The times., 1897-11-26
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Important Suit Against the City
TO Be Soon Tried.
William Powell Buried in Cha is
Church gemetery-EI Electric
Motor Strikes Horse.

Alexandra. Nov. 25.-The case of tie
supervisors Of Alexandria county against
Inc city council Of Alexandra, a suit to
divide the Interests of the city and county
III the o!dcuugtbJuse and Jaiiin this city,o
an appeal from the circuit court Cf Rich-
moId, wlltcOme up fer argument before the
Cuart Oi q pp1ais au klcllfllGEu Oh W euneSiay
next. The city vii be represented by
tOTpOratIGn Attorney Gardner L. BcCthe
ana the county by Mr. A ". A rnlStrOuS-
Inc TeniasAss1 -s4l- Igt lD1Tt tONetI, WHO
diea III Talbot county, Md, On Monday, were
brought here yesterday evening and IN
tered i'm Christ Church Cemetery. M
Powell WAS a son Il the late tfon- Jutt-
bert Powell, Of LCudoun county and was
in the esEtty y-eisnUn year ol bis age. iiis
BODY Was DGileG ''elue bae % - IhItllHI'
Mrs. CaUha riHe Simms Powell Rev. Berry
man Green OffiCiate5.
The 8 9oti.,cG TRAN iron washington last
ulgin On y;Ir Mt. c.nUn Electric Railway
struck and killd q horse Eear Del Kay.
The moor car was quite badly Gaula-e
aud was backed 20 the FOuT-mile run
lorer hUESe, where another motor was SUD
slsUuted. 8iotUTmau Teeian, who was IN
Cuarce, was painfully cut about tie lace
by brok eli glass.
Infirmary, and The cltlzens OF 4 le&aEdTla
resp0nced literally 10 tie needs OF tins
iIsStItut
The ponce have been requested to look
out for two. bicycles. which were stolen
in Washington yesterday,
The fcoJDan team Ol howard Unlyer-
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team a. COlreSS this afternoon by 10 10 %.
Mai ior 2 y. Janney, Whus- property was
recently destroyed by fire, near TINS
CITY, on last Friday, has written q letter
OF thanks ID the AleZancrla fiFenen, VINO
assisted IN saving surrounding property, and
inCIGsing a check for 500.
jackson CouHciI, Junior Orcer United
American Mechanics, has accepted an m
vlt3tIun from Mount Vernon Council,
Daughters Of America, 70 attend lag
raising over tic tomb OF v asalngton, AZ
hIF4-uF, NfFFfttfl.-Du December 4
Thanksgiving Day was generally Oh
sergedin titis city, and but Few business
houses were open Services were con-
GuCJeu- in several OF the churches, and we're
well attended. In the Baptist Church, where
union services We're held, the Sermon WslS
preached by hey. Dr. Wilbur /. CTaIts, OF
NasiiREfuu. His subject was Home
PrOduction, the True Secret OF NATIONAL
Prosperity
Under the mercy and help department or
the Epworth League, tenefit Tor the
t,tor YVES held tonight, and was success
ihe n.embers OF the league viii visit the
convention OF tie IlStTiCt o. NoIuihuid
Ie,srr5e ~ Ham!ine Church, Washington to-
morrow night They VIII leave here at Z
O'clock from the Washington street sta-
goun Haokley, colored, OF this city, was
halIly injured yesterday while al WORK at
Sheridan Point -.
Botti-of this city, were married IN " asliIhS-
Tie mayor and members otthe city coun-
oil nave feen inNlL1u 70 dALtlin AAlC AeAAl
bay"ar being held at ArmOTY HaH undeI
the auspices OF the Anne Lee Memorial
Association -
The Morton Cadets, OF washington nave
declined an invitation 10 attend the lair'
Richard Parker, cOloved, no was com
raitted TO jaii a few days 90 for reInuY-
iur a load OF furuiLure from Inc city V Eii'il
mad been attached for debt, mas FURNISHED
bond for Bfs appearance on DeeemDer :.
MIR william kinZer, formerly OF THIS cry
with hiS wife aud child, is visiting feittlN =
here Nr. kinzer Is at present payiiidstei
al the L0ag Island Railroad
Mr. Frank HaUf is critically III at M
home on Queen street. HIS wife anu cnlle
are also i'll
Mr. J. Packard Laird, principal OF th'
King George High School, spent To-Day VIZ
his grand Llther, Rev. Dr. PACKARD OF lI'
Theological Seminary.
The fire engine William Sm0ot nat
inc been LlaCed in the old ltyuTauIloI
eD.tDe-hguse, Chief Engineer Petty ma
ordered that all of the old hose IN m
d,aI,srrFneut be tested on saturday next
er.i fbat which is found TO Toe seTNlceaDl'
will be placed on a hose carnage IN u
l1uAe, TINS affUrding an auxiliary TO I'm
regular department 80, -,
A Young white woman was plckeu "
on Tie streets about IL O'Clock tonlgh
bv Policemen Knight and Bettls, ana locAet
ui1 at the police station She is unhhO"I
- the police, and gave her name az
Svy aenev but said she was married an
fb3t her husband was named McDOndlu
She as begging on the streets