The morning times., 1896-03-21
NE WS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Crossing Gateman Was Attacked
by Mob of Boys.
Jail-Brca kers-Cases Before
the County Court.

Tie lack of proper police protection was
never more forcibly apparent than was
demonstrated last evening at the corner
OF Oronoco and Fayette streets. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has erected
gates for protection from passing trains.
At the time mentioned quite a crowd
Of halr-grOwn boys assembled there, and
forcing the gateman, Barney Matthews,
to retire TO his box, commenced TO stone
the same, and held him q prisoner until
the arrival of Officers Arlington and Deane.
who were summoned from the lower nj OF
their beat, fully Il quarter or mile dis
tant. They gave chase TO the misCreants,
capturing two OF them and securing the
names or the others, who will be arrested
today, when they Will be made examples
OF 10y Ma yor Thompson.
Judge Norton yesterday granted a char
| ter 10 the Emerson Bag and Paper Com
pany. Their headquarters are to be in
J this city, and the officers named in the
| charter are Thomas o. Hills of Washing
/ ton, president, and II Clay Emerson of
! this city, vice president. Capital, 50, 600.
| Cards are out for the marriage Of Mr..
/ George Warlield OF the First National
| Bank and Miss Nellie Hudson OF Upper
| King street. The ceremony Will take place
! Tuesday evening, March 81, at The Meth
! list Church, South.
7 1idIEN MOIitAr Il Idu is ilutJt- SIN dl Ilo
( home on Commerce street of .linhtheria,
/ and the public school authorities rave for
| hidden the attendance of any nf the other
children OF the family.
! The Young Peoples Union of the First
/ FRESH yterian Church held largely at
| tended monthly meeting Thursday night in
I tile lecture room of the church ana business
! OF interest TO the members was Transacted.
| An interesting musical program closed the
exercises, which was participated in by
| quite a number of our young people and
enjoyed by the large audience. The resigna-
| tion of Mr.. /. B. Field, whois now in New
| York, was accepted, and Mr.. W y. Moore,
jr., was elected to fill the vacancy.
Judge Lipscomb. Commonwealth Attor
| ney Thornton and Clerk Nelson OF the
| Prince William county court, We're IN the
| city today.
The physicians who have been attend
| ing Mrs. Thomas, who was so murder
uusIy assaulted by her husband, express the
| belief that she viii ultimately recover, as
! everything in her condition now points to
! that end. Mike Thomas Will be removed
| from the hospital to the jail today.
The governor has Offered a reward Of
$3.50 for the capture or the three men
| who broke Jail at Fairfax Court House
! Wednesday night, and it is said large
posse from the surrounding country are
trying to earn the money.
I 1 lie eitGITit TOdtl ICdibttl a uSl NNct NNS-
terday. as the travel to the Mecca Of all
true Americans Mt. Vernon-was quite
large, the cars being taxed TO their full
| capacity.
The March term OF the county court,
which begins next Monday will be q busy
one. The case of Nelson, for the killing
OF Deputy Hines, will he passed upon by
the grand jury, as also the alleged yio-
lations OF the Maupin anti pool selling
bill, and as there is quite an array of
legal talent on both sides. battle royal
may be looked for over this case.
Mr. George Richards. of the firm Of
Richards * Price, No. los Fairfax street,
met with quite a loss on Thursday last.
1t seems he intrusted sum Of money 10
a colored boy in the employ OF the firm
to deposit, who decamped with the cash,
and, up to last evening, had been success
full in ending the searcbers.
| Mr. j. p Davis, who fell from
his porch on Thursday morning,
as stated exclusively in The Times, Is
doing as well as could be expected under
the circumstances, and hopes TO be out in
! a short time.
There were three cases before the ma yoI
Yesterday Thomas O'Couldy and Will
lam Meg RI w, for rtreSpaSsing on the property
of the Southern road, were fined $50
each, and not having the cash were sent
to the chain gang for thirty days. James
GOTuOn, q tramp, was up iOT NdSrdhCN, anu
ordered to leave the city or go on the
gang. He preferred the former.
The four-mastcd schooner LYDIA DeaSiD
loaded with ice, arrived here yesterday on
her way to Washington.
The Columbia Fire Company have &C
cepted The invitation to attend services at
the NJ. P. Church, Dr.. Benson's, next Sun
day night.
Thieves have been busy among the
chickens in the southeastern section OF the
city lately, and several good citizens viii
ihave to buy their fruit for the Easter festival
Lacey, the Colored man who claims he
was assaulted by the three men under ar
rest was admitted to bail yesterday, he
having been held as witness.
Mr.. j. T. Campbell residing at No. 1908
Eleventh st rect southeast, " Washington, came
to Alexandria yesterday evening and re
ported at the police station that JOSEPH
H. Butler, q young colored man, residing
with his mother on North Alfred street
. had stolen $22 from his wife. Butler was
|. | employed by Mrs Campbell and found her
purse in the carriage and refused to return
| it. The boy was arrested at his home an6
locked up In the police station for tb(
, | Washington authorities.
The change in the virginia marriage
| license law, allowing the clerk of the
court to issue marriage licenses to partie:
from other states, provided they will agree
to marry within his jurisdiction, is draw
ing quite a large number of ont-of-towI
! couples TO Alexandria for licenses, as nc
publication OF marriage licenses has eve
| been made lie re. Yesterda Y, what l:
thought TO have been an eloping couple
applied to Clerk John s. Beach for Ii