Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-11
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
WEATHER PRoBABlLIrIEs.-Wa Var Depart
,,ent ONCE of the Chief Signal Otacer, Hdsh
"stI' D c.. Sept'r. IL, lS76-lO:3O a. NJ
l:,r ,hc Middle States falling barometer, 10
EASING northeast to southeast winds, cloudy
mi rainy weather, and stationary or loves
temperature.
py OPENING OF THE Vi. +. CHURCH. The
N +. Church, on Washington street, which
-. hoon closed for same time, undergoing re-
.,,;rs was re-upcued yesterday morulng. a
f..rintion Of the repairs to the bulldog mas
.lrnav appeared 10 ;hc Gazette. Prior to the t,I
s.ruon Yesterday morniug Inc pastor, hcV. W.
= Webb congratulated the congregation on
n, really handsome appearance OF Tue chusch'
and stated that nearly al OF the iunos neces-
ssry 70 pay therefor had been oolecteo aifeauy.
~ VAIN thcu preached torclble sermon
ir,u lst Corinthians, lst chapter, ga anu
gt,h varsos The church was literally packed
',L la,sc ana attcutive congregation. In the
, ",,- Rev. r. Norris, of Georgetowo,
'.oanhcd. and ioterestiog exercises were held,
.,i,L~u,h the congregation was rather small
",r;' n the rain. At oight there was anotn-
l,T,. conpy, CATION to listen to Rev. William
n,msi.iie who preached from Hebrews l2th
Ia",nr o5,i y.rsa A notable feature Ut tue
~ n,.,,,,nc services was the excellent music oy
.,,oi, Of til. church, reinforced by Votuu-
,on,s from some of the other churches, the
u.;,l. nDicr the direction OF Mr.. Harry Y.
ts.rL h, ompistru nrgaulst. The 'GiUrla,
r. m Nuz.r's l2th Mass, and the anthem
np-a;s inc Loru'' were particularly beautiful
All well rendered.
ELEGANT IMPROVEMENTS Henry Strauss,
cs, the popular Alderman vi the ST cond Ward,
h., lust Completed, at NJ. &c King street, his
fire -torehous, aud ,iw dug. to which he Is al
r, DIV re.ruviag bis extensive boot aud shoe es-
tabIisbnent from his Did stand. The building,
handsomely Illuminated on Saturday night and
thrown open t. The public, was visited by many
ladies' ami gentlemen, who were loud In their
r,.isc OF the enterprise of MIR. Strauss, and the
eIrsaac. Of the work mauship displayed By the
mecfqnlcs WHO performed the work. Mr. Is.
+ Price was the architect and contractor;
Me.s!>. Joseph Clark aud jams A. Javlos,
the hrickIayers, Samuel Cuvler, the plumber;
f. +. pa"gett, the uphosterer and paper hang
e.: rhouas l.. Monroc,the paiuter aud to Mir.
}. l. Norris was entrusted the gas fitting. "a
Saturday aft Mr.. Strauss entertained the
" rkuIrn with fne luucn, when the topping
of was greatly enjoyed by the numerous
fir .nds of The proprietor. Iu the adjoining
starchouse Mr. Strauss will shortly reopen his
co.hing establishment.
CORPORATION CoURr-Jutlye Z. H. Lone
pr.si,liuq Gu tho petition OF james tossett
a rule was awarded against John L. Hill, re-
turuabIc next Thursday, to show cause why an
Information 10 the, nature OF quo warranto shall
not issue against him 70 snow cause why he
discharges the duties OF collector.
DAVID Joues, colored, an elder OF the NJ. Il.
Church, was licensed to celebrate marriages.
Lawson ". Brooks, John Clark aud Willis
JohusOu were appointed trustees OF the Beulah
Baptist Church.
Miner VS.. Lee; report OF Commissioner john
son ir>d
K bert Guy was appointed administrator OF
Charles Guy, deceased.
Johu McCuir, Johu Fones aud John Boyd
were appointed appraisers OF the estate OF Cnas.
Guy. deceased.
Dyer and wife vs. Davis ct ais; in chaDcery,
oIu,r Tor distribution.
Court adj ourned until Thursday next.
HABEAs CohpUs.-Mr. Louis Appich was
arrested this morning and carried before Mayor
johnson on the charge Of selling liquor on Sun.
day. The witness on whose evidence the ar
rest was made not being present when the case
was called, the Mayor committed Mr.. Appch
To cell iD the station house, tor examination
tits evening. Mr.. c. Il Stuart, counsel TOR
Mr.. Appich tbcreupoo III ID Outfa writ OF ha
bcaS corpus before Judge Lowe, 10 which the
Mayor made return that he held Mr.. Applch
for examination, on the charge above named.
Judge Lowe reuauded the case to the Mayor
ivr examination al three o'clock this evening,
and iu the meantime admitted Mr.. Appich to
bail At the hour named the case was called,
but the prosecution 5 witness being absent, a
postpoucmcpt was made until Wednesday mora
ipg, aud Mr.. Appich was again admitted to
bail
The CHURCHES YESTERDAY. lowing to the
threatening weather IN the morning and rain
iU the afternoon and evening, there were small
Congregations at all OF the churches except the
NJ f. church, where the re-openiug services
were held, as mentioned elsewhere There
were no services at Christ church either moro
i:g or night nor at the Methodist Protestant
chu eli at night Rey. r. d. Roller preached
al st. pauPs church IN the afternoons; Rcv.
v. T.. Webb IN the Second Presbyterian
church at night, and Rev. Dr. Head in the NJ.
L, Church Sou h. both morning and night
In she latter Church the services were held In
the III: audience room for the first time since
the commencement of the repairs to the front.
The other congregations had sermons from their
regular pastors.
EAR BITTEN oFF.-rhe Cumberland News
0! SATURDAY says: Yesterday afternoon two
hoatmcu, named Alphouso Arlington aud --
Brunakrr, Qusrreled 10 a south Cumberland sa,
loVn and lad desperate rough aud tumble
hI!.t, IN the course vi which Arlington bit
ptce oi h:,b about au inch and half long and
halt an lacn wide out OF one o: Bfubakers ears.
y warrant was issued Tor Arlington 5 arrest and
Constable B,yd aud Policeman Hellrlch went
alter him, tut he had escaped into West Vlr-