Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-09
LOCAL BREVITIES

case Of scarlet fever is reported at 1904
| Prince street
The schooner Isabel arrived to-day from
M M nj loaded with corn TO master to be ship.
| ped To New York.
| The Salvation Army people now here will
leave nett week. and their Places will be fill
ed by new party.
The funeral of Mrs. Samuel 81. Merchant
took place this afternoon, Rev. Bergman
Green conducting the services.
The Alexandria Brick Company last night
shipped 10000 bricks to North Carolina by
the steamer Dennis Simmons.
charles Swain, of this city, who contracted
fever while IN the government employ in
Porto Rico, continues eriously i'll in Brook
Ign. N. Y.
number of dismissed teamsters became
disnrderly at the race track last night, but
vera finally quieted by Captain Parsons and
made to leave the pace.
1t was reported in this city to-day that in a
row near the Aqueduct Bridge yesterday
evening Mr.. Enoch Cook was assaulted by
ivy mon and badly hurt.
commission has been appointed to ap.
praise the value Of the site on which the ex-
tension OF the Government Printing Office is
a csr used by track hands Cd the SOFT lern
Railway was robbed Yesterday evening just
west of this city and about thirty dollars
worth of clothing stolen ther efrom.
Preparations for celebrating the semi-cen-
ten ial of t. NJ. E. Church South on Sunday
x navo been almost comLiotud and LIE
occasion will doubtless be most interesting
one.
Tho new fra extinguisher for the Relief
Compapy has been received by Mr.. Claude
IiCkin, agent in this city for the extipguisf :
err. aid WAS this even ng turned over to the
company.
representative Of the Blue Ridge Chemi :
cal Company Of Marshall, FauQ5ier county,
was in the city to-day looking around for y
suitable site on which to remove the company S
plant TO this city.
T! e steam yacht Jennie Irene, belonging in
Washington, VIII en- ran on the sunken wreck
of the old steamer City Of Alexandria on Sun
day, WAS gotten off to-day and towed to the
shipyard for repairs.
Owing to being necessarily detained, Rev
Mr.. Revelle was unable to be p: esent and
conduct the services at the Railroad Reading
Rooms last night, and Mr.. Alvin Powell acted
in his stead. 4 large crowd was present and
the services were interesting. Mr.. Edwin L.
Reed sang solo.
Mr. George Aud, of Fairfax, WAS quite
painfully but not seriously, hurt a few days
since by being shot in the face by his neigh.
Dor, Mr.. Charles Cockrell. The latter was
out cunning and fired at partridge which
he killed. Mr. Aud was fully sixty yards
of and was not seen by Mr. Cockrell when he
fired the shot.
Marriage licenses we're issued in Washing
ton yesterday to Charles A. Coliere and Isa-
belle Wright, of Orange Court House William
N. Cunningham OF Amissville, and Mae 81.
Stover; Lyston Helm and Sallie Napier, both
of Orange; Joseph c. Sherman and Fannie B.
emith, roth of Culpeper county, and to James
Winston and Polly Hodge, both of Culpeper.
Mr. Thomas Jackson seay was seen Oh the
streets again to day. Mr.. Seay has been alb.
sent from the city for quite while, He is now
engaged with the Creswell BLACK Crow Corn
Remover and the Eromo-Pep'in Headache
Expurger Company of Washington. Mr.. Seay
is superb tending the distribution of sample
bottles of the last named remedy from his old
section of the drug house of Messrs E. s.
Leadbeater & Sons His numerous Alexan.
dria friends are glad to see "T. Jack"