Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-15
LOCAL BREYITIES.

IUCAL BREPlIlES.
There were no cases for trial in the
Police Court this morning.
The U. S. lig Clubhouse tender Afmeria
anchored off this city to-day.
The building of the steeple of St.
NIary's Church is rapidly approaching
completion.
Mr.. R. C. Burnett was fined $50 in
Washington yesterday for carrying a
concealed weapon.
Miss Fannie Mason has rented Bel
mont. near this city, and will open a
summer boarding house there.
The meeting of the Hydraulion Fire
COMPANY called for last night was post
poned, as none OF the officers were pre-
seCt.
In the Corporation Court to-day
Mrs. Jane Mob. Acton qualified as
guardian of her daughter, Alice Mob.
Acton.
An interesting illustrated lecture n
Japan will be delivered at Christ
Church tonight by Rev. ]. Thompson
Cole.
At the meeting last night of Alexan-
dria Council, Royal Arcanum, three
applications for membership were re-
ceived.
DIR. G. T. Klipstein has sold to T. E.
and W. B. Dulany a house on the south
side of Wytbe street, between Henry
and Fayette.
The schooner Earl P. Mason, after a
tempestuous voyage, arrived here to-
day from Windsor, N. S., consigned 10
Messrs. w. A. Smoot & Co.
A nine from the Washington Arsenal
beat the Old Dominions, of this city, in
a game of baseball on Colross grounds
yesterday, the score being "a to 8.
Mrs. Virginia Lount, who left ST.
Elizabeth Asylum two days ago with
out first having obtained permission,
surrendered herselfi in Washington yes
terday.
The Peoples Transportation Compa-
ny, of Washington, has completed ne
gotiations for the steamer Jane Nose
ley, and she left Baltimore for Wash
ington yesterday evening.
George Chichester and Winter Crup
per were arrested yesterday by Officers
Belts and Young on warrant from
the county, charged with assaulting
and beating Albert Stewart.
Some miscreant recently threw some
poisonous substance into the fountain
basin south of the Presidents house,
in Washington, resulting in the death
of over 200 gold and silver fish.
R. r. Knox, auctioneer, sold to-day
two houses in Northwest Alexandria to
]. K. NJ. Norton attorney for the Bal
timore Building and Loan Association,
of Baltimore city,, for the sum of $500
each.
The east and south walls of Christ
Church parsonage on, Washington
street are to be renewed and the build
ing otherwise improved. Mr.. A. G
Wyckof has been given the contract
for the work.
Mrs. Mariana Thornton, wife of P.
w. L. Thornton, and daughter of DR..
Elcon Jones, of Fairfax, died at Gar
field Hosnital, in Washington, on Mon
day. Her remains were inferred at
Fairfax G. II. today.
Spark circus performed on the old
fair grounds, upper King street, lasl
night to an average audience. Tho
acting was good and the trained ami
mails were very amusing. The COM
pany will be here three days.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington yesterday to William Har
per and Lille Scott, of Fauquier coun-
ty; Richard II. Burgess and Lucinda A.
Lewis, of Spottsy Ivania county, and
William E. McGraw and Sadie Cordel-
la Coe, of Loudoun county.
A called meeting of R. E. Camp,
Confederate Veterans, was held al
their rooms last night TO take action Oil
an invitation to visit Winchester on
June 9Th. The camp declined with
thanks the invitation to attend in n
body, but delegation of its members
will be present.
AS stated yesterday but few names
were added to the registration books
in this city. In the county the regis
trations have been very heavy, show
ing an increase in Washington district
of rs, in Arlington district of 100 anG
considerably over hundred in Jeffer-
son district.
The county excise board yesterday
granted a license to sch liquor to D. B.
Johnson, on the Columbia pike, near Ar
lington. W. A. Haley, at Jackson
City, and ]. 7. Patterson, at st. Asaph,
whose applications had previously been
denied, were granted licenses. The
others who have been refused licenses
made application for rebearing, which
was denied. A protest against the
granting of any more liquor licenses in
the county, signed by about fifty resi-
dents, was read.
To PREVENT LETTERING Among
the papers introduced in the City Coun-
Gil last night Was an ordinance to pre-