Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-24
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Thomas
Cook died last night.

A morse belonging TO NIT. Inomai
Cook died last night.
The season at the Washington bath
ing beach will open next Saturday.
The steamer Dennis Simmons ar
rived to-day from Williamson, N. c.,
with lumber to Smoot & Co.
The little child of Mr.. Frank King
was quite badly bitten, on Prince yes
terday, by a dog belonging to a neigh
Dor.
Counsel for Richard Burnett and
George Chichester will 60 to Fairfax
tomorrow TO present bail for their
clients.
Large quantities of beautiful flowers
were to day sent to Armory Hall to be
nsed during the Confederate Memorial
Day exercises.
A regular weekly meeting of Belle
Haven Council, Junior Order of Me-
chanics, will be held in Jr. o. U. A. M.
Hall tonight.
The schooner j. 2. Robinson with
1900 bushels of corn arrived here to-
day from Potomac creek to Messrs. j..
I. q j. G. Beckham.
The residents of West End will hold
q meeting tonight at the Virginia Glass
Works TO devise means TO protect prop
erty from ~incendiaries.
The hours for visiting the Alexan-
dria Infirmary have been changed.
Visitors will hereafter be admitted be-
tu,oan tho horr, IF I opd y ~ on6
3 and 5 p. m.
The McCabe School of Richmond
played the Episcopal High School o
game of baseball on the later's grounds
on Saturday and defeated them by a
score Of 16 to IL.
AN interesting meeting of Alexan-
dria Division, A. o. H., was held at St.
Mary's Hall yesterday. One member
was admitted and n application for
membership was filed.
Mr.. D. w. Aitcheson to-day loaned a
fine horse to the Columbia Fire Com
pany to be used in the parade in the
place of the company's horse which is
out Of service from lameness.
A number of colored persons from
Mount Jezreel Church were baptized in
the river of Battery Rodgers early yes
tcrday evening in the presence of a
large crowd of spectators.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Markham
took place from the residence of her
grandson, Mr.. William Carroll, south
Fairfax street, yesterday. Rev. L. l..
McDougle conducted the services.
There will be regular meeting Of NJ.
D. Corse Camp, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, tomorrow night at half-past
seven o'clock. Members are urged to
be present, as business of importance is
to be transacted.
An attempt vas made yesterday to
blow up with dynamite the car which
which ran overheard at the B. & 0.
slip, foot of Wilkes streets, about ten
days ago, but the battery failed to work.
Further attempts were made this even
log.
Thomas Butler, ayoung colored man,
was before Justice Lovejoy On Satur-
day evening or the charge of %seducing
Fannie Taylor. also colored, under
promise of marriage. Butler was com
mitted to Jail for a further hearing on
the 31st inst.
The young people of the Christian
Endeavor Society and Kings Daugh-
tiers of the Methodist Protestant Church
will hold on ice cream and strawberry
festival at Odd Fellows Hall on Tues
day night. A pleasant time is promised
all who attend.
A number of the stockholders of the
North West Alexandria Improvement
Company are exchanging their stock
for lots in North West Alexandria, &C.
cordiug to the plan submitted by the
directors of that company. 1t is prob
able hat several houses will soon be
erected there.
The cries of murder heard near Zion
Church after ten o'clock last night aud
the sound of police whistles which fol-
lowed were caused by Mamie and Robt.
Lee, colored, who had had a family jar
of some kind. Policemen soon ar
rived and put both under arrest and
this morning they were fined - each.
Delegates from the Good Iemplar
lodges in Fairfax, Prince William and
Alexandria counties met in the quar-
terly district lodge session at Fairfax
Friday. Reports from the various Off
GERS showed an encouraging improve
ment in numerical strength and a solid
financial condition. A gain of Sc in
membership and 8 lodges has been
made during the previous quarter.
The superintendent of juvenile tenn
p'ars reported four temples, with an
enrolment of 1913 members. Resolu-
tons were adopted concerning the
death of Mr.. Roscoe Hawxhurst, a
member of Providence Lodge. Chan.
lilly was selected as the next place of
meeting.