The morning times., 1896-12-22
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Council Adheres TO Its Decision On
the Federal Sewer.
Death Of a well-kuown Citizen.
News Notes of the Ntr-
ginia City.

Richard Burnett was again before the
MAYOR ycster day charged With selling
liuuor without a license and on Sunday.
Thomas LovingSton of Washington swOre
that hc purchased liquor in Burnett s place,
near the Stone Bridge, on Sunday. A fine
OF $50 was imposed, from which Bur
nett noted an appeal to the corporation
court. Subsequently the case was re-
opened and set for trial in the police court
on Saturday night next. Burnett was CON
vic:ed of a similar offense a short time
| ago and had only been released from Jail
| on Friday last.
Mr. Harry Arnold formerly of this city,
! died in Trenton. y. j., on Saturday Of con-
| sumption. The deceased was printer by
profession, and was well known both in
| Alexandria and Washington.
Mr. Thomas TIillery died in the AleXan-
dria Irfirmary yesterday morning.
| The Sunday school Of the NJ. f. Church
South will have Il pound party in the
basement of the church tomorrow evening
| at O'Clock.
O'Kane Council, No. 434, Catholic
| Benevolent Legion, elected the folio wing
officers at a meeting held on Sunday: Chan
celIor, James J.. Quinn; president, NJ. b
Harlow: vice president, Will am Des-
| mond; orator, John d. Normoyle; sccre-
tary, Thomas Burroughs; sr., treasurer,
Robert L. WenZel; collector, William II.
Sweeney; marshal, 7. NJ. MCGOWAN; guard,
Michael Iago; trustees, Edward Quinn,
Thomas Lannon and Edward Z. Lawhr.
Christmas services will be held in the
Railroad Reading Rooms on Sunday next
An address will be delivered by Mr.. Dick
inson of the Theological Seminary.
A special meeting of the city council
was called by the mayor last night to
consider the request OF the United States
government for permission to construct
! private sewer on st. Asaph street, from
! the custom house, to connect with the
l King street sewer, recently constructed
I by the city. There was not quorum
! present in the board Of aldermen. In
the common council the petition OF the
4 government was denied by an unanimous
! vote, and the mayor was directed to ad-
wise the government that the city would
adhere to its former proposition: That ii
the United States was willing to pay Il
: the city the estimated cost OF an eight
inch sewer the corporation would lay Z
twelve-inch sewer, paying the difference
in cost Of construction, guarantee to keel
itin order forever, allowing the government
use of the same, and making 1t public
sewer.
4 A resolution to amend the city laws fix
3 ing the limits in which lime may be burned
4 was referred to the committee on genera
laws. A resolution in regard to the re
q movai Of ashes from residences by the cit.
4 carts was referred to the committee o.
n Streets as was also proposition offerin
q the free use Of water from an artesian wei
at No. Gil Wolfe street.
A petition Of b. w. Nails asking for tn
81 refunding of an Improvement tax levie
Il under section 33 of the city charter wa
referred to the finance committee. M
Snowden offered a resolution, which wa
referred, directing the comm ittee OF
streets to ascertain and report to counc
= the probable cost Of rcpaving King stree
q from the wharf to the corpor ate limits, wit
q improved material. tits. conceded that til
Il work can be done at much less cost nov
a and as the electric railway would be n
@ quired to pay at least one-third OF th
Il cost, it is believed that the work can /
81 done out OF the general revenues of the cit.
II John, alias Lunch johnson, who a
[a tempted to shoot PolicemanL yles on Satu