Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-07-26
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A regular meeting of NJ. D. Corst
Clmp, Sons of Confederate Veterans
will be held tomorrow night at eigh1
o'clock.
The weather bureau officials predic,
q drop in the temperature at 6 O'Clock
this evening, when thunder shower Is
promised.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington Saturday to Robert Adams
and Nellie E. Springman, both of Fair
fax county.
The Junior Christian Endeavorers
will have picnic Thursday, July 10Th,
at 100 p. N. All the members are in
vited to come.
Several candidates will be initiated
at the meeting of Belle Haven Council,
Junior Order of Mechanics, onight.
Business of Importance is to be trans
acted.
The weather yesterday was very
warm. The churches were rather
SHINY attended and services were con-
Quoted according to Saturdays an.
nouncements.
An interesting meeting ofAlexaudria
Division, Ancient Order of Hibernians,
was held 10 st. Mary's Hall yesterday
evening. Three applicants for MEM
bership were admitted, and one appli-
cation was received. A delegation from
the order in Washington was present.
An attorney from Columbia, S. c., was
in the city to-day endeavoring to col.
lect judgment he had secured against
the Old Dominion Fire Insurance Com
pany, of this city. He expressed much
surprise when he ascertained that the
company was not assessed with any
property in this city.
For the third time within two months
fire was discovered Saturday evening in
the general store house at the Washing
ton navy yard. The timely discovery
by marines averted what probably
would have been disastrous confagra.
ton. The damage was slight. The
matter will be investigated.
Friday night last there was quite
severe thunder storm at Ocean City,
Md. Lightning struck the Hotel Plim-
himmon and lady in nearby cottage
was overcome with fright. Miss Anna
Summers, of this city, who took shelter
in the cottage, rendered assistance in
bringing the lady to consciousness.
The Third Regiment Field Band has
made application to Adj. Gen. Ander
con, of the state militia, for tents and
other camp equipments, to be used on
the annual encampment of the band,
which will begin between the 1st and
9th of August. Chapel Point will prob
ably be chosen as the camping place.
Lewis Darlington, negro who has
for years been giving the police trouble.
escaped from the chain gang Saturday
morning and proceeded to the house of
Matilda Poindexter. After beating
the woman he turned his attention to
Martha Hughes, and inflicted like
punishment on her. Both women COM
planned at police headquarters of the
treatment they had received, and
Sergt. Smith and Officers Arlington
and TIGER soon had Darlington corner.
ed in an outbuilding from which he
was taken and locked up. This morn.
ing he was fined 80 or given 20 days
on the chain gang.
When Mrs. Schlichting went to the
stable in the rear of her husband g
bakery on south Fairfax street, about
Z o'clock yesterday evening to carry
some supper to Dan Corbin, an old
colored man, who has been an
employee of the bakery for some
time, she found him in total state of
collapse. He bad been unwell for sew.
eral days, and supposing that it was
a slight attack of illness, Mrs. Schlich.
ting called to colored man to lift the
sufferers head, but he had hardly
done so before Corbin breathed his last.
DR.. Purvis was notified, and, after
viewing the remains, decided that an
inquest would be unnecessary. Corbin
had been sufferer from rheumatism.
The Washington Post was made the
defendant 10 a libel suit for $4,000
damages in Washington Saturday by
the heirs of the late John B. Frizzell.
The suit is on account of an article
printed in the Post on June 81, entitlt d
Bull Frizzell's Pluck" in which there
were several statements very deroga-
tory to the character OF Mr.. Frizzell.
The plaintiffs assert that the Post pub
lished the article falsely and maliciously.
intending to blacken the memory G.
John B. Frizzell and intending to ipjure
their good name and bring them into
public scandal, ridicule and disrepute
by reason of imputing and charging
criminal and dishonest motives and
acts and dscrsditiDg him in many
ways.
While Mr.. Frank Cook was standing ia
rear door of his house on King street about l
o'clock this morning some one threw brick
at him. but he was not struck. The premises
were examined, but no one could be found.
Later Mrs. L. W. Padgett. who lives on King
street, near Washington, heard some one try.
ing to break into the rear of her house She
gave an alarm and the police responded, but
they were QDable to find the intruder.
One of the corporation street cart horses be-
came frightened on south Fairfax street on
Saturday and ran off The cart collded with
tree at the corner of Franklin and L 9
,t.eets, when the horse wagon and driver,
Geo Rodgers, all fell in heap. The dam
age was slight
A large oil tank barge arrived here yester-
day and discharged its contents, by means of
pipe line, into the Standard Oil Compsny's
Ton eu in ha ,1nrt hoo ctnrn RI oft tho oit