Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Easter holidays in the schools Of
this city begin to-day.

The Easter holidays in the schools o.
this city begin to-day.
The Sunday schools ofthe three Epis-
copal churches will have their Easter
celebrations on Sunday evening.
The monthly meeting of the Young
Peoples Union of the Second Presby-
terrain Church will be held tonight.
A regular weekly meeting of Alexan-
dria Council, Junior Order OF Mechan.
les, will be held tonight.
In the Circuit Court of Washington
yesterday, in the case of the First Ma.
tional Bank of this city vs.. Belt ct al,
an order was entered to withdraw de-
posit.
The case OF Capt. s. B. Davis, of this
city, vs.. the Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company-a suit for dam
ages-is now on trial in Washington.
w. H. Ashford, well-known citizen
of Fairfax county, died this morning at
his home at Burke's Station, aged rs
years.
1t is understood that Mr.. G. w. Mil
len is an applicant for the position of
storekeeper and guager at the Ma
hopeyville distillery.
5Dr. Hailmann will deliver a lecture
under the auspices of the Alexandria
kindergarten Association at Peabody
Hall on Tuesday night next at 7:3O
o'clock.
In the Corporation Court to-day
motion to postpone the case of F. F.
Marbury vs.. the Home Telephone Com
pauy was denied and the case was set
for trial on May 9th.
Judge Nicol, of the Circuit Court, has
granted an amendment to the charter of
the Columbia Dredging and Construc-
ton Company changing the name to
the Union Dredging and Construction
Company.
Since Mr.. Park Agnew has been ap.
pointed collector of internal revenue he
has become Colonel" and is so i'm
portuned for Office that he frequently is
compelled to absent himself from his
home.
On Saturday evening the Episcopal
High School nine and the team from
Colum bian College at Washington will
play game of baseball on the formers
grounds, near this city. Ladies will be
admitted to the grounds free.
Messrs. S. G.. Brent and A. W. Arm
strong, counsel, respectively, in the suit
of the County Supervisors vs. the City
of Alexandria for division of the old
courthouse and Jail properties, have
prepared decree in the case and to.
day forwarded it to Judge Wexford, at
Richmond.
The Tennessee Centennial and In
ternatjonal Exposition opens at Nash
vile May 1st, and will continue six
months. The circulars describing the
different departments have been dis
tributed throughout the country, and
everything tends to show the exposi-
ton will be great success.
John Gator, Of Quantico, who was re
Gently arrested for violating the .. S.
internal revenue law and sent to Jail in
this city in default of bail, was to-day,
with the consent of the district attor-
ney, released on his own recognizance
by Commissioner Fowler to appear be-
fore the next U. S. grand jury.
A stranger appeared at the station
house last night and made an extraor-
binary charge against six men. Ac-
cording to his statement he was with
the men, all of whom were tramps, in
Shoots barn, near this city, and he al
eges that they made an assault upon
him and treated him in most shock
ing manner. Officers went in search OF
his assaiants, but they had fled.