Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-22
LOCAL BEETlTIES.

Eight locgers were at Inc sUaClol
house last night.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia A. Wad'
took place this morning from st. Ma
RVS Church.
The sale of captured pistols tool
place at the station house this morning
They brought S24.65.
Officer Lyles to-day killed a dos
which was acting in q strange manner
st the corner OF Duke and Pitt streets
At the State convention to meet II
Roanoke next August the city will BIZ
entitled to is delegates and the county
kto 3.
A horse attached to a wagon driven
by Mr.. Lang, of Fairfax, ran away in
West Eud to-day, upset the vehicle and
threw Mr.. l.. out.
The hail storm of yesterday evening
had the effect of considerably lowering
the temperature, and to day the wealth
or was exceedingly fine.
A strawberry festival will be held on
Thursday evening, May 9th, at Odd
Fellows Hall by the 17lh Virginia
Regiment Chapter U. D. c..
A numlnr of colored persons from
Mount Jszreel Church will be baptized
iii the river off Battery Rodgers at two
o'clock tomorrow evening.
Kaiser, the valuable pug from the
Philadelphia kennels, the property of
Miss Esther Brcokes, of this city, died
very suddenly yesterday morning.
Mr.. Charles Tyler, of Fairfax, who
was thrown from his buggy while re-
turning to his home from this city on
Thursday and badly hurt, is improv-
ing.
One of the Columbia fire engine
horses got a bone caught in its hoof
yesterday, and in consequence the
horse will be out of service for q day
or 80.
Officer Lyles on his rounds this
morning found a fine black horse roam
ing at large. The horse was taken to
the station house to await the coming
of its owner
People from Fairfax who were in the
city to-day say that the attempt of w.
II. Sedler, a colored lawyer from this
city, to secure q new trial for Jim Lew
is may result in a lynching.
Kate Vandever stole jewelry valued
at 81 1000 from the house of Mr.. Fred
Merten in Washington on Thursday
night. She was arrested yesterday and
the stolen property recovered.
Mrs. Reed, widow of Samuel j. Reed,
died in Washington this morning. The
deceased lived in this city for many
years, where she had many friends and
acquaintance. She leaves seven child
rem.
George Kidwell, the seven-year-old
son of John E. Kidwell, the chief n
gineer at the Cairo Flats, in Washing
ton, fell off the wharf at the foot of
Sixth street, in that city, yesterday and
was drowned.
In Washington yesterday in the Cir
cult Court No. 2, Justice McComas, in
the case of Claughton VS. Burke, a mo-
ton for a new trial was overruled and
judgment rendered on verdict. An
appeal was taken.
Three COWS belonging to Mr.. James
Icing, who lives on Doctor Yarrow's
farm, opposite Bush Hill, on the South
ern Railway, were killed by q north
bound train yesterday. Two others
were badly injured.
Lille Fraley McIntire May brought
suit in Washington yesterday against
George Russell May for divorce. She
alleges desertion and non.support. They
were married in Leesburg and have two
children, Elsie and Ada.
There was but one prisoner at the sta
ton house this morning-an old Of
fender-who had bsen found drunk on
the streets. In consideration OF hav-
Jug been locked up since yesterday
evening he was dismissed with a rePri-
maud.
An excursion was made from Wash
ington, under the auspices of the Ma
tional Geographic Society, to Linden
Station to-day. After luncheon Major
Jed Hotchkiss discoursed upon the war
history of the region and Mr.. NJ. r.
Campbell spoke on its physical geog-
raphy. Mt. Monterey, 1900 feet above
the sea, was climbed by some, while
High Knob, 2,400 feet above the sea
level, attracted others. The country
traversed includes the scene of the first
battle of Bull Run and Manassas.
A call at Isaac Eichberg & Sons will
be worth the while of all thrifty pur-
chasers. Great bargains in all goods
which the season demands.