Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-19
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Winding Up the Business of the sesqui- Cen
tennial Committees
Military Company to Receive Uni
forms-SOciety Events-GeneraI
and Personal News.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. T01 King st.
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tBeI Telephone NO. 100,
ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 10, 1899
The many details involved in the prepara-
ton for Alexandria's sesqui-centenniaI cell
ebratfon will perhaps be finally disposed of
at a meeting of the executive, finance and
general committees which had charge of
the movement to be held at sesqui-centen-
NAL headquarters tomorrow afternoon. The
question of diSposing of whatever funds
there may be on hand will doubtless be
considered
1t has been proposed to make a donation
to the Alexandria Infirmary, the Woman s
Auxiliary, r. E. Lee Camp, monument
fund, or to the Alexandria Kindergarten
A committee which was appointed at the
last meeting to draft resolutions of thanks
to those who had in any way assisted in
making the celebration a success will make
its report tomorrow afternoon.
Aexandrinns Welded.
The wedding of Miss Carlyle Fairfax Her
bert of Baltimore and Mr. CORTLAND Haw-
kins Smith of this city, which took place
IN Baltimore last evening, was of much
interest to Alexandriaus where the con-
tracing parties are known to a large cir
Gle of friends. Messrs. Arthur and William
Herbert, Arthur and William Bryant of
this city We're among the ushers.
Another out-of-town wedding of interest
to the people of this city was that of Mr..
Charles William Wattles, well-known
evening at Berryville, Va, to Miss Mary
Alexander Lippett. Mr.. Henry Starr Wat
ties, brother of the groom, best man
and Judge J. X NJ. Norton, Richard Wat
ties Ashby Miller, Douglass Stewart and
Harry Yohe, all of this city, were grooms
men Mr.. and Mrs. Wattles will reside
here.
Uniforms Expected.
Capt. King of the Alexandria Light In
fantry is expecting to receive, either today
or tomorrow, a consignment of uniforms
for his company from Middleton, Pa. Sixty
blouses. leggins and pants We're shipped
from that point the 10th instant
By Monday evening next, at the regular
weekly meeting in ArmOry Hall, the COM
pany will doubtless be fully uniformed ami
equipped, for the first time since it or
gained, several months ago.
General and Personal.
The marriage of Miss Mary Eliza French,
daughter of Mr.. George S. French, to Mr.,
Clarence R. Howard took place in Christ
Church at $50 o'clock last night, as pre-
viously announced in The Star Rev. Ber-
rynian Green, pastor, assisted by Rev. Rob-
ert Patton of Roanoke, Va, performed the
ceremony, after which reception was held
at Mr.. Frenchs residence, Jos North Alfred
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard left on a
late train for a northern tour. They will
reside here.
Miss Emma Jenkins of Franconia, Fair
fax county, and Mr.. Peter Thayer of
Lynchburg We're married at o'clock last
evening by Rev. Father Richard Carne, at
the parsonage of st. Marys Church. After
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Thayer left to
spend their honeymoon in Philadelphia,
Their future home will be in Lynchburg.
Centrals to Episcopal III. S.
The foot ball team representing the Epis-
copal High School near Alexandria will
play the Central High School eleven of this
city on the grounds of the Episcopal High
School Saturday afternoon at 3:45 O'clock
There Will be a meeting of the Westmin-
ster League of the Second Presbyterian
Church this evening to elect officers for the
ensuing term.
A six-yearold child of William Carter,