Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-31
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ANDRIA.
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10th, 18th & F SITS, n. w,
WASHINGTON. D. c.

The sundry civil appropriation bill
for the fiscal year 1895 was reported TO
the Senate yesterday from the commit
ttee on appropriations. 1t contains q
provision for the purchase of the Ma
hone-Windsor property in Washington
for the government printing office, at a
cost not to exceed $250,000.
Talisman Lodge, I. o. G.. r., met last
evening, and after the transaction Of
the usual routine business, elected
officers for the ensuing term, who will
be duly installed on next Monday even
ing by the Deputy Grand Chief Temp.
lar The lodge will give an excursion
10 River View on August ODD.
The city democratic committee will
meet tonight to fix the time for hold
irg meetings to elect delegates to the
Congressional convention which meets
in this city on August 10th. The meet
inss will probably be held early next
week. Most Of the counties in the dis
trct have elected delegates, and so far
Mr.. Meredith has no opposition.
Councilmen J. M. Griffin and Z. ID.
Cole, of the city gas committee, will
leave to-day or tomorrow to inspect
the gas works at Alexandria, Washing
ton and other points with the view of
informing themselves as to certain
modern improvements which they con
template introducing in the works here
fredericksburg Lance.
Mrs. Hessie Negley, daughter of the
late Joseph Hopkins, of this city, died
Yesterday of typhoid fever at the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, where
she had gone to see her husband who
recently had an operation performed
on him there. Their little child is ex-
caedingly i'll at Oxford, Nd. Mrs. Neg
ley's body was taken to Hagerstown,
Md, for trial.
A commonwealth named Jennings applied
TO Mayor Strauss yesterday for permission to
make an open air speech in front of tho Brad
dock House. He WAS told he had better rent
a hall and not have street meeting. He was
also told that the peculiar doctrines which
would be promulgated by him would not be
rclished hereabouts. To-day another man.
supposed to DO commonwealth, waited on
the Mayor and asked permission to speak OH
the public streets. His request WAS refused.
and the Mayor told him as he did the first, to
rent hall. The stranger said he would not
rent hall and would speak in the street
The Mayor warned him that should he do so
he would be locked up.
The examination of tho white public school
teachers, whe do not hold professional certi-
icatcs. was commenced in Washington school
building this morning by Superintendent K.
kemprr. The following is list of the per-
sons taking the Teachers Examination
Misses Alice E. Thomas Mamie n. Davis,
Virginia koxbury, Mary E. Finch, NJ. ]. K.
t1cklin, Mamie Mcfarland and Clara v.
Hickerson.
Mrs Marian Beach, who lived near Fairfax
Courthouse, died yesterday afternoon. She
was sister OF the late George H. Markell, of
this city. Her funeral took place this even
ing and was attended by her relatives from
Alexandria.
couple of sharks in Annapolis harbor are
keeping boys from swimming there. 1t would
take more than two sharks to keep the Alex.
andria boys from going in swimming.
Many new buildings are now being erected
in the county. many more than were ever
built during any previous year of its history.