Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-31

The October term OF the County Court has
adjourned.
The government steamer Dolphin passed
up the river yesterday.
A new schedule will 20 into effect on the
electric railway tomorrow.
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet to.mor-
row evening at 3 o'clock at Lee Camp Hall.
The City Electoral Board met o.day and
ordered printed the tickets to be used on cleo.
,ion day.
The game season opens tomorrow i'll the
counties adjoining this city, aud partrdges
are said to be numerous this year.
The regular monthly meeting of Mary Gus
It's Lee Chapter, U. d. c., will be held at ten
o'clock tomorrow morning at Lee Camp Hall.
Tomorrow night George Mason Council,
Royal Arcanum will give smoker after the
regular meeting. Several short speeches will
be made.
George Shelton, Il well known coored real
dent OF the First ward. died yesterday at his
home near Mount Zion Church, aged sixty
nine years
The Woodlawn Farmers Club held their
monthly meeting on Saturday evening at the
home of Mr. G. Lukens, and al present great
ly enjoyed the occasion.
A dog was run over by an electric train on
Royal street at hslf-oast twelve o'clock TO-
day and its right foIc leg was cut off The
animal was subsequently, killed.
The schooner Isabel arrived here to-day
from Mount Holly, Va, with l, 400 cases of
canned tomatoes, which will be shipped to
New York by the steamer Defiance,
Wm. Grimes, colored, of the county, con-
fined in Jail for an assault on his wife was
to-day taken beio.e Judge Love on writ of
habeas corpus, bat The Case Was continued
Mr. Richard H. Perrine died last night at
the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Elizabeth Stansbury, in Baltimore His fu-
neral will take place tomorrow morning Mr..
| Perrinc hsd large circle of friends and rel
| ativss in this city.
| party of Masons, accompanied by num-
! Der Of ladies. Will leave here this evening in
vehicles for Falls Church TO attend recep.
ton 10 be rendered there tonight by kemper
! Lodge to Lieut.. Meekins, member of that
| lodge, who has just returned from Cuba
Seston Lomax, young man who lives at
| one of The lower river landings was taken
very i'll on the steamer Wakefield yesterday
afternoon as the steamer was approaching
! Washington, and on its arrival Loma2 WAS
found to be suffering from pneumonia.
There was a heavy fall of rain Saturday
night, and there were light showers yester.
day, with threatening weather until some
time after dark. when the wind changed from
northeast TO northwest, and the heavens be-
came clear and the temperature cool. The
weather to day has been fair with bracing
nor Invest wind.
Messrs w. A. Campbell & Co., who for
somo lime past have rad quantity Of heavy
machinery stored at the shipyaid, are new
shipping some of the machinery to the Sus-
auehanna river, where they are blilding a
large dam. 4 large derrick has been erected
at the shipyard to lift the machinery into
cars The machinery was brought here from
the South.
Fred Acton, the ten-year.old lad who was
severely injured at Brickhaven on Friday by
n kick from mule lies at the Emergency
Hospital, in Washington, in critical condl'
ton The physicians performed an operation
upon the boy on Saturday and removed his
spleen, which it was found had been ruptured
by the kick Later it was said that the boy
was doing well
Owing to confusion OF names and politics
much controversy has arisen over the appoint
msnt of "Al Lucas" as judge of election in
| the Second ward, representing the republi-
can party Mr.. Alphonso Lucas, and not
Albert Lucas, colored, is the appointee Of the
board of commissioners. Since his appoint
ment it has been learned that Mr.. Lucas is 8
democrat, aud will not serve as republican
judge
A sale OF 46 government horses and %
army mules will take place at st. Asaph on
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The horses
together with large amount of miscellaneou:
property, such as harness, wagon sheets and
shelter tents, will be sold at auction. The
animals are condemned stock some of them
being sick and others weakened BY service
The majority are, nevertheless, still good
. enough for ordinary wagon and buggy use
There will be more OF these horse sales il the
= neal future.