The times., 1898-09-28
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.
Contracts for Street improvements
Have Rcen Awarded.

Have Been Awarded.
Alexandria, Sept 27.-The contract for
paving King Street between Fairfax and
Royal Streets with vitrified brick has
been awarded by the committee on streets
to Julian d. Smith, of Baltimore, at Sl.9O
per square yard, and the contract for
curbing has been awarded to the same
party at 70 cents per foot. The Mount
Vernon Electric Railway officials have
expressed a willingness to pay for their
proportion of the paving, but have not
agreed to replace the present rails with
improved rails as required by recent
ordinance of the city council. The COM
mittee on streets has authorized Corpora
ton Attorney Boothe to institute legal
proceedings, if necessary, to compel the
company TO comply with the terms of the
ordinance The work viii be commenced
at once.
A case of scarlet fever was reported at
No 4oa oronoco Street today.
William o'DonneIl was arrested by Po-
liceman Arlington today. CHARGED with be-
ing drunk and disorderly
In the police court today Harry Brown
was fined S2.50 for disorderly conduct, and
Albert Bell. charged with throwing mis-
siles in the streets, was fined ST.
A charter has been granted by Judge
Norton. of the Corporation Court, to the
Dexter Steam Laundry Company, of
Washington. The object is to conduct a
steam laundry, and the capital stock is
TO be $15, 600. II. NJ. Dexter, of Washing
ton. is named as president, and j. r.
Samuel Williams. who was arrested last
week on suspicion of having been one of
the parties who held up and robbed
Samuel Lowry of Washington, has been
released from custody.
The remains of the late Heating S. Mel
son, who died in Stafford County were
interred at Ivy Hill, near this city, to-
day.
The funeral of Miss Helen Muir took
| place this morning from the home of her
mother, on North Columbus Street. The
services were conducted by Rev. J. E.
| Thacker.
| The civil service examination which
/ was TO have been held in this city on
! October /, has been postponed until Octo-
| ber %.
In the County Court the jury in the
| case Of Jerry F. Brown, indicted for
| housebreaking and larceny, returned a
verdict of guilty and sentenced the
/ prisoner TO two years in the penitentiary.
! In the matter of the condemnation of
/ the land of Fanny B. Hunter, on the line
/ of the proposed Theological Seminary
branch of the Washington, Arlington and
! Falls Church Railway, an award of SOC
! was allowed. A motion to set aside the
award on the ground of its inadequacy
Id
The will of the late John Robertson was
! admitted to probate and Alexander
Meckincher was appointed administra-
tor. In the case of the Commonwealth
against Robert Cunningham, indicted for
selling liquor without a license, a mol
! PROSE- was entered, the defendant being
beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
In the Circuit Court today defendants
! were allowed TO file answers in the cause
| of r. F. Knox, receiver. against the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Company. anC
also against the Washington Steamboat
J Company In the case of the Rosslyn
Packing Company against the Washing
ton-Southern and Philadelphia, Whining.
| ton and Baltimore Railway Companies
| statements were filed by the defendants
F. f. Marbury, receiver, filed his report
/ in the cause Of Douglass Gordon agains
the Home Telephone Company.
James McCuen, of this city, recently
purchased a horse from F. L. Payne, ot
Bailey's Cross Roads. The animal, il
was alleged, was guaranteed as being
sound, but died of glanders. McCuer
entered suit against Payne, and was to-
day awarded damages by Justice Peltor
| for the value of the horse, $40. The same
justice also heard the case of Payne
against McCuen to recover the value OF
a quantity Of mineral water returned by
the plaintiff to defendant after the break
ing up of camp. The justice equalizet
matters by awarding Payne $i7.S5.
Mrs. J. Fl. Trimyer continues i'll at hel
home, on Prince Street
William H. Fowle, jr., formerly OF thi:
city, and Miss Elma Allen Moore, will bt
married at st. Andrews Church, Mt
Jackson, Shenandoah County. on October
5.