Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

rev case of smallpox was discovered in
Washington yesterday.
During the storm yesterday part Of the
| iron ornaments on Odd Fellows Hall was
blown off.
Four houses have been believed from quar-
antine since Saturday, and only few remain
in quarantine.
Tho Riggs National Bank In Washington
has purchased property adjoining the bank
for $4,000.
Messrs. Roy Beach, George Sutton and Jas.
Devine yesterday killed four swan on the
river below this city.
The Armour ice house just west OF this city,
on the line of the RAILROADS, is being filed
with Ice to be used for reicing cars.
The churches were all fairly well attended
yesterday, the services being conducted &C.
coroing 10 previous announcements.
The work of repairing the big gas holder at
the gas works was commenced to-day. The
Columbia engine was engaged in pumping
out the holder tank
Mr.. CORTLAND 81. Smith this morning com.
menced the building of 6 barn on his stock
farm, Hampton, near this city, in the place
of the one burned last week.
An alarm of fire about $50 o'clock last
night was caused by the burning Of CHM
ney at the home Of Thomas Shelton. $40
south Pitt street. The department did not
go into service
Dir. Thomas Ogden, we'll known citizen Of
Fairfax county, died at his home, near Fran
coma, this morning, aged sc years. For
many years he had been a regular attendant
at the city market.
James W. Fultz, of Nokesville, Prince
William county, while in Washington on Sat-
urday evening WAS buncoed out OF $40 by two
strangers who induced him TO lend them the
money for short time till they could get q
check cashed.
Mr.. William T. Rumsey, aged seventy-nine
years, died at his home in Fairfax on satur-
day of apoploxy. He was born in Duchess
county, New York, ard came TO Fairfax
early in tho forties. He was an extensive
and successful farmer. Two sons and three
daughters survive him.
The Council ct mmittee on claims will meet
tonight to organize and consider bills recento
~ sent to Council by number of city physi-
clans in the smallpox matters also the claims
for damages in such matters. The CON-
mittee is composed of Aldermen Havener and
Dobie and Councilman Brill and Alton Moore.
Ths barkentine Bruce Hawkins arrived Off
this city yesterday evening from Trinidad
bound for Washington. She was inspected
by DR.. Snowdcn of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, who found all on board well. The in
spection h.g flying from her masthead gave
rise to the report that smallpox was on board.
Magnus Gray, colored, died of pneumonia
lat his home on Wilkes street on Saturday
night, aged 27 years. he was a member Of
Company G, Tenth Q. S. Volunteers, and he
had recently returned from Georgia. HIS re.
mains were buried this evening, and the fu-
neral was attended by numbers of his COM
pany.
Policeman Roberts on Saturday night ar.
rested Wesley Redd, q small colored boy, on
the charge of stealing quantity of silk and
other merchandise from the tailoring estab-
ishment of Mr.. B. T. Grimes, on King street
Some of the stolen goods were recovered
Redd was tried in the Police Court this morn
ing and fined $40.
Mr.. ST. beavers, section foreman on the
Southern Railway, is very much interested
in his poultry yard Before the blizzard, he
says he was accustomed 70 feeding his hens
on mixture of cracked corn and bran, but
during the extreme cold weather his bran
gave out, and as the chickens refused to eat
the corn by itself he substituted sawdust for
he bran. Shortly afterward he set fifteen
eggs under hen, and what was his surprise
Yesterday to find that fourteen eggs had
Matched ard every chicken had wooden legs