Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-02-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The tug Eva Belle Cain has had hel
wheel II rudder repaired and is again
on the river.
The Carson Lime Company met al
Riverton yesterday and declared a div
idend of per cent.
To accommodate the travelling public
the electric railway company will to
morrow run its cars to Mount Vernon
on the summer schedule time.
Judge Tebbs, of the County Court Of
Loudoun, has appointed w. d. Hemp
stole clerk of said court to fill the V u
cancy caused by the death of Edgar
Littleton.
Julia A. Martin filed Il bill in Wash
ington yesterday against Henry c.
Martin for alimonv. He married her
in 1867 in this city, and there have been
eleven children.
Two men, said to have been masked,
created considerable alarm in the west
ern portion of the city last night. They
could not be found when the police put
in their appearance.
The Fairfax Supervisors have
awarded the contract for the rebuilding
of the approaches to the Hunting Creek
bridge to Mr.. r. A. Lacy of that county,
who yesterday commenced work.
Rev. Father Fallon, of Winchester,
delivered an interesting sermon before
a large congregation in st. Mary's
Church last night. This is the first Of
a series of sermons which will be de-
livered Tuesday nights.
In reference to the report that others
than A~leXandrians are employed on
the street Improvement work in the
northern part of the city, the contractor
says that Alexandrians and Alexandria
teams will be Employed they apply 10
him.
In the House of Delegates yesterday
Mr.. Bendheim introduced a bill to
amend the charter of the city in rela-
ton to SUPP lamental assessments of
property. This was at the request of
most of the members of the City Coun-
Gil.
The Great Falls railroad people, who
have been apparently inactive all the
winter, have made application to Con-
gress for al amendment to their char
ter, allowing them to enter George
town by way of Prospect avenue in
stead of the canal road.
Mr.. j. R. Cation, counsel for the Deis
Manufacturing Company, went to War
renton last night to prepare the order
in the case Of w. H. Fletcher VS.. the
Deis Company, which case, as stated
yesterday, has been decided by Judge
Keith in favor Of the company.
Fred James and Savia Condrotti, of
Washington, fought in a barn on the
opposite side Of the river early yester-
day morning. Condrotti was Knocked
out, but was not satisfied with the re-
suit, and another fight will probably be
arranged. The fight was for a purse Of
$50, with gate receipts.
The Hatch bill for the improvement
of the roads OF Alexandria county now
pending before the Legislature contains
the essential points of a good law. The
work of construction and repairs of the
roads is TO be done by contract and
proper supervision of the roads is pro-
vided for. The county people say the
bill should pass without opposition.
The Washington conference of Con-
gregational churches met yesterday in
Baltimore. The conference is made up
of churches in Maryland, District of
Columbia and Virginia. Mr.. G. a. l..
Merrilield, Of Falls Church, read a re-
port showing the condition Of the
churches in the District of Columbia.
There are six and all of them are
prosperous. Rev. B. w. Pond, Of
Washington, presented the reports
from Herndon and Falls Church.
1t is said hat the woman VINO jump
ed from the Long Bridge Monday even
ing was Tillie Brown, colored, who
with several companions had been to
Jackson City reveling in the Monte
Carlo delights Of that suburb, and were
returning in a hack to Washington.
Her loss began to prey upon her mind,
and she stated that she intended to give
up the life she had been leading, and
return to her husband, from whom she
had been separated. A taunt from n
of her female companions to the effect
that her husband would not receive her
made her desperate, and she sprang
from the vehicle and into the Potomac.
She was soon rescued.