Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.

TIE B. B. & II. T. NJ. will meet to-
night at Miss Kaufmann's, III south
Fairfax street.
Rev. A. NJ. Smith will lecture before
the st. Andrews Brotherhood at ST.
Paul's Church tomorrow night.
Mr.. Vim. T. Aud, former we'll
known citizen of Fairfax. died near
Manassas on Sunday, aged "a years.
1.-TWO Old Cronies" was presented at
the lOpera House last night before a
fair audience, but the entertainment
did not come up to expectations.
Capt. VIM. E. Luckett, of the steam
er George Leary, of tie Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company, was
married yesterday to Miss Blanche G..
Adams, in Washington.
The report current in New York yes
terday that the Southern Railway en-
ployees were dissatisfied, induced
holders of shares in that road to lighte
their loads. To-day the stock advance
again.
A star route mail service has been
ordered from Ida to Fairfax, three
miles and back, three times week, by
a schedule of not to exceed one hour
running time each way, from March
l, 1895, to June 80, 1897.
Justices May, Whittlesey and Sipple
to-day heard the case of a colored man
against white man for pay for the
keep of horse and decided that as the
former had had the use of the horse he
had no standing in court.
The ladies of st. Hilda's Chapter,
Daughters of the King, will hold an
oyster supper for the benefit of the new
rectory of Grace Church, at Odd
Fellows Hall, north Columbus street,
tomorrow, Friday evening.
10 Richmond yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court motion was made
to set aside the verdict rendered yester-
day in the case of Mrs. Sublett versus
the receivers of the Richmond and
Danville road, but it was overruled by
the court.
Operations have been commenced in
Mr.. Thomas V. Risheill's new saw and
planning mill in the old Jameson & Col
ms foundry, southeast corner of Royal
and Wilkes streets. To-day some small
orders were being filled and by next
week the mill will be in full blast.
The M. E. Church South League
will hold q sociable at the church to-
morrow evening. The business meet
ing will be held OF 7:3O o'clock and af-
ter short service the sociable will be-
gin and consist of instrumental and
vocal music and Rotations. All are
invited.
| 1t is said that L. w. Brennan, for
merly proprietor ofthe Eldorado House,
will endeavor to compromise his troubles
here. 1t is also said that he has sold
his interest in the saloon to a man
named Nelson. Brennan is reported as
having said he has had his quantunl
suficit of Alexandria, and that he had
supposed his previous experience on
the Bowery in New York would have
qualified him for running public house
here, but the characters he had to deal
with were of another stripe entirely
from any he had formerly met.
In addition to the information and storm
signals at present in use by the weather bu.
reau, the adoption of a wind signal, to be
known as the Hurricane Signal" is an.
nounced. Whenever orders to hoist this sig.
nal are received at any weather bureau sta.
ton every effort viii be made By the officials
and employees of the service to give the warn.
| ings tho widest possible distribution, and all
| vessels will be notified that 1t is dangerous to
leave port.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton yesterday 20 Emery F. hardwood and
Katie Moore, both of Charlottesville, and to
]. L. Helm, of Ashland, and Fannie c. Power,
of Grafton, Va.
A man who gave his name as Elcott was
asphyxiated by gas at the Bristol House, in
Washington yesterday. Later he was identi.
fed as son of Detective Mattingly.
The accounts of Customs Collector Mono.
que, of Georgetown, have been found to be
correct.
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