Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Numbers of sleighs were out again last
night notwithstanding the snowfall.
An original widows pension was issued
yesterday to Georgianna w. Sampson, of AL
exandria.
A horse belonging to Mr. Harry Simpson
was stolen from a stable on south Patrick
street last night.
Many of the Southern railroad engineers
are sick and frostbitten from exposure in the
severe storm of lest week.
"Sun dogs" were observed in the eastern
sky this morning. Later rainbow-colored
halo appeared above the sun.
The meeting of the Alexandria Insurance
Company to have been held to-day was post
poned until the 18th for want of quorum.
Wagons from Washington reached this city
today, but the drivers report the roads as
still being almost impossible by reason of the
snow drifts.
The almsbouse lane was cleared of snow by
the inmates OF that institution this morning.
Paths had to be cut through the snow in
every direction about the premises.
Mrs. Ada Lyles fell on the slippery pave
ment at the corner of Alfred and Prince
streets yesterday and lost her pocketbook,
containing S5.25 and several orders tor the
poor.
W. T. D. GLENN, one of the best known
figures in the Methodist ministry. died last
night at Govanstown, Md. of heart trouble.
He was eighty years old and had been in the
ministry ffty-five years.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton yesterday to William 81. Smith, of this
city, and Rose c. Dent, OF Washington, and to
Charles h. Mayhem, of Fairfax county and
Nellie c. Vernon, of Washington.
a mass meeting comprising 10000 persons
was held at Rio de Janeiro yesterday to ccle-
brate the favorable result of President Glove
lands arbitration of the dispute between
Brazil and the Argentine Republic.
Gov. O'Ferrall and Judge Chichester will
be appealed to by the Presbyterian Ministers
Association of Washington to close the race
tracks IN this county. This action was de-
cided upon at meeting on Sunday.
Francis Dunlop, an eccentric character,
of Washington, died yesterday evening For
forty years he had been an object of remark
on account of the extravaganza of his dress
and the popularity of his expression and
movements,
A young colored woman named Lucy Jack.
va SOAhPoiASu W buO Ills llOIuluS
that George Gibson, colored man, who is
married, has been living with her recently,
and at Q critical time has deserted her. A
warrant will be issued for Gibson's arrest.
In response TO an invitation issued by the
colonel in command, the officers of the Third
Virginia regiment met in Charlottesville yes.
terday to distribute to the regiment the sup
plies rendered by the U. s. government Capt
Mushbach, of this city, was unable to be pres.
Ont.
The snow on the tracks of the electric road
was cleared off by yesterday evening and
cars ran as they did before the recent storm.
To-day the wind caused drifts of snow to
form at some places along the Mt. Vernon
line, which caused delays in the running of
the GERS.
Mrs. Bloch on Saturday deposited her dia-
mcnd ring 10 the money drawer at her ba-
kerry on King street. On Sunday when she
went to the drawer to get it sherfound it had
been stolen. A colored boy who sweeps out
the store is suspected, he having made him.
self scarce ever since.
Prof. E. D. Andrews. prince of horse train
ers, formerly with 0. r. Gleasons horse show,
will give Series of entertainments at Ar
mory Hall beginning tomorrow evening
uSoS SHlCi are SpOhcu vi III lut
highest terms by all who have seen them.
Unruly horses are subduc1 in the most re-
m lrkable manner.
A shooting scrape occurred at Rosslyn on
Saturday in which Henry Reynolds was shot
in the shoulder and painfully injured Rey-
holds keeps saloon, and Saturday evening
Willard Birch, a son of Squire Burch, of the
village, became involved in quarrel with
a man named Simmons. Reynolds attempted
to separate the men, when he was shot by
Birch, who intended the bullet for Simmons.
The alarm Of fire about $50 last night was
caused by the burning of the debris in the
destroyed Hill factory. Mr.. Charles Klaus.
who had been employed as watchmsn at the
burned building, applied to the FIRE warders
for line Of hose so that n stream of water
nigh. be thrown on the fire, which was still
burning, bat the hose not having been sent,
and Klaus thinking the fire was burning too
briskly, turned in the alarm
CoLoRED RELIEF WoRK.-The colored re-.
lief station, situated at Sl3 Duke street, has