Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-16
LOCAL BREVITlES.

The steamer Wakefield left for Bal
timorc Saturday forrepairs.
This is the last day for saving dis
count on gas bills for the quarter.
a special term of the L. S Court,
Judge Il. w. Hughes, will be held in
this city tomorrow.
Mr.. 2. NJ. Bradshaw is mentioned as
q candidate for the Board of Aldermen
from the Third ward
Numbers of colored people went to
Washington TO day 10 attend the emaE-
cipation celebration there.
Messrs. J. A. & w. w. Cogan have
been given the contract for the plumb
ing work in Mr.. L. Portncy's new res
idence at Manassas.
A game of baseball between the
Write Star and King of the Diamond
clubs VIII be played OF the Coiross
grounds Wednesday,
The sparriug exhibition which was to
have taken place in Henry's Theatre
Thursday night, has been postponed
until Monday, April %.
In game of ball played Saturday
between the High School niue and the
Dght School nine from Baltimore, The
former won by Il score of 81 TO 9.
Dr.. T. Marshall jones' is making
quite extensive additions and improve
ments 10 his Office and residence at the
corner OF Prince and Pitt streets.
Several gentlemen from the North
I,aa,, al No,. 4 1avan,i,ia II I'm
the past few days, it is said, with the
object of locating manufacturing plants
there.
Many ladies who had been prevented
from wearing their new Easter bonnets
and gowns by the unpropitious weather
appeared in them yesterday for the
first time.
In Washington on Saturday George
Gardner and John Travers, policy play
ers, were sentenced 10 pay fine of
$500 each and to be imprisoned two
months in Jail.
The members of Potomac Tent, No
50, |. O. r., will meet ut the A. & f.
depot tomorrow CTuesday) night at G
o'clock p m, for q fraternal visit to
Anacosta Tent.
Four new dwellings are now in pro.
cess of erection in West End. Since
the erection of the glass bottle works
there, about q year ago, over twenty
new houses have been erected.
A number of colored persons from
Shiloh Church were baptized in the
river off Battery Rodgers yesterday
evening in the presence of large num-
Der of spectators.
A new German Lutheran church was
opened in Washington yesterday at the
top of the hill where New Jersey ave
nue. reaches NJ street A number Of
persons from this city were present.
The County School Board met at the
old Court House to-day and fixed the
county school levies as follows: Jeiler-
son district, % cts. on the 800; Wash
iugton district, 80 cents, and Arlington
district, 10 cents. The usual routine
business WAS transacted.
The revival services at the Baptist
Church yesterday were very interesting
and were largely attended. During
the day there was one addition and
three others were baptized Services
will be held again this evening, begin
MIN promptly at 7:50 o'clock.
Mr.. j. II. Greene, counsel for jim
Robinson, coicred, now confined in jail
here under sentence to be hanged at
Manassas on Friday for criminal as
sault on white woman, has sent a pc
tition to Governor O'Ferrall asking fol
respite for Robinson in order TO take
the ease to the Court of Appeals on q
petition for new trial.
Messls. Jones and others, the lesseeS
If the Jackson City lands on which is
70 be laid out a race trace, have refused
to obey the order of Judge Barton, O.
Fredericksburg, directing them to stol
onerations there and to-day largs
force of hands is at work erecting sta
hles und other buildings. The matter
will come up before Judge Keith IL
Warrenton tomorrow.
On Friday night lady and hei
daughter were walking near the corner
of Washington and Duke streets when