Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-05

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CRY SCHOOL BoArD.-Just . before Mss. Inc
- n The Board Iast nlen' M - -
= on yeu', and JUS. amer ~ Hnneii
d. u's aIecfed trustees oy the Ci'y oouu a<
10 = ..,,r into ctice by Supt. Chrhe. Nt'
,css made chairman pro TEN.
" , ,f,Srtbe resdiog OF the mirutes oups.
10 rom the comUoittee on scn0oinouses
sn; furniture, reported thse tae free a.
shoot BAD been assigned the a'eAa ,,9
NV room. in the Peabody building,
0ach he'd been fitted up at an e4pense 90 %
"srasns S25 l. had been opened Win 20
,..,;.s sslected from 100 applicants upon
~ merit of their drawing. and would De
,.I,afo to do mach service IN developing ar
,:s,ic tsate. ~
Snos Care called the attention OF me
- A. .he fac, that the S ate law allow
49,, nor residents who hold property In Gil
-, 9, Ind their childreu TO the city SCHOOLS
49, Nm 90 modified that the Bosrd itself
.e-e,,.-roy regulate the matter, and it was
...,..r,,,,r that il should do SO. There were
- An from Wes Eod in oCr schools thie
. 10 TIE exclusion Ct Alexandra child.
AMI the evil was increasing as our
so5oni- ces better and better. What We
I'D 1ss schoo! accommodations, and he
ss,v M oroepecs Of iucreas;f 6 them. a res
fsntton Of the Board adopted before the lew
- cbs,caa wi n a view of limiting the
Ill nov nrotected the outsiders already
- nd il snnuld either he repealed or 90 a.
I'D 81 to fix high price on such adm's
-lers-sc high as to be probibitory. Alex
tferis could not tf1ord TO educate any child
req tat her own.
Mr. F. Carne said that if the people of
4 est Fad, and all the suburbs from H1nt-
~ creek to Four-Mile run wanted good
.56ools they could get them by petitioning
me General Assembly to include them IN
he city limits. They now get police pro
ectou and theuse OF the hre engines nee, IL
thav are near enough to town, aud they
LOT, "a come 10 and get school facilities
TIE EXCLUSION of all outsiders would result
- the extension of the city limits.
After some conversation on the sublac 1t
80, rafarred to special committee, consist
ing If Messrs. W. F. Carne, Bryant and
Atcbesoo.
Mr. Sirsuss called attention to the Open
10 If me new art school aud moved that
foe salary of the japtor OF Peabody building
no increased SO a month in consequences OF
lhe additional work given him.
Mr. I4adbeater moved TO amend OF mex
i7a the increase - so month while the
sfSooi was oper, and the bill, thus smend-
.,d, passed.
The Chrs.mas holidays were fixed from Deem
8 2}d TO Jsnu lry 9th.
DEATH OF Mr.. ". L. PADGETT.-Mr. W.
L. Psdgett. a well known and highly e.
teemel CITIZEN, died suddenly at his home
On King street last night of an affection Of
the heart, in the 65:h year Of bic age. he
had beea about yesterday as usual but CON-
planned Of feeling badly. Soon If er retiring
h. died. Mr. Padgett came to this city from
? inca Georges county, Nd, many yesis
e., aud Tor a time was CLERK in tbs sore
Of Mr.. I.aac George. He afterwards re-
csived an appointment in the Alexandra
nostc liice which position he filed until the
bregking out of the war. Subsequently ne
engaged In the millinery business, which he
conducted till she time of his death. Mr..
Padeett was christian gentleman ana r
many yearc prominent member of the NJ.