Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-08-01
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and the crew beat it of.
The residence of the late George E.
French, on the west side of Washing
ton street, between Wilkes and Gibbon,
now occupied by Mrs. Nicklin, is being
moved further south on the square.
Mr.. Robert w. French will begin the
erection of handsome brick residence
north of the old homestead in few
weeks.
Notwithstanding the talk about the
river boats being overloaded on excur-
sion trips this summer, Harbor Master
Sutton, of Washington, declares that
they have not been. Inspector General
Dumont has also been on the watch, to-
gether with Capt. Cooper, the local hull
inspector, and neither has found any
violation of the law.
Mr.. B. Wheatley has pike in his
possession which was used by the in
surgents during the John Brown insur
rection in 1859. The first man killed
by Brown and his gang, it will be re-
membered, was Mr.. Burley, who was a
brother of Mr.. Burley, the ice dealer of
this city. He was taking down the
shutters from his store window in Har-
per's Ferry when he was murdered.
The funeral of Mr.. J. a, Dixon will
take place this evening from his late
residence on Washington street. The
services will be conducted by Rev. P.
P. Phillips, of st. Paul's Church, and
the remains will be inferred in the
family lot in St. Paul's cemetery. The
pallbearers will be Major ]. W. Green,
Major George Johnston, Captain R. f.
Knox, Mr.. J. Wallace Hoof, MIR. w.
81. Marbury and Mr.. Charles ]. Wise.
Mr.. Charles Calvert, car inspector of
the Southern Railway in this city, and
his wife were quite badly injured in a
runaway accident yesterday evening.
They were driving up Payne street TO-
ward Queen when the horse became
frightened at the electric cars and ran
away. The animal ran into a deep
gully at one side of the roadway, over
turning the wagon. Mrs. Calvert was
taken to the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. John Atwell, where she received
medical attention.
A letter from Herndon says Rev. John Nc
Gill will succeed Rev. 3. A. Castleman as rec.
tor of the Episcopal Church there. Mr.. Nc
Gill is well and fsvorably known as the for
mer rector of the Episcopal Church at Fairfax
Court House. Rev. r. A. Castleman preach
cd his farewell sermon last Sabbath evening
to crowded house. The service was read by
n,.~ U.I1.onn nd Cn1laoa
and the closing prayer was by DR.. ]. z. Ma
son of the Congregational Church. Mr.. Cps.
tleman will be greatly missed by his people
there, who are strongly attached to him. he
leaves this week for Bel Air, Md, and will be-
gin his work with the church there next Sab
bath. Mr.. Cox will occupy the pulpit at
| Herndon during the mouth of August. The
church has extended call to Rev. Frank
STingfellow, of Arlington, Va
The American Building and Loan Associa.
ton of Washington, John j. Kleiner, Of Wash,
iagton, president, yesterday afternoon organ
lied local board of the association in this
city, with the following officers: President
A. G. Wyckoff; secretary and treasurer, Capt.
3 ,bt F. Knox attorney, Gardner L. BoOtte,
aid general manager, Charles F. Plant. The
bard Of appraisers are George W. jones,
| George L. Young and William L. Benjamin.
Mre. Annie J. Young was arrested by detec-
tives in Washington yesterday, charged with
obtaining money by false pretenses. She has
| for ten days past been giving bogus checks to
various tradesmen about town and receiving
a small balance. She was locked up to await
hearing Mrs. Young it is said wasa "plur.
ger" on the races and had borrowed from
women she had met at the track to make bets.
| Monte Carlo fell on the first tgrn in the
closing event at ST. Asaph yesterday, but
neither horse nor jockey was injured. LIE.
! land had the mount. Jockey Washburn was