Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-02-16
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
LENT SERVICES IN .ALEXANDRlA.-Chrts
caurch.-AsI Wednesday ~ o'clock NJ Er-
cry Tuesday and Thursday at 8 o'clock A, NJ.
Every Wednesday night at! clock. Every
Friday at II o'clock NJ
81. PaWs Cmwh "Wednesday o
clock \. NJ. Every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday morning at eight clock. Thursday If
ternoon at 4.30.
Grace Church. Monday and Wednesday
nights at 40. Friday afternoon at 4.30,
The above arrangement continues till Passion
week.
A REPORTER following, which we find
in an exchange, is worthy of universal perusal ::
A newspaper reporter is often treated as an
intruder, and in nine cases out of ten, the in
formation he gains, and the public expect to
read in newspaper, is drawn out either by the
most persistent effort or ingenious strategy
Those whose interests he is serving should
place at his disposal every reasonable facility
for gaining the information required, and OF
committing it to paper, instead of attempting
to hedge him off.
FISHING SHORE CAsE.-In the Circuit Court
of the District Of Columbia, Washington, yes
trrlay. Sanderson & Thomas vs. Horace John
sou Action for damages for breach of Il lease
fora fshing-shore, called Tulip Hill, near Fort
Washington The lease was for five years, and
after the first year the defendants torcibly Gust
cd the plaintiff The plaintiff claims damages
to the amount of about 100000. The case is
It'll on trial
FIRE IN LEEsBuRG -The dry goods store
Of Wildman and Claggett, on King street, i'll
iDreSburg, was discovered to be Oh fire yester
day morning about seven o clock by one OF the
clerks who went there to open it. The alarm
being sounded, the french and citizens
soon assembled and cxtinguishel the fiames.-
The loss was about $GO0-$5j0 Of which was for
Goods destroyed (Which was covered by insur-
ance. The cause Of the fire W as accidental.
LEG BROKEN. Thomas Williams, colored
deck hand on board the Washington ferry boat
City of Alexandria, yesterday evening, while
unloading dstillery watts, at the wharf here, let
one of them slip from his grasp and roll upon
his leg, which, being damned against the rail
me of the boat, was broken He was at once
taken to his home, where the necessary surgical
assistance was rendered by DIR. }. Is. johnson.
ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY-Th following pew
books have been added to the Library :-Cryp-
togram DeMille Misunderstood, Montgomery;
Ten Thousand Year, Warren; Fairy Book
Dr. Segur's Fairy Tales; Laboulayes Fairy
Book and Old Deccan Days From the Hon.
Lewis Mckenzie volumes Of the Congress
ional Globe with appendix Of the lst and 2nd
sessions Of the 4lst Congress.
INCoRRIGIBLE THIEF-A colored boy nam
ed Frank Carter, yesterday, stole pair OF boots
from the house of Il colored man named French
Jackson He sold his plumber for seventy-tive
cents to Il colorel man, who hid them in the COW
stable at the Fishtown disillery; but Carter
inspecting where they were. went there and
stole them again.
REV. HUGH r. SCOTT, Of the Episcopal
Y Ill,
resident in Baltimore, is spoken of by all de-
nominations as one Of the most jealous and de-
voted ministers in the city where he lives, and
az doing much good, especially among the poor
MIR. Scott il we'll kno8n 10 many of our citizens
IMPROVING John Phillips the active
and accommodating agent OF the Aqua Greek
boats, in this city who was so unfortunate as to
tall ON the slippery pavement some weeks ago
and break his leg has nearly recovered-lm-
proved SO much that he is able to walk about
with crutches
SEVERELY BURNED. -Mr. Richard Burke.
of Leesburg, had his hands seyerly burned day
before yesterday, while extinguishing the flames
Of the burning dress of his mother. The dress
of his mother had caught fire from stove
while she was tying the shoe string OF her little
grand daughter who was standing in chair.
MASQUERADE PARTY. A masquerade party
from Washington paid visit to their friends
in this city last night, and rendered themselves
very agreeable and interesting company. They
We're Hospitality entertained, and the whole
visit and all its surroundings Were of the hap
piest character.
THE STEAMER FAIRY-Lrhe steamer FAIRY
of the Piscataway line has been temporarily
withdrawn for the purpose of undergoing some
necessary repairs, and is at present 'on the
ways" at the lower ship yard
e. 4 o. CANAL--Tlc water was drawn
from the Georgetown level of the Chesapeake
and Ohm canal this morning Tor the uAlul an