The morning times., 1896-03-10
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

DR.. Matthew O'Brien. who has been at
tending the family of Frank Tuba, the
Italian fruit dealer, in whose house scarlet
IeYer, In a very malignant type, was said
TO exist. denies that any of the family have
had the disease, or that the woman who
nurSed Mrs. Tuba, or Miss Heimuth, who
was Il clerk in Tubi1's store, now have
the disease. Dr. O'BTien says Mrs. Tuba
dIcd OF QuinSy, and thGt the baby had the
Scarlet rash. An effort is 10 be made
10 nave the city council pass an ordinance
competing all persons in whose houses
scarlet fever aud other contagious diseases
exist. TO put placard on the door statingthe
disease therein.
Judge J. k. NJ. Norton of the Alexandria
corporation court. has granted u charter
otneAtlantic cStOneCOmpdny.d d Washington
corporation, which proposes 10 buy. sell and
work stone quaTrieS and TO handle build
ing stone OF all kinds. The capital stock
600, divided into shares of 500 each.
Capt. n. keInper is named as the local at
torney. on whom all processes may be
served. Mr.. \. b. NettletOu Of Washington.
is the president OF the company.
\ colored boy named Arthur Washington.
living in Fairfax county, while fishing iu
Little Hunting Greek, not far from Mt.
Vernon, fell inJO the water on Saturday last
and was drowned. The boy was subject
IL epiieplic Lits and II Is thought that
he was attacked by one of them and fell
into the water.
The Rev. Charles Gauss, the insane
collector for The Virginia Theolog lcaI
Seminary. whose queer actions have DGen
giving the seminary people much trouble,
was on sunday evening last taken TO Phil
adeiphia by his friends, where he VIII
be placed in Il private sanitarlunl.
Mr.. Theophilus BaIIenger yesterday re-
ceived from his fishing shore twenty-five
barrels of fine fish, Il large propurtiOn OF
which were rock.
Mr.. j L. Corney and A d. HuIick OF
the Ir.nsdtianttc Mail Service were IN
the city yesterday ON a visit to their many
friends.
UIIIcer W. b. Blanford of Prince George
county, Md, came to this city Yesterday ait-
ernoon after William ArnIiger a Young
colorcd boy who had run away from his
home, aud whom the Maryland authorities
wanted to send TO the house of correction.
The boy was arrested by Sergt. smith
ana turned over 10 the Washington officers.
The meeting of the Alexandria Business
Mems League last night was the large st
ever held. Its entire business consisted
of the reading OF the report OF the public
Improvement committee YOluminOus and
interesting report in favor OF the issue by
the city, OF S2GO,OOO in per cent thrtys
year bonds, in series OF $4,000 each
year for five years. No general pIan
OF Sewera sc is set out nor any method OF
street paving, except that il is suggested
that King and Pierce and Cameron streets,
running east and west, be provided with u
hard substance, and that similar paving be
used for all streets running north ana soul b
between Cameron and Prince streets: and
that the other streets, which are mostly
residence streets, be acadamized or
graveiled. The report shows that this
can be accomplished in ten years without
any serious j. 1rease in general taxation.
The subject 1as laid over until the meet
ing next Monday night, when it VIII come
up for discussion.
The case of William, alias Buck" TayIor,
John, alias "Red'' Martin, Ernest Trayers
and John Gimartin, for break open a
Southern Railway car and stealing fifty
two pairs of shoes, and Hugh Strider, for
stolen, came up in the mayors court last
night before Mayor Thompson, and re-
suited in the entire crowd beng sent to the
grand jury.