Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-08-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.

a meeting OF stockholders OF the Co.
lonial Loan and Deposit Association was
held in this city today but no business OF
general interest was transacted.
Janetta johnson, colored, who lives
at 1910 Wythe street, was today brought
to this city from Washington where she
had become deranged. She was lodged
in Jail.
Catherine y. Thompson has sold to
the Mercantile Railway Building and
Loan Association house and lot on the
west side of Patrick street between Duke
and Wolfe.
A carload of fire bricks and another
carload of iron to be used in the i'm
provements at the city gas plant have
arrived and the work of improvement is
now well under way.
Capt Jerry Gibson, OF an oyster schooner,
and the owner of fleet of oyster boats, was
found in al unconscious condition with the
gas turned on in a room on the third h0Or OF
Mades' Hotel, corner Of Third street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest Washington,
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock. He was
removed to the Emergency Hospital whtr
prompt treatment restored him. Capt. Gibson
lives nj Oakley PostOfiice, st. Mary's county,
Md Ii is supposed that the gas was left
turned on by accident.
There was but one case before the Mayor
this morning, that of a barber who had been
arrested at the instance of druggist Tor ais
orderly conduct. The accused appeared IN
court after the case had been called and the
plaintiff had left and was fined s. for contempt.
The excursion of the Relief Hook and Lad
der Company to River View yesterday was
very pleasant affair throughout and all who
attended experienced genuine enjoyment.
The evening boat was crowded with numbers
who were unable to attend during the day.
The schooner ID. 4, Wagner, from Ocean,
Va, with fish guano for the Alexandria Fer
tilizer and Chemical Co., has arrived NJ W.
L. SmOOt Il Co.'S. wharf.
Barbour Finnell, the little son Of Mr..
James Finnell, found the watch lost a, a cir
Gus in this city few nights ago and restored
it to its owner.
The schooner Fife Dean is loading lumber
at II. X. Field q Co.'S. wharf for Bushwood,
Yeocomico river.
An infant child of Mr.. Fred Strobell died
at its parents residence on north Pitt street
yesterday.
Mr.. Robert Travers will have fine white
perch. trout, butterfsh and rock fish for sale
in market tomorrow.
The blanket sale at |. Eichberg & Sons is
meeting with much success. The sale is
strictly for cash.
Capt. J. b. Drew will entertain his friends
at a crab picking at hls restaurant, 5l9 King
street, tonight.
SAM SMALL's COLLAPsE.-"1 was
drunk. / have no excuse to Offer"
Those were the words used by the Rev.
Sam w. Small, preacher, temperance
lecturer and editor, yesterday, when
asked concerning his collapse on the
stage in Brattleboro, VT, on Monday
night while he was delivering an adj
dress on behalf of local option Organi-
zltion of that place. Mr.. SmalPs frank
admission that he had been intoxicated
caused more profound sensation than
did his collapse. Although those who
rushed to the preachers side as he sank
down on the platform thought for a
moment that they detected the odor of
strong drink, they were disinclined to
believe the evidence of their noses. They
could not think that the well known adj
vOcate of temperance could have been
gu lty Of taking Intoxicating liquor.
Henry l.. Shattuck, of Shellsburg,
Iowa, was cured of a stomach trouble
with which he had been afflicted for
years, by four boxes of Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets. He had
previously tried many other remedies
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