Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-17
LOCAL BREVITIES.

| LOCAL BREVITIES.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Police Commissioners will be held to.
night.
Jackson Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
will hold its regular weekly meeting to-
night.
James Burns, an employee of the
Southern Railway, yesterday lost sew
eral of his fugers by getting them
caught in machinery.
1t is said that Jack Downey, of
Brooklyn, who recently fought TWEEN.
ty-round draw with George Dixon, is o
cousin of the Downeys of this city.
Henry Steiner, sixteen years old, son
of Mr.. James Steiner, while exercising
on the rings at the gymnasium at Sa.
repta Hall yesterday evening fell and
broke his left arm.
AS stated yesterday, the Junior Order
of Grace Church will repeat their
Cracker Tea" tonight at Grace Church
Rectory. All those attending will no
doubt spend a most enjoyable evening.
MIR. S. L. Monroe, deputy internal
revenue collector, to -day seized the
liquor in the saloon of Mr.. Sefer Blouse,
on upper King street, on the ground
that the U. S. revenue laws were being
violated.
Lewis Nick. Turner, formerly of this
city, who has been in Jail in Washing
ton, charged with the larceny of valu-
able papers from the congressional liz
brary, was released on bail yesterday
evening in the sum of S., 900.
As will be seen by notice else
where the stock books of the second
series of the Mechanics Building Asso-
citation No. will be ready for delivery
on Tuesday next. Subscriptions to the
stock will be received till further no.
tice.
A resident of the county whose name
could not be ascertained is said to have
been terribly torn by dogs at the Co.
lumbia Brick Company's yards, near
Arlington Junction Monday, night. 1t
is said there are forty-three dogs kept
at the yard.
A fight occurred near the corner of
King and West streets yesterday even
ing during which Jas. Reed was struck
on the head with brick by George Chi
chester. Reed wes taken 10 Hudson's
drug store where he received medical
attention.
Marriage licenses were issued in
Washington yesterday to William f.
Grimes and Mamie A. Lewis, of West
moreland county; John S. Douglas of
Shenandoah, and Annie E. p. McCau
ley; Andrew J. Washington and Julia
Johnson, both ofAlexandria.
The revival services at the M. e.
Church South continue TO be largely
attended every night and since the
commencement of the services there
have been ten conversions. The re-
vival services at Trinity Church also at
tract large congregations nightly.
In the account yesterday of diff
Guilty which occurred on north Royal
street between two citizens the state
ment that both parties were arrested
was incorrect. The assailed party was
not arrested, but the man who brought
on the trouble was. 1t was nephew
and not son of the injured man who
threw the brick.
The Alexandria side of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad is being prepared Tor
giving all the aid possible to travel on
the occasion of the Inauguration. Mr..
V. w. Sellers has charge OF the Penn.
sylvania Railroad depot tracks and
yards at Rosslyn, and the place is be.
ing cleared and put in order, so that it
may be used for the parking of trains
in such way as may relieve the Wash
ington side to considerable degree in
the crowding which must necessarily
occur in the great gathering.
The firm of F. Paf & Son, shoe
dealers, will be dissolved April
lst. After that time Mr.. F. Paff
will continue the business and
his son, Mr.. f. ]. Paff, will be asso-
ciated with his brother, MIR. Charles
Pan, in the manufacture of shoes,
business the latter started few years
since and has so successfully conducted
that he now has model little manu-
factory, which he is gradually enlarg-
ing. The shoes made by Mr.. Pail meet
with a ready sale wherever offered.