Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-16
LOCAL BRETITIES.

There will be meeting of the School
Board of Alexandria county on Thurs
day the oath inst.
A place has been selected near the
outlet canal lock for the deposit of the
night soil.
Edgar Johnson, worthy colored
citizen and the faithful sexton of the
Second Presbyterian Church, is serious
ly i'll.
Among the entries at the Suffolk
Fair Association races which COM
menced yesterday was that of ]. E.
Vanauken, of this city. He was beaten.
Misses Minnie w. and Jane w. Hen
derson have sold to W. II. Hollinger a
lot in the rear of his house on st. Asaph
street, between Queen and Princess, for
1925.
Most of the delegates from this city
to the State convention will leave here
this evening for Richmond though some
of them will take the early train to-
morrow morning for that city.
Superintendent of Schools Kemper
to-day finished the examination of the
white public school teachers, and will
tomorrow morning commence the ex-
animation of the colored teachers.
Mrs. Mary Downey and four of her
sons, John T., Thomas D., Lawrence
and Michael, left last night for Phila-
delphia to attend the funeral of Mr..
Lawrence Downey, formerly of this
city.
The county treasurer is now busy
collecting taxes. The law requires
him to make a report to Richmond to
the State Auditor in few days and he
desires to report as few delinquent as
possible.
The Relief Hook and Ladder compa-
ny has accepted the invitation to take
part in the celebration in Washington
next month at the laying of the Capitol
corner stone and has appointed COM
mittee on arrangements.
One of the daughters of Mr.. ]. D. De
Bell, of Clifton, Fairfax county, died of
typhoid fever last night. Three other
daughters Of Mr.. DeBell are i'll with
the same dread disease, and in his
troubles he has the sympathy of his en-
tire community.
Talisman Lodge, l. 0. G. T., will
give an excursion TO Riverside Park on
Tuesday next. a pleasant time is as
sured all who may attend. The lodge
held its regular meeting on Monday
evening when the final arrangements
were made for the excursion.
The custom house officials in this city
have received directions from the Ma
rine Hospital officers to notify all pilots
and masters that all foreign vessels
must be refused entrance to this port
without they show certificate of pra-
tique from the Cape Charles quarantine
station.
The members of the Hydraulion Fire
Company is making arrangements for
attending the centennial celebration in
| Washington next month of the laying
of the Capitol corner stone, and expect
to take all their apparatus with them
and make most creditable appearance
on that occasion.
A party of young folks left s..
Georges Island for Piney Point in sail
boat on Sunday. When just half way
across the Potomac river the boat cap
sized, and if it had not been for the
timely assistance Of another boat that
was not fifty yards distant the occu-
pants undoubtedly would have drown
ed.
A man giving his name as Howard
Clark, was arrested near the gypsy
camps pitched short distance from the
Aqueduct bridge on Monday evening,
taken before Justice Towson at Ross
lyn in the county on the charge of kill
ing the old soldier Swift in the county
last month, but after a short examina-
ton Clark was discharged.