Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-23
ALEXANDRIA.
Reported for TIE EVENING STAR.

Reported for TIE EVENING STAR.
The MUNICIPAL ELECTIoN.-Since sunrss
this morning the polls have been opened for
the election of municipal officers and the
election is proceeding quietly. From present
indications the vote will fall much below the
registration. There are two tickets in the
field. the democratic and the citizens ticket as
follows: For Mayor. L. Downham, D.: w.
A Moore, G. For auditor-E. f. Price. d. :;
Isaiah Fisher. c. Corporation attorney-Sam'l
q. Brent D.; no opposition. Collector of
taxes, northern distrIct-P. T. German D.
James Z. Lash. C.. Collector of taxes southern
district-A. +. Cox, D.; Saml Pullman. c.
Superintendent OF gas-Jacob Roxbury, D.;
J. L. Norris, G.. Clerk of gas-R. Theo. Cook.
D.; II. II. Harper. G. Superintendent of
pOlice-W. b. Dobie, D.: j. L. Brown, c.
Clerk OF market. W. Simpson. D.; John w.
Henderson, G. Measures of lumber. l..
Adams. D.. and :. Swain. D.; Geo. W. Swain
C.. and Thomas Reece, e.. Measurer of wood
and bark-W. MakCley. D., c. o. Pullman c.
The city council tickets are as follows: Dem
ocratlc-Flrst ward aldermen. \. L. I. Burke:
councilman, ". $. Moore, L. Aitcheson, Hubert
Snowden. Clarence Moore. Second ward alder
man. Chas. Goodrich; cOuncilrnen, L.Marbury.
Iheo. Ballenger. Geo. Fisher, L. Marshall
Jones. Third ward. aldermen. Herbert Bry-
ant and - Henkln; cOuncilmen, j. Ii.
Strider, j. I. Harrison. French Smoot, JAS
R.Cayton. Fourth ward. alderman, J. S.
Il. Thompson; councilmen. Henry Smoot,
J. i. Sweeny, Jas. McCuen. l.. T.. Uhler
Citlzens'-FIrst ward, alderman, w. =. Graves;
councilman, Augustus Dean, JAS NJ. Germond.
Oscar +. Baggett, J. L. Rogers. Second ward,
alderman, j. {. DePutron; council. r. L. Lucas
F. l.. Van Auken, David Tenneson. Third
ward, aldermen. JOS. Broders and Mark HUI
fish; council, John Chilly, II. l.. Fultz, j. p.
steiner, Edward Gregory. Fourth ward. alder
man. Thos. H. Bayne; council, Henry Kelly
Edward Hughes ThOs. Fannon, JAS. McCuen.
The hame OF Mr.. L. A. Reed had been proposed
for alderman but he peremptorily declined.
HE CELEBRATION PREPARATIoSs.-The prep
aratIons for the dedication of the memorial
monument are not nearly complete. Mr.. Geo.
| ii. Bossart has contracted to furnish a colla-
| ton for 1000 members of invited visiting or
CARNATIONS. The east end of the market will
| be fitted up for the tables. A lunch to invited
| guests of Lee camp will be given at the Brad
! dock house. The line VIII form near Washing
| ton and King streets at ii a. Iii. and move at
| IL NJ, and the exercises Mt the monument re-
| ported some time ago to The STAR. will take
| place after the line has passed through the
| principal streets of the city. The chief mar
! shal and aids are this afternoon riding over
| the route seeing that the streets are clean OBJ
structlons removed, &c.
| THE ELECTRIC LIGHTs.-Agent Cox of the
| Schuyler company. issgoing on with prepara-
| ton to light this city with electricity. The
\ contract has been signed by the chairman of
| the joint committee OF light and finance under
a resolution OF the city council. There is some
| hitch III the finance committee in regard to an
| approval of the company's bond. but this has
not stopped the progress of the work.
| NorEs.-A monograph exhibition will be
! given at the ofrice of Mr.. G. A. Mushback next
| Saturday with a view to obtaining subscribers
\ TO graphophOne stock.-Miss Alice Hum
phrey, of Washington, is among the vocalists
| at the Baptist church festival now in progress
here.-The Pennsylvania railway engineers
are making surveys in the northwestern section
of tine city looking TO the accommodation of
the street grades to railway purposes.--Au-
| gust Ochlent has taken the place OF Mr. W. II.
Graves as election judge in the first ward,--
| The young ladies OF Christ church will serve a
| lunch in the lecture-room tomorrow for visi-
| tors. Their object is to raise funds for restor-
ing the original pulpit that was in the church
! in Wsshington's time.