Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-14
ALEXANDRIA. AFFAIRS
Meeting Of the City Council and
Business Transacted.
SOCIAL and PERSONAL AFFAIRS
The Electric Road and Its Different
Proposed Extensions.
MA NY P A r A G r A P H S

Work was commenced Monday on the
extension of the electric railroad. AS was
stated in The Star. the street will not be
torn Up until the rails are received in this
city. In the meantime the poles will be
erected and the overhead wires strung.
An old scow was torn to pieces yesterday
for the purpose Of using the lumber in re-
placing the bulkhead along Union street
between Queen and Princess. where the
floods and tides have washed the sidewalk
away.
A letter has been received by Mayor
Strauss, asking for information of a woman
named Marguerite Vedecum, or Wedecum,
who. the letter stated, died in this city be-
tween 1886 and 1890.
MIR. F. L. Entwisle discovered a man in
his yard Monday night. He shot at the
intruder, but failed to do any damage fur
Their than soaring him off.
Mr.. VIM. Wood. engineer Of the Columbia
Fire Engine Company, received q letter
from Mrs. George Beach a day or so ago,
asking aid for herself and two children.
She stated that her rent was due and that
she had no money to clothe herself and
children, and that they were starving to
death. The Columbia company yesterday
sent Mrs. Beach two wagon loads of gro
ceries, donated by two merchants of this
city; also purse from the company Any
one desiring to help this destitute family
can do so by sending whatever they may
desire to Mr.. Wood. 1t will be remembered
that Mrs. Beach's husband was killed ON
the night OF August IL, while trying to stop
the horses of the hook and ladder COM
pany, which had run away
Mr.. Alexander J.wedderburn, formerly of
TINS city, master of the Virginia State
Giahge; mas been appointed to represent
tle Baltimore centennial exposition at the
n lmeeuans OF the Illinois State Grange, which
marriage license was issued in WASH
1ngton yesterday to Joseph Harrison and
Mary Conway, both of Alexandria county.
Capt. Walter Wood, who is we'll known in
this city, is very sick at his home at
Smiths creek.
Mr.. Warren X. Snyder, formerly of this
city, and Miss Emily NJ. Arlidge Of WASH
ington are to be married on the 21st.
Messrs. Sherman Fowler and George ID.
Warfeld Of this city are to be groomsmen.
Rev. Thomas Beckham. brother of Mr.
J. G. Beckham, died at his home, in south
west Virginia, Monday.
Mr.. Robert Rudd died in Washington
Monday. Mr.. Rudd was for many years
Superintendent of the round house of the
virginia Midland railway in this city. Dur
Lynchburg. Recently the deceased had
been living in Washington and was en-
ployed In the navy yard there at the time
Oh MS Qeatn.
Officer Keith Davis of the police force is
on ten days leave.
Miss r. Honch of Baltimore is visiting
relatives in this city.
The steamer Florence, which has been
engaged In running excursions at Norfolk
during the summer. has tied up at Lam
mons wharf for the winter.
The regular meeting of the city council
was held at their rooms last night, and
they transacted some important business
Mi. A. r. Cox. citv fay COLLECTOR In
his resignation, which was &C cepted, and
an ordinance was passed authorizing p.
+. German Of the northern district to COM
plete the collections of Mr.. Cox at a COM
furnish bond in the sum Of $4,000. The
lower board passed an ordinance creating
the office Of city engineer. at a salary Of
1880 year. The board Of aldermen laid
the matter over until the next meeting,
and fight will probably be made on the
proposition. DIR. Julian Miller was elected
physician to the poor, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of DIR. Gulick.
as mentioned in The Star. Four members
of the school board were elec ted from each
ward in the city.
E. B. Branch, esq.,, of Petersburg who
Is the grand lecturer for the l. o. O. F..
of Virginia, paid an official visit to Serepta
Lodge, No. 46, last night, and on Friday
night will pay an official visit to the Po-
tomac Lodge. No. 80. He will be assisted
by the popular grand representative Of
Abe Douglas, who has frequently figured
in the police court here, but who has
lately professed religion, took laudanum
last night, with suicidal intent, but is re-
ported as being alive today. 1t is said that
his mind has become unbalanced on the
subject of religion.
Yesterday Justice A. j. Fair Of the first
ward saw a black boy, armed with a
trowel, deliberately cut and mutiiate a
door step. and as the law empowers any
oonservator of the peace to arrest the per-
petrator Of such acts without a warrant,
he seized the youth and placed him under
arrest. The boy struggled and resisted,
not liking any one to arrest him who was
not regular officer. The Justice finally
landed him in the station house. Mayor
Strauss told his mother that the law i'm
posed fine of IS in such cases, but If she
would take him down stairs and give him
whipping ne would be released. This
the woman gladly agreed to do and after
she had given the culprit warming up
he was released. Complaints are contin-
ually being lodged at the station house
that boys, white and colored, wantonly de-
face property. This work of vandalism Is
generally carried on at night, and the cap
ture Of the miscreants Is by no means
easy.
At the regular meeting of the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry Monday night no bus
mess of Importance was transacted.
The body Of the late Mr.. Robert Rudd
who died in Washington, as stated in The
STAR was brought to this city yesterday
evening and inferred. The funeral took
place from Mr. Jas. w. Shinn's. The pail
bearers were Messrs. VIM. Fleming. John
Buckham. Albert Nails, Andrew Nichol-
son, l.. Marbury and F. Marbury. Rev.
r. E. Carson of the Methodist Episcopal
Church conducted the services.
freight car on the Washington South
ern railroad jumped the track at the cor
ner of Duke and Fayette streets Monday
night, and for a time blocked travel.
Mr. Frank Daffell of Fauquer county and
Miss Dollie Dillingham; of Fairfax county
were married at Pohick Church Monday af
ternoon. The maids of honor were Miss
Phoebe Gillingham, sister of the bride, and
Miss Jennie Lewis of this city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Daffell left on an early train for an
extended trip through the south. There
were large number present including rel
atives and friends from this city, Wash
ington and New York. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. s. A. Wallis, rector Of
the church.
Charles Jackson and Hattie Forntleroy,
a pair Of dusky lovers, had aquarrel in the
northern part of the city a night or so
ago, during which Jackson whipped out a
knife and made a murderous slash at Hat
tie. The blade came in contact with one of
her arms and made an ugly flesh wound.
She hastily made tracks for the station
house and preferred charges against her
assailant, but later peace having been
patched up she withdrew them, alleging
that the cutting was accidental.
Officers Howson, Sherwood, Webster, Bet
tbs, McCuen and Jones made a raid on nine
no in he h