Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-04
LOCAL BREYITlES.

An additional pension mas been
granted Edward c. Spofford, of Alex
andria.
Mr.. Henry hewitt. the venerable
father Of Mr.. Robert hewitt, OF Pohlck,
died at his home in Charles county,
Md, on Friday last.
Another cold wave is said to be an
transitu. 1t will strike this vicinity to-
night and the mercury will drop w by
tomorrow morning.
The steamer Arrowsmith, Captain
Entwisle, is at Woodall's, in Baltimore,
for extensive repairs that will require
two months time. She made the run
from Washington in fourteen hours, &C
tuul running time. While In the 70
tomac flock of geese flew over the
boat, and Engineer Fox shot two OF
them.
Mrs. Silas Legg, widow of the man
who was frozen to death in the county
in the late terrible snow storm, has
gone, with her three daughter, to Gull
pepper. to make their home with
brother of her deceased husband. MT.
M. E. Church, of Falls Church, has Sc
cured places for the three boys-Mr. c.
M. Newton adopts one, Mr.. Lewis
Wright another, and Mr.. Chapman
Territt the third.
The fishing season is setting in briskly.
The bugeye Sarah Francis arrived at the
fish wharf yesterday morning from Plum.
tree fishing shore with several hundred
punches and The Wakefield brought up
twenty-three barrels of rock from The Gums
fishing shore and also fresh fish, including
shad and herring, caught in the lower river.
The funeral of Randolph Whittier an old
and respected colored man, took place from
Roberts Chapel yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, and was attended by several hum
dred colored people, including Harmony
Lodge of odd Fellows and two or three other
societies, of which deceased was member.
The meetings of the stockholders Of the
Peoples Gas Savings Company of America
and of the Peoples Gas Savings Association
of New York were held in this city to-day,
but, without transacting any business, ad-
journed to meet in New York at some future
day.
People from the county in the city to-day
report that at Fort Scott, not far from Mr..
Hume's farm, thousands of dead crows are
lying on the ground. 1t is supposed that
they were either starved or frozen to death
during the recent cold weather.
Miss Kate Stuart, of this city, has written
an article recommending that the people of
Virginia and other southern States erect
nom ment to Anne, the mother of Gen. K. +.
Lee. whose grave is at Ravensw0rth, Fairfax
county.
Ticket No 76O, held by Louis Brill, jr,
drew the set Of furniture offered as prize at
the Opera House on Saturday night by the
Ideal Company Tickets 291 and 1877
were irst called, hut no one presented them.
Among the changes in the increase of ap
preparations in the sundry civil bill made by
the Senate were the as following: Cedar Point
light station, Maryland, $25, 1000; Smith
Point lighthouse, Maryland, $25, 900.
An assignment was made in Washington on
Saturday by Chas. E. Gibbs. proprietor of the
Wormley Hotel. The assets are set down at
81 $50 and the liabilities at $50, S95.
The Norfolk steamer did not stop here this
morning on her way up the river, but re
turned from Washington and unloaded her
freight.
Special Officer Webster yesterday went to
Washington and recovered diamond ring
that had been stolen from lady in this city
The buoy tender Violet, on which the
President will take hunting and fishing
Trip, passed up the river early this morning.
The Y. NJ. S. L. will hold q meeting to-
night, and during Lent the weekly meetings
will be held on Monday nights
The stockholders Of the Cross Manufacture
ing company met in this city this evening
to elect directors.
The steamer Potomac on Saturday made
her first trip from Baltimore to this city since
the recent freeze.
physiology, school methods and elocu ion
will be discussed by the literary class to-
night.
The report in circulation to day that Mr.
Thomas Simpson was dead was incorrect.
The work of rcpaving Union street was re-
sune1 today