Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-07-13

guages in the colored high school Of
Washington. delivered very interest
ing address before the colored teachers
institute and others in the Second Bal
fist Church last night.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Louisa ]. Cooley, who died at Grace
Church rectory yesterday, took place
from Grace Church this afternoon at 4
O'Clock. The remains were taken to
Providence, R. l., for interment.
at Henry's Theatre on Monday nieb
there will be a boxing exhibition be-
tween Hite Peckham, of this city, and
Billy Fitzpatrick, of St. Louis. They
will 90 fifteen rounds, and the winner
will be matched to fight the victor in
the Raedy.M Mcmillan fight.
The midsummer clearing sale at D.
Bendheim & Sons has gone far beyond
their calculations. The exactness of
the prices, the fidelity of the announce
ment and the sweeping reductions
make this event a good opportunity to
lay in articles in the dry goods line.
1t is understood that both Judge Cole
and District Attorney Birney. of Wash
ington, have reported favorably to At
torney General Harmon on the petition
made by the citizens of northeast Wash
ington for Communication of the SEN
tence OF murderer Thomas ]. Taylor
from hanging to life imprisonment.
Several hundred people attended the
meeting on the old fair grounds last
night, and seemed to be very much in
terested in the speakers address. MIR.
Redding will conduct another meeting
tomorrow evening at five o'clock at
the corner of King and Washington
streets. ALI are invited.
Mary Williams, young dressmaker
who made such a desperate attempt to
end her life by cutting her throat at
her home in Washington about two
weeks ago, has fully recovered from the
effects OF the dangerous wound, but her
mind is so seriously affected that she
will in all probability have to 60 to the
insane asylum.
To escape arrest upon q charge of
larceny Arthur Wells, young man,
slot himself through the head last night
at his boarding house in Washington.
Wells was wanted for obtaining o bug
gy and set of harness from Robert Or
rison, a livery stable keeper. He had
hired the vehicle, but had sold it, and
the police had been looking for him
several days. He was removed to the
Emergency Hospital, and was alive at
late hour, but his recovery is oonsid-
cred impossible.
Temporary embarrassment was caus-
ed at the st. Asaph track yesterday by
strike of the thirty-6ve jockeys, ow-
ing to the refusal of the management to
to dismiss Assistant Starter Reynolds
far oII.c.a -bEs.Gality. After the hrSt
race the matter was compromised by
depriving Reynolds of his whip, and
the sport proceeded smoothly. There
was more talk of crooked riding and
just before one of the starts jockey
was made to dismount and his place
given to another.
Complaint is made by excursionists
who were landed here at half-past ten
o'clock last night from the steamer
Charles Manchester that the warehouse
on the wharf at the foot of Prince street
was closed, and they were compelled to
take the dangerous path around the
narrow ledge with the perpendicular
walls of the shed on one side of them
and tho dock on the other. There was
no one on the wharf to catch the lines
and one OF the deck hands was COM
PEELED to come ashore for that purpose.
One of the prettiest germans of the
season out in Fairfax was that given at
the courthouse on Wednesday evening.
Miss Antonio Wells was the hostess
and, leading the dance with Mr.. Yer
non Ford, the figures were gracefully
and beautifully danced. The ladies
never appeared more charming and
beautiful. The hall was prettily de-
corated and during the evening a col
lation was spread. 1t was very en-
joyable affair and will long be remem-
bered. Several from this city were
present and some from Washington and
Baltimore as well,
Mr.. Celsor Cesar Moreno, who was indicted
in Washington on Thursday for criminally
libeling Baron Fava, the Italian minister,
surrendered himself yesterday and was re-
leased on 81, 900 bail.