Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-06

| to northwest, stationary or laiilhs 'oin ;,
and partly cloudy or ciouly weather. WI"
| areas. -
| T O. O. +, EXCURSION Although tn"
weather, yesterday morning, was SO very 10
propitious when the excurslonlst lett mere, De-
| fore the train arrived at Culpeper the SUI anu
| clouds gave evidence OF suitable weather Tor ne
ceremonies. When the train arrived at ll:4o
Culpeper Lodge, No. l42, was at the depot 10
receive the visiting brothers, consisting ui Tue
uniformed Patriarch and others from ashlas
ton, Potomac and Sarepta Lodges, and Marley
| Eocampmcnt OF this city, and Charity Lodge
| of Warrenton. Later 10 the day Myrtle Lodge
from Fredericksburg arrived aud joined III the
festivities. Grand Master Charles /. hGuSoo,
with delegation from Monticello Loogc VI
| Charlottesville, arrived about 10 O'Clock on
| Monday night and were met at the depot py
CulpeperLodge- cach brother bearing a !iThteu
| torch-hcadcd by brass band. The Grand
Master aud accompanying brothers were escorted
| to the lodge, and were received IN an approprl-
ate manner, Tuesday was ushcred in by .D0st
| terrific storm OF wind, rain lightning and thun'
der, aud the brothers at CuipeEc: were quite
despundcnt. On the arrival CT tho Tram ir0Il
Washington tlv brothers were cscorded 10 Inns
| Hail where Al address u Wc:c)ur Was denver
| I'd by Cot. James Cochran, Chlci Marshal. IL
vas turcb!:, couucnt aud impressive, assuring
| all the giH:.o:s that the "!atc:i atr!uEs o. oil
| tie ci;:&.uS wlra Banging Oh the outside. y
| suitable aid happy response Was Elvet ~ u.
| L. Mrlcau, =. e.. VI. :hc ErriirrS wcIc lh>n
| dismissed Tor I'll hour, when they were e.c'lict
to beautiful grove IA the southern portion III
the tcsD. where : most bouutiiul r"ra>t was
spr.a;! IL tic ;rus Old Virginia b.sbecu" sy's,
and iia visiting brothers aud families rart9ok
OF The stu.c with EGst winch gave evidence OF
/ lruc ;.rIreeiai:1E s. he ,oud thiuGS spread
before them and eviugcd the futile. 'a2t tAal
their appc;ites had been sha!pened by the -
rltl0ns Of the morning. After the rcrast me
brptLrrs aud other visitors were at their case
Until thee o'clock, When the order was gtvco,
IN aR iar the band Play, which was the signal
ior forming The preceSsloa, which vas PROMPTLY
dooc; lhc Uniformed PariaFchs taking The
right. Alter marching through various streets
it arrived again al the grove, where commo.
douS stands hal beru clcred foT the speakers
and the music. Tiic exercises were Cpared
v"ly eloquent address from Cjl. Jamas Coch-
ran, i, C.. The npeulug vas rendered ID Hoe
stvie by p9rticL - The Uniformed Patriarchs |
The Rev. y. q. hiiu0igrroic ;hcD Invoked the
Thrown of Grace iu 4 chas&e and appropriate
manner Grand Master Benson Was then ID
roduced aud uiaGa Il brief but appropriate ad-
dress He was followed i7 y. r. Mclean, OF
Washington, in plain, practlra. address,
which could r1t fail to reach the hearts OF bis |
hearers. Tic next speaker was ). l.. HaVen. |
Dcr, OF Washogton, @ho held his hearers spell
bound duriog the delivery OF beautiful chaste
and interesting address. Judge John /. GjO |
rick, OF Myrtle Lodge. was next introduced,
aud entertaoel the assem0Iage Ia 4 lev triet
and cl2ouarL remarks The next aud last |
brother introduced WAS Mr.. Hugh Latham,
Of Alexandria, who made q few remarks and |
ther p.aascdci 10 read pecan written by j.
i. havcnoe;, 81 Washington, entitled, The
Two Picures enc the !i:t 100, which was well
received ~ those prt2enl: .ha 3EeaaiGg was
interpreted with appropriate pieces Of lnLslc.
We cauuot close this report without alIidilg to
The extraordinary efforts displayed anl the zeal
and devotion manifested by The Iadca in max
ing the efforts OF the brothers decided success.
Last night q festival was held in the lower room
CT HiIps Hall, and obalades, H., ia the upper
ranm, Beth wtTr very successful. The room
where the festival Ias given was arranged aud
decorated tQual t. anything c: the kind ever
seen by The writer 10! beauty ui design and
execution ii Guah tn tour rhscnbic Vot!I
have boruc the criticism OF the most tastidloua.
Everything that the brain could conceive AND |
effort accomplish were evident, turn where You |
might. The visitors arrived home carly thi
morning, loud in their praise Of the Otd fal |
iows Of Gllpcprr aad il3 cit2,n5 generally.
DECORATION Or CONFEDERATE GRAVES. -
The graves Of the Confederate soldiers sih0 |
died faithful to the flag while Uu,0a rIIao,rta,
and are buried AZ Arlington, will be decorated
10 morrow under Tia" auHpice9 OF the Southern
Memorial Association OF Washington. There |
49,, {r,R ;nl, Hr1V
ton cemetery. Omnibuses aud carriages will start |
from the corner of Ninth street and Peun5yI.a-
MA avenue, Washington. at TO- 80 0 clock AN. An
omnibus will also leave the corner Of HIGH aud
Bridge streets, EeorgctowD,at ii. 10 o'cock Il.
ILL., The fare will be ttly cents. The cGre!n0 |
ncs will he OF a very quiet nature. Ii IS cy- |
pacte,1 that Il number Of persons from AIeXan-
dria will attend the ceremonial. The $50 |
boat or 10 o'clock train will afford ample time |
fer this purpose.
Cool AND DELICIOUS. tho hot season
Of the year wbcn everything around is almost
at fever heat, aud sutryucss seems to nave
TAKEN possession of all surroundings, nothing Is |
more grateful and refreshing than Brcnglc's |
ice cream. lGdcel Br;ngle's ice cream has
gotten to DC ike Christ Church and Alexandria
Washing;oa lodge, an Alexandria Institution.
Inc employees at The uaZ'ttc 0lnce luIly apric'
ciatci this fec; yesterday when just as labor
seemed most tosomc and the day hottest, trceG
els of cream sud delicious cake from BrcugIc )
were set before them. Eveu the tierH himself
ate heartily and was happy. The typos Of the
Gazette return especial thanks to MIR. BteneIc.
CORPORATION CouRr-Ju}ge L. W. Lo'ce
presiding. -McVeigh vs.. Wilmer c; al; 10
chaurery; report Of receiver filed aud Guai dc
cree entered.
CaZenovc g. Go. ". Johnson's administrator
ct al; report OF commissioners OF sale lied and
decree cortrmlug SAME.
Samuel Mankiu, elected Jusl:ca a thc Peace
for the First Ward, qualified.
Ihc estate Of Walter Gchan Vas rdna'tL
tel to the City Sergeant:
The Court then engaged III hesnnk Gtgn
| mrnt 10 the ehanctry cailic Of Watkins ct Al.
| VS. You"s