Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Five dodgers were at the station
house last night.
The 500 p. m. local train yesterday
struck and killed a COW near Colross.
Mr.. Henry Phillips was kicked by a
horse and quite badly hurt in his stable
on Thursday night.
For the first week of April the
Southern Railway earned 1928, 1893, an
increase of 81 ,949.
The G. R. Hill Company expect to
commence rebuilding their cracker and
cake factory in about two weeks.
The Southern Railway Company has
opened its gravel pit at Springfield,
employing about twenty-five hands.
The members of the Y. M. S. L. will
attend mass at St. Mary's Church 10 a
body at Z o'clock tomorrow morning.
A note received at this Office from
Accotink says that Mr.. John G. Herder
and Mrs. Mary Reed we're married last
Sunday night.
The Southern Railway Company has
sent bridge carpenters to renew sever
al small bridges between Delaplane
and Markham.
The easterly wind of yesterday
brought rain about three o'clock this
morning, which continued until about l
o'clock this afternoon.
As will be seen ty notice elsewf ere
Sunday rates will De charged to-mu.
row and Monday on the electric rail.
way between this city and Riverside
Park.
The Episcopal Sunday schools will
hold their Easter celebrations to-mor-
row as follows; Grace Church at q.
M; St. Paul's at 5 p. M, and Christ
Church at 5 p. M.
The tug Harlow which has been in
Norfolk for some time past undergoing
repairs to her machinery, which broke
while the tug was in the bay, arrived
here this morning.
Mr.. Chas. Bendheim went to Rich
mond yesterday, to contest the pro-
ceeeipgs for requisition for Eddie
Desmond, in Jail here, who is wanted
in Washington charged with robbing a
safe.
Mr.. Leete E. Collier, employed by
Woodward & Lothrop, of Washington,
as bookkeeper, was married yesterday
afternoon in that city to Miss Bessie
Garland, a pretty girl from Harrison
burg.
At a meeting last night of the by.
draulion fire company tonight was st t
as the time for making final settle
ment of accounts with Mr.. Neale, who
managed the last entertainment given
by that company.
There was but one case in the Police
Court this morning-that of q boy who
had been charged with embezzling q
small sum belonging to his employer.
He was made to refund the amount
and pay the cost of the warrant.
At Grace Church tomorrow the cele.
bration of the Holy Communion at $50
will be full choral. There will also be
a full musical programme at the service s
at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. There viii
be no session of the mission school.
A slight fire occurred yesterday in a
small house at the corner of Royal and
Ciibbon streets. The flames were ex.
tinguished by some members of the Co.
lumbia company who happened to be
passing in their wagon at the time.
A fight occurred at Monkeys Point
fishing shore on Thursday evening be.
tweed two colored men, during which
George Washington struck Noble Har.
ris on the head with an oar, fracturipe
his skull. The latter is not expected
to live.
A number of well-known citizens
who have used the Welsbach incandes-
cent gas burner, sold by Messrs. J. A.
& W. W. Cogan, are much pleased With
its results, both as to the brilIiancy of
the light produced and the reduction in
the amount of their gas bills.
The government officials at Wash
ington will formally notify the owners
of the burned steamer Lady of the
| Lake to remove the wreckage from
the dock there Immediately, and in
the eyept of failure to comply the gov
! eminent will exterminate it.