Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-22
LOCAL BREVITIES. .

Twenty dodgers were at the station
house last last
The electric railway carried many
passengers to Mount Vernon to day.
Mr.. Thomas Lewis and Miss Ger
trude Sutton were married on Wednes-
day evening.
The remains of DR.. ]. W. Bancroft,
who died in the county recently, were
cremated near Baltimore.
Mr.. John T. Donaldson, son of Mr..
Dorsey Donaldson, of this county, died
on Wednesday, aged % years.
Mechanics Building Association, No.
S, last night made loans amounting to
S., 900 at premium of 25.
Mr.. Edgar Anderson and Miss Vir-
GINA NJ. TIGER, daughter of Policeman
TIGER, were married last night.
Mr.. George II. Pratt, well-knoWn
merchant, died at his home in Herndon
on the 18th instant, aged 40 years.
To day was to have been one Of
Hicks's record breakers. Sometimes
he strikes it and sometimes he doesn't.
Mr.. Claude l.. Pickin, who is agent
for the three-gallon cooperative fire
extinguisher, is rapidly introducing
them in this city.
A man who says he is walking from
New York to Florida on a wager of
s. 900, was in the city to day. He was
accompanied by dog.
A marriage licenses was issued in
Washington yesterday to Abraham L.
Norris, of this city, and Beatrice Dan
iels, of Washington.
Mrs. Bette Taylor Earnest, widow
of Rev. Joseph Earnest, of Orange,
Va, died suddenly in Washington
on Wednesday night.
Mrs. Mary Mop. Foster, wife of the
ex-Secretary of State, has been elected
President General of the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
The pumps in the western part OF
the city which were frozen during the
recent storm have been repaired and
gotten in condition again.
A freight car jumped the track at
Shoots siding, on Wilkes street, to-
day, and some time was occupied in
getting it on the rails again.
In the Corporation Court yesterday
Mrs Jessie " Price was appointed adj
ministratrix of the estate OF her hus-
band, the late George I. Price.
A commission of lunacy yesterday
evening ordered Richard Mason. col
ored, aged sixty years, to be sent to the
colored insane hospital of the State.
Miss Graeff this evening delivered n
interesting address, at Peabody Hall
before the Kings Daughters Circles
and other ladies on the subject of the
Kindergarten.
The Ladies' Relief Committee de-
cided yesterday to use the 5000 appro-
priated by Council for the poor in pur-
chasing fuel and supplies for the de-
serving poor.
An attempt was made last night to
rob the drug store Of Mr.. c. G. Lennon,
on the corner of Patrick and Queen
streets, but the would-be thieves, who,
it is said, were seen with dark lanterns,
were scared of.
Mayor Strauss made an official visit
to the aims house yesterday. He sug-
gests now that the water mains
pass close to that institution, that it
would be we'll for Council to have q
fire plug erected and water introduced
into the building.
Mr.. Sonny, who lives near Pohick
Church, was thrown from his wagon at
Cameron run yesterday evening. He
was senseless when picked up by Mr..
Williamson, who lives near the place
where the accident occurred, but he
subsequently, regained consciousness.
The insurance adjusters, whose COM
panies had insurance on the George r.
Hill Company's property, recently de-
stroyed by fire, are in the city to fix up
the amount of insurance money to be
paid. They will probably be here for
several days, and satisfactory adjust
ment is expected by all concerned.
Snow is again interfering with railroad
travel in western New York.