Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-09-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The straw bat is in lis last throes.

has been opened on King street.
A station house has been erected OF
the electric railway at Addison Heights
Alexandria Council, Royal Arcanum
held a special meeting this evening K
initiate a member.
Eleven applications for membership
were received at the meeting of Mount
Vernon Council, Daughters of America
last night.
]. NJ. Stewart Semmes, son of Mr.. G.
G. Semmes, formerly of this city, died
at his home in Washington, on Thurs
day night, aged is years.
Mr.. John T. Bladen, an old and es.
teemed citizen, died to-day of cancer at
his home on upper Queen street, aged
II years.
| The market was we'll supplied to-day
with everything in season, but prices
with few exceptions were about the
same as those of last week.
The crab picking at Mr.. Jacob Brill's
restaurant last night was largely at
tended, and the crabs were pronounced
by those present to be the finest OF the
season.
Mrs. Culver, who lives on Fairfax
street, near franklin, while splitting
wood late yesterday evening, cut of
the end of one of her thumbs with q
Ratchet.
From the restaurant of Mrs. a. Ram.
mel there was sent to this Office to-day
a dish of delightfully."- served fried oys-
tiers, with all necessary condiments.
The oysters were very fine.
The meeting of the Christian Eu-
deavorers at Falls Church last night
was very largely attended, among
those present being several Alexan.
drians. Rev. F. T. Benson delivered
an address.
The body of Capt. Thomas Hart, of
the schooner Three Brothers, who was
drowned last Monday as the result of q
collision between his vessel and the
| Weems line steamer Potomac, near Bal
timore, was recovered yesterday.
Only routine business was transacted
at the meeting last night of the Relief
Hook and Ladder Company. The
name of one member, who has removed
to Washington, was placed on the
honorary membership list.
The district conference of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church South was in ses-
sion this week at Round Hill. The at
| tendance of ministers was unusually
large and the session full,of interest.
The conference ends to-day.
A train with large number of col.
ored excursionists from Strasburg ar
rived here this morning on their way
to Washington. One of the men was
80 drunk that he had to be put off the
train and was carried to the station
house in wagon.
Reed birds and sora are not so plen-
tiful as they used to be, and conse-
quentiy few so far have been hawked
about the city. Reed BIRDS Gnter
spersed with sparrows, for few can tell
the difference when picked sell at 40
cents per dozen.
The G. & o. train which passes
through this city at 2:3O struck coun-
try team this evening near the corner
of Prince and Henry streets, and threw
two men therefrom. Neither was in
jured, though the wagon was badly
| damaged.
The filling of Mr. Portner's immense
slo was completed last week. During
the process, there were many interest.
ed visitors. 1t contains three hundred
tons. 1t took seven men about ten
DAYS at the silo, besides the teams
havlipg the corn from the field Ma
nassas Journal.
An expert electrician, it is under
stood, has been in Baltimore for several
days examining into the affairs and
condition of the Home Telephone Com
pany as the agent of Philadelphia
syndicate, which will endeavor to pur
chase the property if its condition and
prospective earning capacity are found
10 be satisfactory.
The pay roll for street work this
week amounted to S62S. Ninety-three
men and twenty.eight wagons were
employed on the work and $3.50 of the
money was expended for the improve
ment on Oronoco street beginning at
Columbus, for which work 81 ,OOO was
appropriated by Council.
Capt. Windsor while on the Mary
land side of the river this morning saw
TWO negroes acting in suspicious man
ner iu a marsh and attempted to ar
rest them. He succeeded in capturing
one of them and brought him to this
city. On taking him to the station
house Mayor Simpson commended the
zeal of Capt. Windsor, but discharged
the man as there was no charge against
him.
Mr.. B. A. Milburn, formerly of this
CITY but now of Northport, N. Y, has
contributed several articles to Law
Notes, published in Northport, n. Y,
on the subject of "Lynchings and the
Remedy In one of his articles he
suggests that the governors of the
several States should recommend to
their respective legislatures amend
uents to the constitution and statutes
which will prevent any one from voting
or holding Office who has participated
in lynohing persons suspected OF having
committed crime.
Inst as the Capital Railway Company, Of
washington, has completed its tracks across
the Navy Yard bridge for the purpose OF
;nsuguraling rapid transit between that city
and Congress Heights, the computing engi-
neer of the District has declared that struc
ture to be unsafe.
Monday will be Labor Day but there will
ha m general observance Of that day in this