killing John Car
| roll at Arlington in 1888. Pinn fled after the
kiliing.--The Alexandria Light Infantry pur.
poses TO substitute two electric arc lights TO,
the 80 gas light now in that hall. The Midland
| railway company also intend to use three arC
lights for their depot and grounds.--A littl,
! son of Mr.. J. L. Cole injured himself a few
! evenings ago by u fail from the stairway at hi,
fathers house,. Eichbcrg has been chosen
( president and Justus Schneider ecretary of til,
new German building association. No. o.
| Trinity MI church school held a pleasan
| Christmas celebration last nght.--Tho ..Ols
Castle" lot ON King and Henry streets is beins
brought to a level for building purposes-
Osceola tribe OF Red Men attended yesterda,
! afternoon the funeral of Mr.. James Sampson
| from the Baptist church,