Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-11-17
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been granted pension.
The GAZETTE publishes for the Vir-
ginia Humane Education Society in to-
days issue, Reformed by Rat"
The stringing of the wires for the
electric railroad from Columbus street
to Payne, was commenced this morning.
Officers TIGER and Young found 3
buggy in the street last night and turn
ed it over to its owner, Mr.. Cliff Car
penter,
A. wagon belonging to Woodward &
Lothrop, of Washington, broke an axle
on St. Asaph street, near King street,
this morning.
A large white ark, the property of
the Filter Company at New Alexan-
dria, is now anchored in Hunting creek
and attracts some attention.
Private Waterman Lee Genzberger
found a horse astray in the streets last
night and returned it to its owner from
whose premises it had strayed.
The firm of J. II. D. Smoot has been
awarded the contract for furnishing the
lumber for the new residence Mr.. W..
Fl. Hellmuth is erecting on north AL
fred street.
In carload of bones brought to this
city to-day to be ground up as fertilizer
were two human thigh bones. The
bones were secured by a merchant and
now decorate the walls of his office.
A pocketbook containing number
of private papers and supposed to be-
long to W. A. White, of Baltimore, was
picked up on the floor of Henry's Thea
tire after the prize fight there on Thurs
day night.
A Washington paper says several
matches are likely to grow out of the
Mcmillan. Campbell fight at Alexandria
on Thursday night, and the pugilistic
atmosphere is heavily charged with
challenges.
A passenger ear on the Washington
Southern Railway ran off the track at
the corner of Fayette and Queen
streets yesterday evening and delayed
for about half an hour the departure OF
the o'clock train for Washington.
Mr.. R. T. Cook, Clerk of the Gas
Works, to. day, by order of the COM
mittee on light, ordered 5000 feet of
new pipes, to be used in the northwest
ern part of the city, on north Royal
and on south st. Asaph streets.
The city market was again well sup
piled with everything in season this
morning, and the attendance of coun.
try people who brought their produce
was good. Prices, as rule, were rea-
sonable and, as q rule, were the same
as those of last Saturday.
A mammoth candle now on exhibi-
ton in the window of MI. ]. 81. Raines'
china store on King street, will be
lighted on the first day of December
and the person guessing nearest the
time it will burn out will be given a
handsome set of china. Guesses are
free.
1t has bean thirty-nine years since
the fire in Turner & Dowell's china
store on King street when seven men
were killed by a falling wall. John
Dogan, a well-known resident of this
Guy, VINO was caught under the falling
wall, is the only survivor of the catas-
trophy.
Rev, Father Carne, formerly of this
city, but now of Richmond, is being
voted for at fair in Richmond as the
most popular priest in a contest for a
handsome gold pyx, and his MANY
friends in this city propose to send such
contribution as well secure the prize
to Father Carne.
A handsome headstone, five feet high,
to be erected at the grave of the late
Rev. Father Q'Kane, formerly of this
city, at st. Thomas Manor, in Charles
county, Md, was shipped to Chapel
Point from this city to-day by the Alex
andria Marble Works on the ateamer
| Wakefield. The stone is donation by
Mr.. NJ. B. Harlow and other members
of St. Mary's Church.
The winter schedule on the Washing
ton Southern and the Richmond, Fred