Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-16

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old fair grounds Saturday evening,
which resulted in victory for the for
mer by score of Is to O.
Prof. G. V. Riley, the entomologist OF
the department of Agriculture, was
seriously injured by being thrown from
bicycle in Washington on Saturday
and died shortly after midnight.
John Credit, well known colored
citizen, fell in a fainting fit on King
street this morning. a rumor was cir
culated to the effect that he had been
paralyze6, but such was not the case.
1t is reported around the wbarves to-
day that Thomas Jefferson, better
known as Japanese Tom, /" was drown
ed yesterday from the Occoquan steam
er OF which he was the engineer. The
report could not be verified, however.
The democrats of Fairfax county will
hold district meetings tonight to choose
delegates to the State Senatorial con-
vention which meets in this city on
Thursday next. Alexandria county
will choose three delegates tomorrow
night.
The Jewish New Year (5656) begins
next Wednesday evening at shutdown.
This and the Day of Atonement, nine
days later, are the two great days in
the Jewish calendar, and are religously
observed by all who lay even the slight
est claim of allegiance to the ancient
faith. 1t, therefore, goes without say
ing that business of every description
will be entirely suspended by our
Jewish merchants.
Mr.. o. B. Hopkins, grand councillor
of the Jr. o. q. A. NJ, of Virginia, with
Mr.. George w, Johnson, of this city,
and George S. Anderson, of Washing
ton, went to Occoquan on Saturday
night last and organized new council
of the order, to be known as Occoquan
Council No. SO. Next Saturday night
a delegation from Belle Haven, Alex
andria, and Jackson lodges will leave
here for Occoquan. where they will in.
stitute the new lodge.
Vice President Baldwin, of the South.
ern Railway, has issued the following
order; Employees who have been in
service of this company for period OF
one year or more and wish to attend the
Atlanta Exposition will, on application
to their immediate superior officers, be
granted leave of absence when possible,
and passes to Atlanta and return for
themselves, wives and dependent child.
rem. Employees who have not been in
if.a
like transportation in the discretion OF
their superiors.
A letter from this city to the Rict.
mond Times says The Alexandria pub.
tic schools are now open again, and
with more pupils than ever before
some 1900 names being on the rolls
These schools are now patronized by
some of the best families, and were ii
not for. the girls alone every private
school would have to suspend. Of the
old schools only ST. Johns and Potomac
academies are left. The names of Hol.
lowell, Carne, Shay and Henry applied
to schools now is but memory, yet
superintendent Kemper and Colonel
Theo. Ficklin, principal of the Wash
ington Public School, belong to the old
regime.
| A gentleman living in the Third ward call.
ed on one of his relatives day or two ago
and took seat in chair in which box OF
matches bad been previously placed. They
were ignited and in few seconds the gentle
man had good cause to rise suddenly. A large
hole was burned in his pantaloons before the
fire was extinguished.
| Yesterday five colored boys undertook to
mob 8 little son of Mr. Joseph Moore who was
-s--s i,