The morning times., 1895-11-19
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

Judge J. X. NJ. Merton of the Alexandria
| corporation court, Yesterday granted n
| charter OF Incorporation To the Home Tcle-
| phone Company OF Alexandria. va, which
proposes to establish a telephone exchange
IN iils city in opposition To the Southern
Bell Telephone company, which has bad a
monopoly for fifteen years. The capital
stock Of the company is fixed at S25, coo.
! The Officers named in the articles OF IN
corporation are, F. Il. Hubbell, president;
James Russell, treasurer: W. j. Atkinson
secretary and general manager: John h.
Culver. VIM +. NcBurley. ana Lewis ASH
man, directors. They are all from Baltl-
more city.
For'y-five members OF Potomac Lodge OF
Odd Fellows, of This city, went to WASH
ingtOn last night ON the O'Clock train
10 pay Il iratcrnal visit to Metropolis Lodge.
Tie AlezaDdTiaBs returned home on the
midnight train well pleased with tneir
visit and the entertainment tEcy received.
John Heath. the Washington gambler, who
mas been conducting gambling house on
tie Virginia shore of The Potomac opposite
Georgetown, for some years past and who
was indicted with others by the grand jury
at the last term of the county court, came
10 Alexandria yesterday and surrendered
himself to the county authorities. He was
released on hail in the sum of $500 TO- his
appearance OH Monday next.
Fairfax county officers came into this
citv Yesterday morning and rcnorfr that
tue stable OF Mr.. Albert Kane, a farmer
near FairfaN court house, had been entered
during Sunday night by EOrse thief and
TWO NdlUdfit horses were stolen. Inc
thief, the Officers thought, was coming
this way, and two parties of the Alex
andria Officers went out in hUegieS look
ing for the thief but failed 10 find him.
The jury which will try John Heath and
the other gamblers at the next term of the
Alexandria county court, which begins
on Monday neXt, has been summoned. and
the court officials are preparing for an
exceedingly busy term. Hawkins, the negro
asSailant Of little Sadie Sherer, viii also
be tried at this term of the court
State Auditor Marye's annual report
shows the value of real estate in Alex
andria for the year lS95 To he Si, lis, $40.
lu 1854 il was S3,SS1 80.
Rev. j. 7. Williams. pastor OF the NJ
Z. Church South, began a series OF pro-
tracted meetings in Ills church last night
The services We're very Well attended and
will continue throughout the week.
From the State school fund. which is now
the Peabody fund, Alexandria City will
receive Sl,2s6 aud Alexandria county
S44o. 30 towards the support OF the schools
during the year. In addition to this the
Peabody fund gives the city about 5000
aud the city council adds $4,000 more,
making the total school fund about S2O,-
900.
The Clyde line steamer Defiance, with
a cargo of sugar for this port from Phila
delphia, Is reported aground i'll the river
Just below Marshall Hall. She went ashore
in a heavy fog on Sunday night and it
is expected that she VIII be floated to-
night
Tomorrow night Mr. Harris of Wash
ington VIII conduct the services at the
Union Mission, on upper King street. DR..
Carpenter and Miss kimball of Washing
ton will conduct the services on the other
nights this week.
It has been found that J. W. Ebert, the
mau who has been missing from his home
here since Monday last, had the check for
at the First National Bank IN person, be-
fore he left this city on Monday.