Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-09
LOCAL BREVITIES.

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an oyster roast in the Exchange Hotel
Rev. F. T. Benson will next Sunday
night preach sermon to the firemen O.
the city.
A roll of money which was lost las
week by Mr.. o. F. Baggett was found
by Mr.. j. w. Finnescy, who made res
titution.
Mr.. Morris R. Wilkerson, a we'll
known citizen of Accotink neighbor
hood, was on Saturday stricken with
paralysis-his second stroke.
A line Of gas mains is being laid or
Wythe street to sapply gas for the ga:
engine being put IN at the bottling
house Of the Portner brewery.
A birthday party will be given at Ode
Fellows Hall to- morrow night by Mr.
F. ]. Pollard's Sunday School class fol
the benefit of the NJ. E. Church South
The horse belonging to ]. c. Nelson
which was raffled at Hammersly's sa
loon on Saturday night, was won by
Mr.. Saunders, of Washington, who
threw a.
In the Corporation Court to-day in
the case of Field VS.. Field commits.
sioner was appointed TO ascertain
whether certain property is susceptible
of partition.
VIM. Arminger" an incorrigible col
ored boy, who had run away from his
home in Prince georges county, Nd,
was arrested in this city to-day and
taken back to his home.
Everybody is invited to attend the
services of prayer and praise, which are
held in the r. R. Reading Rooms on
Mondays at 7:45 p. 10. The ushers Will
give all cordial welcome.
Rev. Mr.. Curry, an eloquent preach
er of Baltimore, will conduct the ser.
vices to be held under the auspices OF
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at
Christ Church next Thursday night.
A lamp exploded in the residence OF
Mr. ]. R. Pickin, in Klipstein's Terrace,
Saturday night, but the blaze was put
out with a patent fire extinguisher be-
fore much damage was done.
Judge Nicol, of the Circuit Court OF
this city, in chambers on Saturday
granted an injunction restraining Mr..
K. S. Windsor, executor of the estate
of the late D. A. Windsor, from selling
the property belonging to the estate.
The Methodist Conference, with which
Trinity Church of this city is connected,
adjourned at Newport News yesterday.
No appointment was made for Trinity
Church, as heretofore stated, Rev. MIR.
McDougal, of tile Kansas Conference,
will be sent here.
The Junior Order of United Ameri-
can Mechanics will on Wednesday
evening next entertain their lady
friends at supper in the Opera House
Cafe in recognition of the valuable ser.
vices rendered them at the Opera House
on the 22nd of February.
M. B. Harlow & Co. have sold for the
owner two lots, improved by frame
houses, on King street, between Wash.
ington and st. Asaph, to G. G. Lennon.
The same firm have sold for Samuel
Pullman to DR.. G. II. Klipstein lot on
Peyton street, between Duke and Prince,
Will UuCiCOu.
While shifting cars in the w. & O.
yard this morning a freight car ran
into passenger car, damaging the lat.
ter considerably. Mr.. II. B. Glover,
yardmaster at the depot, was on one of
the cars and had one of his arms hurt
and his face cut. He was not seriously
injured, however, and is being attend
ed by DR.. O'Brien.
The two frame houses on King street,
between Washington and St. Asaph,
have been purchased by Mr.. Charles
G.. Lennon, who will Immediately be-
gin the erection of a handsome drug
store on the site. The present build
ings, which were built over hundred
years ago, will be torn down, and in
their place will be erected modern
structure of the latest design.
1t is reported that while there is not
likely to be racing during the present
month at either of the county race
tracks, there is every reason to believe
that a book will be made on foreign
races at the st. Asaph track on Tuer-
day for the purpose of testing the law.
The officers of this track claim that the
bill to prevent the making of books is
defective aud that, therefore, the for
eign books may 60 merrily on.
A few Potomac shad are now being
caught in the trap nets in the lower
river, and the steamer Wakefield,
which arrived yesterday from the lower
river landings, had about twenty FIVE
fine shad consigned TO merchants in
Washington and this city. Mr.. Theo.
Ballenger, who operates the Freestone
Point shore, to-day sent his crew,
numbering about fifty men, down to
the shore to prepare for the opening of
the fishing season in few days. The
first haul of the big seine, which is
about four miles long, will be made
about the 18th of this month.
A letter from Fredericksburg says: at
now looks as ii the winter and early spring
fisheries of this section will be almost total
failure. The few fish caught are shipped
north. where good prices are obtained. Her.
rings have not started for fresh water yet,
and old fishermen say the open winter makes
their coming very doubtful. The large
seines have not yet begun operations, though
some of them are getting ready for work"
A communication was received at the
House of representatives on Saturday from
the Treasury Department. announcing that
the monument to be erected at Wakefield,
Va, the birthplace of George Washington,
will be completed next May, and recommend
ing the appointment Of a watchman, at $50
per month.
An effort is being made to establish at