The morning times., 1896-01-25
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

Petit1ons TO the legislature for q nd against
the race tracks are being circulated in this
city, and are receiving numerous signatures
The race track people say they have four
1fths or the names or the business men OF the
city To the petition for the continuance of
the tracks, a nd pamphlet containing these
names Will be sent 10 each member of the
legislature. The petition for the abolition
or the tracks, which has been at the store
or Mr.. Henry Robertson for some days past
for signatures, will be sent to Senator Mnsh-
bach and Delegate May today, with "A re-
quest that they urge upon the legislator
the adoption OF the Maupin bill.
The Alexandria corporation and county
courts will both be in session next week
The county court has only some little civil
business to transact, but the corporation
court has a large number of criminal cases.
in which indictments have already been
found, to dispose Of and it is expected
that this work will ocucpy the time of the
court during the entire week. The Sunday
liquor-selliDg cases have been set for a
hearing on Wednesday next, and petitions
for reduction in the recent real estate
assessment made by the State, will also
be heard by Judge Norton.
The heavy rains of Wednesday and Thurs
day flooded all the workings along the
line OF the new Washington & Alexandria
Railway, and yesterday no progress toward
the completion of the road could be made,
the workmen all being engaged in getting
the work in condition to start again this
morning.
Mr.. David j. Howell, the well-known civil
engineer. has returned from Aiken, N. c.,
where he went to prepare plans for a
winter training track to be built there.
Mr.. Howell reports that the owners of the
proposed track have not yet determined
whether they will build or not. The es-
tablishment of the track is very doubtful.
The State law gives all persons who are
dissatisfied with the State assessment for
tax purposes, until the first of February
following the taking of the assessments, to
go into court for the purpose of asking for
correction of the assessment, and within
the last few days a large number of such
cases have been placed in the hands OF
the attorneys here. The assessment was
made by Capt. r. F. Knox, last summer.
The funeral of Mr.. E. Cbauncey Davis
took place yesterday evening. Rev. ].
H. Butter conducted the services, which
were attended by the Odd Fellows, Red
Men and the Freidnship and Third Regi-
ment Drum Corps. The pail bearers were
Messrs. A. j. Ballenger 8. E. Dement,, Lewis
Mcdaniel, Charles Klaus, A. j. MuliDg,
The interment was in the NJ. P. Cemetery.
Sarepta Lodge of Odd Fellows, about
forty strong, left here last night on the Z
O'Clock train for Washington to pay a
fraternal visit to Central Lodge of WASH
ington. They returned home on the mid
night train well pleased with their visit.
Young Robinson and Ticer, who ran
away from home several days ago and
wrote from Baltimore saying they were
going to Florida, returned home yesterday
evening, very much disguised and salts
fled that home was the best place after all.
Charles Wingfield, colored, against whom
a warrant for assault on q woman named
Martha johnson was issued some two
months ago, was arrested by Officer Hull
yesterday evening.