Evening star., 1895-10-11
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
The Rebuilding of the City Gas Works to
Shorty Begin.
Populists will Present q Candidate
for the Legislature-Other Mir.
rorings of q Busy Town.


Mr. VIM. Oates of Philadelphia, an ex-
pert on gas housesconstruction. arrived In
this city yesterday and went to work on
the preparations necessary for the rebuild
ing Of the three old benches in the city gas
works. which have been burned out
The benches contain fifteen retorts. and
the work of rebuilding them will take some
weeks. WI en- 1t is completed the gas works
will then lie in thorough order, and will
have capacity enough to keep up with the
! increase in the consumption Of gas for sew
eral years to come.
Another Legislative Candidate.
1t is understood that Mr.. Frank Harper.
the chairman Of the populist party in this
city. will be a candidate for the house Of
delegates. This will make three candidates
already announced-Coleman, the colored
| independent candidate; the democratic cam
didate, who will be nominated tomorrow,
and Mr.. Harper. the populist candidate:
The republicans have not yet announced
enc. and 1t is not supposed that they will
do SO.
Union Mission i'm New Quarters.
The Union Mission, which has been hold
ing services In a tent on the old fair
grounds for the past six weeks, has fitted
up hall at No. 1910 King street. where 1t
will continue to hold meetings nightly. A
special program OF sacred SoEg mas peen
prepared for this week.
Disorderly and Armed With Weapons.
Last night at about 9:3O the cries of "Po-
lice! Police!' could be heard in the neigh
borhood of the local depot. 1t appears :hat
two young white men, named Frank Gil
man and George Johnson, had gone into
the eating house of Ben Lucas colored.
who keeps just opposite the depot, hunting
for man who had struck one of them.
They became very disorderly, and, upon
| being ordered to get out Of the place. one
one there could put them out. The officers
were telephoned for and Officers Jones,
Dean and Wilkerson responded. and took
the men to the station house. This morn
ing Mayor Thompson fined them so each
under the city ordinance for carrying con-
cealed weapons. whereupon the prisoners
announced that they would carry the case
to the corporation court.
Police Court Cases.
Mayor Thompson this morning disposed
Of the following cases: Sarah Alexander.
colored, charged with escaping from the
work house, had thirty days added to her
original sentence; Ella Lee, colored. charged
with disorderly conduct. dismissed: Harry
johnson. colored. charged with an assault
on George Anderson. colored, fined 81.
Personal and General Notes.
Church entertained the members of his con-
sregation at the parsonage last night.
The October term, which is a grand jury
term, of the corporation court will begin
Monday.
City Engineer Dunn has temporarily en-
ployed Mr.. Lewis kemper as an assistant
in the place made vacant by the removal Of
Mr.. w. B. Dobie.
Mr.. Harry Callan left yesterday evening
for the exposition in Atlanta.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Lee Ledman have return
ed from their wedding trip. They will make
| this city their future home.
Mr. John Craven is quite sick at homo
with malarial fever.
Alexandria council of the Jr. o. W. A. M.
held regular meeting last night, and con-
| ferred degrees upon several candidates.
The employees of the water works were en-
gagged yesterday in repairing the leaking
out-offs to the water pipes in different parts
of the city.
1t is reported that the first ice of the sea-
! son formed in exposed places last night.
This is the first time that ice has formed
this early in the season for number Of
years.
have been requested to meet at Peabody
Hall tonight at I:3O o'clock, to reorganizs
the class Of methods.
The schooner French Smoot was sold at
public auction yesterday by Messrs. O'Neil
and Lunt for Mr.. Thos. Ballnger, and was
purchased by Mr.. w. Rohde OF Washington
for $725.
The committee on streets considered last
night the communication from the Washing
ton Southern railway. asking permission to
lay double tracks on Fayette street.
Col Lewis c. Barley has named the fol-
lowing delegates to the convention tomor-
row: Messrs. F. II. Marbury, Saml. G.
Brent, Frank Price. c. C. Carlin G. w.
Bontz, Henry Strauss, Harry Yohe, T. L.
Cockrell and Leonard Marbury.
A large crowd attended the dedication OF
the New Grace Church parsonage last
night. A short prayer service was held in
the church. after which the congregation
| visited the parsonage.
Little Mabel Paige and her company Of
players have been playing at the Opera
House all this week to fair-sized audiences.