Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-26
ALEXANDRIA.
TEE DEMOLITION or OLD HOUSES.


TIE DEMOLITION or OLD HOUSES.
The changes that The town has undergone
has almost entirely eHaced all the olden land
marks. The destruction Of the old Stewart
dwelling in the center of the square bounded
by King, Prince, Royal and Pitt streets removes
the last vestige Of the old central court Soon
after the town was laid 10 grew TO be the
fashion Of the lot owners TO make
in every square courts in the center APP
and sometimes from four sides Of the square.
Such counts, comparatively modern. still exist
In both the blocks south Of Prince street be.
tween Columbus and Patrick streets. The old
Methodist Church. afterward sold to
the Catholics :ronssd cast on such court,
which was approached by the substrest
which still runs out Of Duke street TO the rear
OF the Catholic Church. The old Stewart
house, now just passed away, stood IL such
court. These courts. however. cut Oh portions
OF each quarter square lot and early became
unpopular with the land owners and were
mostly blotted out The one whence the
Stuart house stood lost half it's area. The
alleys were cancelled. bake house nearly
CreiRhton's nail fsctory-srectedb by an ancestor
Of L. Wheeler Of Washington-shut off the
Prince street alley, 90 that tho house
has been shut In for three-Quarters Of n GEN.
tury. and its existence was known to few even OF
the residents Of the neighborhood. Nobody
with it the last vestgs of the old time courts.
The builders. too, have cleared the ground on
Fairfax street between Cameron and Queen
street Of the first house built on that block
after the streets we're cut down in 1765. There
are several houses much older in that neigh
borhood. bu, they all show marks of the under
plnning they under went when the streets were
cut and the square was brought to the level
The COUNTY SCHOOL TAX.
The Alexandra county school board has
fixed the county school tax in that county as
follows: Jefferson district, 20 cents; Washing
ton district, 46 cents, and in Arlington dis
trict, Is cents on the hundred dollars In
Alexandria city the council appropriation is
about 23 cents on the hundred dollars. Besides
this the state imposes 10 cents on the hundred
dollars for school purposes, but Alexandra
does not get all it pays OF this. n portion being
expended in other sections Of the state.
ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATION.
Potomac Lodge. l. o. o. celebrated Sunday
night the seventy-third anniversary Of Ameri-
can Odd Fellowship by assembling at ,hoir
hall on Columbus street and being joined by
many members OF Sarepta-or Zarephath, as
the name is now spelled-Lodge, moved. headed
by Noble Grand Corss. to the Washington
Street Baptist Church. where q large congre-
CATION gathered. and the pastor, Rev. DR.. J. H.
Butler, delivered most appropriate discourse
troduced into Alexandria from Washington
on March 10. 1882
POLITICAL PRIMARIES.
Alexandria's event today is the democratic
primary to elect delegates to the convention
which will send the representatives of the
Virginia democracy to the national con-
ventioD. The more experienced party
managers did not wish the Cleveland
Hill issue raised in the primary, but
other democrats insisted that when the demo-
cruts come to the halls they should know who
there has been a distinctly Hill and
Cleveland ticket in the field for some
days. Besides the election Of dele
gates, choice will incidentally be made of
candidates for commonwealth attorney, city
sergeants. magistrates and civil constables to
be voted for by the democrats at the MAY cleo
ton. The polls were opened in each of the
four wards at O'Clock a. N. and there Is con-
siderable canvassing. The primaries do not
come under election law and the saloons are
open. The judges receive the ticket of any
white voter who will pledge himself to vote the
democratic ticket at the next pl imary election
The democrats can poll over ], 800 votes, but
this number is seldom brought out In a pri-
mary. The republicans hold primary ward
meetings tonight
The mayor is on tho lookout for gaming
cases. He held three aces, all of them black,
at the last game he played and won SIS for
the corporation and he came within an ace of
making $50 on the game.
An old house belonging to Mr. J. Newton
Harper on Fairfax street, just south of the
railroad tunnel, fell to the ground some time
ago and the debris was cleared away. Last
week the lot was sold and Q new building will
so up, for building lots are now in demand
here.
The death Of Mr.. Stephen K. Field having
made two vacancies in the election officers of
the city, Mr.. o. B. Hopkins succeeds him as
Judge OF election in the third ward and Mr. ],
Edward Plerpoint as commissioner Of election
The Columbia Company has lust received
from New York its new fremen's outfit for fifty
members.
The new bridge over Cameron run. on Wash-
ingtons old route to Mount Vernon, is now be-
ing made ready by Contractor Iillett and will
be ready for use before the close of the sum-
mer
Piles are being driven in Hunting creek to
point out the route which is to be taken by the
proposed bridge of the Electric railroad to
Mount Vernon.
The funeral Of Mrs. Sarah "A De Vaughan,
wife OF VIM. H. De Vaughan, who died Sun
the Methodist Protestant Church this after
noon at o'clock.
The Alexandria Safe Deposit Company has
now gotten its safe and will soon begin BUSH
ness.
The city council will meet tonight and much
important business will be brought before it.
The Western Union telegraph lines here will
soon. If permission of the city council is given.
be brought to a single set of poles running on
Fairfax to King street, King to Fayette and by
Fayette street to city limits.