Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-06-05
LOCAL BREVITIES.

passed up the river for washington lhlS
morning.
The weather continues warm and hu-
mid this morning, the mercury at noon
registering $40.
Mr.. G. J. W. Summers has sold to
Mr.. Archie Nails a lot on the north side
of Duke street, near Patrick.
Ohildren's day services will be held In
the NJ. P. Church tomorrow night, when
an interesting programme will be rem
dered.
The public il invited to hear the lee
ture to be delivered at Lee Camp Hall
on Monday night next by Dol. Arthur
Herbert.
Owing to the continuous rains the
lawn party for the benefit of the Free
kindergarten has been postponed until
Tuesday, the eighth.
Thieves last night carried away cope,
iron, etc., belonging to W. A. Smoot q
o., which had been placed at Shep-
herds, on the opposite side of the river.
Several boxes OF strawberries were
stolen from a crate In front of Hellmuth
Bros store, corner OF King and Column
bus streets, at an early hour this morn
ing.
Rev. John Oavnaugh, pastor OF the
Free Methodist Church, will conduct
services In the psrlors OF the Braddock
House at 2;SO O'Clock tomorrow after
| noon.
There will be preaching tomorrow at
III a. m. ia Roberts Chapel, nj. +.
Church, also at 8 p. m. The comrnu-
MON service will be held at the night
service.
The sea going tug boat Margaret,
which WAS released from the marine
railway Thursday night, left this port
Yesterday for Norfolk, having the barge
Maryland in tow.
The subject of Rev. w. j. WatsOn's
discourse in the First Baptist Church
tomorrow morning will be "1ofnite
Possibilities" At night his theme will
be "The Meaning of Life's Ways"
Alexandra Council, Royal Arcanum,
today paid to Mrs. Rosalie WOllberg the
sum of 81 600, being the amount of the
benefit held by her husband, the late
Nathan Wollberg, who died on May II
last.
The big wrecking machine which was
brought here from Baltimore to haul of
the tugboat Margaret which was caught
on the ways at the shipysrd recently.
having accomplished its task, left for
Baltimore yesterday evening.
The weather was cloudy and rainy
again last night. There Was consider
able lightning aud distant thunder st
times. The sun inside lie appearance
this morning and the weather became
sultry. The recent east winds caused
high tides in the river today.
Vice-sdmirsl Baron Uru, OF Japan,
placed a wreath of red and white roses,
the coIors of the land of the Mikado, on
the tomb of Washington at Mount Yer
non yesterday. The admiral went to
Mount Vernon on the yacht Sylph as
the guest of Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Winthrop.
Anselm Dieterich Meyerbfer was a great
astronomer. Anyone looking a. him, tho,
would never take him for star gazer. A
squat little man was he with a paunch on
him about the size Of ROosevelt's game bag at
the end ola good days hunting. he resembled
a walking brewery more than anything else
| in this world. Every time he felt lonesome
he would go up to his Kaleidoscope" and
take peep at Venus (you could always tell
when he was looking AZ this particular God
dess. because he would blush something fear
fully. The other day he received message
from Mars ordering supply Of those irresis-
tibly delicious Auth Ssusiges, Hams, and
other seasonable food products from the Auth
Stand. Sylvan BlOndheim, The Auth Stand,
City market.