Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-01-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Literary Glass meets tonight at
Z o'clock.
No business was transacted in the
U. S. Court to-day.
Several persons had falls yesterday
on the ice on pavements formed by run
ming hydrants.
VIM. Jasper, an old and we'll. known
colored resident of the Franconia neigh
borhood, died yesterday, aged 9S years.
Complaint is made of some young
men who gather at the corner of Fair
fax and Duke streets and shoot catrifes.
U. S. Collector of Revenue Monroe is
out making his annual inventory of
the stock on hand in The various tobac-
CO stores.
To-day being the Feast of the Epiph-
any and Old Christmas, services were
held this morning in st. Mary's and St.
Paul's Churches.
The combination lock on the door of
the big safe in the postoffice got out of
order this morning, and to open it the
safe had to be broken open.
Rev. o. R. Henry has beer appointed
pastor of the Free Methodist Church in
this city, to succeed Rev. Mr.. Santmier,
who has gone to Binghamton, N. Y.
The Southern Railway Company an
nounces the establishment of the
New York and Florida Short Line
Limited" trains for the season of 1896.
Mr.. J. T. Stone has at his stand on
the Strand supply of fine terrapins
which he is selling at low prices. He
has also asapply of fine salt water oys-
tiers.
A caboose attached to freight train
in the Southern Railway yard, in this
city, caught fire Saturday evening from
an overheated stove and was badly
damaged.
The office of the Overseer of Outdoor
Poor was besieged to day by applicants
for provisions, &c., many of whom are
lazy, able-bodied colored men who will
not work.
Annie Berry. colored, former resi-
dent of this city, died in Washington
yesterday. Her remains viii be
brought here for interment tomorrow
afternoon.
The regular monthly meeting of 1.-THE
Women's Auxiliary Association of r.
e. Lee Camp" will be held in Peabody
Hall tomorrow tuesday afternoon at
four o'clock.
Mr.. Richard l.. Briscoe, well-known
old resident and saddler of this city,
died at an early hour this morning al
his home on Prince street, near Royal,
at an advanced age.
To-day is the 18th anniversary OF
the marriage of George Washington
and Mrs. Martha GUSTS which took
place at st. Peters Church, near the
White House, on the York river in 1859
Mr.. NJ. F. Hobson, superintendent OF
the Baptist Sunday school, was yester
day presented with fine gold watch
as an evidence of the esteem in which
be is held by the officers and scholars
of The school.
A meeting of the Business Mems
League will be held tonight at which
the executive committee will be named.
Most of the merchants of the city have
joined the league and full meeting is
expected to night.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Washington and Alexan-
dria Turnpike Company was held in
this city to-day when the old board OF
directors and MIR. Albert Hewson as
clerk were reelected.
Mr.. Richard L. Wallach, formerly oil
Washington but more recently of Lau-
rel, Nd, who was we'll known 10 this
city, died at the Providence Hospital
in Washington on Saturday of cancer.
The st. Joseph's Aid Society, the la
dies charitable organization of st. Ma.
ry's Church, on Thursday evening will
be in St. Mary's Hall to receive dona-
tons of clothing, money, etc., to aid
them in their good work.
A we'll known young man went into
an upper King street store on Saturday
night to see friend. While waiting
he went asleep, was locked in and was
almost frozen before he was released
early yesterday morning.
The week of prayer, which is OBJ.
served annually by nearly all Protest.
ant churches, begins tonight and will
continue until the 18th. Services will
be held every night during the week in
the Second Presbyterian Church.
R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams will at their meeting tonight ap'
point the committee to arrange fol-
identifying the space about the monu
ment at the corner of Prince and Wash
ington streets and also to make ar.
engagements for celebrating Gen. Lees
birthday.
The house of Mr.. J. Robert Beattie
the old Riggs place, near Annandale
Fairfax county, was destroyed by frt