Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The y. NJ. s. l.. will give minstrel
entertainment on May lst.
This is the 29th anniversary of the
assassination OF President Lincoln.
\ pension has been granted to Carrie
Bowen of Arlington, Alexandria county
Attention is directed to the notice of
Tax Collectors German and Cox else
where.
The Tug Templar having undergone
repairs has again taken her place on
the river
A little boy was run over by buggy
in West End yesterday evening, but
was not much hurt.
Mr.. c. \. Strangmann is mentioned as
Il possible candidate for the Board of
Aldermen in the Third ward.
The market to-day was fairly well
supplied with seasonablc edibles. Prices
ruled about the same as those of last
week.
Three members of the chain gang, all
colored, have managed to slip their
shackles and escape during the past
two days.
The GAZETTE publishes on the first
page of this issue for the Virginia HUI
name Educational Society "Three Hun
dred Cats"
In a game Of baseball played at The
Castle Thunder grounds this morning
the Virginia Grays tied the Blue Stars
Score IS to l3.
A meeting of the alumni of the Uni
versity Of Virginia will be held at the
residence of Mr.. j. S. Blackburn on
Monday night next.
The sale at 1. Schwarz & Sons, SIS
King street, will offer many new fea-
lures during the next week. a visit to
their store is we'll repaid.
Major Jed Hotchkiss, of Stauntor,
vii! deliver lecture before the Ladies'
Auxiliary OF Lee Camp on the evening
CT the Both instant.
Mrs. Tebie E. Darling, wife of Mr..
Harry Darling, died this morning at the
residence Of his sister, Mrs. Curley. after
long illness, aged % years.
While at work in tie office OF the
National Watchman this morning S;r.
Guy Manders got his hand caught in a
printing press and quite badly mashed.
A small house, belonging to Alfred
PIKE, or the Potomac at Whitewater
and occupied by fshermeu caught fire
and together with its contents was de-
stroyed on Thursday.
The steamer Arrowsmth took the
,Nla Of al II
river route to-day. The Wakefield
will so to Baltimore in few days for
her spring overhauliDg.
C. z. Carter, an employee of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad, was
struck by the shifting engine in the
ward in North Danville yesterday
morning and instantly killed.
Messrs. Wheat & Suter have sold to
Messrs Moore and Huneke, of Wash
ington, two brick houses in the Wheat
& Suter addition on West street, be-
tween Pendleton and Oronoco.
Magnus Robinson, colored, has made
complaint at the station house of the
disorderly conduct Of some of the
younger colored generation who stone
his house in the southwestern portion
of the city.
Mr.. John Webster, cousin of Capt.
James F. Webster, chief of police OF
this city, died in Washington yester-
day. The deceased was prosperous
citizen of the capital city and had ac-
cumulated large fortune.
The stable of Mr.. NJ. Genzberger, in
the alley in .he rear of King street. be-
tween Henry and Patrick, was robbed
last night of a lot of harness, some OF
which was to-day found in the house OF
a colored boy named Jackson.
The Alumni Association of the Uni
versty of Virginia in Washington cele-
brated the birthday of Thomas Jeller-
son by holding their annual meeting
last night at Norwood Institute as the
guests of Prof. and Mrs. w. d. Cabell
An effort is being made to secure Il
respite in the case of jim Robinson, col
ored, now confined in Jail here and SEN
fenced to be hanged at Manassas next
Friday for criminally assaulting whit c
woman, in order to apply to the Court
of Appeals for new trial.
Robert Burke, colored, was arrested
early this morning by Officer Griffin foi
unseemly conduct near the Virginia
House, upper end of King street. He
left 81. 80 at the station house. Much
complaint is made of the congregations
in that vicinity, and the police have
been instructed to scatter all such rs
semblages in future.
Governor O'Ferrall has promised the
committee that waited on him to ar
range for an imposing display of mill
tary at the dedication of the Mary
Washington monument May 10. The
Richmond Light Infantry Blues. one
hnnArad mon from the First ReCiment