Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-12-31

postponed until next Friday night.
During the month of December the
Clerk of the County Court recorded SIS
deeds-the greatest number ever re-
corded during corresponding month.
Five oyster boats in tow of the tug
boat NJ. 3. Harlow were brought up
the river yesterday. One stopped here
and the others were taken on to Wash
ington.
The monthly meeting of the Hydraul-
ion Fire Company will be held to-mor-
row night. Rev. Father Carne, ex-
president of the company, is expected
to preside.
The big shoe on exhibition in Mr.. J..
Kaufmann's window contained 2572
nuts and the IS prize was won by Mr..
Grant Roberts, who guessed that the
shoe contained 1852.
Mr.. Thos. Hulfsh, an employe in the
Southern machine shops, caught one of
his fingers in q cogwheel on Saturday
and it was so badly crushed that the
member had to be amputated.
Mayor Strauss settled with the City
Treasurer to-day. From June 1, 1894,
to this day he has collected $9,273.72
for licenses, and during the same Pc
Rod he has turned in s1,7S5.75 in fines.
The concert to be held at st. Paul's
Church chapel tonight for the benefit
of the Sunday school building fund
promises to be a most enjoyable affair,
aud all who attend will be treated to
some fine music.
The drawing for the vase on exhibi.
ton in Mr.. Isaac Eichberg's show win
dow will be announced tomorrow
Those desiring to take chances had
better make good use of the time re-
manning between now and then.
Lieutenant Smith has recovered a
watch belonging to Miss Potter which
was stolen from her a few days ago.
The lieutenant discovered that it was
in the possession of boy, and upon
finding the lad he compelled him to re-
linquish the timepiece.
Yesterday was a quiet Sunday, and
the cold raw temperature kept many
people in doors. The churches. how
ever, were fairly we'll attended. At
St. Mary's Church in the morning Rev.
Father Carne preached. In the othe'
churches services were conducted by
the resident clergy.
There was good skating on Hunting
creek yesterday, and the young OF botn
sexes INDUCED 10 the exercise. There
were several "break-ins" and one or
TWO collisions" In the latter cases
there were cot heads and visions of OBJ
els in the stallar space, but no serious
dimage is reported.
Ata meeting of the teachers of the
Second Presbyterian Church Sunday
school held yesterday morning the old
officers were unanimously reelected
George w. Jameson, superintendent !;
A. H. Thomson, assistant superintend
ent II. G. Graves, secretary and treas
urer, and Mr.. Gentry librarian.
A colored boy named Taylor, who
has given his parents much trouble re-
Gently by refusing to stay at home, was
found Saturday night asleep under a
house in the southwestern portion of
the city. Had his hiding place not
been discovered he would probably
have frozen to death during the night.
1t was very cold at the Alexander Island
race track on Saturday evening In the last
race KeramaS ridden by Boyle, fell and the
rider was. stunned by the fall. He was car
ried to the Jockeys room and physician
summoned His head was badly bruised and
| cut and there was an ugly cash on his Mouth
He was conveyed to the Emergency Hospital
in Washington in carriage and ii is feared
he is injured internally. The horse strug-
| gled to his feet soon after the accident, and
| in doing so he kicked colored onlooker Just
below the eye, cutting deep cash. After
that he fell again and all efforts to get him
up were fruitless He will probably have to
be killed.
VIM. II. Henson, who as deputy postmaster
at Waterfall, Prince William county, was CON-
victed in the o. S. Court in this city for en-
BIT zzlement of funds of the United States,
and sentenced by Judge Hughes TO six months
in the Alexandriaja Jail, was released Saturday,
the term having expired. The fine was re-
mitttd.
St. Paups Catholic Church. at the corner of
| Y and Fifteenth streets. Washington, was
dedicated yesterday, Cardinal Gibbons Off
ciating. Archbishop Satolli offered the mass.
and Bishop A. A. Curtis, of Wilmington, Del,
preached the sermon Other distinguished
pfelates participated in the exercises.
John Burns, the English labor leader, made
speech in Washington Saturday night and
denounced trusts. Hepaid a visit to the Gov
eminent Printing Office, and after an inspec
tion declared it the best industrisl and social
institution he had seen in the United States.
The National Era speaks of Miss Tilghmau,
the prima donna who will appear in the OPP
era House January z as "the bursting forth
of a musical star Of the first magnitude,
whose bril,iancy completely captured the
praise and admiration of the critics" y
Frank A. Howell, a brakeman on the Bal
timore and Ohio road, living in Washington,
fell from car in the Baltimore and Ohio
yards IN that city yesterday morning One
of his arms was broken and he was sent to
tho Providence Hospital
Under the management of Tom Strahan,
Guttenberg's winter expert, the harrows were
put to work ar Alexander Island ye.terday
preparing the track for the New Year hsndi.
cap. Racing, weather permitting will go on
during the winter.
Frank L. Morling, of Baltimore, represent
ing stockholders of the Fidelity Building,
Loan and Trust Company, male application
in Washington on Saturday for leave to file a
Up tition looking to renewal Of the business
OF the concern.