Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-21
LOCAL BREYITIES.
The wholesale price of coal oil ha
advanced.

The wholesale price of coal oil ha.
advanced.
There was throwing out party q
the Eldorado on Saturday night.
r. T. Cross, aged thirty-nine years
of Manassas, died in Chicago OF
the 18th.
a concert for the benefit of the poo
will be given at st. Paul's Church chap
e. on February 9Th.
Driver Taylor, Of the Columbia Fire
Company, has recovered from his recen
sickness and resumed his duties to day
Geo Hamilton, colored. was arrested
this evening by Officer Griffin cbarget
with stealing pair of gold spectaeles
May, tie nine-year-old daughter o
Mr.. Frank Waddey, formerly of this
CITY, died of diphtheria in Baltimore OF
Friday.
O'Kane Council, Catholic Benevolent
League. will meet at St. Mary's Hal
to night when the recently elected offi
GERS will be installed.
Mr.. Samuel J. Pentz, former prom.
inent resident of Baltimore, and q well,
known steamboat man, died in Wash
ipgton Saturday, aged rs years.
j. r. Cation, commissioner, has sold
to Caroline NJ. Clark house and lot
on the east side of Fayette street. be-
tween King and Prince, for s475.
MIR. Loudoun Campbell, formerly of
this city, has resigned his position in the
Washington navy yard to accept one in
the Washington city water works.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington on Saturday to Joseph a.
Wheeler, of Fairfax county, and Lee
venia Sweeney of Alexandria county.
During the services at Trinity Church
last night the infant child of MIR. Joseph
Lyles, the ianitor, was christened Elsie
Trinity, in honor of that church.
Mrs. Weeks, mother of Mrs. c. w.
Ridley, died suddenly in Washington
yesterday. Her remains were brought
to this city this evening for interment
in Ivy Hill cemetery.
The members of the Alexandria Man
dolin, Banjo and Guitar Club deny the
rumor that the club has disbanded, but
say that it has changed its name 10 the
Alexandria Musical and Social Club.
Rev. A. M. Smith, D. D., will deliver
an address at st. Paul's Church on Fri
day night next before the Brotherhood
of st. Andrew. His subject will be St.
Paul as an Inspiration to Young Men.
Chief Abrams, of the Sioux tribe, and
two of his men from the Indian Terri
tory, who are on visit to Washington,
were in the city yesterday. Chief
Abrams visited this city about two
years ago.
Yesterday was an uneventfll day.
The weather was clear. but the tenn
perature was rather chilly. The churches
we're all fairly well attended. In the
NJ. P. Church Rev. Mr.. Benson preach
ed against the growing tendency to
gambling.
Carl Roland Willet, the ffteen.year-
old son of Richard ii. Willet, of Wash
ington, was drowned Saturday morn.
ing, at the tidal reservoir, where he had
been skating. His body was recovered
by the crew of the police boat Joe
Blackburn in the afternoon.
Mr.. John Thomas, who for some time
has been associated with Mr.. Frank
Wells in the manufacture of cigars in
this city, has disappeared and, it is said,
left number of unpaid bills as remind
e-s to his credit. 1t is also said that he
collected most of the money due Mr..
Wells and himself before he left and
that Mr.. w. is a loser thereby to the
extent of $500. He halls from Borden
town, n. J. aizs