Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-05
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Rev. - Pinkney, formerly of this
city, died in Baltimore last Friday.
Rev. Carl Grammer, of the Theolo-
gical Seminary, preached yesterday al
Emanuel p. E. Church, Baltimore.
The Hydraulion Fire Company will
hold their monthly meeting o-morrow
night, when it is said the resignation OF
Driver Langley will be accepted.
a gentleman from the North who
vas in the city last week looking for
ld-fashioned furniture purchased about
$3.50 worth from an Alexandria dealer.
Mr.. J. Sidney Douglas has purchased
for 500 the handsome piano belonging
to the Alexandria Musical Association,
which association has decided to dis
band.
John A. Seaton, colored, formerly Of
this city, but now of New York, has
come back to attend to some business.
His shadow has not grown less since lie
was last here.
Mr.. VIM. Gambrill, a prominent
farmer of Baltimore county, Nd, died
on Friday evening at his home, near
Convention station. He was the father OF
Prof. Gambrill, of this city.
The bright and springlike weather of
yesterday "a marked contrast with that
of the previous Sunday induced many
people to appear on the streets. and al
the churches had good congregations.
There were also q large number Of Wis
itors in the city.
Henry Jackson, colored, wanted at
Falls Church for burglary on several
counts, was arrested in Washington on
Saturday by detectives who had been
searching for him for two weeks. He
has Il wife in Philadelphia, but recently
married a young woman in Washing
ton.
DR.. Slade gave a demonstration Of
spirit power at the Opera House last
night before an appreciative audience.
Some OF the features We're remarkable
and completely dumfounded all pre-
sent, including the committee of gen
tlemen who were on the stage. The
entertainment will be repeated next
Sunday.
AT Grace Church last night the rec
tor, Rev. c. E. Ball, preached the third
of his course of sermons to men, the
subject being Strength in Prayer"
Rev. Alfrel Harding, rector of St.
Paul's Church, Washington, who had
been expected to preach, was unavoid-
ably prevented from coming. Service
tomorrow at Z a. m.
Daniel Mal!ett, colored, who was re-
Gently arrested in Washington is in Jail
in this city, held for an assault in throw
ing Il stone that injured Mr.. Nauck OF
the county. \ colored man named
Butler, had been arrested for the Of
Tense. but the charge against him was
abandoned. Mallatt says that a man
from Mt. Pleasant was with him at the
time of the assault.
Considerable excitement was occa-
sioned on Cameron street, near Alfred,
about Z o'clock Saturday night by cries
of distress which were said to have en-
anated from a house in hat neighbor-
hood, and 100 or $50 people o o gath
cred. Officer Keith Davis, upon being
appraised of the affair, went to the house
and entered it, but the residents denied
that ANY disorder had occurred therein.
There will be a large meeting of men
in Epiphany church, Washington, at s
p. m, tonight, under the auspices Of
the local council of the District of Co.
lumbia, of the Brotherhood of st. An
drew, to which all the brotherhood men
of Alexandria, are invited. The pur-
pose of the meeting is to arrange pre-
liminaries for the general convention OF
the brotherhood to be held in Washing
ton early in the fall. The object of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew is the
spread OF christianity,