Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-26
AT AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
A Shooting Case in Bad Neighborhood
Last Night.
Other Notes of an Interesting Char
acter Told In Brief Paragraphs
"A Quiet Sunday.

The November term of the Alexandria
county court convened in the old court
house in this city this morning, Judge
Chichester presiding.
Isaac Holt. one of the guards at the city
Jail, is critically i'll.
j. X Swartz, assistant treasurer of the
Electric Railway Company. has been ap-
pointed treasurer of the Deis Manufacture
ing Company.
There was quite a good deal of excite
ment in the neighborhood Of "Fonsy" Ar
rington's saloon. in the northeastern Sec
tion of the city. last night, caused by
number of negroes becoming boisterous and
roisy. "Fonsy" demonstrated with them,
whereupon colored man named viii
Washington approached him in threat
ening manner and was promptly shot by
Arlington. The ball struck Washington in
the thigh, inficting a dangerous though
not necessarily fatal wound. Arlington
was arrested. This neighborhood is noted
Tor being one of the most dangerous in the
city and rows of one kind or another are a
frequent occurrence.
The teachers in st. Marys Church Sum
day school are arranging for a concert to
be given for the benefit of the school
some time during Christmas week.
The work of repaving King street, which
was recently torn up for the tracks of the
Electric Railway Company, is being pushed
rapidly.
a daughter of William Davis, the colored
Janitor of the Citizens National Bank was
badly burned on Thursday night while
cleaning pair of gloves with benzine
heY. moron HI. Rice, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church in this CITY, Is in
Lynchburg delivering series of sermons
AT revival being held at the Westminster
Church. The people of Lynchburg are said
TO be very much pleased with him, and
rightly so, for Mr.. Rice is acknowledged
10 De one or the foremost divines in the
Presbyterian ministry.
Yesterday was particularly quiet Sun
day, but owing to the very blustry weather
throughout the day the congregations in
the various churches were not so large as
usual The resident rectCrs generally Of
fciated. AT Meade Chapel, on North CO.
lumbus street, Mr.. Walter D. Buckner of
the Theological Seminary preached in the
afternoon This is a. co!ored mission, which
Is from year to year in charge of the stu
dents at the seminary, and Mr.. Buckner
is doing good work.
Large numbers of people took the electric
cars for the driving park during the after
noon, many for the ride and others To look
at the fine horses stabbed there
Inc regular Semi-monthly meeting of the
city council Will be held tomorrow night.
The city engineers bill, which passed the
lower board at the last meeting will come
up In the board of aldermen, though it Is
thought that some amendments will be
made before it passes
Inc regular weekly meeting and drill of
the Alexandria Light Infantry will take
place at the armory tonight. Final ar
engagements Will be made for the appear
ance OF Belle Boyd. the famous confed-
crate spy and courier to ''sStoneWall'' Jack
son, who Will deliver a highly interesting
narrative OF her personal experiences and
scenes during the late unpeasanIness"
There Will be services in Christ Episcopal
Church on Thanksgiving morning at 1:15
o clock, and at ST. PauIs Episcopal Church
at IL O'Clock. The public and private
schools will give holidays on that day. and
the merchants will close their places of
business during greater part of the day
There Will be a grand barbecue at New
Company, at which a whole OK will be
roasted. There Will be music during the
afternoon, and a ball at the new hotel at
night.
Owing to the fact that the grading of the
streets in the northwestern section of the
city is In such an uncertain state, the
Alexandria Water Company is delayed in
extending it's mains in that direction. The
city council has been haggling for some
time past over the grades in the entire
third ward. and until they arrive at con-
clusion and establish the grades, nothing
can be done in this direction in the mat
ter OF making permanent improvements to
the streets.
An effort is being made by l.. NJ. Kuhns
to establish a German Lutheran Church at
New Alexandria.
1t is said that there is more gambling GO
ing on in this city now than ever before
in the history of the city. There are sew
eral policy games, a keno room, not very
far from the station house. and in one of
the hotels faro game is being dealt al
most daily.