Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-08
LOCAL BREFITIE<

This city was visited by q fac shower of
rain this evening.
Tho weather has gotten hot again. the mer.
curry today registering go.
a valuable horse belonging to Silas hite
died yesterday from the heat.
The water mains are b,ing extended on
Lee street, from Franklin 10 Jefferson.
Policemen Belts and Knight lett for New
York to-day on their Ter days vacation.
The schooner olayerra arrived tp.day frcm
the Kenne'ec, loaded with ice for ". n.
R9ardon
The regular semi monthly meeting of Alex
sndria Council, National Union, will be held
tonight.
The Norfolk boat this morning on their way
to Washington.
Henry Mill, an engineer on the tug Edith
Goddard Winship, WAS badly scalded on Sat-
urday at Washington.
fine horse belonging to Mr. James Rob.
erts of Fairfax county, died from the effects
of the heat on Saturday.
In Washington to-day Geo. Rollins, aged
3 years, WAS sent TO jail for attempting 10
C mint an assault on Lotto Wilson, aged )
ycsrs.
Numbers OF soldiers from Camp Ager
Shcridans Point aud Fort Washington visited
this city yesterday, many of whom attended
church services.
Two vessels carrying about $500 tons of
ice reached Washington yesterday, snd the
ice supply which had become almost cxhau,t-
oil has again been Icplenished
The rain in Culpcpor county on Thursday
was tho heaviest that has fallen in that couL-
ty fer long time The streams were much
swollen and considerable damage WAS done.
VIM. Stedman, a soldier from Fort Sher-
dan. WAS seized with cOOvu .slvo cramps on
tina street on Saturday night and was treated
at the station house by DIR. T. NJ. Jones. Yes
! terday a detail of bis comrades carried him
b eek 10 the fort
The City Council will not be called to MOI :
row night to consider the question Of rcqun =
| Ing the electric railway company to lay q NJ W
p. teut raj on King street. The cOmmittt @
on streets will hold another meeting soon to
consider the matter,
Most of the ty clergy being ont of towr,
services in severa of the churches yesterday
! were conducted by non residents and in ac-
cordance with Saturdays announcements.
Tho congre cations, as a rule. were rather
small, as many people are spending the sum-
mer away from home.
s. Allen Waycott steam filter, living sn
| Washington. broke his neck while diving at
Colonial Beach Saturday. lie was taken 10
the Emergency Hospital. Washington, yes
teriay ard made as comfortable as possible
| This chances of recovery are slight, but the
| injured man may live for weeks
Mrs sa-a Beach, widow of Ephraim Beach,
! a well known resident of Fairfax county
died at her home near Burke's station yes.
terday, aged 60 years Mrs. Beach was the
mother of Councilman Jos. S. Beach and Po
licemsn Jefferson Beach, of this city. The
remains were inferred this evening Oh thf
farm of the deceased.
The alarm of fire about o'clock this morn.
ing was caused by the burning Of bed and
the mosquito netting in the house occupied
by Mr.. Cha les Schneider, on Prince street
between Lee and Union. The flames were
extinguished by Mr. VIM Roberts member
of the Hydraulion company, who happened
to be near at hand. The damage was slight.
The colored Mystic shriners of this city
and ncighborhcod celebrated their auniversa
~ Yesterday aft1rnoon in the Alfred stree
Baptist Church. Rev. d. Ben Smn, o.
Kentucky. thirty-third degree Mason
preached the anniversary sermon. 4 cOmbi-
nation of the colored chors of the city, under
tho leadership Of P. II. Lumpkins, furnished
the music
Tim trains bearing sick and wounded SOL
6iers from Fort Monroe passed through this
city yesterday evening bound for Was hing
ton. The troops were brought through II
nine sections A large crowd congregated al
the railway station, and sn ovation WAS given
each train rs it steamed into tho depot. Mer
aud women vainly eudeavored TO get chance
t. shake the hands OF the soldiers, but they
were not permitted TO enter the CARS.