The morning times., 1895-11-09
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

Ihere VIII he big fight in the city
| couhcl on Tuesday night next, over the
| question OF granting 10 the Washington
southern railway permission TO lay a
| double track on Fayftte street Some
| weeks ago a large delegation of the prop
erly owners and residents of Fayette street
| appeared before the street committee of
| the council and protested against any ex-
tension OF the tracks Ion the street. In
sphe or TINS protest the street committee
has decided TO recommend TO the CITY
council that the use OF the street be granted
the railway company, on condition that
IA euditlon To paving, II shall agree TO
sewer II also. The railway company in
its petition asks to be allowed 10 fence
in its tracks. but this the committee
Will not allow. A hot fight viii take
place over the adoption of the committee's S
report.
The Alexandria council of the Brother
hood of st. Andrew mas followed the ex-
ampieO its Nashin gt on brett rem a nd opeued
club room for the workingmen of the
city: Fine rooms ON. King street, Just
west OF Royal, have been secured and ha We
been comfortably fitted up, and here the
workingmen of the city are invited to
come aud spend pleasant evening, reading
me papers; books. etc. provided by the
brotherhood. The rooms were formally
opened ON Thursday night and bid fl ir to be
great success.
While John Gallory, 4 brickla yer. was
repairing wall in Duttun's ba rber shop
ON Union street yesterday morning. a big
piece of broken wall fell on his LETT hand
and badly cru shed il.
Mr.. George Greene. carpenter rcsid-
ing onupper King street, In coming across
Cameron and Fairfax streets Yesterday
evening stepped upon something slippery
and fell. The back of his head struck the
sidewalk aud cut a cash several inches
long. from which he bled prorusely. He
was taken to the police station. where
his hurts were dressed, and later he was
sent home.
The. Young Peoples Union "f the Pres
byterian Church is having trouble with
its committees. on whom the matter of
arranging work FOR the year devolves
and last night at a meeting held in the
church lecture room on Prince street new
committees were appointed. md the plans
for the winters work will be perfected.
Alexandria hunters report ducks and
wild turkeys quite plentiful in the swamps
of Great Hunting Greek aud on the
river.
Mr.. Harry Webster. n weI-knowu voupg
resident of this city. died yesterday at his
home, an Lee street, after n long illness
of consumption. Mr.. Webster, who was
but twenty-five years Of age, leaves a
wife and two young children.
Elmer Bruin was quite painfully hurt
in runaway accident on Monroe street
yesterday evening. The wagon in which
ne was seated overturned. and he was
kicked on the leg by the horse and
severely injured.
James Peters. the negro boy who was
charged with criminally assaulting little
Bertie Kuhn On Thursday night was found
guilty of simple assault in the mayors
court yesterday, and was sent to jail for
ninety days.
Messrs. r. w. P Garnett. Rev. DR..
Butler, John T. Walls, Russell Wilkerson
and Samuel Bush have been chosen dele
gates by the First BAPTIST Church to the
Baptist General Association, which meets
in Petersburg, Va, on the 18th instant.
The services in the Gospel Mission rooms
on Upper King street. will during the next
ten days be conducted by Miss Kimba II and
other mission workers from Washington city.
Capt. X Kemper deputy grand master
of MasoDs, with Col. T. II. Ficklin Mr.
Frank f. Anderson, and other 4 Alexandria
Masons. went to Manassas yesterday even
ing to pay fraternal visit to the Masonic
Lodge there.
The Alexandria Light Infantry, at its last
meeting. declined the invitation of the
CorcOran Cadet Corps of Washington to at
tend the fair.
Mr.. w. X. Griffith has been elected sec
retary of the Columbia Fire Company vice
Horace Swaine, resigned.