Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-08
school were dismissed at 1890 o'clock

school were dismissed at 1870 o'clock
this morning.
There was but one case for trial in
the Police Court this morning-that of
a young man charged with assaulting
an acquaintance. He did not appear
and forfeited s. collateral.
A tramp this morning called at the
residence of Mr.. VIM. Wood, on King
street, and asked for food. While eat
ing his breakfast he said that his COM
pinion was frozen to death near Ma
nassas last night.
The officials of the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
have notified the police in this city 10
keep lookout for negro coming this
way who has committed robbery on
the line of that road.
AS previously stated in the GAZETTE
the Society for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities will be held at Pea
body Hall next Tuesday evening, when
interesting addresses will be delivered
by Mr.. John Goode and others.
The colored woman who recently
went from Washington to Catlett's sta
ton where she developed case of
smallpox has been removed from that
village to an isolated house mile off
A physician from Washington was sent
to attend her.
On his way from the telegraph Office
to his home last night Mr.. Harry Fish
er found drunken colored man in an
almost exhausted condition on Fairfax
street near King. Mr.. Fisher took the
man to the telegraph office where he
was "thawed out"
O'Poddle's Dilemma was presented
last night at the Opera House for the
benefit of the Hydraulion fire company
Despite the cold and the Snow there
was fair-siZed audience and ALL were
pleased with the entertainment, which
was also financial success.
The funeral Of little Mae Monroe
took place this morning. The remains
were deposited in vau,,. The funeral
of the late Captain VIM. Black, which
was to have taken place this morning,
was postponed until Sunday on account
Of the severity of the weather.
Mechanics Lodge, No. s, K. of p,
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, Alexandria
Council, Jr. 0. U. A. NJ, Andrew Jack
son Lodge of Masons and Mechanics
Lodge, K. of F., held regular meetings
last night. They were but SHINY at
to,lod AloyooJr; rio Conpoi1 Notinna1
Union, did not hold their meeting.
Mr.. F. L. Entwisle, one of efficient
members of the Columbia Fire Compa-
ny, fearing fire might break out last
night and knowing it would be i'm
possible for engines to afford aid, set
up until daybreak with fire extin-
guisher and supply of acid at hand
ready &c render assistance should a fire
occur in his neighborhood.
The cold weather has considerably
insreased the number of applicants for
aid from the city. Wood, rs may be
supposed, is much needed, and applica-
tons have been pouring in thick and
fast, but the supply is exhausted and
until some arrangements are made for
replenishing the stock inconvenience
and suffering will continue.
The allowance by the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals of an APP
peal of Fred T. Miller, indicted for
bookmaking at the Benning race track
last December, has greatly encouraged
Mr.. Henry E. Davis, Miller's counsel,
in the belief that the court will reverse
the decision of Judge Cole. If book
making is allowed q big meeting is
promised at the Benning track in April,
The heavy ice on the river has re-
tarded the work on the cofferdam
around pier No. 4 of the Aqueduct
bridge, and once again fear has arisen
for the safety of the dam. For the
second time this winter the river has
been securely frozen, as last winter the
weather was not cold enough to freeze
the river at all. On the roadway of
the bridge, just over the damaged pier,
a fence has been erected in the center to
regulate the passage of teams.
The Board of Fire wardens met at the Re
lief Hook and Ladder House at $50 o'clock
this evening to meet committees from the
different companies in regard TO furnishing
rubber suits for the fremen. The Warce s
decided to furnish the firemen with rnbber
outfits,
A drunken man and woman from Washing
ton created some excitement on King street
yesterday evening