Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.
O'Kane Council, c. B. L., will meet
tonight.

in the river off Battery Rodgers yester-
day morning.
The Richmond Terminal stockhold-
ers met in Richmond on Saturday and
adjourned to July %.
Lightning on Friday evening struck
the house of T. B. Martin, near Fairfax
Courthouse, and knocked Off the gable
end.
Richard 81. Willets. lumber dealer of
Washington, failed on Saturday. Liza
bilities, $44, 1S9, mostly with local
banks.
Much complaint has been made of
the disorderly conduct of the boys loaf
ing on the corner of King and Patrick
streets.
Mrs. Mary Arlington, wife of AL
phonso Arlington, is critically i'll at her
residence in the northern section of
this city.
]. c. Athey has sold to Mary E.
Hance house and lot on the sout'
side Of Queen street, between Pitt AID
ST. Asaph.
Alfred Young, of this city, is among
this years graduates in the Theological
Department Of Howard University,
Washington.
Captain Davis, superintendent of the
National cemetery, is having that GEM
etery cleared Of the broken trees, &C.,
which were blown down by Fridays
storm.
The threatening weather of yester-
! day lessened the usual number of Sun
day visitors to this city, and somewhat
diminished the congregations at some
Of the churches.
jim Dudley, cclored, who has been
on the chain gang twice recently for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
made his escape Saturday, and, so far
as known, has left the city.
A game of ball between the V. A.
club and the Alexandria Athletics, for
the championship of Alexandria and
prize of $40, will be played to-
morrow evening on Colross grounds.
No proposals had been left at the Au-
ditor's Office up to o'clock to-day for
sweeping and cleaning the streets. 1t
is said that there is some misunder.
standing as to the time for submitting
the bids.
At the sparring contests at Henry's
Theatre tomorrow night the principal
bout will be between Hite Peckham and
Billy Fitzpatrick. Another bout will
be between Billy Butler and Jack Talia-
ferro, both colored.
Captain Webster, of the police force,
has received letter from Sunbury, Pa,
stating that o man is there who an
swers to the description of DIR. How
ard, of Fairfax county, who is charged
with securing large sum of money
from Mrs. Specht under false pretenses.
In Washington on Wednesday man,
under the influence of liquor, was
struck by cable car and knocked sew
eral feet. A crowd gathered, but the
man soon reganed his feet, called to
an officer to disperse the crowd, took off
his hat, said he was q good democrat
and called for three cheers for democ-
racy.
Racing will probably begin at the
Grange Camp course on Thursday
Five races are to be run each day. At
torneys for the Driving Park course
and the Grange Camp course went to
Warrenton to-day, where Judge Keith
will hear arguments in the case grow
ing out of the war between the owners
of these two courses.
A dispatch received at this Office this
evening from Warrenton states that
Judge Keith to day, in the case of Mil
Ian VS.. the Grange Camp Association,
decided in favor of the association. 1t
is thought that this will prevent furth-
or interference with racing at the
Grange course.
Judge Norton to-day granted char
ter to the keystone Creamery Company,
the objects of which are TO establish
creameries and to make and sell butter,
cheese, SC. The capital stock is to be
100000. w. A. Andrews, of Allegheny,
Pa, is president, and A. B. Nettleton,
of Washington, is secretary and treas
urer. x. Kemper is agent in this city.
Some time since dispatch was pub
lished from Bridgeport, Conn, stating
that F. B. Hendricks had offered to
come on to Washington and protect the
city against the Co1eyites, &c. 1t is
thought that MIR. Hendricks is broth
or of Mr.. George and the late James
Hendricks Of the lower river. He is
well-known in this city where he visit
ed few years since.
The electric cars carried large num-
bers of persons from this city and
Washington to Riverside Park yester-
day who expected to witness game Of
baseball by nine from the Co1ey
camp and the Shamrocks Of Washing
ton. Some Coxeyites Gncluding Co1ey
the younger and the "legal-tender
goat') were on hand, but no game was
played for the reason that the late rains
had rendered the grounds too muddy
for such sport.
On Saturday the 12-inch rifle hurled
S50-pound projectile against an IS.
inch nickel steel Harveyized plate, the
most powerful ever tried, at the PROV
ing ground at Indian Head and tore the
33t tons of steel into great fragments.
The result was great surprise for all
OF the experts and sad blow to the
Bethlehem Steel Company, for unless
thew can do better with the next plate