Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-23
ALEXANDRIA NEWS.
Meeting of the City Council and Other
Matters.


At the regular semi-monthly meeting Of
the city council last night there was little
or no business of Importance transacted
though the session lasted for two hours
The appropriation bill for the fiscal year
1S9i-95 was passed by both branches The
committee on streets reported that as per
an order from the last meeting of council
they had advertised for bids for sweeping
and cleaning the streets and alleys and the
following bids had been received: Studs &
Breienger o3 cents per 1000 square yards
for sweeping, sprinklng. &C.. 81 per day for
each horse, cart and driver, and s1.15 per
day for each laborer. John Lally, IS cents
per loo square yards and 81. IS per day for
each horse and cart and 81 per day for each
laborer Thos. Duncan, 81 1-2 cents per ], 900
square yards for sweeping and cleaning.
81. per day for each horse and cart and
81 per day for laborers. Each bid was ac-
companied by a certified check for slOO
John Duncan being the lowest bidder II
was recommended that he be given the
contract. After much discussion. however
the entire matter was laid over until the
next regular meeting of council.
An ordinance granting the use of ROYAL
street. from King to Franklin, for the pur-
pose OF making connection with the various
steam railroads and hauling freight cars
through the streets between the hours of
IL pm. and a. m, was, after much de-
bate, referred to a committee of five con-
sisting of three members from the low err
board and two members of the upper hoard
The gentlemen appointed were Messrs.
Snowden, chairman; Uhler and Harrison
from the common council, and Burke and
Sweeney from the board of aldermen.
Big preparations are being made for the
observance of confederate memorial day on
Thursday. There will be a street parade i'm
the afternoon, in which the Alexandra
Light Infantry, st. Johns Cadets, fire com
panies and Knights of Pythias will join
with the confederate veterans. Appropriate
carpmnniaG IA af
and at the mound in Christ Church ward
A horse attached to a buggy belonging to
DR.. Howard ran away from in front of his
residence on Washington street yesterday
afternoon and completely demolished the
buggy and harness. The horse was cut and
scratched a good deal, though not seriously
hurt.
Miss Alice Turner of warrenton, who has
turned to her home.
MIR. Edgar Warfield has resigned as COM
missioner of elections from the first ward,
In the police court this morning Sarah
Levi for disorderly conduct was fined So
Rebecca Quill for stealing a picture was
fined $3.50. Chrichene Nunceado, an Italian
fruit vender, for beating a child was fined
III. Cassie Thomas for disorderly conduct
was lined ~ Mayor Strauss presided
Mr.. Ashley Miller is quite sick at his home
on South Washington street.
Mr.. NJ. b. Harlow has qualified as adj
ministrator on the estate of the late Mrs.
Mr.: Ernest OFT will leave for Wheeling.
w. Va, tomorrow.
Thursday will be the election day for
state officers. AS yet there is no opposjtion
to the regular democratic ticket nominated
in the primary.
VIM Hall, colored. has escaped from the
chain gang.
The boxing matches at Dan Henry's the
alter last night, under the auspices of the
Pastime Athletic Club, were not as well ar
tended as was anticipated. Owing to the
inclemency of the weather only about one
hundred people witnessed the contests The
first bout was between two colored middle
weights. Butler and Toliver. and was won
by the former easily in the seventh round
The principal bout of the evening was be-
tween Hte Peckham. Dan Henry's protege.
and Billy Fitzpatrick of Missouri Peckham
won with hands down in the sixth round,
though he had given Fitzpatrick the ad-
vantage Of twenty pounds in weight.
Last evening about Gas o'clock Annie
Butts, a colored woman fifty-six years old,
living at 1896 Sumner street fell on the