Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A marriage license was issued il
Washington on Saturday to Robert II
Elliott and Evelyn II. Btrkley, both o
Alexandria.
The total amount of flour inspected
by Deputy Inspector Il. II. Hancock
tor the third quarter ending September
80 was S,466 barrels.
Mr.. G.. E. Markell while digging 6
flower pit in his yard on Wolfe rec
on Saturday last found petritied tur
nip about two feet below tie surface.
The semi-annual meeting of the cir.
Giles of Kings Daughters of this city
and vicinity will be held at Grace
Church on Wednesday evening next.
1t is said that already some of the
pot hunters of this city and vicinity
have commenced shooting partridges in
violation of the game laws. They will
be prosecuted if caught.
Mr.. T. F. Barrett has sold lot in
the square bounded by Montgomery,
Alfred and Patrick streets and Man
derville's line to Mr.. II. G. Jones, and
one in the same square to w. F. David
son.
During the year ending September
80, over 1000 strangers visited Christ
Church and entered their names on the
register kept there. This number does
not include those who attended the
church services on Sundays.
Yesterday evening several colored
boys of this city procured horses and
proceeded to New Alexandria where
they INDUCED in racing. In one of the
races Il horse belonging to Phil. Carter,
colored, fell and broke his neck.
A delegation of Virginians waited on
President Cleveland on Friday and
urged the appointment Of Rev. DIR. Jno.
P. Hyde, of Winchester, as commits
sioner of education. Among the dele
CATION was Rev. T. E. Carson, OF this
city.
The new gas fixtures for Christ
Church, made after the style of lamp
fixtures of colonial times, have been
placed in position and are very hand
some. They were presented to the
church by some of the ladies of the con-
gregation.
The Fire Warden's have purchased q
new horse, a bay, for the Hydraulion
company in place of one Of the blacks,
Morgan, which had become unfit for SER
vice. Morgan and 500 were given for
the new horse which came from Fair
fax county.
The fifth annual celebration of the
organization of the Young Mems Sodal-
ity Lyceum will be held tomorrow
night at Lyceum Hall. The programme
will consist of music and readings, clos
ing with banquet of 200 covers. A
number of Westinghouse will be pres
cnt.
The remains of Mr.. Z. F. Baldwin,
who died in Washington on Saturday,
were brought to this city this evening
and inferred. Among those who at
tended the funeral were many of the
members of Co. H, 17lh Virginia regi-
ment, of which Mr.. Baldwin was
member during the war.
A lamp exploded in the second story
of the dwelling of Mr.. F. L. Entwisle
at the corner of Fairfax and Wilkes
streets, on Saturday night last. but the
fire was eXtinguished with some of Mr..
Entwisle's chemical fire extinguishers
before much damage had been done and
without an alarm having been given.
1t is said there were two strangers
here during the past week representing
themselves as newspaper men, but sup
posed to be detectives, and whose real
business seemed to be to learn some
thing Of the Burson family. 4 female
member of this family and Banker
Gage, Of Clinton, Ia, it will be remem-
bered, caused some scandal in Chicago
recently.
The Clerk of the City School Board to-day
issued % permits to children to attend the
public schoolS-2 to white boys 4 to white
girls, 5 to colorcd boys and ID to colored
girls.
Several OF the colored members Of the hahn
gang refused to work this evening and wee
locked up at the station house.
A fine dog belonging to Ny. JEFF. Aitchcson
WAS run over by an electric car yesterday
evening end killed.