Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The receipts Of fish are increasing.
The Jewish Feast of Purim will be
gin on Wednesday evening.
Four persons were baptized at the
Baptist Church last night.
TIE Alexandria Light Infantry viii
hold another meeting tonight to elect
second lieutenant.
Two colored men we're in this city
yesterday Sunday evening delivering
packages for Washington store.
1t is understood that Mr.. William
Boothe will soon erect a handsome res
ideuce on Washington street, just north
of Princess.
A number of Alexandria attorneys
went to Fairfax Courthouse to-day to
attend the March term OF the Fairfax
County Court.
An engineer on the Southern Rail-
way was recently fined S. and costs for
running his engine too rapidly through
the corporate limits Of Orange.
Some pieces of brass machinery were
found one of the docks this morning.
They are at Mr.. VIM. M. Reardon's
S ore on the Strand awaiting an owner.
Some gentlemen from Washington
who are thinking OF locating manufac-
turing plants in this city will have
conference with Mayor Thompson and
some other officials and prominent bus
ness men OF this city tomorrow.
Thomas Robertson, colored, aged 81
years, who for some years had been
employed by Mr.. H. Clay Jones. was
stricken with paralysis yesterday even
ing while feeding stock at Mr.. Jones's
farm, just northwest of this city, and is
now in precarious condition.
Miss Justine Angelo, aged seventeen
years. pupil of Lee school, had on
exhibition this morning at the Office of
the SUI erintendent of Schools two well
executed crayon drawings, which were
pronounced by those who saw them to
show remarkable talent in the young
artist.
An interesting meeting of Alexandria
Division, A. 0. H., was held at st.
Mary's Hall yesterday evening. Sew
eral applications for membership were
received. The members decided to at
tend the supper to be given on the 18th
instant for the benefit of st. Mary's
Church.
Two sailors caused some excitement
on Fairfax street, between King and
Cameron, Saturday night. Both were
drunk, but one was fighting drunk.
They were taken in charge by Officer
Atkinson and Special Officer GEM
berger. One was dismissed this morn
ing, and the other, who caused the
trouble, was fined s..
An old man IA Washingtonian) came
near being the victim of serious acct
dent last night at the corner of King
and Royal streets. He attempted to
board moving electric car, but missed
his footing. Fortunately one of the
trainmen caught hold of him and kept
him from going under the wheels until
the car was stopped.
An alarm of fire about s o'clock
on Saturday evening was caused
by the partial burning of small
frame house occupied by Morris
Lee, colored, on the northeast corner
of Royal and Oronoco streets. The
fire department responded to the alarm,
and it was not long before the blaze
was extinguished. The loss was about
800.
The neighborhood of Queen and Pitt
streets was thrown into an uproar at
an early hour yesterday morning by
the antics of a man who had attempted
to enter the wrong house. A report
was started to the effect that burglars
were about, but upon the matter being
investigated it was found that belsted
individual had mistaken neighbours
house for his own.
The members of the three lodges of
Junior Order of American Mechanics
in this city went to Del Ray yesterday
evening and listened to a special Ser
mon preached to them by Rev. D. H.
Kern. The discourse was eloquent
and much enjoyed by those present.
Mr.. Kern will shortly leave for confer
ence, and expects to be transferred
from his present charge.
A few small coIored boys caused
some excitement on north Washington
street yesterday afternoon by teasing
dogs which are kept at the tan yard.
Officer Roberts soon arrived on the
scene and caught one of the offenders
and he gave the names of the others.
This morning they were released upon
their parents assuring the Mayor they
would correct them. Complaint had
several times been made of the disor.
derby behavior of colored boys at the
tan yard on Sundays.
This evening at 7:3O o'clock, Mr. Gilbert
Walden, the widely known southern elocu-
ZIONIST will give one of his select and pleas
ing enter tainments at the public school build
ing, near Franconia Station, and all who may
be fortunate to attend will be moro than re-
paid Tho admission fee has been placed
within the reach of all. A portion of tie
proceeds will go toward the benefit of the
Franconia public library under the super
vision aud control OF Miss Fannie NJ. Weadon.
dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, says that
VIM. kirkpatrick, who was born in this city
in 1889 died there recently. When the
war broke out, though ID years old, he join
Oh the Confederate army and fought to the
end.
AN ERRING WIFE.-A well-dressed
gentleman from Norfolk went to Rich
mond on Friday in search of his wife