Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-23
LOCAL BREEITIES.

Wheat jumped up q cents bushel,
in Baltimore, yesterday, reaching its
highest figure since August.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday to ]. Dc Witt
Adams and Fannie May Gearing, of
Front Royal.
Tomorrow the Catholic Churches
celebrate the festival of St. Raphael,
one of the seven angels always before
the heavenly throne.
Mr.. w. B. Day has purchased 1911
acres of land, near Kenmore, Fairfax
county, belonging to the estate of his
deceased father, DR.. W. B. Day, for $40
per acre.
Some excitem ent was caused shortly
| before O'Clock this evening at the cor
ner of Prince and Henry streets by a
fight between two boys, one of whom,
VIM. Williams, was arrested. The 9TH
ian eff.
It is expected that the ferry steamer
Columbia, which has been undergoing
repairs at baltimore for the past few
weeks, will leave there tonight and
reach here to morrow evening. She
will at once resume her trips on the
ferry route.
Postmasters throughout the country
are to be supplied with new date stamps
for cancelling purposes, and they will
be expected to make all their impress
sions plain. The date of mailing let
ter is often au important factor in bust
ness transactions.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Virginia democratic association was
held last night at their rooms in Wash
ington. Among the speakers were
Chas NJ. Wallace, of Richmond; ]. E
Willard, of Fairfax, and F. E. Ander-
son, of this city.
I. Eichberg & Son have made many
purchases OF fiDe goods the past week,
which will be placed on sale on Mon
day at prices that will again demon
strate their leadership. The same goods
Tor less money and better goods for the
same money is the idle boast with them.
It is daily demonstrated.
Yesterday afternoon Ella HALL color cd, in.
formed officer Roberts that her gold watch
and chain had been stolen from her pers on at
fsir at the colored Odd Fellows Hall. At
half.past two clock this morning Officers
Roberts and Young recovered the stolen
property and arrested VIM. Bryant, who hsd
the watch and chain in his possession.
The market to-day was fairly we'll sup.
piled with everyt hing In season, and prices
were shout the same as those of last Satur
day. Fall products" such 81 quarters of
shoat, sides Of lamb, chestnuts, cider, persim-
mons, &c, are becoming more plentiful.
Rev. T. 7. Benson, pastor of the Methodist
Protestant Church, will tomorrow night
preach the third series of sermons to men,
The subject of the discourse will be "Eeav.
erly Trade Winds" Everybody is welcome,
especially men.
The police authorities have been notified
that the two men arrested at Nyack, N. Y,
charged with stealing horse and buggy from
Mr.. Patterson Of this city, are being held
there, and Mr.. Patterson left here this morn
ing for that place.
In the Corporation Court sc=day the will OF
the late J. Albert Field was admitted to pro-
bato, and his brother, Mr.. 3. &. Field, quail
fled as administrator. The deceased lett his
property to his mother.
The oyster cellar of Mr. Otto vogelgesang
under the old City Hotel was broken open
last night and quantity of oysters stolen
tnerefrom.
Tho Southern Railway shops in this city
were closed to-day in order to bring the
monthly expenditures within the appropria-
zion.
Tho Saie of the Tonine Hotel properly to
hsve taken place to-day was postponed until
Saturday next.
A heavy hail storm passed over Quantico
between 3 and o'clock yesterday evening.
Two Squares of 16.inch water mains are
being laid on north Payne street.
Potomac Lodge Of Odd Follows las. night
conferred the third degree,