Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-01
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
This world Of fools hath such a store
That he who would not see an ass
Must stay at home and bolt his door
And hreak his linking glass.

That he who would not see an ass
Must stay at home and bolt his door
And break his looking glass.
Receipts of fish had increased today
The granolithic pavement in front Of thu
Opera House is being renewed.
The barge Pocahontas is being loaded by
| the Bryant Fertilizer Co. for Norfolk.
The schooner William Dannelly. from Della
ware, with lumber for Aitcheson d Bro, ha.
arrived.
About-twenty-fve blacksmitbs, carpenters
laborers, etc., were discharged from st. Asaph
yesterday.
Helen, infant daughter of Mr.. w. 0. Tom
| lin, died at its parents residence, on south
Fairfax street, this morning.
Henry Smoot has sold to VIM. III. Cox and
| Ella Cox the house and lot on south side OF
King, between Alfred and Patrick streets, for
$500.
report which was brought to this city
late yesterday evening to the effect that boy
had been killed near st. Asaph by an electric
train was unfounded.
The Quartette Dancing Club will give a
dance at Odd Fellows Hall, north Columbus
street, tomorrow night for the advancement OF
the scholars Of the club.
VIM. Chauncey's Sons are preparing large
and handsome monument TO be placed over
the grave of the late Horace f. Downham
in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Policeman Sawyer, who last week shot and
killed William Wheeler, colored, who at
temped to escape while under arrest, was to-
day held for the action of the grand jury.
! Considerable drift wood was driven on the
Maryland shore Sunday night. tits supposed
TO have been washed from a wood laden boat
by the heavy sea which prevailed at the
time.
About dozen men employed on the plat.
form at the Washington and Ohio Railroad
depot, struck today. Their grievance, it is
said, is being forced to work over time at un.
satlsfa' tory wages.
The steamer Washington of the Norfolk
liner scraped the stern of the old ferry steamer
Belle Haven while coming into her dock at
this port last night. Several feet of the Belle
Ravens rail was smashed by the accident.
The alarm of fire about O'Clock this af err
noon was caused by the discovery of a slight
blaze in a small frame house on Henry street,
between Wolfe and Wilkes. The fire was ex-
tinguished by neighbors before any material
damage resulted.
Officer Smith last night recovered some
pistols and cutlery that are believed to have
Shields, the negro recently arrested while at
tempting to enter the store OF Br. c. NJ.
Adams, on King street.
The mother Of little fve-year-old boy,
named John Lewis, an inmate Of the Critten-
ton Home, reported at police headquarters
today that her son had strayed away from the
home. Later the little fellow was found and
restored TO his mother.
There will be meeting Of Baptist ladies
in the lecture room tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock. The ladies will mature arrange
ments for the ladies' work in the coming
centennial this month. All Baptist ladies,
including the reception committee, are ex-
pected to be present.
John Swallow, who was taken i'll several
weeks ago, and sent 10 the aims house, died at
that institution last night The deceased for
many years lived in the northeastern part Of
the city and was generally employed around
FishtOwn and the fish benches in market.
He was quiet and courteous in department.
G. +. Price & Co. will have some fine roe
shad, large white and yellow perch, rockfish
and black bass in market tomorrow.
Fine roe shad, rocl,fsh, black bass, large
white perch and other varieties Of fish will be
for sale by Mr.. Robert Trayers in market
tomorrow,