Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-18
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The Feast of Tabernacles will begin to.
m rrow.
The weather yesterday WIS fine and bright
and tho churches were fairly we'll attended
The Alexandria Light Infantry will be
mustered into service tonight by Col. 10 Lane
Stern.
Mr.. VIM. T. Emerson has been appointed
superintendent OF the Methodist Protestant
cemetery.
The schooner Henry 3. Travers, loaded
with canned goods, arrived today from Cam
bridge, Md.
The District Lodge of Colored Odd Fellows
will meet in the 10Th annual session at Gull
pepper tomorrow.
Mr.. Richard O'Dowd, An old resident of
Washington, died at his summer home near
Arlington yesterday.
Lieutenant Edward N. Meekins has opened
a recruiting office in this city for volunteers
to go to the Philippines.
Mary Ida Broaddus today entered suit in
Washington for divorce from Eugene B.
Brosddus charging desertion.
The Y. NJ. c. T. q. will hold meeting to.
morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the homo
OF Miss Pollard, on Cameron street.
Mrs. Mary Murray has renowned the pro.
vision made for her under the will of her late
husband. VIM. Murray, aud has declined to
qualify as cxccutrx of the estate.
The anlual mectit of the sock holders Of
the HssEinglo Brewery Company was held
st the company's Office n this city this even
ing for the election of officers, &C.
Lieutenant Smith has preferred charges to
Mayor Simpson against Policemen knight
and wilkinson, for alleged derelicton of
duty in sleeping at the station house.
The de,ai ment of an electric car on Satur.
day night at the intersection of King AID
Royal streets was accompanied by an electric
display, but no great harm was done.
The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Union Building Company for the election
of the beard Of direct u.s. &c, was held at the
office of the company in this city today.
Mayor Spillman, Of Warrenton, has tele-
graphed Governor Tyler for 90 guns to arm
men in his town. Trouble is feared by him
when the soldiers of Washington visit that
town.
The four-year.old son of George Crcssmsn,
farmer living near Falls Church, was gored
in the arm by frenzed COW on Saturday
The cows horn cut open six inches of the
f1eshy part of the child's arm, nearly sever
ing an artery.
Miss Anna Belle Gray, elocutonist. of
Washington, assisted by Miss Fstelle Wont.
worth of Chicago, and Maste. Harry Hewig,
of this city, will give an entertainment at the
Opera Fouse tomorrow evening under the
auspices of the Church Furnishing Society of
the M. Church South
The funeral of VIM. Pinkney colored, who
WAS killed Friday night by John Thomas Ell
sey, also colored. took place yesterday after.
noon, and was attended by large number of
colored people The services wero conducted
by Rev. John Webb and the interment was
in Douglass Memorial Cemetery.
Special invitations to the seventeenth an.
nual conclavc of coored Knights Tempar,
Under the auspices OF Lewis Hayden Com.
mandery Of Boston, on September 20. have
been received by NJ L. Robinson SD de-
gree, VIM. A. Carter. 33d degree, and others
Of this city, from Eminent Commander, Jos.
il. Pierce.
Martin Kessler, German, employed at
Portner's Brewery, reported to the police
Yesterday that he had been robbed of SIT.
and asked that warrant be issued for the
arrest of q woman named Nan Russell, with
whom he had been drinking, on suspicion OF
having stolen the money. Sergeant Smith
arrested the woman later and recovered about
SO in money. Subsequently Arthur RobiD-
son, colored, appeared at police headquarters
and surrendered a quantity of mems new
wearing apparel, which he claimed tho Bus
sell woman had given him. This morning
the woman was fined $40 or given GO days
in the work house.