Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-20
LOCAL MATTERS'

LOCAL MATTERs'
c,,rDcu SERVICES, &C., TO- MoRRoW.-,.
CHuhCGH guRcH Service morning and night
ny " ne PAuL;s CHURcH-Service at II a. m. and
p m. by Rev: Dr.. Wake Msiker =. !, n, and 30
y, M. BY Rev. DR.. Sprixg:
ST. MARY's CHURcH-Mass at ! and IL a. M
linton PREsBYT'N. CHURCH (First CHURCH,
Service in the morning and at n'ga' oS NOV
DR.. Bullock. o;ooorn.
ing by Rev. w. X. Boyle, and night ny new
Mr. Dinwiddie ,..,,o -, hv
Rev. GeoTaylor, of W4h,n, ana oo p ~ W. hsi T1
Rev W; C. W Vnnns 1 neoples meeting al Gas
p M Mr. Eprs CHURCH SoUrH-Service at II
am. and : 80 pm. by Rev. A. I: Bledsee, LID;
METH. PROT CHuRcHIServsoh morning ng,a anu
night by Rev. w. K. Graham. oupjecI At night
"Autumn Reflections"
BAPTIST CuUEcu-Service morning AMI at
night, by Rev. w. S. Penick.
GERMAN LUTHERAN-Service ~ IL a. M,
by Rev. Mr.. Fleckenstein. .......
PRAYER meeting in tho Meth. Prot: Church at
Al M Aims House at q p. m. Jail at p M:
Union prayor meeting next Wednesday night, at
50 o'clock, in tho Baptist Church. .,s.~z
WEATHER PROBABILITIES Var Depdrt'
o,ent, Office Of the Chief Signal O4eer, Wash
,acton, d. t., Oct. ~, lS77--l0:30 a. M,
Ear the Middle Atlantic States. cloudy and
,ainy weather, variable winds shifting to north,
easily, stationary or lower temperature anu
pressure.
THIEVES CAUGHT.-Y eserday evening
Lieut.. Smith and Officer Arnold, Of the police
force, arrested, 10 one Of the cook shops OF the
market, negro named VIM. II. Johnson, who
had Ia his pOssession bag containing aportlOn
of tho tools stoleu from tho blacksmith shop 0!
MIR. John N johnson, near Cameron Run,
few nights since, as mentioned in the Gazette
at the time. The rest Of the tools have not yet
been recovered Johnson was committed 10
i.il By Justice SlaVmaker 80 await further cX
animation by tho Fairfax authorizes. Anoth-
er colored man named WIN White, alias Wash
ingtOn Briggs, was also arrested yesterday even
ing, charged with being concerned IN the same
robbery, but 10 evidence was adduoed to crlnl
nate him. While in the station house 1t was
discovered that no was the party VINO assisted
David Payue, charged with felony, to escape
from all some months since. White coptesSed
Jail by Mayor kemper, TO await the action OF
the grand jury. the offence being felony
ARREST OF GEO. r. SHINN.---Oh Wednesday
night dispatch was reoovei here from the
Chief OF Police of ST. Louis, saSioe, "Georga
f. Sbinn has been arrested and identified by
Wesson. What shall do with hun The
dispatch was forwarded to Lacsburg, where
Commonwealth = Attorney johnson was III at
tendance On Loudoun Court and that ottcer at
once telegraphed blck to st. LOUIS to hold
Shinn for requisition. MIR. johnson return,
ed home on Thursday, and at ooco prepared
and sent to Richmond the application for q re-
uuisition, accompanied by copy Of tho i1dlct.
nent for forgery now pending against Sh'nn
in The Corporation Court. and tho telegram OF
the Chief of Police OF St. Louis. No response
has been received a. yet, but one Is expected
to. morrow or Monday, when the City Sergeant
will start nj once tor St. LOUIS, aud bnng
bis prisoner to this city, where ne Will he tired
before the Corporation Court, ut l9 January
term.
BaRNUM's Circus. Tho greatest Snowman
of his own, Of any tims. has always baen zen
enough to &C; upon his Own shrewd observation
that, mo people IN the ward are ~ liberal TO
llberality IA Americaus; heLo1, the hi'srAl
character OF tho SUCCESS which always has anu
will continue to attend his gigantic amusem1nt
undertakings The ohly exhibition which he
now owns, which he personally mahagdd, and
which will exhibit at Alexandria on Thursday
October 25lh, is the perfect reti-x OF his tx
pressed opinion. and comprises multum,
meDagerie and circus of An extent, variety,
value and inerest quite indoscritablc aud we'll
nigh incompatible Of distinctive foreign t'a
lures for the first time seen 10 Amerlca there
arc enough to make dozen fifty cent shows.
POLICE ITEMs.-The following cases have
been reported since yesterday
Richard Dgges' eolored accused OF disorder
10 conduct, near the oolored Odd Fellows Hall,
was dismissed With a reprimand. and tho police
directed 10 keep 40 eye to that locality.
w. II. Johnsoo, colored, for house breaking
10 Fai,faX county, was committed to ! al Tor
further examination. by Justice Slaymaker.
Five negro men for indulging 10 hight near
the corner Of Washington and Glbbon streets,
on Thursday night. wero fined and discharged
by Justice Saymaker.
VIM. White, alias Washington Briggs. col,
ored, for aiding prisoner To escape from JAIL
was committed Tor Court.
GlLLER > CaSE' liz Gasi aSa'hA' \'"P"'"'
Deuty and Gregg and others, Tor an alleged
violation of the fourteenth amendment, 10 what
was known as ",he Giller' = War" some eish-
teen months ago was called up Ia the U. :.
District Court. 10 Baltimore, u few days sl"e''
and transferred to tho u. s. Circuit Court,
where it will lie agued eaIly in November.
NJ. + CHURcH.-tnv. W. & Webb wlI
night Ga Monday lhere will DO a.ser'nnnsl 10y
Rev. w. K. Graham. Rev. DR.: LYttlet"r
Morgan will probably preach "n Tuesday anu
"Wednesday, aud Rev. MIR. Wheeler 90 FrI'ls,
OF next week. Tue religious public ar' c'rd'
ally lnvited
CuLpEpER FAlR-rhe Culpeper Agriculture
Fair closed yesterday evening. Tho exhibition
was regarded as highly successful one, ant