Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-03
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Gazette will not b. published on that day.
The So 'umor exodus has commenced.
There will be business meeting of tn,
Young Mems Sodality Lyceum tonight.
MI. Jacob Brill will give another crab feas
at his restaurant, ct the foot of King street
tonight.
The city Tax Collector was busy today re
ceiving taxes and the City Treasurer paying
coupons.
Two trsmps who were begging on tht
streets this evening were arrested and locked
up at the station house.
Rosie Austin, Of this city, has been awarded
the prize for naming the new beer OF the
Consumer5' Brewing Co, "0ld Bruin."
Thos J. Proctor has sold to Ida M. Jones
house and lot OF the west side OF Patrick
street, between Princess and Queen, for 1915
Subscribers or others leaving the city fol-
the summer, or for any time, can have the
Gazette mailed to their address without ex
| ira cost.
Mr.. Chss. s. Barnett has sold his house and
| five acres Of land at Ballston, in the county
to Mrs. Ella Jordan, of Washington, fol
$1,000.
The schooner VIM Oliver, loaded with
fertilizer materials, arrived yesterday from
Baltimore, consigned to the Armour Fertilizer
Company.
The gossips were busy yesterday and SUM-
day circulating report that O merchant OF
this city had recently married one of his
clerks. The report was without foundation.
1t is understood that the electric railway
company will agree to pave Prince street, be.
tween Fairfax and Royal, with vitrifed brick
aud use any rail the City Council selects for
the privilege of making loop between their
tracks on Fairfax and Royal streets.
StaDislsus Edelin,, who, while locked ND at
the police station about two months ago,
awaiting hearing on the charge Of being
implicated In the burglary OF Lyles's shoe
shop, on upper Duke street. made his escape,
was captured yesterday by Policeman Rob.
eTts. This morning he was discharged.
John F. May has brought suit in the Dis
trict Of Columbia Supreme Court against the
Life Insurance Company Of Virginia, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Of
New York. and the Prudential Life Insurance
Company Of New jersey, for $15, 500 dam
ages. Mr.. May alleges that the three compa-
MES entered into a conspiracy to prevent his
securing employment with any Of them.
Benjs II. SMELLS remains found last
resting place at Mount Olivet Cemetery, near
Washington, yesterday. Since his execution
at the District Jail last Friday his body had
been held at an undertaker's establishment
1t was believed that the parents of the dead
man would-hs the body shipped to Georgia
for burial, but they sent money to the unde'-
tsker with instructions to have it inferred In
Washington.
A hesd-end collision between the local
train which left Chesapeake junction, neat
Washington, for Chesapeake Beach at 8 80
o'clock yesterday morning and the psssen-
ger express leaving the beach at noon result
cd in the death Of Frederick Z. Mailer. the
engineer, and Charles Zier, the fireman, both
or the west-bound train. No passengers we're
injured. The damage to the rolling stock Is
estimated at So 600.
An electric car and hose carrisge, the latter
tearing along in response to an alarm for
trifing fire, came together with mighty
crash at Ninth aud streets, Washington,
yesterday afternoon. Five fremen were
thrown violently from their apparatus. sev-
eral OF them shot high in the air and landed
heavily on the hard pavement. None Of the
men were, however, fatally injured. The
car was thrown from the track the hose car
rage damaged and one Of the fire horses in
iured