Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-24
LOCAL BREYITlEh.


Rev j. NJ. Eberin will preach at Her ndon
tomorrow.
There will be service at the aims house to.
morrow evening.
new engine is being placed in the steam
er II srry Loder.
The street cleaners pay roll this week
amounted to S121.
The six-year-old son of Mr. VIM. Robinson
OF upper Prince street, died last night of diph-
iberia.
The druggists of this city on and after Oc-
to6er LIST next will close their stores at 10
o'clock at night.
Officer Sherwood to-day arrested colored
boy named Howards Brooks, who was playing
on moving cara on Union street.
The Second New Jersey regiment passed
through this city to-day via the Southern
hallway on their way home from the South.
Rev. Father Stafford. of Washington has
declined an offer of $4,000 to deliver
lectures on the Passion Play"for forty weeks.
Miss Malinda Henderson, daughter of the
!sto John Henderson, died this morning at
her home on the corner Of Royal and Wilkes
streets.
preach at the Village Chapel 10 morrow night
at 1870 O'Clock. Subject, "a Giants Defeat
and Victory"
Rev. j. Ernest Thacker, of the Second
Presbyterian Church, will preach tomorrow
Proper effects of proper preaching"
There was fair attendance of both buyers
and sellers in market to-day, and the supply
nj n ~
about the same IS those of last Saturday.
Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement, the
hottest day In the jewish almanac, will begin
Tomorrow evening at sunset and last through
twenty four hours, or until Monday at sunset.
a resident of that neighborhood who was
in this city to-day stated that last night some
of the soldiers stationed at Sheridan's Point
robbed hen house near there and set fire to
the building.
The Quartermsster's Department at the
Army Building in New York received orders
yesterday to send the horses of Troop a, now
at its armory in Ninety-fourth street, to st.
Asaph near this city.
George ". Layton, Waterman at cross
ing On the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
near Ivy, Albemarle county, was struck by
passenger train No. 2 about 3 o'clock yester-
day morning and instantly killed,
The committee having the arrangements
in hand for the celebration of the 10th ami
verssry of the Y. NJ S. L. are working hard
to make the celebration eclipse sll previous
ones Mrs. A. Rammel will be the caterer.
r r. Campbell member of the republican
State committee, who wss also chairman of
the republican committee of Fauquier county,
has resigned, and Webb Maddox has been
elected by the county committee to succeed
him.
Mr. M. A. spea-. of Marshall Hall. Md,
sold his farm, Marshall Springs" last week
TO Mr.. A j. Mullen, of Washing on. Mr..
Spear, who was formerly Of South Portland,
Maine, will move his family back to his old
homo in few days
Messrs. D. Bendheim s. Sons make the an.
nouncement of their grand fall opening on
Tuesday, SEP TENDER 9th. There will be an
elaborate display OF all the newest fall crea-
tions Prof E. NJ. Dunn's fine orchestra will
be in attendance. cordial welcome will be
extended to all. No invitation cards to be
issued.
1t is rumorcd that the straw hat gun was
fired during one of the gusts this morning.
but as several well known gentlemen OF this
city who are close observers Of such matters
port is discredited-or surely if the gun did
go off the gentlemen referred to failed to
hear it
Isaac Haokley, colored, was arrested yes
terday evening by Policeman Goods charged
with having assaulted Matthew Hicks,
small white boy, with an iron pipe. Hackley
claims to have been assaulted by gang of
school boys, and says he was forced to take
ref &C in a house until he could secure police
protection This morning Hackley was fined
81. 90
A runaway at o'clock to-day created con-
siderable excitement about Market space
Mr.. Joseph Hautbauer's horse with wagon
attached ran away and collided with Mr. W, p.
Gravess team as far as learned the loss is
on the runaway's side in the shape of broken
harness. Mr.. Graves's horse was struck with
a gancing ab of the crazy shaft, but received
no bodily I'M lry. The excited drivers are
explaining how it was done and why they
are unhuIt.