Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
ALE IAN DIRlA AT AIRS
Personal, Social and General Notes Of
Interest.
Meetings Of Organizations - Usual
IOWA Fight on the Streets.

convention to be held In this city on the 10th
| instant.
Miss Mamie Lylss will leave on Monday
for stay of ten days at Colonial Beach.
| MIR. Harvey Smith. who was taken sud-
denly Ill on his return from River View on
Wednesday night. has SO far recovered as
! tc be out again.
Mr.. Mike Ronick. who was stricken with
paralysis on Wednesday. is still in a pre-
| carious condition, and little hope is enter
| tanned of his recovery.
| Misses May and Laura Greenwich, daugh-
| tiers of Professor Greenwell of the public
| schools, are on a visit to relatives in Prince
| William county.
Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons. held a regular meeting last night
| Only routine business was transacted.
The managers Of the Alexandria Driving
| Park, near this city, are getting everything
| in readiness for race meeting in the fall
that will surpass anything of the kind ever
| given in this vicinity The new mile-track
| is rapidly approaching compl elton, and the
| work on the stables and grand stand is well
under way. They propose to run only first
| class horses, and in order that they may get
| the best will not open the meeting here
until the large meetings in the north and
| east have closed. Mr.. Mcintyre, the sec
rotary, is arranging for several large purses
handicap will see at the pole horses second
to none in the country. rhe grounds have
| been put in first-class condition, and are
| now as pretty as possible. Wires have been
| run out from town, so that the whole place
can be lighted and cooled by electricity
The old scow loaded with refuse from
Washington, which has for several days
past been anchored in Hunting creek lear
| the electric railway bridge. has been re-
moved by the Washington authorities.
Mayor Strauss has made frequent Gem
plants to those authorities of this nefarious
| practice on the part of their employees and
| on yesterday directed another letter to
| them.
Mr. NJ. w. Poke Of this city is the guest
| of Mr.. j. I. Lee at Joy Depot, Albemarle
| county.
Mr. Robert wenzel, who has been quite
| Ill for some time past, is reported as much
| better and IT is thought will be well enough
| to be out in few days.
The regular meeting of Potomac Lodge
| of odd Fellows was held last night in their
rooms on Columbus street. Only routine
business was transacted.
The schooner Tanner, which has been
unloading ice at Reeds wharf, finish ID dis
charging her cargo this morning and was
| towed to Newport News. where she will
| load with coal for the north.
Messrs. Ed. Shinn, James Deeton Harvey
| Selectman. Bert Tatsapaugh and Harvey
Jett have gone to Colonial Beach to be in
| camp for two weeks.
| On Thursday. the 10th instant the grounds
| at New Alexandria will be respendent
| with ''ye knights of the olden time" the
| occasion being a grand tournament to be
| given under the auspices of a number of
young men of this city. After the tourna-
| ment there will be large ball Hon. r.
| w. Moore Of Fairfax county mas sccepted
| the invitation to deliver the charge to the
| knights and Mr.. G. c. Carlin of this city
| Will deliver the coronation address. Just
| before the tournament there will be a
| match game of base ball between the Old
| Dominions Of this city and the crack Rock
| Vile team. AS there is a great deal of RI
| valry between these teams a close and ex-
citing game may be expected. as every
| inch of ground will be holly Ought for
| The regular weekly meeting of Potomac
| Tent. No. 81, Independent Order of Recha-
| bite, was held last night, with some thirty
| hve members present BY way of enter
| tainment Mr. Thomas McCrink the deputy
| ruler, delivered a highly entertaining and
| interesting address on his travels abroad,
| and as he was for a number of years an
| engineer in the United States navy he had
| good many amusing incidents to relate.
| Then, too, Mr.. McCrink knows how to tell
| good story, and kept his hearers wrapt in
attention from start to finish. Mr.. Clifton
| FELTON, delivered a recitation, THE Lost
| Cause, in a very effective manner. Mr.
| Il. X. Foley, treasurer Of the lodge was
| elected chairman of the good of the order
committee" At the meeting next Friday
| night an interesting program of music and
| recitations will be gone through with
The ferry steamer Belle Haven, which
| broke down between this city and Washing
| ton several days ago, has been repaired and
yesterday afternoon resumed her trips on
| the ferry route. During her temporary Law
OFF the steamer Wakefield took her place
| There Will be game O: base ball at
| Riverside Park tomorrow, between the
| Washington Stars and 4 picked nine, COM
| posed of players from the Department
League in Washington.
There will be the usual services in the
| various churches tomorrow and the resi-
| dent pastors will officate. The Young Men $
| Christian Association services will be held
| at the aims house at o'clock in the after
| noon.
| Mr.. R. d. Wattles left today for Hart
| ford, Conn, to spend his vacation.
| MIR. George Hulfish is quite i'll at his home
| on Upper King street with typhoid fever
| Lieut.. and Mrs. Albert Bryan are spend
| ing a few days in Rockville, Nd.
| An encounter between John Mullen and
| Joseph Haines, growing out of a family
| difficulty, attracted a great deal of atten-
| ton in the market alley yesterday evening
| late, and quite large crowd gathered TO
! witness the two men punching each other
1t seems that Haines married a cousin of
| Mullen's, and of late has been treating her
| badly. When Mullen met him yesterday
afternoon he rem onstrated with Haines,
| and from words they went to blows, and
Haines got the worst of it. A young man
| 1,amed Spindler attempted to take Haines'
part and was badly used up The arrival
| of a policeman on the scene put stop to
the fracas. and all three were locked up.
| ng. Mullen and Spin iler left collateral
lur appearance when wanted.
Silas Harris the well-known old ''darkey'
| died yesterday of dropsy. with which he had
| been suffering for some time past
The market this morning was fairly well
| attended by country folk. and produce was
| in abundance. Prices remained about as
| last Saturday.
Work on the filter factory at New Alex
| andria is progressing rapidly, and the man
| ayers say that the plant will be in operation
by the middle of September.
The county people are very jubilant over
| the fact that the so-called industrials now
| encamped at Rosslyn are gradually leaving
| there, and say that from the rate at which
| they are taking their departure. it is hardly
probable that even one will be left to tell
| the tale by the LIST of September. The crack
Alexandria light Infantry have been held I'm
readiness for service should IL have been
necessary to call on them in case there
was any distu -bance, but Sheriff Veich has
thought ii best to take things quietly and
try the more peaceful method of persuasion
The drills of the Alexandria Light In
fantry, which have been suspended on ac-
count of the hot summer weather, will be
resumed On the first Monday i'm September
The boys will then get themselves in readi-
ness for a prize drill in Richmond.
The Relief Hook and Ladder COMPANY
held a meeting last night. No business of
Importance was transacted.