Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-20
LOCAL BREYITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Literary Class will meet tonight
at 1880 o'clock in Peabody Building.
The Thirteen Club yesterday went to
Bryan's Point on the yacht Americas
and enjoyed shad bake.
The work of pointing up the walls
and making other improvements to the
Market Building is in progress.
A pension has been granted to Cyrus
Hauls, alias Cyrus Buckner, and re-
issue to Peter julius of this city.
The frescoing of St. Mary's Church
has been completed and the work is
admired by all who have seen it.
Mr.. Rozier Brown has purchased
four of the horses OF Doc Street and will
race them at the tracks in the county.
A preliminary meeting, it is said, will
be held at an early day for the purpose
of reviving the Young Mems Christian
Association in this city.
The explosion of gasoline stove at
| 70S Ninth street northeast Washington,
Saturday, badly burned Mrs. Frederick
Wilburn and set fire to the house.
At their meeting on Saturday night
the Hydraulion fire company decided
not to take part in the Confederate
memorial exercises on Friday next.
Journeymen bakers, in Washington,
on Saturday, demanded $3.50 per day.
Boss bakers say they cannot afford to
pay it without increasing the price Of
bread.
Lee Camp has received an invitation
from Pickett. Buchanan Camp of Nor
folk to attend the Confederate Memo
rial services in that city on the 18th
instant.
The excursion boats did large bust
ness yesterday. The steamer City of
Richmond made her first trip to Coo
NAL Beach, but her speed was disap-
pointing.
The nickle work is being fitted on
the Relief truck. The overhauling and
repainting of the truck will, it is said,
be finished on Thursday. The Relief
company will meet tonight.
The Knights of Jerusalem, a colored
organization, about four hundred
strong, came here from Washington
Yesterday, and attended services at
Roberts Chapel, where Rev. S. G. Grit
fifth preached special sermon.
Judge Nicol in vacation has entered
a decree in the Circuit Court of this
city in the case of r. L. Walton vs. R.
C. Smith, executor, authorizing j. r.
Cation, trustee, to deliver to Laura Y.
Walton certain securities now held by
him.
The only incident worthy of merton
at Alexander Island on Saturday was
the appearance of the sheriff, who at
tached four of the horses belonging to
S. w. Street, on behalf of feed man.
The horses seized were Tuscan, GIMME,
Cadiz and Mrs. Bowser.
A colored man from the county was
arrested in this city this morning, at
the instance of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, charged
with cruelty toward COW. The man
had halter attached to the cows head
and was pulling the animal behind
wagon. At the foot of King street the
cow fell.
10 letter to friend in this city DR..
Blackford, Superintendent of the State
Hospital at Staunton, writes that the
smallpox in that city is confined to one
locality and among colored people. AS
a precautionary measure, however, the
gates to the front Of the hospital have
been closed to all except those having
h,o;nosC of tho ipotituti0n
About 3 o'clock yesterday evening
Rev. John w. Matchett, assisted by
several members of the colored Y. n.
C. A., of Washington, held religious
services in the open air at Jackson City.
Rev. Matchett has extended an invita-
ton to the Kings Daughters, of Wash
ington and Alexandria, and number
of them will probably take part in the
services next Sunday.
The churches were all we'll attended
yesterday. Rev. Mr.. Myers, former
rector, preached both morning and
evening at Trinity Church. Rev. Mr..
Kinks, of Upperville, preached at the
Railroad Mission in the afternoon. Last
night at the Baptist Church Rev ]. n.
Butler preached to the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, the occasion be-
ing the celebration of their anniversary.
The game of baseball played on Sat-
urday between the Episcopal High
School and Maryland Agricultural Col
lege teams resulted in another victory
for the High School team at score of
Is to 8. 1t was very pretty game up
to the fourth inning, when the visitors
lost their nerve. A large number of
ladies and gentlemen from this city
witnessed the game. During the game
the umpire was accidentally struck on
: the head by the ball and was quite bad
ly hurt.
W. 81. Trayers, overseer of the
chain gang, was before the Mayor this
morning charged with allowing col
ored man named Charles Armistead to
escape from the chain gang. ARMS.
stead is the man who started the fight