Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-02
..veAL BREvITIEs.

! The report In circulation To-Day thal
a clerk in business house in this city
had absconded with large sum o.
money is incorrect.
A strange disease which affects horses
shoof is prevailing in Fairfax county
Many horses in the county are now
lame with the disease.
The Friendship Drum Corps met last
| night and rehearsed for two hours
The corps have added comets to their
instruments already in use.
Prof. Harry Kramer's bicycle riding
is an attraction at Riverside Park. He
will ride to-day, tomorrow and Sun
day. he performs sixty different ieats
The Shriners of this city have re-
ceived invitations from Alma Temple
of Washington to attend their exeur.
sion to Marshall Hall on the 18th in.
slant.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington yesterday to Samuel Has.
lett and Susie Hancock, both of this
city, and to Patrick Mcclure of Pitts
burg, and Belle Adams, of Fairfax
county.
The meteorological summary for this
vicinity for the month of July, just is
sued, show that the mean temperature
was 70 degrees; the highest 95 degrees,
on July 81, and the lowest, 55, on
July 81.
The residents of the neighborhood OF
Henry and Cameron streets suggest
that the cutters in that locality be
properly laid while the city is engaged
grading Fayette street, work on which
is to be commenced shortly.
Thomas O'Driscoll, contractor of
some means, died at Providence Hos
pital in Washington last night. He
was brought to the hospital in the af-
ternoon unconscious from the excessive
use of stimulants. He died without re-
covering consciousness.
Mr.. Luther w. Spear, manager of the
Mount Vernon Hotel at New Alexan-
dria, denies the report that the hotel
has been closed. He says the hotel is
not only open but will remain so, and
that the report originated from the dis
charge of two of his employees.
The postponed case of Frank Foster
and John Nelson, charged with unlaw-
full gaming in the county, came up be-
fore Justice Harris, colored, at the old
Court House to-day, but as the Com
monwealth's attorney was not present
the justice said he would dismiss the
case.
The Funeral Directors Association
and the State Board of Embalming Ex-
aminers will meet in Danville on the
21st instant. The latter will examine
those who purpose engaging in the
embalming business. Mr.. B. Wheat
ley, of this city, will attend the meet
ings.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men, with an
unusually large attendance, held q
long and interesting pow WOW at their
wigwam last night. The finances Of
the tribe, which are in a most flourish
ing condition, were discussed, as were
also the various sources worthy of their
investment.
Mr.. M. Schiller will have a large sup
ply of fine Lorton Valley spring lamb
in market tomorrow, also fine beef,
veal, mutton, &C., and at his upper
King street market Ghere will be an
abundance of homegrown early vege=
tables, fine spring chickens and delica.
cies of the season.
1t is expected that Thomas J. Taylor,
the convicted murderer, whose SEN
tence of death was committed to life
imprisonment recently, will be taken
from Washington to the Albany peni-
Tertiary Sunday evening. He has re-
ceived daily visits from his relatives,
especially his little daughter.
MIR. T. ]. Fannon, it is said, will put
a white stone front into the old Rail
road Hotel, at the northwest corner OF
King and Fayette streets. Mr.. Fannon
will open 6rst-class hotel there when
he shall have metamorphosed the
building, and will place gentleman
from Leesburg in charge of it.
Complaint is made by the residents
of the northeastern section of the city
of the swamp land in that neighbor-
hood which they claim breeds sickness.
They make numerous suggestions as to
how the trouble can be remedied, the
most practical being to cut down some
Of the hills and fill up the unsightly
places.
A colored boy named Porter to-day
found $40 which had been lost by
colored man named Tetum, who drop
ped the money while paying bill to
Mr.. E. j. O'BrieD. Mr.. OBJ. subse-
quently saw the boy spending the mon
ey and had him taken to the station
house when he admitted that he had
found the money, which was turned
over to Tetum, the owner.
Kate Flanagan, one of the four girls
who escaped from the House OF Mercy
in Washington last Sunday night, re-
turned to the house yesterday, and Til
lie Henry, another of the quartette,
has promised to return by Saturday
All four of the girls found homes in
the country, but Kate and Title soon
tired of their freedom. Kate was very
glad to get back, and said that none of
the girls had any fault to find with their
treatment at the home.
The Third Baptist Church, at the
northeast corner of Patrick and Prin-
cess streets, is rapidly approaching
completion. Messrs. Padgett & Bro,
who had charge of the brick work,
have completed their contract. Mr..
Thomas Nelson is doing the carpen-
ter's work. The church will be hand
some ornament to that rapidly growing
section of the city. The old frame
structure will probably be demolished.