Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-07-06
LOCAL BREFITIES.

The Mystic Circle will meet tonight fol
the installation Of officers.
George Mason Council. Royal Arcanum,
met last night Two members wero initiated.
4 one.leggtd man was assaulted and beaten
I by some tramps near the cemeteries yesterday
evening
VIM Simmons resident of south Lee
street, to-day went 70 Washington and enlist
cd as second-class fireman in the navy.
J. A. Seator, jr, has sold 10 Eliza A. Sea-
ton house and lot on the west side of St.
Asaph street. between Gibbon and Wilkes,
for $3.50
Messr:. Charles King & Son have opened
q broom factory Oh King street., near Lee, and
will manufacture the brooms needed for their
own trade.
The thyce-masted schooner E. D. Bilber
with l 200 tons of ice aboard arrived here
yesterday evening from the kennebec con-
signed 20 w. III. Reardon.
a fight among some colored men aud wom
en- in the northwes; part of the city shortly
before II o'clock last night caused an alarm
of fire which brought out the fire department
Cornelius Young, charged with assaulting
AID beating Annie Kerry, md Pete" Dadson,
charged with vagrancy, were brought here
this evening from the county and lodged in
Jail.
Jacob Thomas, well known colored man.
died suddenly at his residence or Henry
street. near Cameron, last night about len
O'Clock. Heart disease was assigned as the
cause of his sudden death.
While playing on raft in the ferry steam
ers dock to day Philip Heishey, the little
son of Mr.. }. F. Hoishlcy, fell overheard
and came near drowning, but was saved by
Officer Hall who came to his rescue.
This morning several trains bearing SOL
diers for the South passed through this city
via both the Southern ana Washington South
ern Railways. Large crowds were at the de-
pots 10 see the soldiers. Among the troops
were two carloads Of colored soldiers
Some excitement was caused near the cor
ner OF Pitt and King streets this morning by
tn" disorderly conduct of two men under the
influence of liquor and some soldiers who
had been drinking. No actual breach of the
peace occurred, however, Officer Knight sep
arating the men.
The deed conveying the Virginia Midland
Railway property to the Southern hallway
Company, which was filed in the Clerks OF
flee OF the Corporation Court of this city re-
Gently, has been also filed in the office of the
County Court and in all the counties through
which the road passes.
Capt Woude of the Tenth Infantry. q. s.
v, has enlisted the minimum number of col
orcd men seventy -iivo-at the recruiting
Office which was opened in the Braddock
House last week He expects to leave with
the men for Augusta Ga, tomorrow morn
ing at 1875 o'clock. Mur-ay's Metropolitan
Brass Band will escort them to the depot.
Marriage licenses were issued in Washing
ton yesterday to Richard J. Flood and Mary
A. Larman, both of Fairfax county Richard
d Green ard Ella Ghaeery, both of Rosslyn
George NJ. Abbott and Clara NJ. Wilson, both
of Fairfax county; James Washington, of
Stafford and Virginia Nash, of Prince Will
liam county and to Allen Ferguson of Free
port, and Maggie L. Lockley, of Avalon.
1t is reported thst young colored man
named John seaton came TO this city last
week from Fauquier county and went 10 the
house of Magnus Robinson, relative. EaI-
ly next morning when the latter awoke ard
went down stairs he found Seaton's pocket
book lying on the floor but It's contents, said
to have been S75, woro missing. Soaton said
he had tho money in his pocketbook when
he went TO oed and how it got from his pocket
remains mystery