Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-11-27
LOCAL NEWS.

puipltS IN the city but that OF the Nj. +. Church,
in which Rev. Mr. Sweet, of Georgetown,
preached in the morning. were occupied by the
resident clergy. The following is report Of
the work done during the day by the Young
Men SChrlstlan Association: '''Ehc Aims House
services were largely attended several pcni
teutS seeking the Saviour, a full band of work
er> present. and encouraged in their work.
The Sunday Prayer Meeting at the Baptist
Church had large and interested congrega-
ton present at the exercises The pastor Of
the church gave Il most excellent address upon
tie efficacy Of earnest believing. importunate
prayer. and illustrated by giving an instance in
his own college experience. The regular excr-
c'>c< were held at the Jail, and good force Of
members were present. The meeting was OF
more than usual interest, and the presence of
the Holy Spirit seemed clearly manifested.
The reading matter SO kindly contributed by
friends was III part distributed, and was gladly
received by the prisoners The association has
excellent opportunities for distributing re!igl-
Gus reading matter and will gladly dispose Of
any that may be left with the general Secrc
tmy
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERlcKSBURG RAIL
RoAD.-The late prevailing bad weather has in
tcrtcred considerably with operations on the
Alexandria aud Fredericksburg Railroad. but
every possible advantage is taken Vt the good
spells and the work is pushed forward srapid-
~ as circumstances will admit. The large force
employed in the construction OF the bridge over
Occoquan bay did not rest yesterday and it is
now said that that bridge will be completed by
the middle Of JANUARY. The track will be !atd
to this end Of thar hridge during the current
week.
SrlT.--ln the Court of Appeals at Rich
mond on Saturday. upon the petition Of ThoS.
Huntingdon and wife. an appeal was allowed
from decree pronounced ny the Circuit Court
of Alexandria county on the 9Th day ot Feb
ruary, So IN SUIT IN when the petitioners
were plaintiffs. and David &. Watkins was de-
l;iid;nt. Penalty of appeal bond $50. ID. H.
Smuot counsel for appellants ...
SPORTING EXrEDlTIoN.-The MeSsrs.
Reeves, of Washington, with some friends from
that city, left here this morning on the soop
lrviu Captain JoncS, which they had charter
ed for The purpose, on Il sporting expedition
T., the creeks of the lower Putomac. The party
expect to be absent for some time, ANA went
amply prepared for emergencies.
LAY DELEGATE--At the fourth Quarterly
Conference Meeting, held last Wednesday, Mr..
VIM. y. Bcrk!ey was elected the Lay Delegate
from this station. NJ. f.. Church, to the
Electoral Conference. which will meet IN
Lceshurg, Va, on the 2lst February next, at
the same time that the Virginia Annual Confer
eucc will be in session.
MARKET House. SrEEpLE Fund. All the
lists that were circulated for subscriptions to
the fund for the erection Of the market house
s,eepe have been handed IL to MIR. George
h,i~ pt
forts will at once be Instituted to raise $l,3i6
the sum required to make that already sub
s,rihcd available.
LOST Cow FOUND A valuable COW belong
iug to Mr.. T. F. Roberts, at Cameron Mills,
hear the city. which had been missing for u
week past. wills discovered yesterday III an al
most persisted condition, concealed III Il large
straw rick She had gone into Il h ole made IN
the side of the rick and been caught there by
the falling of the straw above her.
GAME IN TIE CITY, The Gazette has here
tof,re this fall noticed the appearance Of tlocks
ofpartrdgcs in the city, and the catching OF two
couns at the ferry slip what. 1t this evening
mentions that Mr.. ltidgeway, the agent OF
knox's express, caught an op"Ssum IN ills
yard last night.
SAFELY CONFINED. Alfred J. Hall, the
convict whose attempt to escape IN this city,
while in trlll>tu to the pcnltentlary, was no.
ticed in the Gazette last week, WAS safely Sc
cured in that prison. notwithstanding his as
scrtiou that nc would never be locked up there
alive.
Mn. WnrrE's BENEFrr-Mr. Charles o.
White - notive of this city. and Il sufferer by