Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-01
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The monthly meeting of the City
School Board will be held tonight.
Alexander Jordan coored aged so
years died at the Aims House last night
of dropsy.
Mr.. Frank Hume and family moved
from Washington to their home in
Alexandria county to-day.
The three delegates the democrats of
Alexandria county will send to their
State convention will be elected on the
18th inst.
The most notable freight which has
recently passed over the Southern Rail
way was full carload of honey from
Meridian, Miss, to Boston.
Mr.. James Patterson to-day enter
ed upon his contract for carrying the
mails between the depots and the post
office, and commenced the work with
his new mail wagon.
In Washington yesterday Aurelia B.
Collins applied for a divorce from
Stephen X. Collins. The plaintiff was
Aurelia B. Gill. They were married
at Falls Church, on October %, 1895,
aud lived together until June last,
when, the plaintiff alleges, the cruel
conduct of her husband compelled her
to leave him. Collins keeps saloon
in Washington. Justice Cox granted
restraining order to prevent Collins or
his servants or agents from interfering
with the plaintiff.
| The funeral services OF the late John T.
| Crupper, who died on Tuesday, the Goth in e.
| slant. will be held in Washington tomorrow
friday at 1870 p. m. The interment will
be at the Union cemetery, Alexsndris, ut 4:15,
1t is understood that the representatives of
some of the railroad companies will go to
Richmond and appear befors the Board of
| Public Works aud ask to have the assessment
on railroad property in this city reduced.
Miss Laura Fisher, whose illness had hero.
tofore been mentioned died on Tuesday night
at the residence OF her brother-n-lsw, Rev.
DR.. Walker. on Seminary Hill. The funeral
took place this morning.
| Tho Clerk of the Gas will be at the office
tomorrow (Fridsy) from q. m. until ..
m, dinner hour included. for the b'nef' Of
thoee who failed to call to day and settle their
gas bills.
Fifty-oight patients (25 males and 33 fe-
males were treated st the Iufirmsry for the
quarter ending to-day. Ten patients e
males and S females) are now in the institu-
| ton.
VIM F. Powell, colored, formerly q public
school teacher of this city, and recently ap-
pointed from New Jersey as Minister to Hay
| IT, WAS in this city to-day.
Owing to press of business the President
has declined an invitation to attend the ded!-
cation of the John Hay Industrial School in
this city next Monday.
Remember the union Sunday school excur'
sion which takes place Tuesday next, July
9th, to River View. A good time is promised
all who may sttend.
Mr. Joseph Rodgers, contractor. will next
week commence putting in new front &c
Washington Hall building, on King street
near Washington.
Services will be held at the NJ. E. Church
South tomorrow friday at ten o'clock a.
NJ. preparatory to the communion service Of
Sunday.
The desks of Me,s.s. Alton Moore and
Louis Brill of the Common Council were der.
grated to-day with handsome bouquets.
carload of twelve inch water pipe from
Lynchburg arrived here to day for the Alex.
sndria Water Company.
The City Treasurer has been kept busy to
day paying of the July interest on the cit,
debt.
Edward, the little four-months-old son o
Mr.. James Treskle, died to-day.