Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-19
LOCAL BRETITIES.

The Hebrew Day of Atonement be,
gins this evening.
The schooner Ella Hill with the first
load of oysters of the season arrived to-
day.
The city democratic committee will
meet tonight to make arrangements
for nominating candidate for the legis-
lature.
No term of the Corporation Court
will be held this month-the time for
the opening of the monthly term having
passed.
The funeral of Miss Ada V. Crump
will take place tomorrow evening from
the M. f. Church instead of her home
on Pitt street.
Passengers on the $50 boat from
Washington as they passed the Eastern
branch yesterday evening saw three
men clinging to skiff which had up
set. The men were subsequently res
cued.
The Confederate Veterans from this
city who will attend the Confederate re-
union at Fairfax Courthouse to-mor-
row will be met at the station by We
hicles and will be furnished meals at
the Courthouse.
Among the tributes at the funeral
yesterday of the late Rev. DIR. Norton
was handsome sheaf of wheat sent
from Richmond by Rev. Father Carne,
formerly of this city, who was warm
friend and admirer of the deceased.
Mr.. H. c. Jones in stepping from a
cable car in Washington last night was
thrown to the ground and had his arm
broken at the elbow. He was brought
TO his home in this city where he was
attended by DR.. O'Brien.
Mr.. Vernon Moore while at work in
the shops at the Midland depot to-day
was struck in the mouth by a piece of
flying timber from n circular saw. His
mouth was badly cut and some of his
teeth were knocked out. He was at
tended by DR.. O'Brien.
Some excitement was created on
lower Duke street during the early
part of last night by an alarm which
was started in that locality by ma
rauder who had entered the yard of
Councilman VIM. S. Moore. He made
his escape when he found he was dis
covered.
A horse attached to a carriage in
which a lady was seated, took fright at
an electric car at the corner of King
and Royal streets, this morning, and
ran away, but the lady soon managed
to check him and colored man seized
the animal by the bride aud brought
him to standstill.
During the storm on Friday last a
carrier pigeon was blown from his course
into the yard of Mr.. William Murray
on King street, and when discovered,
was in the clutches Of cat from which
it was rescued and cared for until yes
day, when it died; it has brand on its
left leg marked H, 1875.
The barge NJ. Loretto, loaded with
fertilizer from Philadelphia, which
sprung aleak on her way here duringthe
recent severe storm and had to be run
ashore, has arrived and is now at Messrs.
w. A. Smoot & Co.'s wharf where
she requires the services of a tug 10
constantly pump the water from her
hold to keep her from sinking.
Mr.. T. w. Carter, of Orange, who has
been travelling for thirty years through
Virginia and adjoining States ever the
country roads says u drove over the
old Georgetown and Alexandria road
Friday and / think it the prettiest
worked road have ever seen, and have
never driven over one that could be
compared to this road, which was made
by Mr.. George w. Salisbury.
The Eastern Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION, of Syracuse, N. Y, has elect
ed local board in this city with the
following officers |. G. Q'Neal, presi-
dent; Leonard Marbury, attorney
Thos. H. Bayne, secretary and treas
urer; ]. r. n. Curtin and Calvin Butts,
directors. The association agrees to
pay 500 at the end of rs months on a
deposit of $3.50 in monthly instalments
of IS cents. This is gain of $1,000
and an average annual profit of q per
cent. on investment.