Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mr.. Marstella will preach at the Bip-
fist Mission tonight.
Several mem ers OF the Alexandria
Light Infantry are visiting their homes
in this city.
The Fayette street property offered
at auction to day by Capt. Il. F. Knox
was withdrawn from want of bidders.
The building being erected for Mr..
R. E. Knight on King street, near
Washington, was topped off, to day.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday to James Il.
Moore, of New Alexandria, and Lille
B. Henderson, of Alexandria.
MIR. Henry Charles, while at work
yesterday at the Washington navy yard
had one of his arms badly cut by ma
chine. His wounds We're dressed at
the navy yard and he was then sent to
his home in this city.
Mr.. NJ. E. A. Lasley, with his wife
and five children, arrived in this city
yesterday evening, having left Seattle
and Port Angeles, Washington, on
March %, 1894. The trip was made
overland, via San Francisco and Ga 9
weston, in house on wheels, drawn by
two horses. He will go to Mt. Vernon,
and thence through the North.
Rev. DIR. A. c. Dixon, of New York,
will preach in the Second Presbyterian
| Church tomorrow night at o'clock.
Mr.. Dixon and Mr.. Moody have been
evaugelizing in New York city for
more than year aud for the last month
Mr.. Dixon has been preaching to the SOL
diers in Tampa, Fla. tits expected that
| the other churches will unite In this
| service.
The recovery of George A. Fowlo who
| was shot in the stomach by John II. Horah,
| in Washington about ten days ago, is now al
most assured. il is understood that Judge
Jeremiah Wilson has been retained by Mrs
| Froebel Horah'S m ther-in-iaw, to defend
him. 1t is also stated by friends of Fowle
I that the latter has no intention Of prosecut-
ing the man who shot him.
Tho convention Of the Virginia Fpworth
League will meet in Norfolk on the 23d
| instant. The representatives from the League
Of the NJ; E. Church South of this city will be
| Mrs. J. B Watkins, Mrs B. Wheatley, ir +,
| Mrs. J. G. Cockey Miss Kate Price, Miss
Mary Williams and Messrs. Henry X. Field,
Alvin Powell, E. B. Kemp and F. j. Pollard.
John S. THOMPSON, of 81 Al street S. W.,
Washington, died this morning ut o'clock.
Mr.. Thompson formerly resided st Holm
| Hall, Fairfax coun'y. His funeral will take
place from the residence Of his mother, 745
It'll street s. e., Washington, on Welf esday
at 2 O'Clock p. III.
\ ,l,o IL Torkipa Hotnl oo Fam.
eron street, opposite the market, was paced
n, record Yesterday at tho Clerks office by
the Washington National Building and Loan
Association to Lester q. Barr and Franklin
T. Sanner, OF Washington.
Mr. John Trusx c-day sent to this Office q
sample of The 600 bushels of mixed white,
peach blow and burbank potatoes grown on
! bi, farm in lower Fairfax county. They
were as fne as any grown III this vicinity for
long time.
The Womsn's Christian Temperance Union
reouest t! cir friends to please send flowers to
| 4O4 Duke street on Thursday Glover Day.
from 8 to - noon. These flowers will be
sent to the sick and poor of the city and TO
the jail.
Col. T. II. Ficklip, principal of Washing
ton school. to-day received letter from De-
tective McDevitt intimat 'ng that the big die
onary recently stolen from Washington
school was in that city.
The chairs recently stolen from Richard
Murphy's house were reco yered to day. They
were found in house occupied by Eliza
Williams and had been stolen by Jas. Gray
son, colored, who is already in jail.
Mr. NJ. B. Harlow to-day expected num-
Der OF army officers to come here and go with
him to New Alexandria 10 inspect that local
ity for a camp ground, but up TO o'clock
they had failed 10 call at his cfiice,
We have received an invitation to attend
the Joint final celebration of the Fsiifax and
Blackfori Literary Societies Of the Episcopal
High School to be held at that school oil the
evening OF Jure 2lSt.
The weekly prayer meeting at Trinity
Church will be dispensed with this week IN
order that the congregation may attend SER
vices ct the Second Presbyterian Church to-
morrow night
The types yesterday made it appear that an
annual allowance of 5000 instead OF S2o
had heretofore been made TO jail n
spectors.
There was no meeting Of the Business Mems
League last night. A meeting will be held
on Wednesday night.