Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-09-19
..AAL FREYITIES.

VI Il. Church South yesterday mora
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Alfred Lane, the colorod boy arrest
ed Saturday charged with forging the
name of Mr.. NJ. Schiller to check on
the Citiz ms National Bank, WIS
brought cefore the Mayor this morn
inf. Ga account OF his youth, no was
released after having been punished.
The order issued to the police by
Mayor Simpson to prohibit the Mount
Vernon Railway from standing cars on
Fairfax street resulted Saturday in one
OF the employees Of the road being
summoned TO appear in the police
court tits morning to answer to
charge OF violating the city ordinance
IN onsiructing the streets with their
trains. This morning officials Of the
railway company appeared before the
Mayor and stated that orders had been
issued which would prevent hereafter
the obstruction OF streets by electric
cars, so the Case was dismissed with an
admonition.
The Police Com nissioners had been called
10 meet 10 night nj the request of Policeman
night to investigate recent publication in
the Gazette, in which he claims that he WAS
misrt presented by the statement that he had
reported Chief Webster 10 the Mayor for a.
leg derelict:on OF duty. ON account of tho
lndlsposition of Commissioner Tackett. how.
ever the meeting was postponed The in.
vestigation will be public.
4 bullet crashed through the window Of
the mail car OF north bound train on the
Southern Railway last night just IS it was
crossing the Long Bridge By the merest
chance Postst-G!erk .. S Noel escaped death,
the bullet passing within foot OF his head
The Washington police are endeavoring 10
find the party who fired the shot.
The funeral of Sergeant L. S. Miller, of
Battery X, Fourth Artillery, who died ga III.
day morning, took place yesterday afternoon.
The interment was on the government reseT-
vat on adjoining Fort Sheridan. Sergeant
Miller was q native of Germany He ltRycJ
a widow and two children, who reside at
New alexandria
An Interesting meeting OF tha Father
Mathew Total Abstinence Society was held
yesterday evening IN ST. Mary's Hall. Two
lew members were admitted. A committee
was appointed 10 arrange FOR public lecture
aud musicale to be given in honor Uf the
slight fire occurred last night at the 10 j.
dence of Mrs. Charles Fitzsmmons, OH upper
Duke street, caused by curtain blowing
over lighted gas jet. Officer Goods who
WAS passing at the tlme entered and oxtip-
gushed the fire. The damsge only amounted
10 about 50.
Judge James NJ. Love, OF Fairfax, and MI.
J. B. Kawlins, of Falls Church. have been TO
Sandy Springs, Md, to lake dispositions be-
fore MIR. Alisn Farguhar, with authority OF
the Circuit Court of Virginia i'll behalf Of
Mrs Matilda L. Rawius
The Both annual emancipation celebration
will take pace at Culpeper on Thursday, the
22d instant. This celebration will be held
under the auspices of the Langston Nati0n4l
Monument, Historical and Emancipation As.
ISOLATION OF Virginia.
The Southern Railway Company contem-
| plates changing the name OF the static
at Erst and West Falls Church, and petitions
are being generally signed requesting that
East Falls Church be named Falls Church
Hamilton, the colored man, and his wife,
| the young Scotch girl, whom he married !"
New York last week, passed through this ii Y
on Saturday evening on their way to North
! Carolina.
a row occurred on Saturday night at Il g
corner of Henry aud Queen streets during
which stones were thrown End The window III
MIS-. BaggeJl store On that corner was broken
Roger Moore, forty-two years old OF Wasl =
! :ngton, fell through Il ttes,le on the Washing
ton snd Falls Church railroad Sautday and
sustained injuries which caused his dea h
The O'Meara Shoe Company will probably
remove their factory from Royal street to
rooms in the old shoe factory building at the
corner of Prince and Fairfax street,
Mr.. William Rust, of this city, has been
transferred from Company l, Third Virginia
regiment, TO the U. ). Amy Signal Corps,
aud has gone 10 jacksonville
Mr.. Charles Zmmerm4n's little not deg
"SpJrtie" was iun over this morning by one
of the poitncr Brewing Companys Wagon 5
aud instsauy killed.
The Shaw Industrial Hall of the Hay
| School is u most completed, and Will be dcdi-
Gated on Sunday afternoon, October 9;h.
In consequence Of the removal OF TIE troops
| from Camp Alger the force i'll the Falls
| Church postollicc has been redu ed.
MI a f. smoot had the end of one of his
fingers cut of to-day in the machinery at
smoot q Co S planning mill.
The John Hay Normal and Industrial Col
ored School will open its fifth session OH MOI
day, October Sd.
Fire Warden Harlow went up the Manassas
road to-day to purchase horse for the Dy-
drsulion engine.
Old Dominion Commsndery, No. II, B.T.,
will meet to- might for drill