Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-16

John W. Bancroft, well-known ply
stefan, died Saturday at his residence,
at Arlington, at the age rs.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday to James Moore,
of Aide, and Jennie Barron, Of Fau-
quier county.
Thomas Cunningham, about forty
years of age, fell dead about 8 o'clock
last night, in VIM. Reagan's saloon, in
Washington.
A pony belonging to Capt. William
II. Smith fell in its stall last night and
broke one of its legs. This morning
the animal had to be killed.
The stockholders of the North West
Improvement Company will meet on
the 2Sth to make provision for the dis
charge of a mortgage debt of $4,000.
The colored relief committee have so
far relieved about one hundred and
fifty destitute families. Numbers Of
white people have aided in the work
by their contributions.
An Italian fruit dealer to. day tempt
ed to thaw some frozen oranges by
making a fire under his cart which
stood on the corner of King and Royal
streets. He succeeded but in doing so
he set his cart on fire.
Rev. c. E. Ball will tomorrow night
at Grace Church deliver a sermon to
the Pythians of this city. All three of
the lodges will meet at the Pythian
Hall on north Pitt street at 7 o'clock
and proceed in body to the church.
"Life in Another World" will be the
subject of an address by Rev. W. h.
McAllister, of this city, at the Young
Mems Christian Association in Wash
ington, tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. Miss Amy Laws, the soprano,
will sing.
1t it is said in Washington that rep
resentatives of the employees of the
Southern Railway have decided to re-
iject the wage schedule offered to them
by the company and will make coun-
ter proposition to the Vice President
within few days.
The market to-day was better sup
piled with country produce than it was
last Saturday, when no country people
were present, but the supply was by
no means large. Prices for poultry
and eggs have advanced, but other ar
ticles remained about unchanged.
Messrs. O'Neal & Lunt, auctioneers,
sold to day at public auction for Geo.
R. Shinn, trustee, two green houses
and appurtenances thereto situated on
the Little River turnpike, in Fairfax
county, about one-half mile from this
city, to Mr. George ]. West for $500.
One of the employees on the Oxon
Hill farm, opposite this city, was here
to. day, having walked across the river
on the ice. He says the fire which
burned the Oxon Hill house recently
was caused by burning chimney, the
sparks from which settled on the roof
where the slate had been broken.
tits reported that Stiffs wharf, on
the Potomac, King George county, has
been injured by the ice and that it may
be ruined when the ''break up" comes.
This is bad news for the travelling pub
lie and shippers, as it is the only wharf
on the south side of the Potomac be-
tween Quantico and Stuart's. Its loss
will be most serious to the people in
that community, as well as to the own
er. 1t is feared that wharf property on
the Potomac will be greatly damaged
by floating ice when thaw begins.
The good people who live in the
neighborhood of the two last fires in
this city have abundantly supplied hot
coffee to the working pay and volun-
teer fremen. People living anywhere
near a fire are generally so excited that
thew fail to think of such courtesy.
The coffee is always fully appreciated,
and the fremen invariably take it in
preference to spurious liquors, and
those who act so thoughtfully as to fur
nish this beverage, so acceptable to wet
and tired people, always receive the
hearty thanks of those who partake
of it.
Yesterday evening Messrs. Charles
King s. Sons sent tWo-horse wagon
! loaded with provisions to st. Asaph.