The times., 1897-07-21
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
The Christadelphians Hold a Meet
ing at the Opera House.
Schooner John Proctor Supposed TO
BE Finding 1t Difficult
to Get Married.

Aiexandria, July 2o.-The first meeting
| ever Leld in AIexan dria under the auspices
of tile Chr1stadelphiaBs was addressed at
| the opera house tonight by Mr.. Thomas VII
hams, of Chicago, editor of the ChrIsta-
| deIphiau Advocate. His subject was
Man, man; his nature and destiny, anu
| was listened to with marked attention by
his hearers. Lieut.. HollinbeI ger and many
other Washingtonians who are beheVers
i'll the faith were present
| The schooner John Proctor when sahed
from Windsor, n. s., on June 20 with
| plaster for this port, is supl osed TO tie lost.
| when last seen the vessel was off the coast
| of Massach usetts in shGal water during u
driving storm.
Att ca He'd meeting of the Hydraulion fire
company ton tight the resi- gnationo of Foreman
George Pettey, who was recently elected
chief engineer o ne fire department. was
accented Mr. II A Downham was elected
foreman, To succeed Mr.. Pettey, and MI
George w Dix was elected third vice pres
dent, in place or Nr. Duwnham.
william q Garland, OF Augusta county.
| nd Bette L B1yer of Rocking nam county,
| the authofities in Washington yesterday,
| came to this city in the evening and Ell
| deavored 70 secure the document from
CLERK Beach, OF the Corporation court IN
fortunately the young lady was not 4 resi-
| dent of this city and under the laws OF
| the State the clerk could not issue the
license The couple was sadly disappointed
| but would not state what they proposed
fIa -fr utarr
In the police court today John Mason,
| coIored, for assauIting Charles Mead, was
given tairty days in the workheuse, and
PheIan BTooks, Colored, for beating his
wife was fined 50
The excursion OF the Young Mems So
tIalfty I4yCeura TO River View today was
| well attended. Several special features
were added to the regular daily program
of the popular resort. and all returned well
pleased with the trip
Isaac Tancil, one OF the most respected
| coIored citizens of Alexandria, died at
his home, corner Of Patrick and Oronoco
streets, last night He raised a large
| family af soEs and daughters, among them
| being A ". TaHcil, physician i'll Wash
| in gtcn; and Richard Tancil, d physician
| IN Richmond A granddaughter, Mrs. Lula
Cahaniss, is teacher iii HaIloweh public
| school.
| The excursion of the Sous of Confederate
| Veterans VIII take place at River View
| today
During the next few weeks a series of
! tent meetings will be held In this city
| under the direction Of Mr. L. F. RedfIing
The first of these meetings will be held
or Thursday night at the corner OF St
Asaph aud Wolfe streets
The old pump in front of the police sta
ton, which has seen many years of ser
vice, but which has been broken for some
time. is being repaired.
John Dewitt, Of this city, has made ap-
| plicatiGn to the Fairfax county court for
liquor license a the Dyke Baseball Park
4 difficulty occurred at the corner of
st. Asaph and Princess street this after
noon between Mt Lewis HeIrnuth an eu.-
pIoye OF the corporation, and Mr Harry
Downham, brought on by what MI Down
ham considered an insulting remark Mr..
Helnuth was roughly handled and had to
be taken to the Alexandria Infirmary for
treatment. The case will be investigated
by Mayor Simpson tomorrow morning.
Tne funeral of Mrs Fannie Reeves took
place this evening from the Methodist
Protestant Church. The services were
conducted by Rev. F r. Benson
A marriage license was issued in Wash
ington today to Mr.. Charles E Markell
and Miss Katie Davis, 10th of this city.
Madeline Penn, little coIoreti girl,
while playing in marble yard ON Upper
Duke street yesterday evening, overturned
il large slab, which fell upon her She
| y as released by several companions and
escaped serious injury
Mr. Charles D. Keys has gone to At
| lantfc City TO spend his vacation
Mrs W. p Henshaw and children have
returned from Bowling Greea
The condition OF Mr.. r. Fl. Moore, who
was operated on Sunday for appendicitis.
was thought to be critical tonight
Mrs. r F.. DO wnham and son, Mr.
Robert Downfanf, have gone to CoIcntaI
| Beach.
Capt. and Mrs w H. Sweeney have
| gore TO visit relatives in Fauquier county