Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The driving park, near this city, is
being gotten in readiness for spring
racing.
The Board of Supervisors of Alexan-
dria county will hold a meeting on
Tuesday next.
There was a large attendance at
Christ Church last night to hear Mr..
Matthews's interesting lecture on the
Bible.
The Fairfax Road Commissioners
met in this city to-day and had before
them the road surveyor of Mt. Vernon
Vernon district.
The steamer Jane Moseley left here
this morning in tow for Baltimore,
where she will be put in order for the
excursion season.
1t is said that the men from Wash
iugton who have recently been selling
potatoes iu this city from wagons have
cheated their customers by selling
short weight.
In a trade of watches this morning
between two city officials n sleight Of
hand trick was played by II which
was not relished by the other, but the
trade was "sight-unseen."
The House of Representatives com
mittee on the District of Columbia has
decided to report favorablv a bill pro-
viding that the price of gas shall not
exceed 81 per thousand cubic feet.
Among the bills which were passed
by the Legislature but which were not
signed by the Governor was the n to
amend and re-enact an act to incorpo-
rate the Alexandria and Fairfax Pas
senger Railway Company.
At a regular council fire of Osceola
Tribe No. l, Improved Order of Red
Men, held in their wigwam on Thurs
day night, George w. Dix was elected
representative to the Great Council,
which meets in Roanoke May 18th.
The tempting bargains advertised by
the firm of |. Schwarz & Son has caused
their store to be crowded daily for the
past two weeks. Their advertisement
in to-day's paper asserts that even bet
ter values can now be obtained than
were offered last week.
The market to-day presented rather
a spring appearance. There were quite
liberal displays of flowers, while
greens were in abundance. Several
other varieties of spring vegetables
have also made their appearance,
Prices were about unchanged.
A committee of clergymen waited on
Mayor Strauss to-day and requested
him not to permit any more entertain
ments to be held in this city on Sun
days. The Mayor replied that their re-
quest would be complied with. No more
sparring matches will be permitted
either.
The drummer now puts his trousers
under his sample trunk at night to press
them and make them look English in
the morning. And three years ago q
man was in deep disgrace if there was
a crease in his trousers, because it in
Dictated hat they had been piled up on
the shop counter, and, therefore, were
not made to order.
Universal Lodge, No. 1, of colored
Masons, the oldest in the State, will
tomorrow night celebrate the forty
ninth anniversary of the founding OF
colored Masonry in Alexandria. Rev.
r. H. Robinson, of Cumbeland, has &C
cepted the invitation to deliver the an
niversary sermon. The event will tax e
place at Roberts Chapel.
In the House of Representatives yes.
terday the day was devoted to the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill.
Two amendments of Mr.. De Almond,
II to wholly eliminate the govern
ment as a tax-paying factor in the ex-
penses of the District, and the other
to reduce the share borne by the gen.
eral government from one half to one
third, were defeated.