Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-14
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS,
The Emancipation Day Celebration
and Other Matteks.

Fhe Emanctpat ton Day Celebration
and Other Mattels.
Montrose Houck Of New York is in the
city on a visit to his parents
Misses Mai and Annie Uhler, who have
been spending the summer at Sandy
Spring, Nd, have returned to their home
in this city for the winter
j. r. Mathews Of the Theological Semi
nary will deliver a lecture at the railroad
reading rooms tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock. Mr. Mathews spent his summer
vacation in England.
Emancipation day will be celebrated in
this city on Monday by q large street
parade, speaking at the opera house in the
afternoon and a public reception at Odd
Fellows Hall on South Columbus street at
night. Among the organizations that will
take part In the procession are the Butler
Light Infantry and Capital City Guards of
washington, LOverture Guards, the In
dustriaf Guards and the White Shirt Club
and the members of the various colored
labor unions and societies. The chief mar
shall will be cambridge Smith of Fairfax
county. Magnus l.. Robinson, editor of the
Leader, Is chairman OF the committee of
arrangements. The principal feature of the
parade will be a large float with fOrty-fOur
girls representing the forty-four states. The
procession will move from the corner of
Alfred and Wolfe streets at 100 o'clock
and parade the principal streets OF the
town, ending up at the opera house. The
colored public schools will probably be
Miss Lydia Phyfe of New York is the
guest of Miss Houck on South Fairfax
street.
Miss Florence Terrell of Charlottesville
who has been visiting Mrs. w. ID. Hudson.
has returned to her home in Charlottesville.
William LEVEL. the colored man who
raised such a rumpus at the camp meeting
on Thursday night, has been fined $40 by
the mayor.
Some of the finest oysters ever seen are
arriving in this city daily from the lower
river and vicinity of Norfolk.
There Is no change in the condition of
Rev. DIR. Minnfgerode The members of
his family, who have been summoned, are
still here.
The auditor Of public accounts for the
state has notified the city treasurer that
the amount apportioned to the Alexandria
city public schools for this fiscal year is
$5.3S6.33. The amount for Alexandria coun-
ty is $l,536.72
The grain markets during the past week
show a more liberal volume of business, but
values are not steady. Wheat has declined
from 1 to 1 1-2 cents-sales at 80, 81. 81
and S. Corn is quiet at % to 62. Rye Is
steady at A to AZ. Oats firm, 30 to 81, in
bulk. Millfeed is stronger
The Columbia Steam Fire Engine Com
pany, which won the first prize in the wa
ter-throwing contest at Grange Camp, has
made arrangements for large torchifght
procession tonight to celebrate the event.
1t is said that the Hydraulian Company
will shortly issue challenge to the CO.
lunbia for another contest to take place in
the near future. and on the basis of an
alarm of fire, both engines to compete as
they are when regularly in service and the
city fire wardens to be the judges. This to
be the deciding contest.
A large number of Alexandrians went to
Grange Camp fair this morning to witness
the TOT rnament Several Alexandra riders
participated.