Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

Gus services were held inj Christ, st. Pauls and
Grace Churches, Episcopal, and the German
Lutheran Church on Christmas day, by the
respective pastors Of those churches. The
churches had been beautifully and appropriate.
y dressed for the occasion, and the music was
rendered 10 excellent style. At st. Mary's
Z, tCathoic Churchy Solemn High Mass was cele-
; brated at O'clock ., ms, Rev. Father Noooan
cclebrant, Rev. Rather U Kane. Deacon, and
Rev. Father Ksating Sub Deacon. The choir
rendered Mozart's 18th Mass with much power,
sweetness and taE.e; Mrs. Cornelia S. Carne
organist Mrs. Julia Monroe soprano, Miss
Kate Stouteubugh alto, John w. Wilkins
tenor Seymour St,utenbureh bass, Misses
Alice Maxwell and Il nth and Eva Hichcw
singing in the chorus Rev. Father Noonan
preached brief and able discourse on the ma
tvity. At II o'clock solemn High Mass was
again celebrated the services concluding with
the BencdictioD.
CHRISTMAS with the excep-
ton of the noise created by the explosion Of
ire arms and powder crackers and the blowing
OF toot horos-of which there was more than
usual passed off quietly enough. Some
drunkco men were seen on the streets, and
few were locked up in the station house, but
not as many as on numerous previous similar
occasions The churches that were open were
we'll attended, and though the usual family re.
unions were held, many of them were not as
hilarious as had heretofore been the case. The
Postofhce, Custom Hou ;e, banks, and the Corn
Exchange were closed, aud 10 fact all business
was suspended except that done by the couiec-
tionery and a few other retail stores But few
accidents happened from the use of gun pow
der, and fortunately none of them were serious.
FATAL Academia brakeman on the AL
exandria and Washington Railroad, named
Edward Worthingtoo, while engaged 10 coup
Ing the engine OF the one o'clock local train
from Washington to the cars at the St. Asaph
street depot, this afternoon, was struck o. the
side OF his abdomen a violent blow and knock-
cd scnseless by the coupling bar, which slip
ping from It's proper place, was thrust aside by
the backing Of the locomotive. He was pick
ed up at once aud taken into the depot and
surgical ud summoned Immediately, but was
dead almost before Drs. Lewis and S!abler
reached there, though they arrived within a
lew minutes after the accident occurred The
body was put 90 the three O'Clock train and
sent back to Washington, where the deceased,
who was single man, resided.
CATHOLIC BENEFICIAL SOCIETY AT a
meeting of the Catholic Beneficial Society,
held last night the following named officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing year !:
Edward Hughes, president; j. T. Hill, FIRST
vice president; OIL ndo Wood, second vice
president: FraucIs Lovejoy, secretary; R. Nj.
Lathsm, bookkceper; Michael Smith, treas
urer; j. j. Welsh, doorkeeper; R,v. Father
Heating. chaplain; NJ. Ii. Nash. marshal !;
James Brannon, first assistant marshal Pat
rick Hays, second assistant; C. W. Greenwood,
third assistant; P Bayne. standard bearer !;
Thomas Hays and Dennis Bultimer, assistants.
WAsuGNGToN's CHA1R.-rhe chair occu-
pied by George Washington as Worshipfu
Master Of the Masonic Lodge at Alexandria,
Va, Is DOW iu the possession of Unanimity
Lodge OF Ancient Free and Accepted MasoDs
at Edeoton, in, North CaroIiua, whittier it was
sent during the war of 1912 for safe keeping.
Ii is OF massive mahogany, deliberately carved
and fine specimen OF antique furniture. An
effort will be made to induce its cuStodians to
allow this mcmento of the illu>trious IMAM
and Mason" 10 be placed on exhibition at
Philadelphia peXt year. So says correspond
cnt Of the New York Herald.
CHURCH SERVICES Observation-Disclosures
standing the damp, toggy and disagraeabc
weather, yesterday, nearly all the churches
were attended by large congregations Rev.
Z. B. Middleton, the boy preacher, preached
10 the Methodist Protestant Church. With
thai exception the pulpits Of all the churches
but the Second Presbyterian, in which 90 ser
vice was held on account Of the indispositiou
OF the pastor, were occupied by the resident
clergy. The regular Sunday exercises of the
4uuog Mcn's Christian Association we're held
as usual.
COULDN'T CATCH IA colored mao named
Richard Roy, employed at Watkins mill,
while uuder the influence of liquor on Christ
mas, said he had often heard of people who
caught Aging bullets in their hands, and that
he meant to try the EXP criment himself, and
suit;ng the action TO the word he fred pistol
with one hand and tried to catch the ball with
the other. The ball went through the palm of
his hand, and the whole hand will probably
have to be amputated, and pending his re-
coscry his family will manage to live az we'll as
they can.
MoNIToR.-The monitor Catskill, which lay
off this city all day Friday and Saturday, sailed
yesterday for Norfolk. just as she was leaving
the Eastern Branch and of the Arsenal poiot
on Thursday afternoon, the rod of her air
pump broke and her engines were consequently
disabled. She was towcd to this city by the
navy yard tug Rescue aud anchored Work
men were sent down from the yard to repair
the broken machinery, which was done by
Christmas morning.
REMARKABLE FArALITY-A few weeks
since Mr.. CharesP Extraordinarily of this
city-a young lawyer in Washington, took
cold and died. a few days afterwards his sister,
Miss Rebecca Harmon died of grief at the loss
of her brother, and last Friday night another
brother, Aaron Harmon, who had not been well
since his sister death. died also They were
all buried in the family grave yard in this city,
the last one this aftcrnooD
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