Evening star., 1897-04-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
More Candidates Out for the Oity
Offices
Notes of a General and Personal
Character From Down the
River.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. SO King street,
Bell telephone, No, 1O6.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 10, 1881
The list of candidates for the various
offices under the city government is being
added to daily. and there are any number
of people whose one desire seems to be to
serve the city. Mr.. ]. H. Raines last night
announced himself as a candidate for clerk
of the gas against Mr.. r. r. Cook the in
cumbent. Mr.. Raines will at once begin an
active canvass, but 1t is said he will have
TO do great amount Of hustling to beat
Theo. Cook, who is both popular and eff
cient. Mr.. Thomas Kelly has announced
himself as a candidate for the city coun-
Gil from the fourth ward and Mr. A. M.
Meichoir a candidate for the board of al
dermen from the first ward The material
Tor the city council is varied, and .aIl
sorts and conditions Of men, are found
among the candidates, but the good peo-
.'le will be able to decide al a glance who
VIII best serve the city. Some are saloon
Keepers. some policy men, some gamblers
put there are enough representative men
IN lhe crowd TO elect a good ticket from
The candidates for the mayoralty and for
corporation attorney are working day and
hlsht Tor supremacy, and each side claims
70 be "a dead sure winner" but the people
know thing or two. Nearly every candi-
date in the field has out a card or some
other device for advertising his claims and
more interest is being manifested in the
coming primary than in any for years past,
as the outcome means SO much for tha ,ert
interests of the city
Wlli1am Coleman, a "well-knoWn'' COL
ored man. who has run for nearly eyery
ONCE IN the gift of the people for several
years past. and who has never received
more than very few votes Yesterday
nied notice with the clerk of the corpora.
tion court to the effect that he would be a
candidate for mayor in the general cleo
uon; Ihomas Watson. colored. will be a
ha ntf
fourth ward in the general election
Will Probably Live In Alexandria,
Rev. J. H. Boyd. recently appointed pre-
siding elder of this district of the Metbo-
dist Episcopal Church South, will. 1t is
said. reside in this city. Rev, ]. w Wells
the new pastor for the village chapel and
Del Ray, arrived in this city TODAY. and
Will stop for the present at the parsonage
of the NJ. E. Church South.
Police Court.
In the police court this morning there
was but one case for triaI-Jonn Nolan.
charged with drunk and disorderly conduct.
who was fined $3.50 and put under a bond
TO Keep the peace in the future.
Alexandria Light Infantry,
The Alexandria Light Infantry. now that
| 1t has full complement of new commits
stoned officers, and will shortly have a
1ull complement of non-commissioned off,
GERS, mas taken on new life, and an effort
| Is being made to get the company in shane
10 attend the Grant mausoleum dedica :
| tion in New York. This company made a
| creditable showing in New York at the
funeral of Gen. Grant.
Corporation Court.
In the corporation court yesterday tha
will of Mrs Mary Gary was admitted tn
probate. d. J. Gary. her son, to whom
| she left all of her property, qualified as
executor. ~
Daughters of America
| The regular weekly meeting of Mount
| Vernon Council. Daughters of America
! was held at its rooms on Fairfax street
last night with a large attendance. The
meeting vas as usual a very Interesting
one This council Is daily growing in popu-
iarity. and new members are being added
| at nearly every meeting.
New Police Boat.
Mr A. Dean has laid the keel for a new
steamer to be used by the Washington har-
Dor police In place of the Joe Blackburn.
which has been found to be too small.
General and Personal Notes.
The monthly meeting of the Woodlawn
Farmers Club will be held at Mr. Lewis
Gllingham's residence the 17th instant.
1t is said that an effort will be made in
the new city council to have the city print
ing put out to the lowest bidder instead of
giving one man cinch, as 1t is now
NO definite action has been taken in re-
gard to selling the old canal property to
Mr. f. E. Anderson for 5000.