Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-15
ALEXANDRIA.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The city council of Alexandria met in Joint
session last night to elect the minor officers of
! the corporation and the following we're chosen:
Keeper Of the town clock. Charles F. Adams;
dispenser of medicine, DR.. James Entwisle;
| weigher of hay. Dewitt C.. Aitcheson; physi-
clan to the poor, DR.. Thomas Gibson, the cleo
| ton of the other physicians being postponed;
chief engineer of the fire department, J. C.
Creighton; fire wardens. Edgar Warficld. first
ward; John Harlow, second ward; Louis
Brill, third ward and George K. Hill, fourth
| ward; overseer of the out door poor, William
G.. Shock: steward of officers ]. C. Nighen-
| gill. Police force-Captain, Jas. Webster;
| lieutenant, Jas. Smith: privates. VIM. f. Grady.
Joshua Sherwood, Samuel TIGER, Geo W. Jones,
Clayton Arlington, Keith Davis, Jas. McCuen,
W. c. Bremen, stephen Taylor, B. F. Belts,
Patrick Hayes Jas. l.. Howson, Rolla Henry,
Geo. W. Crump and W. A. Ferguson. The
| officers chosen are all reflections except that
Chas. R. Adams is chosen keeper Of the town
clock vice Latham elected superintendent Of
gas, and Crump and Ferguson chosen police
men, vice Simpson and Price. The following
readymen as police substitutes were chosen:
Thos. Hayes, F. Beach, Banner T. Young and
j. A. Nighengill. The board of health was
| unanimously reelected.
The only contests, except for the police force.
were overkeeper of the town clock, when Mr.
c: N. Adams received 16 votes and Mr.. Henry
Wildt votes
Mr.. b. F. Belts was nominated against Lieut..
| James Smith fo- lieutenant Of police and the
! vote stood Smith II, Belts 3.
For weigher Of hay Mr.. George s. Smith was
nominated against De Witt c. Aitcheson, and
| the vote stood Aitcheson II, Smith g. The
present physicians Of the poor are DR.. w. A.
Purvis and DIR. Thomas Gibson. Dr. Quacken-
bush was also nominated and on the first bal
| lot the vote stood Gibson l6. Puryis II,
Quackenbush IL. DR.. Gibson was declared
| elected, but after many ballots between Dr.
Purvis and DR.. Gibson the election was post
poned.
CITY COUNCIL.
At the meeting of the city council last night
| the president presided. An ordinance was
adopted validating the contract of the commits
| sioners with MIR. Winston for erecting shed in
the market area. An order was made for the
obtaining OF the right of way for the new ave-
| nue. to be laid out by the United States to the
soldiers grave yard. and some orders for paw
ing were made.
CORPORATION COURT.
The corporation court, Judge Norton. has
convicted VIM Williams, colored. of the larceny
| Of stoves and he was sentenced to the Rich
mond penitentiary for two years. The case of
lvenach Beach for HOUSEKEEPING has been con-
| tinued until the October term. On tn. civil
| side OF the court W. H. Brown has been sub
| stituted as trustee under the will of Edward
Burchell, in place of W n. Brown, deceased.
A final decree has been made in Wheatley aqt.
| Mclean administrator
TRIED TO ESCAPE.
| The Smith lads. convicted of robbing Ayes
gun shop are still in Jail, and James Gift re-
Gently sent there for misdemeanor attempted
on Monday to get Ernest Smith over the
wall, but the escape was stopped and Cliff will
now be charged with aiding a prisoner to es-
| cape. q peuitentiary offense