Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.

tie M. r thurch Sunday school will be helC
10 night.
Rev. Father Walsh, of Warrenton. will de
liver the Lenten sermon in st. Mays C1urcl
on Tuesday night.
The newly-olec;ed elders and deacons o
the Second Presby terian Church were or
dained yet terday morning.
The regular monthly meeting of Mary Gus
tbs LIE Chapter, q. D. c, will be held at Mis-
Mehsfi 'y's tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
The National Union will meet tonight a
Pythian Hall, north Pitt street, and will bt
visited by Grand Deputy F. C.. Ford, of Wash
ington.
4 Washington paper of this morning pub
llshe1 a silly story of a Spanish spy being il
this city a few days ago, and OF his m king
sonndings of the river in this vicinity.
Hollis Osborne, the Washingtonian, who
recently cat Walter Elzey, and who had bedr
sent to Jail in default of the payment of SIC
fine. has been released by the Mayor.
The gilling sSif drawn fo7 at the "Bi2
Four cigar store Saturday night was won by
num5er lis, Mr.. Vim. Duncan being the
lucky holder. The boat is valued at $50
Messrs. Schreiner & Baker having removed
tie r fashionable tailoring establishment &c
IL King street, are offering q well assorted
stock Of suitingi at most reasonable prices.
A meeting of tho Woman's Auxiliary will
be he'd in l CO Camp Hall on Tuesday even.
ing at 3 o'clock for the election of officers and
ths receipt of reports, &c. A full attendance
is requested.
A meeting OF Alexandria Diyision A. 0. Il.
was held at st. Alary's Hall yesterday. The
committee appointed to arrange for q banquet
to be given on st. Pstrick's Day submitted
their report.
The members of Emmanuel Lutheran
Church will shortly commence the erection OF
r handsome ediice to replace the one-story
wooden structure that now stands at the or
ner Of Cameron and Alfred streets.
Mrs. Jane Eliza DIXON Baker, of Baskerville,
Mass who has Just celebrated her 9Q.b birth
day, lived in this city in 1914. and witnessed
the burning of Washington and the pluudcr-
ing of Alexandria by the British.
In the Circuit Court of the District of Co
lpm9ia on Saturday in The case of C.lughtOn,
admins rator, VS.. Burke an order 70, pay
ment 10 plaintiff of 81 Oil with interest, the
amount in registry Of tbs Court was entered.
An explosion of q quarter Of a pound OF
dynamite in the ruins of the Capital Trae.
ton Company's power house in Washington
Saturday evening sent fragments lying in
every direction, but fortunately no one was
Injured.
One of the big engines Of the Southern
Railroad was derailed in the yard Of the COM
psny in this city Saturday night. Train No.
SO was delayed several hours by the acct.
dent. 1t was some time before the engine
was righted.
A Richmond paper yesterday published a
dispatch from Washington containing the
startling information that General Fitz Lee
is TO be made a Major General in tie United
States army and given command of the feder,
al forces in Cuba -!
Pursuant to an order Issued by Captain
Bryan on Thursday last, all members of the
Alexandris Light Infantry who had in their
possession equipments, etc, belonging to the
company returned them to the armory Sat.
u-day night. After the members had all re-
ported it was found that the command was
fully equipped.
A silver medal is to be awarded in the ora
toricsl contest to be held at Trinity NJ E.
church tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock, I'M
Ter the auspices of tie Mercy and Hep De
pertinent OF the Epworth League. Silver
offering at the door. The public is cordially
invited to attend, siE young ladies will be
the contestants
A series of three dedicatory services were
conducted yesterday by the congregation of
the Dunn arton Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, Washington. Rev Joseph d.. Slit
pastor The occasion was the formal reopen
ing of the old church building, recently made
over into ono of the finest Methodist Eplsco-
pal churches in the South.
Mr.. c. F. Thompson. who represents the
Gamewell% Company in this city, has recei we'd
a letter from that company stating that a
suitable fire alarm apparatus will be sent here
in q few days for the purpose Of making an
exhibit of the advant- ges OF an electrical fire
alarm system, should the city decide to adopt
such a system. The apparatus will be placed
in the Columbia engine house..
An ash barrel at st. Mary's Academy Of the
Sisters o. the Holy Cross, on Fairfax street,
took fire Saturday night about 9 o'clock and
ocrasioned a panic at the school and an alarm
of fire outside. The police and firemea wero
soon on the spot and extipguished the spread
ing flames, which might at a later hour have
worked mischief. No damage was done. The
fire department was on the ground four min
utes after the alarm WAS sounded.
The test of the new Reyburn teu-inch ior;i-
iceti9n gun at Fort Washington made on
Saturday evening WIS in every respect sue
cessful. Thee sh is were fired, each one
reaching almost 10 this city, seven miles dis
tant. Ii was necessary for the gun to be in
view but two minutes with each firing. The
gun, it is stated, can throw a shell II miles.
The f,ing OF shells caused conformation
among the mon on the sailing vessels in the
river al ne time.
A white man from Washington, who Iefu5.
cd to give his name, yesterday afternoon
walked against a moving electric train, and
was tlrown violently to the ground he was
picked up and carried to q ne;ghboring drug
store, where medical sid was rendered. AT.
ter stopping a few minutes the stranger walk.
ed awsy, seemingly unhurt. He was patty
under tbs influence of liqIor. 1t is said that
if ne man hsd fallen one foot further than
he did, he would have been instantly killed
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