Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A telephone has been placed in the
Intirmary.
Mr.. t. D. Gambrill will remove to
Washington next week.
Mr.. VIM. Wheatley has joined the
navy and is on the Dolphin.
There was considerable fall of hail
on Saturday evening during the rain.
A magnificent double rainbow span
ned the eastern sky on Saturday even
ing about sunset.
The petition to the Pennsylvania
Railway to put on late local train on
Sunday night has three hundred sigma
lures,
An attempt was made last night by
some drunken negroes to rob the store
of Mr. Firm Brawner at the corner Of
Prince and Fayette streets, but the at
tempt failed.
In the Corporation Court to day Mr..
L. c. Barley, commissioner of accounts,
filed his report on Treasurer Harlow's
bond. The report states that the sur
cites are worth more than double the
amount of the bond.
Leon Waters, who was arrested in
Baltimore last week on suspicion of
having attempted to pass counterfeit
money, was taken to Washington yes
terday and locked up to answer to a
charge of embezzlement.
Mr.. F. A. c. Terrett died at his resi-
dence, near Fairfax Courthouse, on Sat-
urday at the age of e years. Mr.. Ter
rett was true type of the old Virginia
gentleman. He leaves several children
and large circle of friends.
The Seaboard Air Line on Saturday
made another big cut to meet the re-
duction made by the Southern Railway
Company to competitive points. Both
local and through rates to all points
north and south have been reduced.
The Washington police boat Joe
Blackburn made trip up the river
yesterday evening aud the officers ar
rested man and boy for fishing with
seines in the upper river. Several 9th
ers made narrow escapes from arrest.
1t is said that the Southern Railway
will erect three-story paint shop here
in the near future. 1t will be equipped
with an elevator for raising cars to the
second floor, where they will be finish
ed up. This will give employment to
about $50 men who are now out Of
work.
Among the articles taken from some
tramps Saturday night was q bunch Of
keys believed to belong to some store
in this city. The owner can obtain
| them from Captain Webster at the sta
ton house. The tramp says be found
them in the pocket of coat which had
been given him.
The annual meeting Of the Bishops o.
the Catholic Church in the province Of
Baltimore will be held tomorrow at
the residence of Cardinal Gibbons
Bishop Van de Vyver, of Richmond
will be present. The meeting will be
the purpose of comforting about matters
relating to the various dioceses.
Unless the Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia, or the President
loterVenesj Joseph a. beam, Ine baltl'
more stairbuilder, who killed his sister
in-law, Annie L. Leahy, on December
%, will be hanged in the District Jail Cor.
ridor on the 26th of July next. Beam
was taken before Judge Cole Saturday
morning and was sentenced to be
hanged,
This was the day set by Mr.. G. L.
Boothe, commissioner, to take cogni-
zance of the claims against the Fideli.
ty Building and Loan Association oil
Washington, of which Mr.. G. 81. Nor.
ton was recently appointed receiver.
MIR. Boothe's Office all day has been
bssieged by motley crowd of CLAIM.
ants, many of whom were disappointed
as they had heard that their claims
We're to be paid to-day.