Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-12-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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There is plentiful supply of oysters
at the oyster dock.
The Alexandria German Club will
give their next dance on Christmas Ev,
night.
The little daughter of Mr.. Charle
Evans, on south Fairfax street, has {
light case of scarlet fever.
The steamer Wakefield brought up
an unusually heavy freight from the
lower river landings this morning.
Sam Sing, the Cinnamon who recent
ly left this city for Washington, has re
turned with his family to this city.
The arrival of the Richmond train a
this city this evening was delayed by
the derailing of some freight cars neal
Richmond.
Two watermen, one white and one
colored, were drowned in Port Tobacco
creek near Chapel Point, on Wednes
day night.
The new switch at the corner of King
and Washington streets got out of or.
der last night and interfered with the
running of the electric cars.
Mr.. Louis P. Woodward, who was
recently appointed Waterman and fire
man at the custom house building, will
at once enter upon the discharge of his
duties.
Two boys who had been sent by Mr.
NJ. Schiller with groceries, &C., to the
Theological Seminary were held up by
tramps on the Shutters Hill yesterday
and the articles taken from them.
The total number of diphtheria cases
recorded at the Washington health Of
fee up to and including yesterday is
about one hundred, none of them as yet
being regarded as Of serious type.
The services at NJ. P. Church last
night were very interesting. Rev. F.
I. Benson preached with his usual
earnestness and under the preaching OF
gospel two went forward and were con-
verted.
Messrs. K. Kemper, G. B. Marshall, J
E. Alexander, J. H. Fisher, r. w. Rob
insop, ]. B. Padgett, w. F. H. Fink
and Edgar Brockett have returned from
Richmond, where they went to attend
the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons.
1t has been a mooted question fol
some time as to who is the most grace.
full cake walker among the colored ele.
ment in this city, and in order to settle
the matter prize cake walk has been
arranged to take place at Odd Fellows
Hall, south Columbus street, next Mon
day night. White and colored judges
will act. Charley Hodge and Howard
SHELTON, the colored favorites, have
been invited to walk. An open.to all
cake walk will close the affair. Char
ley Bowles, the house mover, leading
it.
The st. Asaph street sewer is giving
considerable trouble to the custom
house people, aud to-day the authori-
ties stopped the contractor who is max
ing the repairs from pumping the foul
water from the sewer trench into the
street. Upon using proper disinfect.
ants, however, he was allowed to pro.
ceed with the repair Of the pipe. The
fire plug on the corner was subsequent.
ly used to flush the cutters. 1t is said
the government is impressed with the
idea of abandoning the present sewer
and tapping that on King street.
An alarm of fire last night about csc
o'clock was caused bya gasoline stove
exploding in the residence of Mr. Collie
Wood, corner of Fairfax and Gibbon
streets. The damage was slight, but 9
young man named Herbert Phillips in
throwing the oil tank of the stove in
the street was quite badly burned
about the head and arm. About mid
night last night the manure pile in
Myers livery stable on north Pitt
street was seen TO be smoking and the
members of the Hydraulion company
were notified. They got their apparatus
in readiness, but their services were
not needed.
Mr.. c. w. Howell, the King street
batter, has full and handsome line O
winter hats and caps which he is sell
ling at reasonable prices.
officer Edward Curry shot and killed Lou
doun Shears, colored, on G street, between
| I'd and Sd. southwest, Washington, thi!
afternoon. Shears was resisting the Office
and beating him with his own baton wher
the fatal shot was fred.
A big break in the c. & o. canal on thu
Brick House level, 40 miles above Williams
port, Md, may close navigation earlier thar
usual.
Mrs. Henry simp:on died of paralysis at he
home near Lortou Valley last week.