Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-10
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Grave robbers are at work in Wash
ngton.
The weekly meeting of the Business
Mems League will be held to night.
MIR. G. orge Brown | as blind null
let at his rarber's shop on Royal street.
A line of water mains is being laid on
Madison street, between Columbus and
Alfred streets.
The corcussion caused by the firing
of big gun at Indian Head proving
ground on Saturday gave rise to re-
port that the city had been visited by
an earthquake.
Mrs. Justus Schneider fell on the
slippery sidewalk in trout of her resi-
dence on north Washington street this
morning and broke her arm. She was
attended by DR.. O'Brien.
Matilda Cooper, a respected colored
resident of this city, who broke her leg
in jumping from train on Saturday, is
now at the Infirmary where she is being
taken care of and where she is i'm
proving.
The Alexandria Light Infantry has
determined 10 attend in body the lee
ture of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, under the
ausl ICES of the Mary Gusts Lee Chap
ter of the Daughters of the Confedera-
cy in the Opera House on the Oath in
slant.
VIM. L. Littlehales, lawyer thirty
seven years of age, of Washington, was
found drowned in the Potomac river,
near the south end of the Long bridge
yesterday. Whether it was a case of
accidental drowning or of suicide can
not be stated.
Mr.. Augustus Dean has purchased
what remains of the hull of the tugbost
Potomac, which was destroyed by fire
near St. Georges Island last year. He
will shortly rebuild her and use the boat
for the river trade. She now lies near
the shipyard on the shore.
Mr.. Frank Roat while walking along
the shore of Hunting creek near the
bridge yesterday found bottle in
which was piece of paper on which
was written The finder will please
notify the county authorities that they
will find my body in the rivera
Broken Hearted Man."
A few days since Mr.. J. 81. Grill.
bortzer missed eleven sixteen-feet
boards from his yard in the southwest
part of the city. On Saturday he found
a colored man on the creek engaged in
building two boats and using his boards
in their construction. The man prom
Used to make restitution.
Three tramps-Wm. Webb, Abe
Beckwith and John Hamilton-who
have been lettering about the city beg
ging for several days, and who had pre-
viously been ordered to leave the city,
were arrested last night by Officer Fer
guson and this morning they were sent
to the chain gang for ten days.
The flag pole on Peabody school
building on which the Junior Order of
American Mechanics will raise an
American flag on the 22d of February,
was put in position Saturday evening.
The pole is handsome one and is sur
mounted by gilt eagle. A pole will
be erected on Hallowell building on
Saturday next.
The home missionary and the par
sonage societies of the III. E. Church
South held a meeting at that church
last night which was we'll attended.
An address was made by Mrs. Beelor,
of Washington, and Miss Ruth Pretty
man recited several selections. During
the meeting the Leonads Quartette
rendered excellent vocal music.
The joint committees on finance of
the two houses of the General Assem-
bly, met on Saturday to hear recon-
mendations for an additional appropri-
alton for the Soldiers Home. The
committee heard Mr.. Taylor, of Nor
folk, MIR. Smoot, of this city, and Mr..
Randolph Harrison, but action was
deferred until the meeting tomorrow.
The joint committee of the Sons ct
the Revolution and the Sons of the
American Revolution of Washington
have about completed arrangements
for reception to be given at the Ar
lington Hotel on the evening of Febru-
airy %. On the Sunday following reli.
gious services of a patriotic nature will
be held. They have not decided wheth-
er the exercises will be held in one of
the Washington churches or in Chri.t
Church in this city, where Washington
worshipped.