Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

otllO I1dNSu SOQuOii L ~ ~ AL
meets tonight.
Three large swans alighted in tn
river just oil the transfer barge whar
this morning.
A meeting of the Business Mem
League will be held at the league room!
this evening at s o'clock.
On Saturday night two sets of har
ness were stolen from Mr.. w. A. An.
derson in Fairfax county.
AT Grace Church yesterday Rev. c
f. Ball preached the first of q series o.
sermons on What is Sin ?"
Secret service detectives seized 8
a finely executed painting of a IS note
and a 81 note in q cafe in Washington
on Saturday.
George Gross, o baker. jump
ed into the river, at Washington,
yesterday and attempted to commit
suicide, but was taken out by some men
who were at work nearby.
In the Corporation Court to day in
the case of Merchant VS.. Merchant q
decree was entered for q distribution of
fuuds and for the sale of the Hunter
track of land in Prince William county.
After the prayer meeting next We'd
nesday night the members of the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church will decide
whether or not to hold a congregation
al meeting for the purpose OF calling q
pastor.
Maryland people are complaining of
the fencing in of the old King street
wharf and of the blocking of the dock
there by the sunken float. They will
ask the ferry company to remove the
old float.
An adjourned meeting of the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry will be held to-
night for the purpose of electing q
second lieutenant. The prominent
candidates for the position ere Messrs.
Atkinson, Green and Robinson.
A regular meeting Of M. d. Corse
Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans,
will be held tomorrow night at eight
O'Clock. Members are urged to be pre-
sent, as business of Importance is ex-
pected to be transacted.
The Little Stars Baseball Club has
been organized as follows: H. Davis, p;
II. Lucas, c.; T. McCuen, 1st b; S.
Laupheimer, % b.: c. Griffin, Sd b.; J..
McCuen, ]. f; p. McCuen, C. f.; C..
Crump, S. s; j. MCGOWAN, r. t. They
will play any club of boys under four
teen years.
w. A. Brodie, who was charged with
taking rings from q house in this city,
delivered himself up to the authorities
in Washington to day and Lieut.. Smith
and Constable Webster brought him to
this city. Brodie says he sold the rings
and in default of payment took posses
sion OF them.
Mr.. George w. Salter, Of st. Johns
Church, Washington, will address the
local assembly of the Brotherhood Of
st. Andrew in Grace Church to.mor-
row evening at 7:30 o'clock, the subject
being Brotherhood Work" Mr.. Sal.
ter is a good, earnest speaker, and the
executive committee desires q large at.
tendance.
The body of J. B. Raymond, colored,
of Staunton, was found near Rosslyn
on Saturday night. The man had evi,
IDENTIFY fallen face down in the mud
and being intoxicated was smothered.
On the body was a large gold watch
and chain, a small sum of money, q
card case and other things. Justice
Birch beld an inquest.
During the Inauguration, when there
was q rush for railroad tickets, the
scaipers in Washington bought a large
number of eight trip tickets from the
electric railway Office in that city and
sold them at a profit. When the officers
learned of the trick they stopped the
sale of these tickets in Washington, but
not in this city. This gave rise to o
report that no more Of such tickets
would be sold. The report, the rail
road officials say, is incorrect.
The body of a colorod man was found in
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal just above
Georgetown yesterday afternoon. The c it
was identified as the remains Of George HUI
gho, a citizen of Townsville, Fairfax county,
who went to Washington to with IS the
Inauguration ceremonies. He was ! st seen
Thursday night. The police have invcstigat
cd the case and believe his death was the re-
suit of accident.
Bud Washington and Roland White, both
coloied. while drunk this evening at the cor.
ner of Jefferson and Columbus streets, caused
much excitement and attracted a arowdt there,
Off GER Roberts arrested both men and locked
them up at the station house.
1t the Polo Athletic Club in New York on
Saturday night, Brennan, of Brooklyn, got
the decision over Joe Bateman, of Washing
ton, in the boxing mill.
On Saturday night ffty-fye tramps slept
at the station house, and last night twenty
five.
To CURTAIL PUBLIC EXPENSES
Representative A. NJ. Dockerey, of
Missouri, in a "leave to print speech
which is to be published in Tuesdays