Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-18
ALE NDRIA AT FAIRS
Social, Personal and General Items Of In
terest-
Lively Sparring Expected TOnisht-A
Painful Accident mt the Driving
Park-Comnaeacia Raciug.

George Appich. who was stricken with
paralysis On Monday last is much Improved
and his speedy recovery is looked for.
A party of Alexandrians went out to
burgundy, the handsome home of Mr..
Walsh, near this city. last night to attend
j dance given by the members of the
Southern Assembly. They returned at an
early hour this morning, having spent
delightful evening
James X Maddux of warrenton is in the
city, the guest of his uncle, George b.
Cochran.
DIR. r. l.. Dunn has removed a tumor
from the shoulder Of a valuable horse be-
longing to r. s. Windsor.
Work at the Deis factory in New Alex
andria has been resumed. Chairs are being
finished to I'LL orders that have recently
come in. The new saw factory and spoke
factory buildings are rapidly nearing COM
ple1lon, and as soon as they can be gotten
ready they will start opera tons.
Dr. Julian I. Miller is in the city, the guest
of his father, r. j. Miller. Dr. Miller has
been resident physician at Hot Springs, n
G., the past season.
A. IL. Siaymaker continues very i'll at his
nome on Pitt street.
Cards are out for the marriage of Edward
W. Nails and Miss Anna Thompson, which
VIII take place at the baptist Church on the
10Th instant.
Miss Eiiza kember has gone to Martins
burg to visit Miss Faulkner.
Rev. H. j. Cutler, rector of st. Mary's
church, is spending the week in Richmond.
rather kenefie. the assistant rector is at
tending to all the duties.
II. L: Frettyman, formerly OF this city but
now OF Strasburg, Is in the city on a visit
to old friends >
The condition of Capt. joseph Davis
whose inness has been mentioned in The
star, Is considered critical
A small coiored boy named Aaron Je.
met with painful accident at the Drjy
ing fark on Monday afternoon by a gate
raining on his head, INJECTING a severe scaIp
wound He was brought to his home in
OBrien. w.
Mrs. George f. Price, who has been quite
Ill, is much improved.
me work of repairing between the
racks on Royal street is progressing SO
Slowly that many of the residents are COM
planning.
Misses Lizzie and Mary Beyer are the
guests OF Mrs. T.. l.. Germand.
Large numbers of Aiexandrians went tn
the Driving Park today to attend the open
ing OF the fall meeting Of the Virginia Jock
ey Club.
The sparring bouts at Dan Henry's The
aler tohieht DID falr to be a success, and
large party from Washington is expect-
ed to witness them. Peckham who IL to
meet Costello, is in the best possible con-
Gition, and says that he is confident of win
ning. Ihere VIII be two preliminary bouts
w. Is. Hopkins of this city was elected
state chancellor of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics at the meeting of
the grand council in Charlottesville
Inc funeral of the infant son of Harry
II. Poss, who died Tuesday, took place
from the residence of it's grandparents at
q O'Clock this afternoon.
William Soon5 Of the firm of Soons &
BRO, florists of this city, is seriously i'll in
New York with brain fever
1t Is said that things are again in bad
shape at the electric hight works, one of
the employees being seen in an intoxicated
condition when he should have been Oh
duty. The committee on light of the civ
council will investigate the matter