Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-09-08
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

The fire wardens have purchased
another horse for the Relief truck.
New awnings have been placed over
the windows of the custom house build.
ing.
Mr.. I. Eichberg will continue his
blanket sale for another week. See his
advertisement.
Until further notice the Sunday ser
vices in St. Paul's Church will be at IL
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
A called meeting of the Columbia
fire company will be held tonight. A
punctual attendance is requested.
D. Bendheim g. Sons have special
sale of stout serges next week. They
are daily receiving new fall dress goods.
Some of the colored people of this
city will celebrate the S1st anniversary
of the emancipation of slavery on Mon
day, the Oath inst.
A pet dog belonging to Mr.. Ned
Brockett jumped overheard from fer
ry boat between this city and Washing
ton on Thursday and was drowned.
A monument to the late Rev. Jacob
A. Walter, pastor of st. Patrick's Cath
Ole Church, Washington, will be I'M
yelled in Mt. Olivet cemetery to-mor-
row. .
Numbers of white people attend the
services now held in tent by the con-
gregation of Roberts Chapel at the
corner of Washington and Wilkes
streets.
The weather to-day was hot again,
the thermometer registering 900. The
heat of the sun was Oppressive and en-
nervating. There was thunder show
er this evening.
Only routine business was transacted
at the meeting of the Relief Hook and
Ladder Company last night. The ques-
ton of providing uniforms for the men,
bers was postponed until next meeting.
The newly elected grand officers of
Good Templars, the names of which
appeared yesterday, were installed, in
Staunton yesterday, with the usual cere-
monies, and the Grand Lodge adjourn
ed last night.
Mrs. Jane Powell, widow of the late
Walter Powell, and mother of Mr..
Joseph II. Powell, died at her home in
Fairfax G. H., on Sunday last, after
short illness of paralysis, aged "a years.
Mrs. Powell was Miss Roberdeau.
Attention is called to the advertise.
ment of /. Schwarz & Son. The special
features for the next week are ready
made sheets, pillow cases and ladies'
bleached underwear. The goods are
marked at less than you can buy the
cotton alone.
Three scows used in transporting
garbage and filth from Washington were
anchored in the stream opposite Alex
andria, yesterday evening, and the
orders from them were waited by the
east wind throughout the city, to the
disgust of everybody.
Arrangements are being made for the
establishment of g new steamboat line
between Norfolk, this city and Wash
ington, to be know as the Peoples Line.
1t will at first be tri-weekly liue. 1t
is said that Baltimore-Norfolk line by
the same company is possibility. The
steamer which will be put on the route
is the New Haven and she will 60 on
in about ten days. She is now in New
York having electric lights put in.
A fire of mysterious origin destroyed
the entireIplant of Nicolai Bros, deal
ers in oils, at Canal and X streets,
Washington, Yesterday evening. The
loss was complete. as nothing was res
cued but the safe. The damage is esti
mated at $4,000. The firemen, on
their arrival, saw that it would be ut.
terly impossible to save any part of the
warehouse or the oil tanks, and de-
voted their attention to the preserva-
ton of the large gasometer and the adj
joining houses, which they did. The
report that a request had been sent
here to hold the fire engines in readi-
ness to assist was entirely incorrect.