Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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the fire, has been repaired.
a man was seen last night tamperin
with the electric wires at the corner o
Columbus and Cameron street.
One builder in the city to-day paiC
out $500 for labor in repairing building
damaged by the storm.
The Relief Hook and Ladder Com
pany at their meeting last night trans
acted only routine business.
10 the Corporation Court to- day Mar
tin Bnrber, native of Germany, wa
granted naturalization papers.
To day was the first time since thu
storm that the trains on the Manassa:
branch the Southern Railway arrived
here.
Justice Pelham, of the county, vii
hold court every sunday at Rosslyn tc
have arrested and to try disorderly per
sons who come there from Washington
The democrats of Lincolnia, Fairfax
county. will form Bryan and Sewall
Club tonight, when Mr.. R. Z. Lee and
others will speak.
A wagon broke down on King street
uear st. Asaph TO day, and for short
time interferred with the running of
the electric railway cars.
There will be meeting of the w. c.
T. U. on Monday at the NJ. Z. Church
South at 5 p. m.
4 marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday to James Quayle
and Fannie T. Grim, both of this city.
1t is said that number of colored
men in this city will assist in the cleo
ton of Mr. J. f. Rixey, the democratic
candidate for Congress.
A number of the Bryan-Sewall-Ri
Club went to Washington last night TO
attend meeting of the Virginia Demo
cratic Association.
The telephone wires in this city. dan
aged by the storm, have been almost all
repaired but the line to Washington
is still down at several places.
Mr.. Lemuel Cook while looking al
the men working on the sewer this
morning came very near being run over
by passing electric car.
The pupgy Turner, which was cap.
sized during the storm on Tuesday
night at Craney Island, was righted
this morning and towed up the river to
Washington.
SgVictoria Tyler, a well-known colored
woman. died spddenly at her home on
south Columbus street this morning.
She was we'll and about Yesterday even
ing.
Three tramps stationed themselves
on the railroad track few miles west
of this city yesterday and threatened
nearly every body who passed them if
they did not give them money.
Many of the telegraph wires in this
section, which were Frustrated by the
late storm, have been repaired and the
lines are gradually being gotten in
working order again.
1t is reported that the total number
of vessels wrecked between this city
and Blackstone Island by the storm on
Tuesday night was eighty.two, but it is
believed to be exaggerated.
While going to the fire early this
morning the truck horses ran into a
pile Of rubbish ON Prince street, near
Pitt, and one of them fell and was badly
scratched.
In an old bible which Mr.. w. A.
Underwood recently received from his
old home in Occoquan was found an
election ticket for Baltimore when
Henry Winter Davis was running for
Congress.
Miss Wright, who has succeeded
to the business of Tackett Il Marshall's
millinery store, is well known trimmer,
having worked in Baltimore and Boston
for wears and lately for J. d. Purcell.
See notice of fall opening elsewhere.
An old colored woman from lower
Fairfax county, who was in the city to-
dav, saws that among the trees blown
down at Mount Vernon last Tuesday
night was one planted by George Wash
iugton.
The high water expected did not ma
terialize. The river reached higher
point than the usual high tide, but no
damage was done any where along the
docks here or at Washington. Consid-
cradle damage was sustained by the
shipping and wharves of Georgetown.
AS stated yesterday, Senator Faux
ner and Mr.. Stilson Hutchins will adj
dress g meeting to be held by the
BRYAN. Sewall and Rixey Club at the
Opera House tonight. The speakers
will be pleased to answer any questions
propounded to them during the evening.
Rev. F. T. Benson will tomorrow
night commence a series of sermons to
Young men. On last October the SER
vices of a similar character were very
popular and there were large congrega-
tons present. 1t is hoped the young
men will take advantage OF these SER
vices and be present.
Among the property damaged by
Tuesday nights storm was that of Mr..
w. II. Mounijoy, at the corner OF Fay
cite and Cameron streets. One-halt the
roof of his store was blown oil, the
chimneys demolished, part OF the fire
walls blown off, fine shade tree was
blown down and his hen house carried
away and fifteen chickens killed.
The democratic club of Alexandria
; county has appointed the following
executive committee to make arrange
ments for the grand Bryan ratification
meeting to be held at Bsllston on the
18th instant c. B. Graham, e. F.
Thompson. +. Il. Yeitch, Joseph "
. Fields. Frank Hume, P. E. Woodya ard
!, James E. Clements, E. T. Sissou and
.Iohn w. Clark.