Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-07
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Special Meeting of City Council to Be Held
Tomorrow Evening"
Proposed System of street Improves
ments to be COnsidered-Mar.
riage ut Del Ray.
Evening Star Bureau,
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Bell Telephone No. 1M

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September I. 1890
The city council will hold special meet
ing tomorrow evening for the purpose of
considering report from the street COM
mittee relative to contemplated street i'm
provements. The meeting was to have
been held this evening, but was necessarily
postponed. Whatever action council may
take Is awaited with general interest, for,
as stated before in The Star the movement
on foot, If adopted, will mark the beginning
OF a radical change in the condition of the
cltys streets. The necessary appropriation
or considerable sum of money should the
matter be approved is also engaging seri-
GUS attention. Opinion seems to be divided
on the question of parking the residential
streets, many asserting that the roadw VS.
are already narrow enough On the other
hand, 1t is believed that a parking will
greatly beautify the streets and still leave
sufficient roadway The street committees
report recommends that the improvements
be commenced on North Washington street
Members of the special committee o. the
Business Mems League who selected the
scheme of Mr.. w. B. Corse and submitted
1t to the street committee will appear this
evening before council in the interest of the
street Improvements.
Passed Their Examinations.
Capt James E. King of the Alexandria
Light Infantry this morning received Off
cial notice from Richmond that First Lieu
tenant Patrick j. Murphy and Second Lieu
tenant Richard Payne of the local COM
pany mad passed the military examination
those officers were subjected to in Rich
mond Monday last. Capt. King also re-
ceived muster roll. which he will shortly
M out and return. Upon receiving this in
Richmond an officer will, 1t is expected. be
dispatched to this city to muster the Alex
andria Light Infantry into the state militia.
A meeting of the company will be called
for next Monday night in Armory Hall.
when the measure of the men will be taken
for uniforms and other business transacted.
Varney-NaIIs NuptiaIs.
The NJ. E. Church South in Del Ray was
the scene last evening of a pretty mar
riage ceremony, when Miss Ethel Varney,
daughter of Mr.. John Varney. became the
bride of Mr. Archibald Nails. former res
ident of this city. The edifice was taste
fully decorated for the occasion and crowd
ed with friends of~the contracting parties.
Rev. F. l.. Day, the pastor, performed the
ceremony. The bride, attired in a gray
travelling gown, entered the church on the
arm of her father, and was attended by
Miss Bessie Nails as maid of honor. Mr..
John Gary was best man. The ushers We're
Messrs. William and Walter Varney. broth
ers of the bride. After the ceremony MIR.
and Mrs Nails left for a short northern
trip. after which they will reside in Del
Ray.
SesGui-Centennial Notes.
Rev. Richard l.. Carne of Richmond, who
was appointed chairman in that city of the
sescui-centennial committee of former
AleXandrians, writes that at his request
Col. Morton Marye has accepted the chair
manship, and that he (Mr. Carne) will as
sist him all he can He also suggests that
the following former AeXandrans be
added to the committee: Revs. J. Calvin
Stuart, DID; VIM V. Tudor. D.; Landon
K. Mason, DID, and Thomas Semmes and
Messrs. J. Wells Lockwood. Frank :.
Burke, r. Lee Moore and James NJ. Bah
of Richmond and Robert Prettyman and
VIM. NJ. Bagsett of Manchester, Va.
The comm ittee has had prepared and
printed short circular showing what is
proposed to be done at the sesqui-centen-
NAL. and requests all the merchants to in
close copy in every letter they write from
now until the sesqui-centennial date.