Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-07
LOCAL BREVITIEs.

Mr.. Hartman Hot, formerly OF this city,
died at Oxford, N. O., yesterday.
Charles Brown. the ianitor OF Seaton
school building, has neetly WhiteWsshed the
fencing around that building.
A marriage license was issued 10 Wash.
jnpton Yesterday to Thatcher G. Yates, OF
Fredericksburg. AID Alice J. Lee, of Lees
burg.
iva Blocks ,ria; in Wasbingi on and the Com
missianers hsVo. 1t is understood, agreed to
approve the Godings of the trial board &C.
qai,tirs Block.
We hevs rec.iVsd mo;e com pla;nts dur
ing he past two days o! the poE-feneipt of
the GAZETTE ct various points 10 Virginia
and West Virginia than for months before.
The fault Ia with the mail.
Grace Episcopal church, OF Georgetown,
will give en- excursion to River View to-
morrow. The steamer will stop at her
wharf here at $50 a. m, and all who attend
are assured pleasant trip.
Mr.. h A. HuDgerford, Of Oxon Hill dis
trict, Prince Georges county, Nd, has puT-
chased for 81, 900 the Green@ay farm, In
Charles county, near Marshall Hall, on the
the Potomac He will make a nursery
farm of it. placing one Of his sons 10 charge.
Last night quite number OF people visit.
ed tho residence of Mre. Thos. Ceilings
worth, on Fairfax street, to see the different
varieties OF the night blooming oereus, two
of which were In bloom In her neatly ar
ranged flower garden.
As will be eeen by notice elsewhere the
firm OF T. W. Rose & Co., coal and wood
dealers, has been dissolved, and hereafter
the business will be CONDUCTED by MIR. Geo.
8 Smith & Son. Mr.. R ,ss will be the gu
perintendent for the new firm.
On the occasion of the G. A R. Eocamp-
ment at Boston, the Pennsylvania Railroad
will sell round trip tickets from Washington
at single fare which is $11:50 all rail or $10:50
by boat from New York. These tickets will
be on eale August 8yh to 115h, good to re-
turn until the ooh but by deposiiing them
with the agent at Boston they msy be eI-
tended for return trip until September 30.
At the Grange Camp Exhibition yesterday
about twenty babies entered the prize contest.
The baby of Mrs. J. A. Stevens, of Fairfax, took
the first prize, walnut crib. For babies between
1 and two years, for which a baby carriage was
offered, Mrs. Towards baby won the prize. Mrs.
Walters child took the prize for babies uudor 3
but over years. In the tournament MI Thos.
Carper, of Falls Church, Won. Some excitement
was eau ed by a number of Washingonians who
persisted in singing while the band was playing.
The constabes on the grounds interpoIed which
increased the excitement. Later the disorderly
Washiugtonians boarded the train on which was a
ledge Of Good Tcmplars and tho behavior of the
former strengthened the belief in cold water en-
tertained by the latter.
DR.. julius Denelt aud Mr. Hugo Herlurth both
say they have better and more abundant pes ch
crops In their yards than that of Capt. W. L.
Smiths, mentioned few days ago.
The Northwest Alexandris Improvement Com.
psny are receiving bids for surveying and map.
ping their land The work is to be pushed at
oIre.
called meeting of tho City school Board will
be held tonight.
There was quite dense fog this morning.