Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-03-15
LOCAL BREEITIES.

Mr. ]. B Flanegen has been appointed q
notsry public.
Twenty-oue dodgers were at the station
house last night.
There were no cases for trial in the Police
Court this morning.
Proposals have been asked to sink an srte
sian we'll ct Fort Washington, below this city.
It is said that the CITY Council will be petit.
toned TO abolish the office of City Engineer.
The platform scales in the market have
been overhauled and put in thorough condi.
ton.
Mr.. A. Robey today caught just below this
city shad, several herring aud some-other
varieties of fish.
A barn belonging to colored man on a
farm adjoining Mr. Hatch in the county, WAS
burned to-day.
In the Corporation Court to-day Mr.. F. E
Anderson qualified as executor OF the estate
of Esther L. Scott.
Extensive stables are to be built by the
Robert Portner Brewing Company, near their
brewery in this city.
The contract for building the new boat
house for the Old Dominion Boat Club has
been awarded II Mr.. J. F. Rodgers.
While excavatng at Fort Washington to-
day co,or'd man was caught under a falling
bank and had one OF his legs broken.
In Washington yesterday libel was fled
in the District curt by George Love against
the schooner "Rrny." II is sought By this
means to collect $22 claimed to be due as
scaman's wages.
There will be q regular meeting of God,n
,.t,N n ....I,N
o'clock at he residence of Mr.. II Bartlett
No. 219 north Royal street NJ mbers are
requested to be- present as bu mess Of in.
portance will be transacted.
little girl named Eunce Cookson, who
lives near this city, broke her leg Saturday
and was ken TO Washington for treatment.
The child WAS pursuing COW at the time AID
fell into holo. After her leg was sat by the
moved TO the Children's Hospital.
The evangelstic services at the First Pres.
byterian Church were very successful yester.
day. Meetings were hold at 3, 5 and 1870 p.
NJ, and number went foiward for prayer at
each of the meetings. MIS-. Irvine was the
preacher at night, and abe deliv ered an etf'ec-
tive sermon. She will speak again tonight
at 1870 o'clock.
HC uOu5c vi III DhflS III ACCOhCch,
Md, was yesterday burned to the ground.
The fire is supposed 10 have originated from a
stove in the kitchen. Every thing in the
house was lost except small lot of furniture.
Mr.. Davis and his wife, who was Miss Alice
L. Bloomington, of this city, managed with
their baby to make their escspe
The committee appointed by The Business
Mems League of this city to appear before
the Congressional river and harbor committee
md urge tho importance of cutting channel
through thu Kettle Bot oms, i'll the lower Po-
tomac, met last night and decided TO alb lrdon
the idea it being deemed ne1pedient to at
tempt such an object at this time Repre-
sentative Rixey has been notified and the
engagement will be cancelled.
Csceola Tire, No 1. of BED Men. with Wis.
ions of refreshments to please the inner man,
left here last night on the 715 train to pay
frs tsrDal visit to Idaho Tribe of Washington
Before their return, at 2 o'clock. they tho
roughly realized that they had struck the
wrong trail, for instead of the ex pected fire
water" snd the soothing smoke from the
calumet" they had to be satisfied with
long march, fireworks and the smell of burnt
powder aud rational least from the Great
Incohonee, with their expected kind Of ra.
ton left ont.
Mr.. J. T. Stone received to-day from Nor
folk barrel of fine CLAIMS.