Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-01
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
An Independent Oo!orsd Candidate for the
Legislature
leaving Down an Old LandmarI-Re-
suits of Pool Room Fight
Other Notes of Interest.

| w IMAM Coleman, cOiOfeu, WHO ran as In
| dependent candidate for the city council
! from the fourth ward at the last spring cleo
ton ard who was defeated, has announced
| that he will he an independent candidate for
| the house of delegates this fall About two
months ago Coleman was arrested and SEN
| fenced to sixty days on the chain gang for
| an assault on another colored man, and last
| Saturday he was released, having served
his time Immediately thereafter he had his
| celtiheate prepared for fling in the clerks
oface of the corporation court. Coleman
| announced after his defeat last spring that
he intended to run at every election until he
succeeded in securing an office of some de-
scription from the people
Fight in Pool Room.
| A week or ten days ago a difficulty oc-
| Cured in the POOL room over Mr. d. w.
| Writings saloon, on Gibbon street, between
| TWO colored men named Dan Triplett and
Andrew Whiting. Triplett, it is said, cursed
Whiting, who was in charge of the pool
room, Whereupon Whiting knocked him
| down with beer bottle and kicked him.
hurting him so seriously that he has been
! latd Up ever since. Whiting was not arrest
| ed until yesterday, and when the case was
| called IL. the police court last night Triplett
was unable to appear. DIR. Ashby who is
attending him. stated that he did not think
pc very serious. Mayor Thompson released
| hitting on $50 bail to be on hand when
1f-piett can appear.
An Old Landmark Cone
TIE tearing down of az old frame dwell
| ms on Duke street a few doors east of
Fairfax removes one Of the oldest resi-
deIces in this city. Its architecture shows
| very plainly that it has been standing over
century. 1t was for a long time the resi-
derce of the Bangs family. and it was
there that the actor, Frank Bangs was
porn and reared, the family moving to
Washington shortly before the war. The
Old house is to be replaced by handsome
brick residence.
Property Transferred.
In deed offered for record in the clerks
Office of the corporation court yesterday
the Potomac Shoe Company of this city
and Robert L. Jones of Baltimore (the pur-
chs ser OF the factory when it was sold at
auct.on) jointly conveyed a two-thirds in
Ierest In the property at the corner of
Prince and Fairfax streets. consisting of
engines. machinery, etc, to the Delaney
Shoe Company OF this city. The same
pal ties also, By deed, have sold the ra-
malIder Of the shoe factory property to
Mr. A. d. Brockett and others.
brought Home for Burial.
The remains of Miss Sarah Morrell.
daughter of the late William Morrel, who
died on the 9th ultimo, at Waukasha.
WIS.,, OF heart failure, arrived in this city
yesterday evening and were taken to
Christ Church, where the funeral services
We're conducted by Rev. DIR. Wallis. The
services were attended by large number
OF the friends of the deceased. The inter.
ment was in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Police Court.
Mayor Thompson disposed of the follow
oled, charged with an assault on Peter
Johnson, fined five dollars; Thos Nugent,
charged with being drunk and dsorderly
and raising disturbance at the local depot
Sunday night, fined five dollars; Charles
Page, colored, charged with allowing Il
nuisance on his premises. was fined one
dollar.
Notes.
Tie seventh anniversary of tine Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum will be celebrated
rext Thursday evening with a musical pro-
gram, addra sses ETC., after which there will
be an oyster roast anu smoker in the gym
nasium.
Elizabeth. the three-year-old daughter of
Mr. s. A. Breen, died at the residence of
her parents on King street yesterday.
Messrs- Wheat & Suter have sold 10 DR..
H. P. Howard three lots in their subdivis-
icr in the northwestern part of the city.
Belle Haven Council, Junior Order of Amer
lean Mechanics, conferred the degrees of the
order upon three candidates last night.
The city treasurer yesterday paid the fire.
men and city officials their salaries. The
en- ployes of the city gas works were also
paid off.
Owing to the great change in the weather
the open cars on the electric railway have
been replaced by the closed ones.
Mr.. J. Stanley Neale. business manager
Of the Alexandria Times, has returned from
"a William county
Va.
Miss Bass of Bethlehem, Pa, is the
guest CT his sister. Mrs. French Smoot, on
Prince street.
Mr. Graham Hill of the telephone ex-
| change has returned from pleasant trip
to the country.
| Eary has returned from Europe. where he
| has been for the last fifteen months. Prof.
| Grammer is expected to sail Wednesday for
home.
| The family Of Mr. Julian T. Burke have
| returned from trip to the White Sui
phur Springs.
Three race horses belonging to Mr.. Hill
were shipped to Macon, Ga, where they
will be run at the siXty-day meet which
| is to be held in that city.
A large f ur-master loaded with ice
| for F. A. Reed 6 Co. arrived today from
| the Kennebec river.
A large gang of men are at work repair
ing the gas pipes on Duke street between
| Lee and Union streets.
Mayor thompson mas received letter
from the Honduras Manufacturing Com
pany of Mobile Ala. asking for informa-
ton concerning the facilities offered to
manufacturers in this city.
1t is reported that Policeman James Grit
fin will tender his resignation to Mayor
Thompson next Thursday, to take effect
the 18th of the month. Mr.. Griffin will
take the position of engineer for the Geo.
r. Hill Company.
During last month the clerk of the corpo-
ration court issued nine marriage licenses
| four to white and five to colored persons.
| He also recorded forty-nine deeds.
| A Story of Mystery.
| Do you know what a STORY of Mystery"
| is? 1t is a continued story of which all but
| the last chapter is printed, and then guesses
| are made as to the solution, then the final
installment is printed.
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