Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-06
LOCAL NEWS.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 6.

WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 6.
ror this section generally fair, but with light
,oaai Showers this afternoon; westerly winds
c.oeT. "
MARR1NG TIE IMAGE OF THE CREATOR
Tne banefrl effects Of strong drink, iicen'
olor,ness. Ignorance, lsziness and the utter
w. -, reapect q bility as is exemp lifed in
.no, bays Who pRtronzs the police court mas
Houassionslly beer referred t.. Nearly every
~, saverai white females, apparently with
Thing else to 30, appear :csre Is defend
- nrosecuttixes or Hitnesaea. 1nere
satsoosl 'get-up" shoTs them TO bs OF Inc
Pa sbsndoued oieEs, who have rot even
49, energy TO wash thei. faces cr ccmp their
sssfs while tier apparel remairs hs un-
lsanysd eg t1s fsts OF their Creator. Nest
cur 20 CHAT the world calls unfortunates
nav have ezteDHatinR circumstances TO
ias3 for ,hsir to.orn plight. having bean
harm ard reaEed la az atmosphere OF vice
IVA dis.lpa,!or: ont, afcer all, theirs is vol.
Blu mi. fartune, go long ss they live 10
u D,r community and within the
lssp,i, nj church BELLS snd where they know
SSo rIent ard persist in following the wrong
."4 Thare ore, it Is believed, few OF
Pr Pr ehendoned females now living who
80 horn and reared In what thirty-HVe or
y 80 vears ago was known as BLACK Dog
a. sii5, y an area In the block bounded by
lea Prince, Duke and Union streets lthe
UbIteohsoel Of Ale1sndrie). Iheir sur
aGJroa were Of the vilsat sort, and, as
1T have been supposed, they grew up
- the notion that their proper mission IN
-, ,yas TO follow in the footsteps OF their
,..ooenjtors. ard now, having Gown the
80 thew they are respiog the whirlWinu,
ho;,g diseased, destitute. Ou!cast with the
t,roog.drink epptt to their natural legacy
occeIe,atiDg taeir It ADS t,gard the grave,
por1cr CoURT.-The only case before
MAYOR s reuse this morning was that OF
William Qlill, a negro boy, WHO was iast
Inlv sen,enced to the chain gang for SIX
months for stealing. Il was alleged tnst
sboytlg stt3r having become memoer CT
Centain Youne's footmsu, ore Geo. Brown,
az hleck as o 5ansgambian Chief, grew very
nhisn;hropic, and his administration tcr
OliD became SC pronounced t1at ne sue.
cs.ded 10 making him take French leave OF
HE coDgeners and Conducted MIN cut OF .ne
way of tie minioSs o! ih9 law. festsfasy
the deli quent was RECAP tared snd Brown
arrested. The mother OF tns BOY Ia oEoer
- mitIes,e his olfence, testified thet Brown
desired him to iulfil his term, while Browns
,iIe charged Qqii's mother With paying her
brs,and t. get the cul lfit free. Brown was
naTt aced In the dock and in his statement
assumed CD Dir OF great surpriee that ne
sbonld bs charged with such Sc offence, and
alleged nat be knew nothing about the
ascsD, uptil he learned that he was charged
with getting Q1ill off the gang. He. more,
orer ttated That ne had been member oil
the gang himself. and having honestly served
mt his tenn desired everybody else should
An H.eRise. The evidence Of z liil, nis
rother and Browns wife was fatal to his
nrtt.s,siions, however, sud he was hoed
$3.50 and Qlll sent back 20 the gang Tor
len mo1ths, but Mayor Strauss afterwarc
relepted and ordered that ne bs made TO
serve ont his origiasl sentence only.
COUNTY LAND SALES The following
sales OF real estate recently made In the
county have been reported 10 the GAZETTE:
@ @. German to the Potomac Electric
Company 1O3 acros, near Chain Bridge
W'C. WORT to J. P. Smi' b, lot and
improvements at Carlin'a SPRING., for
81 200.
and improvements In ''Iosleside," for S6oo
Gao. Z ,rle, IT,, to S. S. Kelsey, trustee.
two traots, cue of A acres ard the osher OF
acres, near Falls Church. for S4 coo,
DIX Trimmer and G. ?. Rc.:,.Dson to ]
c. Ousckenbueb, lot in Whsrson'4 sddi-
licn 10 Fort Myer Heights for 1855 one
lot to @. L. NJ, Baker for Sl55, snd three to
VI E Campbell Tor S25l5.
jain Bartlett to 2. s. Brown, 10. rear
Arlington
La Ledge and D K Thinner t, W. III.
PuRb. three lois Ia Fort Myer Heights for
~ 600 one lot to II. Mcclellan for $500
and one to NJ. s. Campbell for 1915.
z, W Armstrong, commissioner, 80 acres
Of the Basil Hall tract In Washington dis
trct.
AN Wunder to B Pelham, acres near
Carns School House, for 1920
A. NJ Duan to i ). Coleman, acres In
Usrlin'd Springs for & 000
j. II. Raymond tn E. a. Raymond, two
lots in Austin and 49, acres at Balls!on tor
$500.
MEETING OF CoLoRED PEoPLE--A large
number OF oo!ored people assembled IN DAD
Fellows Hall. south Columbus street, last
night. Charles Murray was elected chair
man ana James NJ. BGckner secretary. Ihs
object Of the meeting was to DrlDg about
luity 10 the ranks OF the oolcred element OF
she republican Fsy y. to protest against the
alleged action of the leaders o! tle party 10
ignoring the race in the spoils OF Office and
10 urga the necessity Of being repreet ed
In the coming national convention. The
fret speaker was D. F. Bots, who adVocat-
ed peace and harmony among the colored
people, and invejghed sgaintt the selfish
ness displayed by the white leaders Of the
republican party. ae maintained that the
0olorad element should be represented In
the national convention. He was followed
By R. L Mitchell, who spoke to the same
efect, an6 deplored the fact that colorea
man could not even be letter carrier in
Altx,ndria he closed by paying tribnte
to he memory Of the late Col. D. a. Wind