Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Mystic Circle will meet tonight fol-
the Installation of otfice,s.
Most of the churches had comparatively
SIN Ill congregations yesterday.
| The Virginia Automatic Gas Manu- factur.
| Ing Company will open an Office in this city.
MIR. F. T. Cook, who has been in Tampa
Fla, for the past two months, has returned TO
| this city.
Mr. a. c. Slaymaker reported at the station
house yesterday that dress coat was stolen
from his house on Saturday.
Eliza A. Seaton has sold to NJ L. Robinson
house and lot on the east side of Washington
street, between Gibbon and Franklin.
Seventeen recruits from Kansas City. Mo i,
passed through here yesterday for Camp Al
ger, where they will be mustered into the
government service.
The infant child of Mr.. II. w. Bailey died
at its home on north Columbus street yester-
day, and the remains were to-day taken to
Fairfax county for burial.
George Dawson reported at the station
house to-day that an attempt was made on
Saturday night to steal his chickens from his
house on Union street, near Wolfe.
A number of members of the Bachelors
Club went down the river yesterday morning
on the yacht Americas and enjoyed a shad
bake. They returned in the evening, having
had pleasant outing.
Alexandria Washington Lodge of Masens
will meet tonight to make arrangements for
laying the corner stone on Wednesday even
ing o; the new county court house being
erected at Fort Myer Heights.
A number of soldiers on their way to Camp
Alger while waiting for the train to leave the
w. & . B. R. depot yesterday morning were
drilled for some time at the depot. The men
were from Detroit and Kansas City.
Some coored men who left here on
Saturday on a sand scow got into row in
creek near Fort Washington when general
fight ensaed. Two of the men were arrested
and taken to Upper Marlboro whore they
were fined S25.
Large numbers of the friends of company
F, Third Virginia Regiment, visited Camp
Ager yesterday to see the boys. Sergeant
Appch, Musician Lucas and Privates Norris
aud Taylor came here yesterday on short
leaves of absence.
Columbia Lodge of Washington and r. f.
7 90 Lodge of this city, brotherhood of Bail
rosd Trainmen, gave an excursion to River
View to-day, which was we'll attended and g
lsrge crowd is expected to leave here on the
O'clock boat this evening.
number of recruits were taken to Fort
Sheridan yesterday to be assigned TO COM
panes and E of the Fifteenth Pennsylva
MIA. More recruits are expected to day. The
quota OF men to be stationed at Forts Sheri-
dan and Washington has nearly been COM
pleted
Two trains, one of is cars loaded with U s.
regulars from Governors Island. N Y, and
TT. Myer, We. and the other of 16 cars loaded
with battery Of artillery, ambuances am
munition wagons etc, passed through this
city today, over the Southern Railway, en-
route for Tampa
The ladies OF st. Josephs Aid Society will
give lawn party for the benefit of the poor
at No PIG N. st. Asaph street on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings of this
week. The society has done excellent work
among tie poor of the city, regardless of
creed, and deserves the encouragement of the
citizens
At an early hour this morning Officers Hall
and Howson, who were on their beat near
the corner of King and Washington streets,
were approached by q gentleman who lives
in the neghbornood who told them he heard
some one walking on his roof, and believed
that burglars were about. The officers ex-
amined the premises and the houses in the
neighborhood, but could find nothing missing
Lieutenant Smith appeared on the scene and
gave call for the other officers on the beat
in that neighborhood, which call gave rise to
8 report that q store in that vicinity had
been burelarzed.