Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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falling upon him.
The residence of Mrs. Ferdinand
Knight on Gibbon street was entered
last night and robbed of watch and
chain.
The entertainment to have been
given by the Y. M. S. L. at their regu-
lar meeting last night was postponed
until the 25th.
Hite Peckham went to Baltimore to-
day and this evening will have twen-
ty-round 60 with Abe Ullman, the Bal
timore middle-weight.
Mr.. w. F. Vincent has commenced
the erection of a two-story brick house
for Mr.. J. B. Padgett, on Alfred street,
between Cameron and Queen.
On Sunday evening a sodality was
oeganized consisting of boys of st.
Mary's church under Is years of age to
be known as the St. Aloysius Sodality.
A colored social organization gave
cake walk on lower Prince street last
night which was largely attended and
attracted large crowd to the neigh
borhood.
The government is making arrange
ments for constructing road so feet
wide from the Aqueduct bridge south
to Arlington, independent of the road
to Fort Myer.
Alexandria Council, Royal Arcanum,
at their meeting last night perfected
arrangements for the celebration of
Royal Arcanum day on June 25th, with
refreshments and smoker for members
only.
Old Dominion Commandery are pre-
pairing for their pilgrimage to Boston
next August to attend the triennial
conclave of knights Templar. Last
night the commandery was drilled by
Capt. General j. II. Fisher.
A festival was given last night at
Groveton school house in Fairfax coun.
ty, across Hunting creek, for the bene-
fit of Groveton Church. The festival
was we'll attended, a number of Alex
andrians being present, and about $25
was realized.
Messrs. L. W. Spear, the lessee, and
J. T. Roberts, manager of the Hotel
Mount Vernon, New Alexandria, have
invited the members of the two Mason
ic lodges of this city to accept of the
Inequalities of that hotel on Tuesday
evening next.
The Leopada Quartette, accompa-
MED by a number of ladies and gen.
tlemep, left here last night in an omni-
bus for Accotink, where they took
part in an entertainment given by Ac-
cotink Lodge of Odd Fellows. A
pleasant evening was spent by all pres.
ent.
A son of Mr.. Schurtzer, manager for
Mr.. w. E. Clark, of the Hay6eld farm,
Fairfax county, was badly hurt yes
terday. The boy was riding colt
which became unmanageable and ran
into the barn through low opening.
The boys head came in contact with
the barn and he was knocked from the
colt, receiving quite serious injuries.
The B. & o. transfer tug Beaverton,
which has been thoroughly overhauled
and repaired at Baltimore, returned to
this city yesterday evening and to-day
resumed her trips on the transfer route
between this city and Shepherds, un-
der command of Capt. A. ]. Fair. The
Caroline, which has been running in
place of the Beaverton, returned to
Baltimore this morning.
An individual who peddles every
thing from fungi to secondhand cloth
ing, was in the Police Court this morn
ing charged with disposing of a num-
Der of garments believed to have been
stolen. The owner of the clothing
could not be found and the suspected
party was dismissed. Two other men,
who had been arrested in connection
with the case were also discharged.
An interesting marriage ceremony
was performed yesterday by Rev. VIM.
II. McAllister, of this city, at 0Moss
Grove" Fairfax county, the residence
of the groom. The contracting parties
were Mr.. Albert G. Miner and Miss
Lucelia Carlin, who were united in the
bonds of matrimony in the presence of
number of invited guests, some of
whom were from this city, including
Mr.. Lewis Mckenzie, an old friend of
Mr.. Miner.
A young woman, passably cookbook
ing, and about Is years of age, was ar.
rested last night and locked up charged
with immoral conduct. From the evil
dence it seems that the accused, who is
incorrigible, has been giving her pa
rents considerable trouble lately, and
il WAS found necessary to invoke the
aid of the authorities in order to check
her downward course. She was sent
to the work house for go days.
The music to be sung by the choirs
of st. Mary's, of this city, and st. Pat
rick's and St. Dominick's churches, of
Washington, at the rededication SER
vices on Sunday morning at St. Mary's
church will be rehearsed tonight and
Friday night. The music at the even
ing services will be sung by members of
ST. Peters and St. Matthew's church
choirs, of Washington, which choirs
will rehearse on Saturday night.
In answer to communication which
appeared inIyesterday's GAZETTE, the
members of the electoral board say that
the constable for the Fourth ward at
the recent election, who was appointed
bv the board with others, whose names
were published on May 2lst, failed to
appear on the morning of the election,
and that under the law the judges OF
election in that ward appointed anoth.
er constable, as they were required
to do.
The schooner Jennie Simple was wrecked
at Smiths Island, Chesapeake Bay, on SUM-