Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-11
FAIRFAX NOTES.

FAIRFAX NOTES.
Judge D. M. Chichester and family
have returned from Stafford and are
again at their old home here.
Mr.. Thomas Terrett, jr., has sold out
his lower store on the Alexandria turn
pike to his father and brother.
Mrs. James M. Fairfax, of Woodlawn,
while walking in her garden one day
last week, fell and broke her leg in two
places.
Mr.. John A. Marshall, of Alexandria,
has sold 312acres in Lee district, known
as the Carton tract, to Mr.. VIM. 81.
Hampton.
The brick works at Burke's Station
have commenced operations again
under the ownership and management
of Washington gentleman.
The Ellen Devereux heirs have sold
tract of land on the Braddock road
in Lee district, containing 81 acres, to
G. 81. Gordon, of Washington, for 81 ,O6O.
1t is said that Senator Stewart, OF
Nevada, has made two or three pros
pecting tours to the Townsville neigh.
borhood with the view of purchasing.
the Dunn tract being among the num-
Der thus visited.
Mr.. Laurence Washington, of Alex
andria, has bought 200 acres of Mr.. G.
F. Swetnam, at Burke's Station, for
$1,000. He will build a dwelling house
on the properly. Mr.. Swetnam then
bought one acre of Mr.. Marshall for
5000.
Mr.. Stilson Hutchins, of Washington,
has bought the Marshall property at
Burke's Station, containing 244 acres,
including the old Burke house, which,
we understand, Mr.. Hutchins will have
placed in frst-class repair and use as q
summer residence. The price pad WEI
$500.
A large and attentive congregation
gathered in the Presbyterian Church,
at townsville, Sunday, October 9Th, to
hear the farewell sermon of the pastor,
Rev. VIM. II. Edwards. On the pre-
ceeding Sunday preamble and resolu-
tons were unanimously adopted ex-
pressing the highest confidence and re-
spect for the retiring pastor.-Herald.
tbs ARMENIAN QUEsTIeN.-Tbe
Ports's reply to the joint note of the six
powers relative to the recent rioting at
Const,ntinople has been made public.
The government enumerates the steps
that were taken to maintain order, and
declares that Musselmans were not the
aggressors in the rioting. 1t further
says that ArmeDians killed inotfensiye
M )hammedans, and that in certain
cases the Mohammedans had to de-
fend themselves against their attacks.
The reply denies the reports that the
government forbade the sending of
supplies to the Armenians who had
sought refuge in the churches and de-
clares that the refugees will soon leave
the churches and return to their homes,
aud the city will resume its normal as
pect. 1t announces that the govern
uent is about to open an inquiry for
the purpose of discovering the guilty
persons, and recommends the diplomats
to use their good Offices with view to
the restoration of order, especially as
the intrigues of agitstors cause fears
that more serious outbreaks may occur
in the capital.
Upon the receipt of the reply the rep
resentatives of the six powers met at
the residence of NJ. Cambon, the French
ambassador, to consider the attitude OF
the Porte as exempli6ed in its note
1t is the general belief hat the note
will not satisfy the diplomats.
The Armenians who sought refuge
in the churches at the time of the riots
were persuaded yesterday to return 10
their homes.
The presence of the British feet st
Semnos, at the entrance to the Darda-
Delles, continues to cause anxiety 10
the Sultan, and he has made second
appeal to Sir Phillip Currie, the Brit
ish ambassador, to secure the with
drawal of the British war ships. A
Constantinople dispatch to the Berlin
Tdgeblatt says that the Sultan has
given orders that no resistance shall
be offered to the British squadron if it
essays to pass the Dardanelles.