Evening star., 1898-06-13
Subj R BAN WS
FALLS CHURCH.

The town council held special meeting re-
Gently with Mayor J. ID. Payne presiding and
the following counciImen present: G. w. Poole,
L. r. Merry, W. II. Nowlan ]. C. DePutron, H.
L. Turrer and ]. D. Payne. On motion Of Coun-
Gilman II. L. Turner it was unanimously voted
that Councilmen Nowlan and Merry be appointed
. committee TO visit Washington, Baltimore and
other places, and arrange, by purchase or other
wise. for street sprinkler. The ordinance known
as the Sunday observance ordinance, prohibiting
the sale of soda water, ice cream. cigars or other
merchandise Sundays. and requiring all me
chants TO keep their places of business closed en-
tEat day" was repealed.
The Village Improvement Society met also at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs L. Il. Parker Monday
night President Parker presided Among the
ceiy Tcted to appropriate SIS to the Town in aid
Of the purchase Of street sprinkler: 1t was also
voted to abandon the Fourth of July celebration
ana to adjourn over until September 4 short
program was rendered. consisting Of the following:
Reading OF the Pen and Scissors by Miss Belle
9. Merrifeld instrumental trio, guitar, mandolin
ard violin. Miss Emma Albertson. Mr.. s. n. Pond
and Mr.. Ryall AIbertson; reading. by Mr.. J. E.
MathenI. recitation Miss Nellie Hawxhurst; read
,ng. Mr.. S. y. Pond
The Good Templars are still active in the mat
ter Of violations of the local option law at Camp
Alger, In Falls Church district. and the local
county authorities now have the cooperation
OF the military officials. In addition to the
rests Of vlolators reported preyio1sly Jacob BE g.
White % IN 6 @ere found ey Fh
by Justice Crocker and sentenced to confinement
in the county jail for SIX months and Thursday
given three months in Jail. Tuesday Charles
West of Washington arrested and bailed for
trial before Justice Cr0cker.
Mr. Curtis Rorebeck of Blacksburg College is
home for the summer vacation u,.,.
Mr.. C. NJ Rathbun has obtained position at
Mountain Lake, Pa, and left for that place We'd
nesday.
Falls Church Lodge No. Il, of Odd Fellows. was
visited by n large delegation Of members Of the
orCer from Camp Alger Thursday night. and inter
esting talks made by many of them. Among
the visitors John Schmd. H. A. Hastead.
f. C. Bigger. W: ID. Stewart, Gottfored Schultz,
George Begole. W. G. Rogers; Alex Buckler,
Albert Miller. Max II EIbe, George - Rushton'
Ebert Z. Peckham, F. II. Sayes George J.
steube, Frank Begole. G: H. Roeper. E. L; Ami
don. George Allen. W. II. Lewis. Garry Pifany.
II. T, Erhart. P. G. John Forth; Past Grand g.
W Hawxhurst responded on behalf Of Falls Church
Lodge. The visitors retired with three hearty
cheers for the lodge.
The entertainment under the auspices Of the
Ladies' Relief Corps for furthering their work at
Camp Alger held in Odd Fellows Hall Thursday
might, quite success. The band of the 9TH
Ohio Regiment, twenty-five pieces. added ma
terially to the interest of the occasion. The re
malnder Of the program consisted Of the follow
ing: Solos by Mrs. J. w. Garner and Mrs. +. y.
Meekins. respectively. rectations by Mrs. j. B.
Gould and Miss Edith o. Merri6ed, guitar and
mandolin quartet by pupils of Prof. Holmes of
Washington.
Mr.. Bronson Buxton will leave tomorrow for
East Sound. Wash. where he will spend the
with his brother. Mr.. Bert Buxton.