Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-08-28
LOCAL BREyITIES.


Spray.
The Leesburg fair will open to-mor-
row and continue three days. There
will be many attractions and some fine
races
Mrs. Anna NJ. Cloud died in Wash
ington yesterday, and her remains were
brought to this city this evening for in
terment.
BY the breaking of draw head at
Culpeper early on Sunday morning
several cars of c. & 0. freight train
were derailed.
Services were conducted at Trinity
NJ. Z. Church last night by Mrs. Pow
ell, who is travelling through this sec
ton of the country.
The temperature to-day has been
slightly cooler, while the skies have
been cloudy. There have been several
slight showers of rain.
The Woodlawn Farmers Club went
on their annual picnic to Marshall Hall
last Saturday. There was good at
tendance and the day was enjoyed by
all present.
a gentleman from Manassas who
was in the city to-day says that one of
Mr.. Robert Portner's sons was quite
badly bitten by dog at that place on
Saturday last.
The Kings Daughters of Mount Ver-
non district, Fairfax county, will give
lawn party at the terminus of the Mt
Vernon Electric Railway tomorrow
evening.
Washington Lodge, L. o. G. r., of
Washington, will fraternally visit Gold
en- Light Lodge of this city tomorrow
night. a fine programme has been
prepared for the occasion.
The directors of the Fairfax Mutual
Fire Insurance Company have ordered
an assessment Of 81 on the thousand to
pay the losses recently sustained from
fire by DR.. Leigh and Mr.. w. B. Dodge,
of Fairfax county.
The party Of gentlemen who left here
ten days ago on the steam yacht Amer
icus for trip to the mouth of the Po-
tomac, visiting all the prominent places
on the way, have returned, having had
delightful trip.
The roller shelves, &C., to be used in
the Office Of the Clerk of the Corpora
ton Court for the records of that Court
have arrived and will at once be placed
in position. The new indexing of the
records is also being made.
The cannon ball" train on the Ma
nassas branch Of the K. & d. r. r.
which left here in the morning and re-
turned at night has been taken oil the
road. This will be great inconveni-
ence to people living along the Manas-
sas road
"Dusky," the terrier belonging to
Engineer Wood, of the Columbia en-
CINE, this morning killed twenty-four
rats which had been caught in traps in
the neighborhood of the engine house.
Since the Sth 'Dusky" has killed SO of
the 81 rats so caught.
County Supervisor J. w. Clark is
giving considerable personal attention
to the building and repairing of the
county roads in Arlington district. He
is grading down the steep hills, build
ing stone bridges, and macadamizing
the low places with broken stone and
gravel.
The colored people of this city are
making preparations to celebrate the
the thrtieth anniversary of the eman-
cipation proclamation, Friday evening,
September o. The celebration will be
opened by a street parade, starting from
Odd Fellows Hall, south Columbus
street, at 6 o'clock p. m.
While the family of Mr.. Thomas J.
Fannon were driving Oh Saturday the
horse attached to their carriage ran
away, upsetting and rolling the Vehicle
down an embankment. Mrs. Fannon
and her two children escaped with q
few bruises, but Misses Kate and Ella
Mclntire, her guests, were severely cut
about the face and head. The carriage
was badly wrecked.
The commission appointed by the
county court to assess the damages to
be allowed property owners on account
of the proposed new road from the
Aqueduct bridge through the county
northwest from the bridge have finish
ed their deliberation and denied COM
pensation to all parties except the
Crawford Stone Company, which was
awarded 5000. A road through this
section is thought very necessary, and
it is believed that at the next term of
court final order will be obtained al
lowing the road to be constructed forth
with.
News has reached this city that an Italian
had been arrested at Rspidan station on
suspicion of being the man who committed a
fendish outrage on Miss Annie Gibson, of
Steyensburg Culpeper county, few days ago.
The lady was so excited that size has not been
confronted with the man, hut he answers the
description given by her.
1t is understood the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company has abandoned the inten-
ton to build branch road into Georgetown
because of opposition on the part of persons
claiming rights on the Potomac river front.
Some OF the railroad men in Washington, how
ever, say the branch will yet be built.
5Fhe ex-Confedcrate Veterans of Fairfax
county will hold reunion at Fairfax Court
house September 20.
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