The Washington times., 1894-11-07
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

far lighter ballot was cast. The city gives
Meredith (Ddmoera) LIPS, McCaull (Repub-
| lican) 731, Mason (Populist) %. Meredith's
| majority over McCaull 494. Fairfax will give
! Meredith about $50 majority.
| Golden Light Lodge of Good Templars had
an open meeting in their hail on South Fair
fax street last night, and after the transac-
| tion OF the routine business the officers re-
Gently elected were installed as follows.
Chief templar, W. II. Gocdson; vice templar,
Mrs. j. ii. Bartlett; secretary. Miss Florence
| Lyies; treasurer, J. Fl. Trymier; financial sec
retary. Miss Flora Hantzman; marshal, Will
liam Penn; guard. Henry Baker, and sentinel.
j. I. Birrel. Mr.. j. Fl. Bartlett, deputy grand
templar for this district, was the installing
oMcer. When the ceremonies were over ad-
| dresses were made by anumber OF the men,
bers of the order, and a most interesting time
was had.
John Schaff, q white man residing on
Majors Hill came to the police station yes
terday about 6 o'clock covered with blood
and with bis head badly battered and cut. He
was IN a somewhat dazed condition. To q
TIMES reporter he stated that he had been set
upon by four men who had beaten him with
bricks and clubs, and one Of them had cut
him with knife. He claimed that three of
his assailants were Ernest and Richard Ro-
land and Charles Foley and swore out a war
rant for their arrest. charging them with hay-
ing assaulted him with intent to kill. Schaff's
hurts do not seem TO be at all serious.
The two sets of harness stolen from George
GreSs, Of this city and John Robinson, of the
county. on Sunday night last. were found
yesterday in the bazaar in Washington, where
they had been sold.
R. E. Leo Camp of Confederate Veterans
is now engaged in locating the graves of the
Confederate soldiers buried here before the
organization of the camp. Committees OF the
camp are making lists of the different ceme-
teries and when the general list is made it
will be lled In the records OF the camp. and
every memorial day the graves will receive a
tribute OF flowers. The bodies OF several
hundred old soldiers are buried in the Alex
andria cemeteries.
The little naval Dispatch launch. which
runs between the Washington Ordnance
Foundry and the naval proving grounds at
Indian Head, Md. while off this city yester-
day evening on her way down the river with
party OF officials and ladies on board, broke
some Of her machinery and was unable to
move further. Her distress signal brought
the tug c. W. Ridley TO her assistance. The
Ridley took her in tow and started down
the river for Indian Head.
The tug Ridley. OF this city, win leave here
this morning with Joseph Rogers big steam
pump in tow for Georgetown, where the
pump will remove the water from Capt
JAlHcS BSdcuS , luB, lIlb IJNd Dell CdiU, WHICH
sunk the Georgetown harbor about Two weeks
ago. The Cain will then be brought TO this
city for repairs.
1t is reported that big hotel is TO be built
here at the southwest corner OF King and
Washington streets the present site OF Nc
Burneys Han, aud The most central location
III Alexandria.
DR.. r. NJ Slaughter. of the Virginia Theo-
logical Seminary, has been appointed a mem
ber of the State board of medical examiners
for the Eighth district by Gov. O'Ferrall.
Mr. Carter Il. Smith aud his bride, nee Miss
Steiner, have returned from an extended we'd
ding trip north.
Mr. James Hammersley. of Alexandria
county, has reported 10 the police the theft Of
horse from MS farm near the Virginia
Jockey Club grounds.
Much interest was taken in the election
here. and last niGhI the opera house. EX-
change Hotel. Fairfax Club. and other places
whore special wires had been run, were we'll
crowded.
The old brew house OF the Portner brewery
on North st. Asarh street is being fitted up
for n malt storage house. When completed
the building will nave a capacity OF L, coo
bushels.
The circuit court for the county, Judge
Keith, opens this evening in the old court
fore it.
Tie druggists of Alexandria have signed
an agreement 10 close their stores IT 10
o'clock at night from now until next spring
Cards have been received here announcing
the marriage of Mr. Warren X. Snyder, for
merly Of this city, but now of Washington. to
Miss Emily II. Arledge, daughter OF Mr..
George Ariedge, in the First Baptist Church,
on Noyember21 next.
DR.. Caleb Athey of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. who has been visiting the family of
Mr.. William Taylor. on King street, left yes
terday evening for Baltimore.
Miss Ernie Davis is confined to her home
on South Alfred street by illness.
Mr. John C. Donohoe, OF Leesburg, was in
the city yesterday visiting relatives.
Miss Allison Craig, of Baltimore. is visiting
her father, Capt Craig, on South Lee street.
-@-0 S
Used TO PLAY Before She Married"
There is something saddening about the
woman who ''used to play the piano before
she was married" You feel that you would
like to have known her before the song went
out Of her life, before the enthusiasm that
makes the lavishment of time upon mere
pleasure a possibility left her. She says sne
has not the leisure to practice, but it Is often
daily as it is the loss of vivacious energy.
She has learned to trudge from yesterday to
tomorrow instead of dancing the days
through as she used TO. The need for music
is gone.
A lady who was spoken to by one of her
friends on this subject was candid and cpl
Grammatic. ''Wait until you get married, y
she said. "Uuless you are rich you will dc as
have done. You cannot devote your attention
TO keeping up your music and keeping down
your expenses at the same time.
That one had lost the buoyancy of youth.
She had not the delicious sense of possession
of the earth with none OF the responsibility
for keeping il in order that animated two
younger women, whose conversation was re-
Gently overheard On the street. They had Just
emerged from the telephone exchange, where
| they were employed.
Sometimes" said one OF them, II think
that would like to be famous; that / would
like 10 go on the stage and act, or on the lee
ture platform. Then again, think not"
Il think not all the time" was the posi-
| tively-spoken reioinder.
''Still, it must be nice to play upon the
emotions of the multitude"
"Of course 1t is That's what makes it so
| jolly in the the telephone exchange. When
we talk sweetly to some man through the
| phone I can tell by the way he COOS back that
he is smirking in the most absurd manner.
And If l want to make him angry I can tell
him the lines busy and ring in his ear. l tell
| you, my dear, when it comes to playing on
the emotion of the multitude Sarah Bern
| hardt will have to give extra matinees il she
wants to surpass US in opportunity. Kate
| Fields Washington.
He Beat Him.
His legs were of the size and shape of a