Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The south wall of the market build
ing is being repaired.
Mr.. Herbert Price, grocer on north
Fairfax street, has closed his business.
A regular business meeting of the Y.
M. S. L. will be held at o'clock to-
night.
An Attorney cow belonging to Mr..
Archie Richards last night gave birth
to three calves.
The officials of the Pennsylvania rail
road .to-day made en- inspection trip
over the electric road.
A bunch of keys was found on the
street last night which the owner can
obtain at the station house.
An exhibition of patent fire extin-
guisher was given to-day in front of
the Relief Hook and Ladder truck
house.
The funeral of the late 'Aunt" Louisa
Tancil took place to-day from the AL
fred Street Baptist Church, colored, and
was very largely attended.
Alexandria Council, Royal Arcanum,
to-day paid to Mrs. E. J. O'Brien
$1,000, the amount of the benefit held
in that order by her deceased husband.
There was another heavy rain about
o'clock this morning, accompanied by
thunder and lightning. About o'clock
this evening there was another down
fall.
A we'll known colored man named
Hogan, who lived short distance south
of Hunting Creek bridge, died last
night of lockjaw, the result of boil on
his leg.
A number of persons from this city
left here this evening to attend the
meeting of the local assembly of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew at Pohick
Church.
A young gentleman of this city was
arrested in Washington yesterday for
s'coastingn on his bicycle. He was
taken to the station house and required
to pay IS.
Motorman Smith, who was knocked
from his car on upper King street yes.
terday evening by the falling ola troll
ley wire, was On duty again to-day, not
having been much hurt.
A dog belonging to Mr.. ]. R. Smoot
and which that. gentleman had owned
for fourteen years, having shown sign
of rabies this morning, was shot and
killed by Officer Atkinson.
The ladies of Christ Church have or
dered handsome fountain, which they
will have erected in the beautiful yard
of that church in memory of their late
rector, Rev. Henderson Suter.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington yesterday to Joseph L:
Farmer, of Stafford county, and Carroll
A. Snyder, of Richmond county; Louis
l.. Whitestone and Katherine Bailey,
both of Culpeper.
MIR. Ezekiel Taminosian, of Antioch.
Syria, will deliver an address in behalf
of the Armenian sufferers, in the Second
Presbyterian Church, tomorrow night
at o'clock. The public are cordially
invited to attend.
Mr. Jos. F. Rodgers having declined
to accept the position of Inspector OF
the King and Pitt streets sewer, to
be built by the city, Mr.. Jos. Padgett
has been appointed to inspect the con-
struction of the sewer.
The construction of the Washington,
Arlington and Falls Church electric
railway is steadily progressing. The
rails have been laid, and the poles and
brackets set as far as the town of Balls
ton. and cars will be running to that
point in about two weeks. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY. expected to have the road com,
pleted to Falls Church by the middle OF
July.
Edward Tyler and Walter Grossman
were arrested last night by Sergeant
Smith and Officer Ferguson on tele-
gram from Manassas, where it was al
legged that Tyler had stolen q watch
and Grossman was q party to the
theft. They were held until this
! morning when they were turned over